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SlideShare: How Snapshots CAN be Backups

Snapshots have been a key feature of primary storage infrastructures that IT professionals have relied on for years. In fact, many use snapshots as their first recovery option when their primary data copy is compromised. But storage systems have traditionally

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Designing Primary Storage to Ease the Backup Burden

When IT planners map out their primary storage architectures they typically focus on how well the system will perform, how far it will scale and how reliable it will be. Data protection, that process that guards against corruption or system

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How Software-defined Storage is Enabling Snapshot-based Data Protection

Snapshots are powerful tools for creating a primary storage data protection system, one that offers faster recovery and can even replace traditional backup altogether. But protecting against primary storage system failure, which would render the snapshots useless, requires a second

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Storage News for Feb. 14 – Podcast

Here are some of the latest headlines from Storage Switzerland. Lead Analyst George Crump joins me on the podcast. Click below for links to the blogs on Storage Swiss relating to each story: Arcserve simplifies Backup with Data Protection Appliance

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How Snapshots CAN Be Backups – Podcast

Snapshots have been part of the backup process for years, enabling traditional backup systems to reduce their impact on operations. But can you use snapshots to replace the backup itself? Historically, the answer has been “no”. But now, with new

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Not all Snapshots are the same

In an upcoming webinar, Storage Switzerland will make the case for using snapshots as a primary component of data protection. For this strategy to work several things are needed from the storage infrastructure. First, it must be able to keep

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Webinar: How Snapshots CAN be Backups

Snapshots have been a key feature of primary storage infrastructures that IT professionals have relied on for years. In fact, many use snapshots as their first recovery option when their primary data copy is compromised. But storage systems have traditionally

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Nexenta explains the economics behind Software-Defined Storage

Nexenta is a software-only, software-defined storage (SDS) solution that enables users to create storage systems with the x86-based hardware of their choice and disk or flash-based arrays, with support recently added for all-flash arrays. Based on the ZFS file system,

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