Storage Management Strategies for the CIO
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This article is part of the Vol. 7 Num. 12 January 2009 issue of Choosing the best disaster recovery planning tool
Hot site, warm site or cold site? Here's how to figure out the best disaster recovery strategy for your company. By Jacob Gsoedl The ability to recover from a disaster in an acceptable period of time is a critical issue for companies with increasing dependence on information technology. Once thought to be a concern for only larger organizations, being able to recover mission-critical applications within a predictable timeframe is a mandate for any size company today. But some users see disaster recovery (DR) as a pricey insurance policy, and may take shortcuts to try and save a few dollars. To avoid becoming victims of budget cuts, DR provisions and sites must be built around a few basic principles that allow management to decide what's required while candidly showing the possible business impact and consequences of retrenchments. Guiding principles Recovery time objective (RTO) and recovery point objective (RPO) are the key metrics to determine the DR level required to recover business processes and applications. They are reciprocally proportional to the ... Access >>>
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Disaster recovery site options
Hot site, warm site or cold site? Here's how to figure out the best disaster recovery strategy for your company.
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Consolidated archiving
by Stephen Foskett
There are two approaches to archiving: independent architectures for single apps or one architecture to consolidate all archives on a single platform. We examine the pros and cons.
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Disaster recovery site options
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Green is still the color of money in storage
Are you implementing green technologies?
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Green is still the color of money in storage
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Faster disk drive rebuilds: Hot Spots
by Terri McClure
RAID might not be the best choice for high-capacity drives. It's time to rethink your rebuild strategies.
- Solid state looks good on the showroom floor: Editorial
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Killing off infectious data: Storage Bin 2.0
Better start thinking about your data growth in deadly terms.
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Faster disk drive rebuilds: Hot Spots
by Terri McClure
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