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12 Best Practices for Data Backup and Recovery
sponsored by i365, A Seagate Company
 | White Paper: | Posted: 30 Sep 2009
| | Published: | 30 Sep 2009 | |
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With disk-to-disk technology, your backup data resides on disk drives, proven to be far more reliable than tapes. When your backup completes, you know the data is secure and accessible on the disk drive. Read this paper to learn other best practices on disk-to-disk technology and more.
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Achieving Cost Savings in Backup with Deduplication
sponsored by ExaGrid Systems, Inc.
| White Paper: | Posted: 27 Jan 2009
| | Published: | 27 Jan 2009 | |
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This document discusses that dollars and time currently consumed by existing tape libraries can be far better utilized by moving to disk back-up with deduplication.
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Avoiding the Disk Bottleneck in the Data Domain Deduplication File System
sponsored by Data Domain
| White Paper: | Posted: 10 Apr 2009
| | Published: | 10 Apr 2009 | |
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This paper introduces three techniques employed in the production Data Domain deduplication file system and shows how they can be used to relieve the disk bottleneck.
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Choosing The Right Hardware and Software for Data Protection Solutions
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
| White Paper: | Posted: 17 Jul 2009
| | Published: | 18 Jun 2008 | |
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With the increasing importance of disk-based data protection, the question arises on what are the relative choices of disk and tape for basic operational recovery. The answer lies in what data protection software technologies are used and for what reasons. This white paper gives more information.
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D2D Virtual Tape Library Replication Primer
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
| White Paper: | Posted: 17 Jul 2009
| | Published: | 17 Jul 2009 | |
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With the introduction of HP Dynamic deduplication and low bandwidth replication (LBR) on HP D2D2500, D2D4000 and D2D4100 Backup Systems, the way data protection can be implemented has been transformed. This whitepaper explains the terminology and concepts behind these technologies and establishes some sizing rules through worked examples.
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Detecting Worn Tapes Before it's Too Late
sponsored by Maxell Corporation of America
| White Paper: | Posted: 26 Aug 2009
| | Published: | 26 Aug 2009 | |
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Damaged or worn out tape cartridges can force you to recreate lost data, which can be costly or even impossible. How do you know which cartridges should be retired? This paper details how a cartridge memory chip inside a storage tape cartridge provides a wealth of information on the remaining viability of that cartridge.
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Disk Backup versus Tape Backup
sponsored by i365, A Seagate Company
| White Paper: | Posted: 30 Sep 2009
| | Published: | 30 Sep 2009 | |
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Review the comparisons in this paper and learn the various ways that moving to disk-based backup and data protection solutions – as onsite software, SaaS or managed service – can be the smart move for your company.
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Enabling Enterprise Tape Library Support for Microsoft DPM 2007 Using FalconStor VTL
sponsored by FalconStor Software
| White Paper: | Posted: 10 Feb 2009
| | Published: | 10 Feb 2009 | |
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Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 is designed to provide continuous data protection for Windows-based servers, with additional features for business-specific Microsoft workloads such as SQL Server and SharePoint.
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Encryption Key Management: A Technical White Paper
sponsored by Quantum Corporation
| White Paper: | Posted: 29 Jan 2008
| | Published: | 01 Oct 2007 | |
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Quantum's Encryption Key Manager (Q-EKM) is a centralized key manager application that manages the encryption keys used as part of the LTO Ultrium 4 (LTO-4) drive-based data encryption process.
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If it’s Just a Disk … Why the Reliability Gap Between Storage Vendors?
sponsored by Nexsan Technologies
| White Paper: | Posted: 18 Nov 2009
| | Published: | 18 Nov 2009 | |
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If all storage array vendors buy disk drives from the same small set of disk manufacturers then why is there such a big reliability gap between storage vendors?
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Long-Term Data Protection and Retention: Finding the Correct Balance
sponsored by Quantum Corporation
| White Paper: | Posted: 08 Oct 2009
| | Published: | 18 Mar 2009 | |
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Tape remains the most cost effective, energy efficient and reliable program technology for storing large amounts of inactive, off-line or near-line data while complimenting disk-based data protection and retention solutions. Read this paper and find out why.
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NetBackup™ Architecture Overview
sponsored by Symantec Corporation
| White Paper: | Posted: 31 Dec 2008
| | Published: | 30 Dec 2008 | |
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The purpose of this document is to provide an overview of the requirements for a basic NetBackup™ architecture to help customers understand which components are required in a data protection solution.
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Storage Efficiency: The Key to Green Storage Operation
sponsored by Xiotech Corporation
| White Paper: | Posted: 19 Nov 2009
| | Published: | 01 Aug 2008 | |
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While energy consumption of overall data center operations and server-related equipment is generally understood, the story is quite different when it comes to storage systems. This paper offers practical advice on how to measure storage system efficiency and compares the efficiency numbers of several common storage solutions.
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The ROI and TCO Benefits of Data Deduplication for Data Protection in the Enterprise
sponsored by Data Domain
| White Paper: | Posted: 26 Aug 2008
| | Published: | 26 Aug 2008 | |
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This whitepaper examines and quantifies the costs and benefits of backup with deduplication storage as strategic assets for data protection. Three organizations in different industries are discussed as case studies.
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Toss the Tape! 7 Key Steps for Overcoming the Limitations of Tape
sponsored by ExaGrid Systems, Inc.
| White Paper: | Posted: 20 Nov 2009
| | Published: | 19 Nov 2009 | |
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This document is a 7-step guide for making the move from tape to disk backup with deduplication. Within these steps, the Guide provides a concise summary of the downsides of tape backup, and then examines the superiority and economy of second-generation disk backup with data deduplication.
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