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• How to choose the right snapshot method

  Snapshots and replication have become data protection tools of choice, but finding the right snapshot method for your data center can be challenging.  Continue Reading

• Backup targets: Tape libraries and VTLs

  Tape drives, tape libraries and virtual tape libraries are among the popular backup target options available today.  Continue Reading

• Modern backup alternatives

  With more data to protect, weekly fulls and nightly incrementals may not be enough. It's time to look at alternatives to traditional backup processes.  Continue Reading

• The king of all backup jobs: Backing up the Library of Congress

  The Library of Congress is the ultimate backup job, preserving petabytes of Internet data and created from turning physical files into digital ones.  Continue Reading

• Protecting petabytes: Best practices for big data backup

  How do you protect the massive data sets? Learn the best practices and products used for big data backup disaster recovery.  Continue Reading

• Hybrid cloud backup: Disk-to-disk-to-cloud backup explained

  Hybrid cloud backup, or disk-to-disk-to-cloud backup is gaining popularity in both large enterprises and small businesses. But is it right for you?  Continue Reading

• Best data backup technology tips of 2010

  Start 2011 off right and read our best data backup technology tips of 2010, and get the best advice from our data backup experts.  Continue Reading

• Choosing the best Oracle backup strategy for your environment

  Find out which Oracle backup strategy is right for you in this FAQ: user-managed backups, RMAN or import/export backups.  Continue Reading

• Solving common data deduplication system problems

  Still not getting the deduplication ratios vendors are promising? Learn about the most common problems with deduplication systems and how to fix them.  Continue Reading

• Common NAS backup challenges

  Curtis Preston discusses some of the most common challenges associated with NAS backups, the pros and cons of NDMP and other technologies that help simplify NAS backup in this Q&A.  Continue Reading

• Best practices for reusing data backup tapes

  W. Curtis Preston answers common questions about reusing backup tapes in this Q&A.  Continue Reading

• LTO tape technology continues to evolve with LTO 5

  W. Curtis Preston, TechTarget executive editor and independent backup expert, outlines how LTO tape differs from other tape media, discusses the various generations of LTO tape, and the pros and cons of LTO in this Q&A.  Continue Reading

• Archiving storage vs. data backup storage: The dos and don'ts of using backups and data archives

  Learn the differences between data backup software and data archiving tools and the dos and don'ts associated with each in this FAQ with Curtis Preston.  Continue Reading

• Data backup and recovery FAQs

  Check out our FAQs for information on a variety of topics from tape backup to data deduplication to CDP and more.  Continue Reading

• Symantec Veritas NetBackup best practices: Using the maximum jobs per client setting

  This is the second in a multi-part series discussing Symantec Corp. Veritas NetBackup best practices to help you make the right choices for your data backup system.  Continue Reading

• File-level versus image-level data backup: Chapter excerpt from "VMware VI3 Implementation and Admin

  Learn about file-level backup versus image-level backup, and attaching tape drives to ESX hosts in our chapter excerpt from "VMware VI3 Implementation and Administration."  Continue Reading

• Backing up your virtual environment

  Learn all about backing up your virtual environment, whether with traditional backup and backup scripts in this except of Eric Seibert's new book "VMware VI3 Implementation and Administration."  Continue Reading

• Using bare-metal recovery to migrate physical machines to virtual machines with VMware

  Learn how to use the bare-metal recovery procedure to migrate physical machines into virtual machines in VMware.  Continue Reading

• What is server-free backup, and how does it work?

  Server-free backup is an umbrella term for two different kinds of backup. The general distinction is that it is backup that is going to be done outside of the server that is being backed up -- hence the name. Some of the methods for doing ...  Continue Reading

• What is the difference between a traditional file-level backup and a virtual machine backup?

  Most traditional client/server architecture remains the same in the server virtualization environment where the client has an agent installed. However, this can become cumbersome. We still have to manage agents...  Continue Reading