Cloud backup
Cloud backup is a popular alternative to traditional data backup and recovery storage media, such as tape and disk. Learn about whether cloud backup is the best data protection method for your enterprise, what to look for in a cloud storage or online data backup service, and cloud backup security best practices.
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News
25 Apr 2024
Rubrik IPO to grow platform, reach
Rubrik goes public, becoming the first data backup vendor to do so in years. It plans to expand its security cloud software and customer base with an influx of funding. Continue Reading
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23 Apr 2024
Cohesity adds confidential computing to FortKnox
Cohesity is partnering with Intel to bring confidential computing technology to its FortKnox vault service -- a welcome, if limited, security addition, according to experts. Continue Reading
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28 Aug 2018
JetStream Data Protection safeguards data on the cloud
JetStream's Data Protection product uses continuous data capture technology to bring data resiliency to the cloud software company's data management platform. Continue Reading
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Podcast
28 Aug 2018
Cloud-based backups aid overall data protection plan
From cost to off-site protection, cloud backup offers many benefits. This podcast details the good, but also the bad and the ugly, when it comes to cloud. Continue Reading
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News
24 Aug 2018
Acronis True Image backup tackles cyber protection
Acronis True Image 2019 takes on security issues, including still-prevalent ransomware attacks. The consumer and SMB software also adds backup cleanup and a recovery 'Survival Kit.' Continue Reading
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21 Aug 2018
New Cohesity backup adds Helios SaaS management
The new Cohesity SaaS app lets users view, manage and make changes to secondary data and applications across multiple clusters through a single dashboard. Continue Reading
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13 Aug 2018
Rubrik backup helps Castilleja School move to cloud
California school sees Rubrik converged data protection and AWS S3 as key building blocks for a multi-cloud strategy, with archiving as the first step. Continue Reading
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06 Aug 2018
Quest launches QoreStor for appliance-free dedupe
Quest strips the data deduplication software out of DR appliances, launching it as the independent QoreStor application, which supports any vendor's backup hardware. Continue Reading
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Definition
30 Jul 2018
Druva
Druva is a cloud data protection and management software company based in Sunnyvale, Calif. Continue Reading
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30 Jul 2018
HYCU moves beyond Nutanix backup with Google Cloud support
HYCU's first non-Nutanix-based product is backup for Google Cloud Platform, ahead of Nutanix's Xi Cloud Services partnership with Google due later this year. Continue Reading
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24 Jul 2018
Druva CloudRanger finds home in Cloud Platform
With the integration of CloudRanger, Druva's Cloud Platform now provides protection and management of data centers, software as a service, end-user devices and cloud workloads. Continue Reading
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16 Jul 2018
Notre Dame uses N2WS Cloud Protection Manager for backup
The University of Notre Dame has moved 80% of its academic and administrative data to the AWS cloud, and relies on N2WS' Cloud Protection Manager to back up and protect it. Continue Reading
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11 Jul 2018
Datrium DVX switches focus to converged markets, enterprise
Datrium approaches HCI in a nontraditional way, but its DVX architecture combines compute and storage while pumping up its data protection capabilities. Continue Reading
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05 Jul 2018
Cloud Daddy enters AWS data protection fray
Cloud Daddy's Secure Backup offers five levels of protection. The new company has jumped into a growing and necessary market of AWS data backup, recovery and security. Continue Reading
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Podcast
28 Jun 2018
SaaS backup tips, trends outlined by Spanning VP
Mat Hamlin, vice president of products at Spanning, details the importance of backing up SaaS applications and being able to restore those cloud workloads successfully. Continue Reading
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Answer
26 Jun 2018
How do I keep my virtualized backup secure?
A virtual backup is not effective if it's not secure. Encryption, agentless backup and testing can all help. Explore the details of how to secure your backups. Continue Reading
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Tip
21 Jun 2018
Enterprises wrestle with OpenStack backup, DR challenges
To work around the manual and often tedious processes associated with OpenStack DR and backup, some enterprises have turned to third-party tools. Continue Reading
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Tip
11 Jun 2018
Multi-cloud data backup: Choices and challenges
With many organizations putting data in more than one cloud, multi-cloud backup has become an important element of protection. Organizations should tread carefully. Continue Reading
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News
05 Jun 2018
Druva Cloud Platform enhanced with CloudRanger acquisition
Druva will replace its Apollo product with the services of CloudRanger, following its acquisition of the AWS data protection vendor. Druva's Cloud Platform continues to evolve. Continue Reading
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Answer
31 May 2018
What are nine SaaS backup best practices?
