Storage Management Strategies for the CIO
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This article is part of the Vol. 4 No. 3 May 2005 issue of Tips for real-world disaster recovery planning
Recently, I slammed Veritas' management for a variety of failures that resulted in it merging with Symantec (see "Thumbs down on Veritas merger"). In April, I sat down with John Thompson, Symantec's CEO, and talked storage (see www.searchstorage.com/Thompson). I have all the same questions about whether the merger will ultimately yield anything worthwhile for storage managers, but Thompson persuaded me he has an idea worth considering and time will tell if you agree. It's clear that he isn't naÏve about Veritas' history of tough business practices and the challenge of getting people to do things in a new way. And that's the subject of this editorial: the danger of business as usual, for you and vendors. I talked with a storage manager who's been laboring to get his boss to consider a new backup architecture. He wants to bring in one of the up-and-coming new players in backup software as a potential alternative to Veritas. This alternative vendor is in no danger of going out of business, has widely used products and has received high marks from users. Why is ... Access >>>
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Features
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- Definition: Perpendicular recording
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Lawyers fan flames of e-mail archiving fire
Legal issues boost e-mail archiving
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First Look: Overland's REO Backup Appliances
Overland's REO works with traditional backup software and eliminates tape from the backup process, simplifying data protection at satellite locations.
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Real-World DR
by Marc Staimer
Storage administrators often ask what their peers are doing to solve DR problems. However, information of this type is usually difficult to make public. These case studies have a central theme: Increasing data levels and stricter compliance regulations are forcing companies to look to newer technologies to solve their growing DR and backup pains.
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Virtualization at your service
New twist on virtualization
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File services frenzy
File services frenzy
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Branch backup goes tapeless
Better way to back up branch offices
- Do or die data restore
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Build a winning storage budget
by Dick Benton
This tip offers advice on taking a business-plan approach to the process of building a storage budget.
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Give local disk the boot
Boot from the SAN with iSCSI
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File services frenzy
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Columns
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Storage Bin: The changing role of tape
Respondents to a recent ESG survey said they've replaced, or will consider replacing, tape with disk.
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Snapshot: Encrypting backup data
Do you encrypt your backup?
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10 reasons why your DR plan could be in trouble
by James Damoulakis
Is your firm's DR plan more talk than action? Here are 10 reasons why your DR plan could be in trouble.
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Moving from tape to disk: A six-step guide
The benefits of disk-based backup are appealing, but moving from tape to disk takes planning. These six tips will help you build a solid game plan to ease your transition.
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Realigning the stars
Realigning the stars
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Storage Bin: The changing role of tape
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