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eBook: Next generation backup and recovery solutions [EMC]

April 10, 2012 by Leave a Comment

Businesses that use tape as their primary backup media are spending too much time on backup and recovery – and not enough investing in projects to move IT, and the business, forward. Organizations must contemplate making the transition from tape to a more efficient disk-based backup approach.

Many organizations are making the transition to disk based backup however, making sure that this is the right choice for your business is a key first step.

Meet backup windows and reduce backup failures [Read more...]

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On demand scalability, simpler management and more. [Quantum]

February 14, 2012 by Leave a Comment

Now Quantum offers you even more reasons to love tape backup.

Once upon a time, small and midsized organizations chose tape backup or stuck with it not because they loved tape – it was often unreliable and complicated to use – but simply because it was more affordable than disk.

 But Quantum’s intelligent tape libraries – like its new Scalar i40 and i80 solutions – are changing the game with features that make today’s tape drives highly reliable, scalable, easy to use and quick to manage, particularly for entry-level and midrange storage environments. In other words, now you can choose tape because it’s not just cheaper, it’s pretty darn effective too.

 Capacity when you need it with on-demand scalability.

Your may know how much capacity your organization needs today but things understandably get murkier when you have to plan two or three years out. Quantum has solved that challenge and made keeping up with data growth simpler, with its capacity on demand (COD) feature. A Scalar i40, for instance, can grow from 25 slots to 40 via a simple license key code. The library is shipped with all slots included but only the designated 25 are turned on. As your capacity needs grow, you can simply purchase a license key code from Softchoice, enter it into an easy setup wizard and presto – more capacity in seconds. With Quantum’s COD feature, you only pay for the capacity you need today and worry about tomorrow’s needs tomorrow.

 Best-in-class iLayer management and monitoring saves time.

Quantum has also made tape simpler than ever to use thanks to its advanced iLayer software, full integrated into both its Scalar i40 and i80 libraries. iLayer leverages 30 years of Quantum expertise to give its tape libraries disk-like management features that boost backup reliability, reduce service calls, speed up issue resolution and lower operation expenses. [Read more...]

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Backup that won’t break the bank [EMC]

October 27, 2011 by Leave a Comment

Backups are data insurance. Real-world insurance policies protect your home, car, and health from financial disaster. Likewise, data backups protect all your organization’s information. Both only kick in after a tragedy and can cost A LOT. They also both come with challenges when it comes to the process, and can leave you wondering why you invested in it in the first place!

 Some of the common back-up and recovery challenges include:

  • IT admin time is in short supply and cannot be spared in managing unreliable backup and recovery processes.
  • Space is used by unnecessary multiple copies of the same files being backed up.
  • Different processes may be used to protect virtualized and physical servers.
  • There are a range of recovery speed requirements based on the criticality of the data to the business.
  • Data in remote/home offices or mobile devices can fall outside the reach of central datacenter protection.
  • If using tape, it costs time and money to move and mishandling of tapes can cause damage.

If you are a small to midsize enterprise you may have just given up on addressing these challenges, since the solutions have always come at way too high of a cost. Until now.

Just imagine what it would be like if…

  • Meeting your backup window was never an issue
  • You could recover data in just a fraction of the time
  • You could make your organization more productive
  • And if you didn’t have to work all those nights and weekends

 The new EMC Data Domain DD160 now makes this possible for small to mid-size enterprises. In fact, IDC interviewed 10 organizations that deployed similar solutions from EMC and found that, on average, these organizations reduced backup times from 11 hours to 3hrs, reduced restore times from 17 hours to 2 hours, and spent significantly less time on tedious and reactive tasks.  And to top it off they achieved a 7 month payback period.

 Read full IDC Study: Next Generation Backup and Recovery

With immediate business impact that can pay for itself in less than a year, this solution is definitely worth considering. [Read more...]

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