Software-as-a-service backup is an important, but sometimes overlooked, aspect of data protection. It's also complex, so planning, documentation and testing are key. Continue Reading
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News
15 May 2018
Asigra backup targets ransomware 'Attack-Loop'
Version 14 of Asigra Cloud Backup features a partnership with security vendors to help find ransomware in backups. New variants can stay dormant until the data recovery process. Continue Reading
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Podcast
27 Apr 2018
Carbonite CEO discusses data protection threats, developments
Mohamad Ali, president and CEO of Carbonite, reflects on his trip to the State of the Union, how his job compares to previous high-profile positions and what's next for the vendor. Continue Reading
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Answer
25 Apr 2018
How should the virtualized backup market evolve?
GDPR looms large over many data protection processes, and virtual backup is no different. Overall management is important as well, as data volume continues to grow. Continue Reading
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Tip
13 Apr 2018
Moving data from a monolith to microservices architecture
Monolithic apps may contain a wealth of data within them. Moving to microservices means you need a plan for storing, accessing and backing up in a microservice database. Continue Reading
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News
11 Apr 2018
Kaseya backup takes on Office 365 with Spanning's help
Kaseya Office 365 Backup is integrated deeply with the vendor's remote monitoring and management software. Spanning's cloud-to-cloud technology provides the muscle behind it. Continue Reading
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News
04 Apr 2018
Rubrik Polaris SaaS app targets multi-cloud data
Rubrik takes another step toward cloud data management with Polaris GPS, a SaaS app that brings together secondary data stored in on-premises appliances and across clouds. Continue Reading
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News
14 Mar 2018
Spanning Backup for Salesforce enhances metadata restore
Spanning Backup makes it easier for Salesforce administrators who deal with metadata. Direct restore improves self-service of important Salesforce work. Continue Reading
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15 Feb 2018
Cohesity DataPlatform now spans file, object storage
Cohesity's DataPlatform tackles unstructured data through SpanFS, which manages file and object storage and expands the vendor's converged secondary storage platform. Continue Reading
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15 Feb 2018
Veritas CloudPoint aims for multi-cloud data protection
CloudPoint 2.0 now includes built-in content indexing from snapshots, application persistent snapshots and auto discovery of new cloud instances in Microsoft and Google clouds. Continue Reading
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15 Feb 2018
Latest Carbonite acquisition adds Mozy backup
Carbonite stays busy with its pending acquisition of Mozy and a forthcoming DRaaS product. The data protection vendor also announced its revenue results. Continue Reading
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Feature
12 Feb 2018
Quorum OnQ 4.0
Quorum added one-click recovery to the latest version of OnQ, as well as deduplication at the source and destination targets. OnQ appliances scale to 400 TB of raw storage. Continue Reading
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Feature
12 Feb 2018
Are you ready to comply with GDPR requirements?
Compliance with the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation isn't optional. Noncompliance could be costly and possibly disastrous. Find out what you need to know. Continue Reading
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Feature
11 Feb 2018
Rubrik Cloud Data Management (Alta 4.0)
Rubrik extends the boundaries of secondary storage, updating the latest release of its data management platform to support more hypervisors and Oracle Recovery Manager. Continue Reading
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News
06 Feb 2018
Datos IO gobbled up by Rubrik
Datos IO's ability to protect applications built on NoSQL databases caught the attention of Rubrik, which strives to protect all data stored on premises and in the cloud. Continue Reading
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05 Feb 2018
Dell EMC unveils the DD3300, its latest Data Domain appliance
Dell EMC's latest addition to the Data Domain line targets SMBs and enterprises with remote offices. The system includes Data Domain Boost technology and cloud tiering software. Continue Reading
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News
31 Jan 2018
Arcserve UDP Cloud Direct cuts downtime for cloud DR
Arcserve UDP delivers short RPO and RTO for backup and disaster recovery in the cloud. The upgraded platform targets the enterprise and medium-sized businesses. Continue Reading
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News
16 Jan 2018
Veeam acquisition of N2WS enhances cloud protection
Veeam will integrate N2WS technology into the Availability Platform. The companies' research and development teams will work together following Veeam's acquisition of N2WS. Continue Reading
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Answer
16 Jan 2018
Why is a cloud backup strategy necessary?
