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 5 Steps Toward Disaster Preparedness For small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), the impacts of a disaster can result in loss of or lack of access to data, applications, and work facilities. This paper explains five key steps to consider when implementing a program for your company. http://www.ithound.com/ithound/view_abstract?id=2469 Intelligent Backup with the PowerVault ML6000 Modular Tape Library The ML6000 architecture allows a wide variety of advanced backup system functions, which normally require external servers and software, to be integrated directly into the library. This is designed to provide increased functionality, easier management, and lower costs. http://www.ithound.com/ithound/view_abstract?id=2331 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 Case Study: Britannia Building Society Britannia Building Society uses Data Domain to better protect high-value customer data, allowing the company to replicate to an off-site data center for extra protection while eliminating the problems and risks associated with tape. http://www.ithound.com/ithound/view_abstract?id=2301 Advisory Guide: Preparing for the Storm - Effective Data Backup and Recovery This Advisory Guide was written for IT professionals looking to increase the strategic value of IT as they implement a cost-effective and appropriately sized backup and recovery platform that can support business growth. http://www.ithound.com/ithound/view_abstract?id=2282 Case Study: Associated Newspapers Hits Virtualized Headlines With Data Domain & Vizioncore UK-based Associated Newspapers Ltd implemented VMware infrastructure in order to address space, power and cooling challenges in its primary data center, along with a combined disaster recovery solution using Vizioncore’s vRanger Pro™ backup and restore technology and Data Domain deduplication storag http://www.ithound.com/ithound/view_abstract?id=2172 Case Study: Lancashire County Council achieves quick recovery using Data Domain Lancashire County Council (LCC) was storing about 100 terabytes of backup data and with growth in its data stores and its backup tape library reaching capacity, it had become apparent that a re-evaluation was needed of its backup infrastructure. http://www.ithound.com/ithound/view_abstract?id=2171 Backup and Recovery for Microsoft Exchange Best Practices with Data Domain This technical brief outlines best practices for backing up Microsoft Exchange data to Data Domain systems and how deduplication provides administrators with a disk-based solution for protecting and archiving email. http://www.ithound.com/ithound/view_abstract?id=2170