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Archiving stays active with LTFS and the cloud
While the concept of data archiving has existed for decades, archiving practices that were once considered standard are becoming inadequate. Factors such as exponentially growing data sets and federal regulations pertaining to data retention have mad... E-Handbook
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Data archiving best practices: Policies, planning and products
Primary storage can be expensive and has a finite capacity. These data archiving best practices will help you decide what data to move to an archive. Feature
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Data archiving methods and best practices for small businesses
Improper data archiving methods or improper use of archiving software can lead to legal problems in your business. Find out how to avoid data archiving problems with these top six articles on data archiving. Learning Guide
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Choosing data archiving software and other data archiving best practices
There are a number of important data archiving best practices, but the most important ones (that are rarely followed) are simply to archive at all and to use data archiving software. Column
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Implementing an electronic records retention system
Learn the components of an electronic records retention system and best practices for implementing an electronic data discovery policy. Don't risk e-discovery request errors. FAQ
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Disk archiving appliance types: High-end systems to low-end email archiving appliances
Learn about the basic types of disk archiving appliances, from high-end disk archiving systems that handle multiple content types to low-end disk-based archive appliances. Feature
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Regulatory compliance issues drive some IT shops to data archive appliances
Regulatory compliance issues are causing some IT shops to choose purpose-built data archive appliances over other options to retain data over the long haul. FAQ
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Disk archive appliances a niche approach to long-term retention
Learn if your company is a good fit for a disk archive appliance, the trends in the archive appliance market and alternatives to disk archiving appliances today. Special Report
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Archive appliances hold appeal for SMBs and IT shops with regulatory compliance requirements
Disk-based archive appliances tend to hold sway with SMBs and industries facing regulatory compliance requirements as an alternative to software and cloud storage archive options. Feature
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Disk archiving appliances market outlook
Learn about the market outlook for disk archiving appliances, alternatives to archiving appliances and how vendors are repositioning archiving appliances for growth. Feature
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Data classification trends: Classifying native applications for enterprise data storage
The latest trend in data classification is classifying data in native applications. Learn about the data classification process and get advice before starting a data classification project. FAQ
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Dell DX Object Storage Platform dumped in favor of software-only model
Dell no longer selling its DX Object Storage Platform as integrated bundle; will make Caringo CAStor object software available as download. News | 22 Apr 2013
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EMC pushes Data Domain for backup and archiving
EMC tweaks Data Domain OS to ingest archived data faster, and pushes its dedupe staple as a consolidation play for backup and archiving on one box. News | 16 Apr 2013
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Scality Ring Digital Media Storage app targets object storage
The Scality Ring Digital Media Storage app adds support for content delivery networks and media asset management on top of an object storage base. News | 08 Apr 2013
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Object-based storage draws praise, objections
SNW verdict on object storage: it doesn't have to be difficult to implement, but when is it necessary? News | 04 Apr 2013
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Dreamworks' storage tiers help animate movie making
Dreamworks uses an eclectic blend of storage tiers and technologies to handle billions of files and petabytes of data required to make its films. News | 02 Apr 2013
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HydraStor adds hybrid nodes to scale enterprise archiving box
NEC adds hybrid nodes to its HydraStor enterprise archiving and backup system, allowing it to scale higher for performance and capacity. News | 15 Mar 2013
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Riverbed Whitewater adds Glacier support, virtual appliances
Riverbed Whitewater cloud backup platform adds support for Amazon Glacier and Google Cloud Storage, as well as two larger capacity virtual appliances. News | 21 Feb 2013
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HP's storage VP David Scott discusses data storage trends for 2013
HP's storage VP David Scott says data storage trends call for single architectures for primary storage, data protection, and retention and analysis. News | 08 Jan 2013
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Nexsan storage acquired by Imation for $120 million
In the first storage acquisition of 2013, Imation takes a big step by acquiring Nexsan storage for $120 million. News | 03 Jan 2013
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HP adds 3PAR StoreServ 7000 for midrange, file and object storage
Hewlett-Packard looks to jump-start storage sales by adding the 3PAR StoreServ 7000, an EVA migration path, and a new archiving platform. News | 03 Dec 2012
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Effective data sanitization: How regulations and standards address it
Effective use of data sanitization techniques lessens the chance that valuable data could be stolen or compromised. Tip