When backing up to the cloud, it's important to take precautions against data loss. See how approaches like redundancy can bolster your backup strategy. Continue Reading
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Feature
03 Nov 2017
Secure file sync and share enhanced to maintain data safety
Cloud, on-premises and hybrid enterprise file sync-and-share services, the EFSS market, deliver corporate security, compliance and peace of mind not present in consumer services. Continue Reading
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Feature
03 Nov 2017
Cloud storage adoption decisions weigh capacity and cost
Acquiring storage capacity -- particularly for backup, archiving, DR and collaborative purposes -- dominates as the main reason for storage cloud adoption trends in the enterprise. Continue Reading
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Tip
02 Nov 2017
Cloud data backup services minimize outage, security risks
Backups are critical in any cloud strategy, but where you store that data is just as important. Explore these automated backup tools and services to avoid risks later. Continue Reading
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News
17 Oct 2017
Actifio Sky adds intelligent search across clouds
Actifio's Sky goes beyond copy data management. It searches and manages data across clouds and on-premises storage with new analytics and a global catalog. Continue Reading
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Feature
07 Sep 2017
Cloud backup systems are a good bet in ransomware fight
Because it's important to protect your backups against ransomware, a cloud backup system is a strong option. Critically, cloud backups are off the network. Continue Reading
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Tip
14 Jul 2017
Before you back up to the cloud, ask these big questions
These five questions for providers will get you off on the right foot to backing up data to the cloud. Some considerations, like cost, may seem easy, but that's not the case. Continue Reading
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Feature
06 Jul 2017
Chief concerns when buying cloud storage include cost and capacity
Enterprises look for the best deal from the vendor with the best reputation when turning to the cloud to tame growing data volumes for archiving, backup and more. Continue Reading
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E-Zine
03 Apr 2017
2017 IT spending trends for data storage
For the 15th year, Storage magazine has surveyed storage pros to learn about their IT spending trends for the coming months. As you'd expect, the cloud continues to pick up steam for both primary and secondary projects, while all-flash arrays and SSDs also rated highly. Hyper-converged interest, meanwhile, nearly doubled over 2016. See how your 2017 shopping list compares to today's IT spending trends.
When SSDs supplanted HDDs, it revealed many deficiencies in the traditional RAID array model. Storage vendors changed course, leading to the highly scalable, fast and reliable hyper-converged systems of today. Is it time to go all-in with hyper-convergence?
IT is rapidly evolving to keep pace with today's data-intensive business apps and trends, such as the internet of things. For storage, this means newer silicon tech, inherent analytics, embedding hybrid cloud tiering and (often) convergence with or hosting of core data processing directly, and new management techniques.
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03 Apr 2017
Flash, cloud top data storage options for storage pros
Cloud is popular among data storage priorities for primary and backup storage, while most say they will use flash in primary data storage. Continue Reading
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Tip
06 Mar 2017
Get smart with cloud backup security through 'CIA'
Encryption is just one important element of backup data security in the cloud. Ask the right questions of your organization and your cloud provider to make sure your data is safe. Continue Reading
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E-Zine
10 Feb 2017
Announcing the best data storage products of 2016!
This year marks the 15th edition of the Storage magazine and SearchStorage.com Products of the Year awards, recognizing the best storage products of the past year. Nominated products competed across six categories, with the top in each category receiving bronze, silver or gold. Judges graded finalists on innovation, performance, manageability, ease of integration and use, functionality and value.
Modern storage arrays may offer previously unheard of max capacities, but that doesn't mean you won't have problems meeting today's ever-increasing storage capacity and performance requirements. We explore how to squeeze more bits and bytes out of storage systems without negatively affecting storage network performance through best practices for evaluation and configuration as well as tools to help with monitoring and management.
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Tip
07 Oct 2016
Five data migration approaches for cloud archiving
Administrators can take several approaches to migrating data to a cloud archive, from manual migration to using cloud-integrated storage. Continue Reading
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Answer
27 Sep 2016
How can I improve my SaaS backup strategy?
Migrating to software as a service can benefit an organization, but there are some questions administrators need to ask when considering a cloud-to-cloud backup. Continue Reading
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News
05 Apr 2016
EMC launches DD VE, virtual edition of Data Domain
EMC unveils the virtual edition of its Data Domain disk library, DD VE, allowing the Data Domain operating system to run inside a VMware hypervisor and back up to any hardware. Continue Reading
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Answer
24 Feb 2016
When does storage snapshot technology work best?
Snapshots do not replace backup, but they can be used to enhance a data protection strategy if you use them at the right time and for the right tasks. Continue Reading
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Tip
29 Jan 2016
Microsoft Azure VM backup methods beyond Azure Backup vault
You can back up an Azure VM using several different methods. Microsoft's preferred technique is to use Azure Backup vault, but this may not be the best choice in every situation. Continue Reading
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Tip
13 Nov 2015
Docker data container protection methods: Pros and cons
While Docker data container protection methods haven't reached the level found with hypervisor-based virtual machines, these four technologies can help users with the challenge. Continue Reading
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Tip
29 Oct 2015
Geocluster vs. off-site replication for VM protection
Is a geocluster or virtual machine replication the best option for VM protection? Both approaches protect VM workloads by moving them to an alternate data center during a disaster. Continue Reading
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Answer
23 Oct 2015
What is NetBackup Instant Recovery for VMware?
