http://www.ithound.com/ Use IThound RSS Feeds to keep up-to-date with new research on the topics that are most important to you. CentricStor Virtual Tape - the Swiss Army Knife for Data Protection This White Paper, published by Josh Krischer & Associates, points out that CentricStor offers the most promising technology in the mainframe virtual tape market. Organizations that do not own virtual tape or consider replacing older subsystems should put CentricStor on their shortlist of products. http://www.ithound.com/ithound/view_abstract?id=2500 Data Protection Using Premium Features Dell offers key-enabled premium features to help enhance the functionality of the PowerVault MD3000 and MD3000i storage arrays. These optional premium features include Virtual Disk Snapshot and Virtual Disk Copy. These data protection features provide real-world benefits for data backup & management http://www.ithound.com/ithound/view_abstract?id=2328 DELLTM AX4-5 Application Performance - A Comparison of Entry-level Storage Platforms This paper compares the performance of the Dell AX4-5 storage system with the performance of similarly configured IBM® DS3400 and IBM DS3300 storage systems using the same application loads and test criteria. http://www.ithound.com/ithound/view_abstract?id=2315 The Risks of Archiving on Tape This paper outlines the trade-offs of magnetic tape technology compared with UDO (Ultra Density Optical) for data archiving. The report explores the strengths and weaknesses of these technologies when used for archiving data in a secure, authentic format. http://www.ithound.com/ithound/view_abstract?id=2159 Optimizing your Backup with an Archive As backup windows shrink and administration costs escalate, IT directors are constantly looking for ways to streamline their backup infrastructure. This brief document advocated the deployment of a structured archive as one way of optimizing the backup process. http://www.ithound.com/ithound/view_abstract?id=2158 Virtual Tape Solutions for Reliable, Enterprise-wide Data Protection Companies today are challenged to find faster, flexible ways of storing spiraling volumes of data. IT managers need to prioritize data and ensure they comply with statutory archiving requirements. And storage infrastructure costs have to be kept as low as possible. Sounds familiar? http://www.ithound.com/ithound/view_abstract?id=2150 Better Backups through Replication Business-critical data is constantly growing and most IT Managers are responsible for protecting it. Combine traditional tape backup with replication software to reduce costs, improve processes and extend your backup window, it is not just for high availability or disaster recovery. http://www.ithound.com/ithound/view_abstract?id=2111 Thinking Beyond Tape - The Case Against Tape Backup and the Evolution of Branch Office Data Protection The Case Against Tape Backup and the Evolution of Branch Office Data Protection. This whitepaper explores the high cost, complexity and potentially dangerous shortcomings of a strategy based only on tape backup. http://www.ithound.com/ithound/view_abstract?id=2110 Case Study: O'Neill Enjoy Fast and Reliable Data Recoveries The Netherlands-based retailer of boardriding products accelerated its data protection processes at five sites while increasing its online data retention time to a full year. Today O’Neill Europe “surfs” through backups and recoveries with Data Domain. http://www.ithound.com/ithound/view_abstract?id=1948 Buying Criteria for Disk to Disk Solutions This white paper addresses how new technologies such as data deduplication can help simplify complex storage environments, allowing businesses to sharply reduce management overhead, attain very strong ROI, and fully protect data integrity. http://www.ithound.com/ithound/view_abstract?id=1923