Maximizing the Business Value of Information Lifecycle Management
[ Source: Sun Microsystems ]
January 2008-Information Lifecycle Management (ILM) is a sustainable storage strategy that balances the cost of storing and managing information with its business value. In the early stages of an ILM implementation, most of the focus and benefits are internal to IT. In later stages, most of the benefits accrue to the overall business. This paper represents an open invitation to business executives to help them prepare to maximize their potential benefits from information lifecycle management.
Extending DFS: Storage Management
[ Source: AutoVirt ]
December 2009-Many storage managers like the concept of DFS, but can’t find the time or take the risk to implement it. Attend this webinar to learn how to build upon the concept of the DFS global namespace to provide a single platform for data management.
The ROI and TCO Benefits of Data Deduplication for Data Protection in the Enterprise
[ Source: Data Domain ]
August 2008-
Deduplication storage is quickly becoming the standard for disk-based backup and nearline storage use in enterprise data centers across many industries. It delivers clear benefits for the retention, recovery and replication of backup and other nearline data and allows customers to eliminate tape from the processes of both operational recovery and disaster recovery.
In order to quantify the benefits of deduplication, industry expert Barb Goldworm, Focus Consulting, interviewed and documented the experiences of ....
How To Comply WIth Data Security Regulations
[ Source: BizDomainStore.com ]
July 2009-This report discusses how remote data backups can be administered to be compliant with almost any international, federal, or state data protection regulation. The discussion is presented by BizDomainStore.com.
Protecting Cisco Unity Environments With Veritas Backup Exec and Veritas NetBackup
[ Source: Symantec ]
January 2008-The Cisco Unity server architecture is unified with ones data network, minimizing installation, administration, and maintenance costs. Built on a platform that can scale to meet the organization’s needs as it grows, Cisco Unity also uses streaming media and an intuitive browser-style system administration interface that makes life easier for the people who install and support the system, ultimately lowering the organization’s total cost of ownership. Designed to exploit IP networks, Cisco Unity plays a ....
VERITAS Backup Exec 10: Disk, Tape, and Multiplexing Performance Comparison
[ Source: Symantec ]
January 2008-VERITAS Software commissioned VeriTest to benchmark both backup and restore performance, comparing disk, tape, and tape multiplexing solutions. VERITAS Backup Exec 10 for Windows Servers was tested with disk and tape, and Computer Associates ARCserve 11.1 was tested with disk, tape, and tape multiplexing. This paper highlights Disk to disk data protection solutions offer performance Advantages when compared to the tape multiplexing solution that was tested. The introduction of inexpensive disk products has changed the ....
HP OpenView Storage Data Protector 5.5: Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Cluster Server Integration
[ Source: Hewlett-Packard ]
January 2008-This paper from Hewlett-Packard provides complementary information for how to configure and maintain HP OpenView Storage Data Protector 5.5 in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Cluster Server environments. The Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Cluster Server integration issues of HP OpenView Storage Data Protector 5.5 are also discussed in this paper. Installation, software maintenance (patches), configuration and cluster recovery issues are covered with examples.
Data Protection Strategies Using Replication
[ Source: Sunbelt Software ]
September 2009-Businesses are becoming increasingly dependent on continuous access to stored data and as a result, storage usage is growing at an unprecedented rate. As the number of mission-critical servers and storage resources grow, so does the importance of protecting against service interruptions that can threaten an organization's ability to provide access to key data.
There are a number of strategies that can be employed to protect important data, and each has strengths and weaknesses. ....
Performance Analysis of the HP Serviceguard Storage Management Suite for Oracle Database
[ Source: Hewlett-Packard ]
January 2008-The HP Serviceguard Storage Management Suite is preferably suited to customers who need the uppermost levels of availability and superior Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) database performance or who have an application that would benefit from a clustered file system for improved manageability. This white paper evaluates the Clustered File System (CFS) with Oracle Disk Manager (ODM) enabled in an OnLine Transaction Processing (OLTP) environment against the Shared Logical Volume Manager (SLVM) asynchronous I/O disk ....
Remediate Backup Tapes to Control Liability & Cost
[ Source: Index Engines ]
September 2009-In the past it was far too expensive and difficult to understand the detailed content of old backup tapes. Discovery efforts required that the content to be restored first, and then analyzed in order to determine what to keep and what can be purged. Restoring thousands or tens of thousands of tapes was out of the question. It would take too much time, money and legacy infrastructure. As a result IT departments have let the ....
