All-in-One Buying Guides:Backup Product Buying Guide
Backup Product Buying Guide
Local and remote backup software
Backups guard against data loss by copying selected data, applictions or systems to secondary media located on a tape library or disk array -- even sending data to another physical storage facility across a WAN. Backup software is a crucial part of the backup process, organizing and managing the flow of data from its source(s) to a suitable backup target. Today's backup software often includes compression and data deduplication features to shorten backup windows and optimize the use of available WAN bandwidth. Encryption and other security features are also increasingly used to protect data at rest on tape or disk, and in flight across a LAN or WAN. But backup software demands a careful consideration of storage needs and objectives. Now that you've reviewed the essential issues involved in any backup acquisition, this guide focuses on the specific considerations of backup software products. You'll also find a series of specifications to help make on-the-spot product comparisons between vendors.