- Disk vs Tape: Expanding the Debate to Long-Term Data Retention
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Guest Post by Robert Spurzem, Senior Product Marketing Manager,EMC Backup Recovery Systems Does the new LTO-6 add fuel to the debate between and disk for long-term data retention? In a word…no. New LTO-6 tape drives and media are expected to ship in 2012 with the promise of new records in tape performance and capacity. LTO-6 ... Continue Reading » - 2012 Check Point – Are You Keeping Your IT Resolutions?
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Yep, it’s almost that time again. We’ve passed the mid-point of 2012 and are now in the home stretch to 2013. But before we switch on cruise control and coast into the new year (and into a new set of resolutions), let’s do a quick check point. How are you doing keeping The Top Five ... Continue Reading » - Disk vs. Tape for Optimizing RPO & RTO: It’s Not Even Close
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When a storage disaster occurs there are two questions that immediately come to mind: Where’s my data?!, and How long will it take to restore it?! These critical questions can be answered by understanding and evaluating two specific metrics: Recovery Point Objective (RPO) and Recovery Time Objective (RTO) RPO looks backward to the last backup; ... Continue Reading » - Post TechEd 2012 Follow Up…
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It has been several weeks now since the end of Microsoft TechEd 2012 in Orlando, and I can honestly say that the anticipation for next year’s TechEd in New Orleans is growing. I thoroughly enjoyed all of the great conversations that we had with you our customers at the EMC Booth. While there were some ... Continue Reading » - Water, Water Everywhere
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I joined EMC’s Symmetrix division in the fall of 2010. The same iconic & legendary engineering team responsible for the concept and delivery of over 20 years of Symmetrix storage. My first task was bringing the Symmetrix VMAXe (now called VMAX 10K) to market. Thinking back, the impression that comes to mind is “wow”, what ... Continue Reading » - The Strong Survive
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Have you ever been in a situation where you look back and say, “Wow that was a really stupid move”? Maybe that move was death defying or just simply risky. This past winter I went out with a group to climb a peak. Yes I know, winter in Colorado is not the safest time to ... Continue Reading » - NetWorker 8 – A Mover and a Shaker of Backup Transformation?
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Sweaty palms. Churning stomach. Breathlessness. Yep, I was ready for my first meeting at Legato HQ. It was 1998, and I was a very junior engineer at Network Appliance discussing potential integration projects with Legato co-founder Bob Lyon (or, as I knew him, one of the gods who invented NFS). The last time I’d gotten ... Continue Reading » - Archiving: Shining a Light through the Dark Email Abyss
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Ever wonder what is meant when people speak of “real archiving”? What is that exactly? Simply put, it is using policies and rules to determine what content should get kept — archived — where it should be stored and for how long. A proper archive is also online and enables users to get to the ... Continue Reading » - Seven Essential Strategies for Effective Archiving
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Driven by rapid data growth, tight budgets, and compliance requirements, managing information seems to be getting harder to accomplish, but it doesn’t have to be that way. The secret is having an effective archiving strategy, which can help your organization retain, manage, protect, and utilize its information assets more effectively: Archiving can reduce the size ... Continue Reading » - Consolidated BACKUP and ARCHIVING means better application performance, reduced primary storage costs, and ensured compliance
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International Computerware, Inc. (ICI), a leading global provider of information technology solutions and consulting, had a problem. The company’s highly mobile workforce relies heavily on email and document sharing, requiring access to current and past messages and attachments. As email mailboxes became clogged, the performance of the company’s Microsoft Exchange server began to slow down. ... Continue Reading »
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The Right Architecture Is Priceless, Part I
 Evolving data protection technology and expanding requirements have completely transformed the backup industry. Unfortunately, with such rapid change, many organizations have fallen into the chaos of an accidental architecture.
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