VERITAS Backup Exec 10: Disk, Tape, and Multiplexing Performance Comparison
[ Source: Symantec ]
January 2008-
VERITAS Software commissioned VeriTest to benchmark both backup and restore performance, comparing disk, tape, and tape multiplexing solutions. VERITAS Backup Exec 10 for Windows Servers was tested with disk and tape, and Computer Associates ARCserve 11.1 was tested with disk, tape, and tape multiplexing. This paper highlights Disk to disk data protection solutions offer performance Advantages when compared to the tape multiplexing solution that was tested. The introduction of inexpensive disk products has changed the ....
Five Fatal Myths of Data Backup
[ Source: AbilityCRM ]
February 2008-
Data loss can cause catastrophic problems to businesses. When not fatal, it can certainly be costly, time-consuming, and stressful. The best protection against data loss is to backup the data. Yet the process of data backup can be confusing and is often misunderstood. This paper addresses the most common fatal myths that our support desk encounters on a daily basis.
Introduction to Digital Rights Management - DRM
[ Source: LockLizard ]
August 2007-
This paper covers the technology called Digital Rights Management or DRM, what it achieves and how this benefits your business. It covers the demand for DRM in the protection of intellectual property and the use of encryption and cryptography in protecting and controlling digital content. It compares DRM controls against IT controls, charging mechanisms, and the use of DRM in various industries. Most importantly it covers how DRM can be made to work for your ....
The Benefits of Data Replication for AIX
[ Source: Vision Solutions ]
September 2008-
Listen to John Gay, Senior AIX Solutions Architect from Vision Solutions and learn how to implement a comprehensive, rapid AIX disaster recovery and data replication solution with minimal investment, provide continuous data protection (CDP) and uptime for your employees, customers and partners, and extend the useful life of your existing AIX application server.
Optimized Backup and Recovery for VMware Infrastructure with EMC Avamar
[ Source: EMC ]
April 2008-
Over the last decade, disk storage has been used to augment traditional backup approaches, but disk solutions that are designed to replace tape libraries and media solve only a fraction of the data protection challenges faced by enterprises. Avamar backup software solves traditional backup challenges by reducing the size of backup data at the source. Avamar does this using patented global data deduplication technology that stores only a single copy of sub-file data segments across ....
Fast-Start Failover Best Practices Oracle Data Guard 10g Release 2: Oracle Maximum Availability Architecture White Paper
[ Source: Oracle ]
January 2008-
This paper published by Oracle describes that the Fast-Start Failover is an Oracle Data Guard 10g Release 2 feature that automatically, quickly, and reliably fails over to a designated, synchronized standby database in the event of loss of the primary database, without requiring manual intervention to execute the failover. This paper describes Fast-Start Failover and describes Maximum Availability Architecture (MAA) best practices for its use.
How to Recover an Entire Laptop in Minutes
[ Source: Atempo ]
September 2008-
Nothing can slow down your day like desktop and laptop computer recoveries. There is the daily aggravation of emotional users desperate for a miracle recovery of a lost, deleted, or unsaved file. And then there are those who are disconnected from the network or traveling – some victims are not very patient.
If you would like to simplify recoveries of users files, desktops, and laptops quickly, read this tutorial. There is a ....
Multi-Customer ROI Analysis: The Total Economic Impact of Oracle Enterprise Manager Database
[ Source: Oracle ]
March 2009-
In this report, discover how to:
• Increase database administrator (DBA) productivity;
• Reduce system downtime and increase availability;
• Reduce capital spending on servers by 20%;
In this whitepaper, Forrester Research initiated work on a research project that focused on examining the potential return on investment (ROI) that enterprises may realize by adopting Oracle Enterprise Manager. This study highlights the benefits and costs of deploying Oracle ....
HP Polyserve Software - SQL Server Solution
[ Source: HP ]
August 2008-
Find out how to save up to $1 million for every 10 SQL Servers you own. Attend this demo and learn how HP's approach to virtualization effectively consolidates SQL Server database environments with dramatic benefits. During this demo you'll be stepped through the actual application itself and shown a number of features such as Dynamic Re-Hosting, server failover and on-demand capacity growth.
