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Dealing with (and reducing) tape’s legal discovery nightmares
When litigants initiate the process of legal discovery, the longevity of tape and its opacity presents IT with abundant headaches.Feature
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Firms tap archivers for compliance, storage management
Eighty percent of respondents do some kind of archiving, with half archiving to meet regulatory requirements and half focused on managing capacity and performance.Magazine
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Tape archiving with a vaulting provider
David Hill discusses tape archiving with a vaulting provider in this Expert Answer.Answer
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The challenges of tape vaulting (don't outweigh its benefits)
David Hill discusses some of the challenges associated with tape vaulting in this Expert Response.Answer
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Choosing archive management software
David Hill discusses considerations for choosing archive management software in this Expert Answer.Answer
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Moving workloads to new servers
The task of moving a workload to a new server often seems simple enough, but the process is plagued with gotchas. Here’s what to watch for before making the move to new hardware.Tip
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Why tape works for active archiving
David Hill, analyst with the Mesabi Group, discusses tape’s role in active archiving.Answer
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EMC Data Domain backup – addition by subtraction?
EMC rolls out bigger, faster Data Domain system, discontinues separate global dedupe and archiving products, and adds tape support for Avamar.News | 23 May 2012
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Financial firm replicates way to lower recovery time objective
Financial services firm overhauls data protection to meet recover time objectives and recovery point objectives.News | 15 May 2012
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Execs talk Backup Exec 2012, integrated appliances at Symantec Vision
Our senior news director Dave Raffo attended Symantec Vision last week, and we have compiled his reporting for your convenience.News | 14 May 2012
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Cancer research group endorses Backup Exec 2012 upgrade
The Backup Exec 2012 upgrade made for a lot of unhappy customers, but the Gynecological Oncology Group's IT team found the new interface a snap.News | 06 Sep 2012
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vSphere Data Protection brings Avamar dedupe, possible conflicts
VMware uses EMC Avamar to bring dedupe and file restores to its new vSphere Data Protection (VDP) SMB backup product.News | 28 Aug 2012
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Symantec hopes to quiet Backup Exec 2012 upgrade complaints
Customers unhappy with Backup Exec 2012 upgrade say they look forward to the restoration of the popular Job Monitor from previous versions.News | 13 Aug 2012
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Symantec dumps CEO; vows to fix Backup Exec 2012
New Symantec CEO Stephen Bennett said fixing Backup Exec 2012 problems is one of his priorities as he replaces Enrique Salem.News | 25 Jul 2012
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Druva adds file collaboration to its backup app
Laptop and endpoint backup specialist Druva gives customers the option of adding file collaboration, either on premise or through the cloud.News | 17 Jul 2012
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Are storage snapshots an alternative to backup?
Are storage snapshots an alternative to traditional backup? Find out in this Expert Answer from Brien Posey.Answer
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Quest acquisition bolsters Dell backup software portfolio
Dell backup plans receive a jolt from $2.4 billion acquisition of Quest Software and its physical and virtual machine data protection.News | 02 Jul 2012
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Dell backup plans include move from SMB to enterprise
The Dell backup roadmap includes plans to build on its DR4000 appliance and AppAssure software to move into the enterprise.News | 14 Jun 2012
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Backup Exec 2012 upgrade features new tasks, improved workflows
Symantec Backup Exec 2012 is significantly different than previous versions. This tip details how to perform some key tasks in the new version.Tip
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Sepaton aims at large database backup with DBeXstream multistreaming
Sepaton says its DBeXstream improves performance and data reduction by deduplicating large multistreamed and multiplexed database backups.News | 06 Jun 2012
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vSphere Data Protection brings Avamar dedupe, possible conflicts
VMware uses EMC Avamar to bring dedupe and file restores to its new vSphere Data Protection (VDP) SMB backup product.News | 28 Aug 2012
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Quest vRanger gets physical with backups, restores
Quest vRanger 6 to offer virtual machine backup and physical backup in one product.News | 22 Aug 2012
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The benefits and drawbacks of CDP solutions
CDP solutions can eliminate your backup window. However, there are many issues to consider, including application and operating system compatibility.Answer
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Disparity among backup products for backing up virtual servers
Learn more about the challenges of backing up virtual servers in this Expert Response from Brien Posey.Answer
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Quest acquisition bolsters Dell backup software portfolio
Dell backup plans receive a jolt from $2.4 billion acquisition of Quest Software and its physical and virtual machine data protection.News | 02 Jul 2012
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VM backup: almost too easy
Almost all the respondents to our latest survey have virtualized some or all of their servers, and consider backup a piece of cake. What other VM backup myths did they debunk?Magazine
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Why recursive VSS is good for backing up virtualized Windows Servers
Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) can back up Windows-based virtual servers while ensuring data is application-consistent.Magazine
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Windows 8 backup: Microsoft improves built-in backup utilities
Microsoft expert Brien Posey says that Microsoft has made some key changes that improve Windows 8 backup.Tip
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Run virtual machines from backup without first restoring them
Find out how common it is to run virtual machines from backup without first restoring them in this Expert Response from Brien Posey.Answer
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CDP’s (continuous data protection) advantages in virtual server backup
Find out the advantages CDP (continuous data protection) offers in backing up virtual servers in this Expert Response from Brien Posey.Answer
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Riverbed launches larger Whitewater cloud data backup box
Riverbed rolls out larger Whitewater cloud data backup appliance for enterprises, and upgrades the operating system with better dedupe indexing.News | 10 Sep 2012
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Cloud storage for mobile devices
Workers are more mobile than ever and taking data along on a variety of devices that require new methods of delivering, protecting and backing up corporate data.Magazine
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Quantum launches Q-Cloud DR, backup services with vmPro and DXi dedupe
Quantum packages vmPRO virtual backup, DXi dedupe target and offsite data centers into Q-Cloud DR and backup services.News | 27 Aug 2012
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Assessment firm turns to StorSimple cloud storage for backup, DR
Personality testing firm CPP installed a StorSimple cloud storage controller for user files and SharePoint, and expanded into cloud backup and DR.News | 10 Aug 2012
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Cloud backup versus cloud storage comparison
Cloud hype has blurred the cloud storage and cloud backup, recovery and restore line. This tip will offer a cloud BURR versus cloud storage comparison.Tip
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Disaster recovery in the cloud
Hybrid cloud disaster recovery (DR) appliances are an emerging class of business continuity product that makes effective and timely DR affordable for even the smallest of firms.Magazine
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Druva adds file collaboration to its backup app
Laptop and endpoint backup specialist Druva gives customers the option of adding file collaboration, either on premise or through the cloud.News | 17 Jul 2012
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Are cloud backups enterprise-ready?
Brien Posey says that there are a number of limitations that keep cloud backups from being enterprise ready in this Expert Response.Answer
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Actifio upgrades data protection appliances for enterprise, clouds
Actifio improves data dedupe and multi-tenancy for its Protection and Availability Storage (PAS) data protection appliance.News | 13 Jun 2012
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CommVault CEO talks big data backup, cloud backup, archiving
CommVault CEO Bob Hammer talks about backing up big data, cloud backup and the relationship between archiving and backup.News | 30 May 2012
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