“Backups.” It’s the universal term used to describe a much broader set of tools that make up the entire data protection process. There are varying degrees of data protection offered as features of RAID, backup, replication and snapshots. And each…
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Is Your Primary Storage DR Ready?
User and organizational expectations are higher than ever. They want high performance access to massive amounts of data and in the event that something goes wrong they expect IT to resolve the situation instantly and cost effectively no matter how…
The Efficiency Challenges facing Deduplication Appliances
Disk is the initial and in many cases the only backup storage device most data centers use today. Once that backup is completed the data is then replicated to another disk backup appliance or to the cloud. The success of…
Tagged with: Backup, Cloud, Cloudian, Deduplication, Hypervisor, Object Storage, Replication
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Backup isn’t good enough anymore
Backup just isn’t good enough anymore. Restoring isn’t good enough anymore. Today’s users expect much more. I’m a bit of an old fogey when it comes to backup. I made my first backup to a cassette tape attached to a…
Object Storage vs Tape and Object
An object storage system is a perfect place to keep data that needs storage for a long time. It also works in concert with a tape system if a customer wishes to do so. Why and how you might do…
Tagged with: Compression, Deduplication, Dell, Disk, EMC, Metadata, Object Storage, Replication, Tape
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Introducing DRaaS 2.0
When Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) was first introduced its advantages were immediately obvious to the organizations that chose to use it. Namely the cost savings in not having to equip and operate a remote DR site. But limitations…
Webinar: Is Your Storage Ready for Disaster?
The recovery expectations of users and organizations is changing and their tolerance for downtime is lower than ever. IT professionals can no longer rely on the traditional backup and recovery process to meet these new requirements. Primary storage needs to…
Is RAID/Replication/Erasure Coding Backup?
One of the things that makes a backup person’s head spin around is when they hear someone say, “my data is on RAID, so I don’t need to back it up.” The same would be true of erasure coding and…
Tagged with: Backup, Bandwidth, Commvault, Erasure Coding, Latency, RAID, Replication
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Making DRaaS Make Even More Sense – Bluelock Briefing Note
Disaster recovery as a service (DRaaS) continues to grow on both the demand and the supply side of the equation. While some still wonder if DRaaS makes sense for their business, many customers and vendors alike are flocking to the…
Tagged with: Backup, Bluelock, Data deduplication, dr, DRaaS, Hypervisor, Replication, Virtualization
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What is Backup?
Defining backup is both simple and complex. Google says a backup is “the procedure for making extra copies of data in case the original is lost or damaged.” This definition describes the action (extra copies) and the purpose (in case…
Tagged with: Archive, Backup, Commvault, Data Protection, Erasure Coding, RAID, Replication, Snapshots
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