Security vs. Disaster Recovery: Three Best Practices Of Disaster-Proof Hard Drive Technology
[ Source: ioSafe ]
January 2007-
Almost all data resides on hard drives. The lowly hard drive does almost everything well. It's good, fast, and cheap for nearly all scenarios wherever data is stored. Standard hard drives are not disaster proof. ioSafe waterproof and fireproof hard drives offer a solution to that problem.
Five Essentials Of Business Recovery
[ Source: IBM ]
December 2009-
The disaster that seemed daunting in good economic times can be insurmountable when the economy takes a turn. This essential article outlines five elements of business recovery, which can help you reduce the risk of lost revenue that downtime of any kind represents.
Data Protection Is Not An Insurance Policy
[ Source: IBM ]
December 2009-
You need to maintain access to critical information to run your business and remain competitive. IBM's Comprehensive Data Protection Solution combines powerful and affordable server and disk platforms, and storage management software, to deliver a solution that is suitable for small to medium businesses that want a backup and recovery solution that is inexpensive and easy to deploy. Learn all the details by listening to our podcast, featuring John Weber principle IT Advisor at Illuminata. ....
Extending DFS: Storage Management
[ Source: AutoVirt ]
December 2009-
Many storage managers like the concept of DFS, but can’t find the time or take the risk to implement it. Attend this webinar to learn how to build upon the concept of the DFS global namespace to provide a single platform for data management.
EMC Perspective: Managing Information Storage--Trends, Challenges, And Options 2009-2010
[ Source: EMC ]
July 2009-
How are IT and storage managers coping with the organizational challenges posed by the explosion of data, increasing criticality of digitized information, and rapid introduction of new storage technologies? This updated paper contains the findings of a study based on input from over 1,450 storage professionals and IT managers worldwide.
Virtualization Technologies Aid Disaster Recovery Planning
[ Source: Sunbelt Software ]
September 2009-
The need to protect virtual server systems is paramount, and where companies want to reduce the costs associated with disaster recovery planning, virtualization can enable easier recovery without a great deal of additional cost. Learn more about enterprise-class disaster recovery and high-availability solutions for cutting-edge virtual environments.
Enhancing Your SQL Reporting Services Deployment
[ Source: Sunbelt Software ]
September 2009-
Although SQL Server offers options for database protection and recovery, none is intended to provide a complete disaster recovery solution. Make sure you've taken the time to develop a high availability and disaster recovery plan to cover unforeseen catastrophes that might threaten your database. When recoverability matters, depend on Double-Take Software to protect and recover business critical data and applications.
Data Protection Strategies Using Replication
[ Source: Sunbelt Software ]
September 2009-
Businesses are becoming increasingly dependent on continuous access to stored data and as a result, storage usage is growing at an unprecedented rate. As the number of mission-critical servers and storage resources grow, so does the importance of protecting against service interruptions that can threaten an organization's ability to provide access to key data.
There are a number of strategies that can be employed to protect important data, and each has strengths and weaknesses. ....
AutoVirt 3.0 For Unstructured Data Management
[ Source: AutoVirt ]
November 2009-
Download this Webinar to hear storage expert Klavs Landberg speak about AutoVirt’s latest technology – the AutoVirt 3.0 storage management platform for unstructured data on Windows. This release helps you easily implement disaster protection, data life cycle management, and data distribution, building upon a robust foundation of data migration and consolidation capabilities. Klavs delves into AutoVirt’s core architecture and review the storage challenges tackled uniquely by AutoVirt through an easy, plug-and-play design that allows users ....
Three Ways to Protect Data Access and Prevent Data Loss: Replication Strategies for Data Protection
[ Source: AutoVirt ]
November 2009-
Remote-site data protection and high availability protect your business. This document discusses three replication topologies offered by AutoVirt that provide automated failover and can be implemented without disruption to end-user access.
How to Reduce Storage Sprawl with File Virtualization
[ Source: AutoVirt ]
November 2009-
Sprawling storage environments are expensive and inefficient to manage. This document introduces file virtualization as a solution and discusses how AutoVirt combines file virtualization and automation in a powerful storage management platform.
Learn Ways To Introduce And Implement Server Virtualization In Your Company
This VMware white paper, especially useful for senior IT managers, describes best practices for implementing virtualization technology; provides strategies...
Data Protection Strategies Using Replication
This paper examines four data protection strategies and compares their merits for the most common business continuance scenarios.
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