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- Did Dinosaurs Like the Taste of Tape Cartridges?
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Whenever I see physical tape cartridges still being used for backups, I can’t help but think about cavemen and dinosaurs. They have so many things in common: They are both old and outdated (OK, one is a little older than the other) They are problematic (the problem is, what good are they to anyone anymore?) ... Continue Reading » - This Is Your Brain on Tape Backup
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Ever wondered what your brain looks like on tape backup? Here’s what my brain came up with: Stressed out about recovery times Backups are way too slow Failing backups are killing your #s Boss is unhappy about results Your performance isn’t good Tape cartridges are piling up Skyrocketing backup costs This is your brain on ... Continue Reading » - Need a Boost to Deal with Backup Windows?
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Remember how much you hated story problems when you were in school, especially on tests? How about the one about the two trains going in opposite directions? Well, forget that one. Here’s a real story problem that will make a lot more sense, and you won’t even need your slide rule. Q. Your backups currently ... 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 » - Ground Hog Day in Backup
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I ride a commuter train to and from work every day. And, every day, on the way home, two passengers spend 30 minutes vehemently debating Obamacare. Each states his case passionately and coherently. With the same arguments. Every day. For two consecutive months. Neither person has changed his beliefs. At all. For two consecutive months. ... Continue Reading » - Improving IT and Business Response Times with Tape for Mainframe
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The issue isn’t how fast your tape drives are, but how fast you can get to the data when you need it. Tape has always provided the most inexpensive, yet accessible, storage available for batch backups, disaster recovery, and long-term archives, but it has had its limitations (e.g., issues with mechanical components wearing down over ... Continue Reading » - Using Data Domain as a Target for TSM
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I have been spending a lot of time with TSM accounts lately, so I thought I would take the opportunity to discuss some of the gotchas and lessons learned from these environments, as they moved from a tape-centric backup environment to a disk based backup environment using EMC Data Domain technology. The first and ... Continue Reading » - The Next Step Forward For Mainframe Virtual Tape: DLm6000
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Mainframe tape is a funny thing. Or at least it can look funny to a person that doesn’t work with mainframes. Funny because mainframe tape does a bunch of things. In the open systems world, life is simple by comparison. Tape does (or did!) basically one thing: backup. Yes, you could argue that it was ... 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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