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Adding SSD to a tiered storage system
Find out whether you need to invest in new management software when adding SSD to a tiered storage system in this Expert Response from Marc Staimer.
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The benefits and drawbacks of CDP solutions
CDP solutions can eliminate your backup window. However, there are many issues to consider, including application and operating system compatibility.
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Disparity among backup products for VM backup
Learn more about the challenges of backing up virtual servers in this Expert Response from Brien Posey.
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Consider failover and failback with hot-site providers
Learn about the importance of failover and failback, along with high-speed data mirroring, in this Expert Response from Paul Kirvan.
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Comparing the costs of hot sites and cold sites
Learn the differences in cost between hot sites and cold sites in this Expert Response from Paul Kirvan.
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Are snapshots an alternative to backup?
Are storage snapshots an alternative to traditional backup? Find out in this Expert Answer from Brien Posey.
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Are cloud backups enterprise-ready?
Brien Posey says that there are a number of limitations that keep cloud backups from being enterprise ready in this Expert Response.
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VDI infrastructure and storage platform choices
Read up on how SAN and NAS compare in terms of their ability to support a VDI infrastructure, and then drill down for details on Fibre Channel SAN vs. iSCSI SAN.
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How to perform VDI storage sizing
Find out what factors are involved in VDI storage sizing, including typical desktop operating system, version numbers, application virtualization and user data.
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Persistent vs. stateless VDI; their effect on storage
Learn the difference between persistent VDI and non-persistent VDI, how they affect storage and which one carries advantages in terms of capacity and backup requirements.
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Solving VDI performance issues with flash, SSD and soft
Find out how to address VDI performance issues that occur during boot storms or login storms with flash cards; SSD; or software solutions, such as Atlantis Computing’s ILIO.
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Storage’s impact on the VDI user experience
Learn about the storage demands in a VDI environment and why a consistent I/O response time is so critical to the VDI user experience and get a ballpark estimate for IOPS requirements.
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The benefits and challenges of tape vaulting
David Hill discusses some of the challenges associated with tape vaulting in this Expert Response.
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Choosing archive management software
David Hill discusses considerations for choosing archive management software in this Expert Answer.
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Why tape works for active archiving
David Hill, analyst with the Mesabi Group, discusses tape’s role in active archiving.
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Run virtual machines from backup without restoring them
Find out how common it is to run virtual machines from backup without first restoring them in this Expert Response from Brien Posey.
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CDP’s advantages in virtual server backup
Find out the advantages CDP (continuous data protection) offers in backing up virtual servers in this Expert Response from Brien Posey.
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How VMware backups differ from Hyper-V, Xen backup
Find out how VMware backups differ from Hyper-V or Xen backup in this Expert Response from Brien Posey.
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Why Microsoft VSS is important to virtual server backup
Find out why Microsoft VSS is so important to virtual server backup in this Expert Response from Brien Posey.
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The difference between target and source deduplication
Find out the difference between target and source deduplication for virtual server backup in this Expert Response from Brien Posey.
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Five business impact assessment considerations
Pierre Dorion lists the top five things to consider when conducting a business impact assessment.
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The difference between a BIA and risk analysis process
The BIA is related but different from the risk analysis process. Pierre Dorion discusses what each should accomplish in this expert answer.
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Outsourcing DR to hot and cold site providers
Learn when it is inappropriate to outsource DR to a hot or cold site provider in this Expert Response by Paul Kirvan.
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