Symantec's NetBackup Instant Recovery for VMware feature can provide organizations with instant recovery capabilities, but backup server power issues can be a concern. Continue Reading
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Tip
27 Apr 2015
Avoid Docker host backup issues on Hyper-V virtual machines
Learn about common issues associated with Docker host backup on Hyper-V and how to avoid them. Continue Reading
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Answer
09 Oct 2014
How can I reduce my cloud storage costs?
What are the top five ways to save money on cloud storage costs for data protection? Continue Reading
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Tip
11 Sep 2014
Backing up Linux VMs running on Microsoft Hyper-V
Independent backup expert Brien Posey explains what you should know about backing up Linux VMs running on Microsoft Hyper-V. Continue Reading
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Answer
29 Apr 2014
Hypervisor-based replication in VMware and Hyper-V
Independent backup expert Brien Posey discusses native hypervisor-based replication in VMware and Hyper-V, in this Expert Answer. Continue Reading
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Tip
24 Mar 2014
Ten common reasons why virtual machine backups fail
Virtual machine backups can fail, and when they do, you must determine the cause of the failure. Here are 10 common reasons for VM backup failure. Continue Reading
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Tip
07 Mar 2014
Ten common reasons for VM restore failure
When a VM restore fails, you must troubleshoot quickly. Event logs are a good start, but can be cryptic. Here are 10 causes of VM restore failures. Continue Reading
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Photo Story
11 Feb 2014
Cloud survey uncovers seven storage services trends
Latest TechTarget cloud survey finds cloud backup, cloud file sync and share, disaster recovery and archiving are most popular uses of cloud storage. Continue Reading
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Answer
30 May 2013
IPhone vs. Android backup
Eric Slack of Storage Switzerland compares iPhone and Android backup in this Expert Answer. Continue Reading
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Answer
06 May 2013
Should you back up Google Drive contents?
George Crump of Storage Switzerland discusses whether it is necessary to back up Google Drive contents in this Expert Answer. Continue Reading
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06 May 2013
Should you back up Dropbox contents?
George Crump of Storage Switzerland discusses whether it is necessary to back up Dropbox contents in this Expert Response. Continue Reading
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Photo Story
10 Apr 2013
Backup challenges: Slow backup and recovery, growing capacity demands
Our recent survey data indicates slow backup and recovery, growing capacity demands and virtual server backup remain IT pain points. Continue Reading
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Tip
28 Nov 2012
Virtual machine backup and restoration in a Windows failover cluster
Learn about Windows failover clusters and their role in VM backups and restoration in this tip from Microsoft expert Brien Posey. Continue Reading
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Tip
28 Mar 2012
The value of VMware’s Changed Block Tracking (CBT)
VMware’s Changed Block Tracking is an important part of VMware’s efforts to simplify and improve the VMware virtual machine backup process. Continue Reading
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Tip
26 Sep 2011
Backing up VMs: Traditional apps vs. virtual machine backup software
In this tip on backing up VMs, learn about the pros and cons of traditional backup software vs. VM backup software. Continue Reading
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Tip
11 Jul 2011
Microsoft's Hyper-V snapshots offer quick VM backups, but with limits
Microsoft’s Hyper-V snapshots offer a quick way to back up virtual machines during upgrades, but they’re no substitute for long-term archives. Continue Reading
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News
20 Apr 2011
Hitachi GST debuts Touro drives with cloud backup, and other news
This week’s backup and recovery news in brief: Hitachi GST debuts Touro drives with cloud backup; Pro Softnet’s IDrive users can access backups on mobile devices; and more. Continue Reading
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Tip
18 Apr 2011
Hyper-V recovery: Top tips for restoring Hyper-V virtual machines
Good backups are only one half of a solid data protection plan. Check out our best tips for solving common Hyper-V recovery problems. Continue Reading
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Tip
21 May 2010
Data archiving best practices: The difference between backups and archives
In this collection of data archiving tips, learn data archiving best practices and the differences between backups and archives. Continue Reading
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Tip
15 Feb 2010
Service-level agreement management considerations when using online data backup services
There are many service-level agreement management considerations to be aware of when using online data backup services. Read our list before you sign on the dotted line. Continue Reading
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Feature
06 Jul 2009
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
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Feature
29 Jun 2009
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
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Feature
26 May 2009
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
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Tip
19 May 2008
Four ways to streamline your data backup process
Are your data backup operations out of control? Here are four tips to help you streamline your data backup and recovery process. Continue Reading
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Feature
25 Jan 2008
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