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Buying a virtual tape library for data backup: Recommendations and best practices
Buying the right virtual tape library (VTL) depends on a user's existing data backup environment, the amount of data to be backed up, the complexity of the storage environment and, most importantly, what problems they're trying to solve. Article | 25 Aug 2009
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Secure data destruction options for old backup tapes and disk
Data destruction options for old backup tapes include degaussing, overwriting software and physical destruction. Another option is to outsource to a data destruction specialist. But are these methods secure for removing sensitive data? Article | 21 Aug 2009
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Data deduplication technology primer: Top 10 dedupe and backup tips
We've collected our best data deduplication technology tips in our primer on data dedupe. Whether you want to know about inline vs. post-processing deduplication, are buying your first dedupe product, or want to keep track of which data backup vendor... Article | 18 Aug 2009
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Cowboy museum ropes tiered online data backup from CoreVault
The National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum eliminated tape backup headaches and kept costs to a minimum by bringing in a tiered online backup service. Article | 23 Jul 2009
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Data backup reporting tools' trending features rank highly with backup administrators
SearchDataBackup.com readers gave the trending/analysis features of their backup reporting tools the highest ranking of any of the features we inquired about in a recent survey. Article | 21 Jul 2009
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Using open-source data backup software
Learn about popular open-source data backup software like Amanda, BackupPC and Bacula and the pros and cons of each. Article | 20 Jul 2009
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SMBs are still using tape storage for remote-office data backup
Tape storage has been called a dying technology by many storage pundits and analysts. But tape is still alive for many SMBs and remote offices. Article | 06 Jul 2009
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SMB data storage news briefs: NetGear announces ReadyNAS 3200 for SMBs
NetGear announces a new ReadyNAS for SMBs; ProStor announces general availability of ProStor InfiniVault 2.0; Seagate announces new additions to BlackArmour family; and more. Article | 24 Jun 2009
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How continuous data protection is used today
When CDP emerged a few years ago, it was positioned as a product that would replace traditional backup software. But that prophesy never materialized. Here's how CDP is being used today. Article | 22 Jun 2009
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LTO-4 tape technology finally catching on -- tape storage isn't dead yet
Data storage pundits have been predicting the demise of tape storage for years, but LTO-4's increased popularity is proving tape isn't dead yet. Article | 22 Jun 2009