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Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 archiving best practices
With Exchange Server 2010, Microsoft Corp. made significant changes. Learn Microsoft Exchange 2010 archiving best practices in this tip. Tip
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Small business email archiving solutions explained
Follow these tips and experts advice to help you choose the best small business email archiving solution. Tip
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Data archiving techniques: Choosing the best archive media
Read this tip about data archiving techniques and to discover what's the best archive media for your organization: tape, disk, optical or the cloud. Tip
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Developing an electronic data retention policy
Every organization should have a documented electronic data retention policy. Learn how to develop and enforce a data retention policy in this tip. Tip
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Records retention management: Arm yourself against regulatory scrutiny
Learn how to build a records retention management system that protects you against regulatory scrutiny, satisfies e-discovery requests and manages capacity. Tip
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Data archiving best practices: The difference between backups and archives
In this collection of data archiving tips, learn data archiving best practices and the differences between backups and archives. Tip
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Cloud archiving: Choosing the best features from the best cloud service provider
Cloud storage and archiving continue to gain support, but which provider should you choose? Read about two popular options to help you decide. Tip
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Data backup vs. data archiving: Is data backup closing the gap?
The data backup and recovery community advocate that backups are not archives, but are backups closing that gap? Learn about their similarities and differences in this tip. Tip
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Choosing a storage system for data archiving
Learn whether a unified, multiprotocol storage system or a consolidated storage system is best for archiving data in your business. Which one allows the index and content to share space, and eases management? Tip
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Does today's RAID data protection make the grade?
RAID data protection is becoming an obsolete protection strategy for the multi-terabyte drives required in big data storage, says analyst John Webster. Ask the Expert
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Technology lifecycle and archiving
Business continuity expert Pierre Dorion outlines what you need to consider about the lifecycle of technology when setting up your archiving strategy. Ask the Expert
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How can I set up a cost-effective tiered storage strategy?
A reader asks: "I'm looking to set up a cost-effective tiered storage strategy in my data center. How can I go about starting to plan this out?" Ask the Expert
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Are CDs considered acceptable disaster recovery media?
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Storage management predictions for 2005: ISCSI arrives at the center of the enterprise
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Selecting database archiving tools
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Why do I need multiple copies of archival data?
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Where to focus your compliance efforts
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CD-ROM vs. DVD for long term storage
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Will compliance spell the end of optical storage?
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discoverability
Discoverability is the capacity of something to be found. The term is used in many different contexts in IT (information technology). Definition
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litigation hold (preservation orders or hold orders)
Litigation hold is a stipulation requiring a company to preserve all data that may relate to a legal action involving the company... (Continued) Definition
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EDRM: Best practices when preparing for an e-discovery request
We list the nine stages of the Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM), and tell you why the preservation and collection stage is so important to data storage pros. Podcast
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Podcast: Online email archiving
Jo Maitand, storage analyst with Forrester Research, discusses the use of online email archiving by SMBs and enterprises, trends in the hosted email archiving arena, how using a hosted email archiving service will affect e-discovery and compliance in... Podcast
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Email archiving podcast
Email archiving has become a necessity in every storage shop, no matter the size. Find answers to frequently asked email archiving questions in this podcast with ESG's Brian Babineau. Podcasts
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Dell DX Object Storage Platform dumped in favor of software-only model
Dell no longer selling its DX Object Storage Platform as integrated bundle; will make Caringo CAStor object software available as download. News
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Data archiving best practices: Policies, planning and products
Primary storage can be expensive and has a finite capacity. These data archiving best practices will help you decide what data to move to an archive. Feature
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EMC pushes Data Domain for backup and archiving
EMC tweaks Data Domain OS to ingest archived data faster, and pushes its dedupe staple as a consolidation play for backup and archiving on one box. News
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Scality Ring Digital Media Storage app targets object storage
The Scality Ring Digital Media Storage app adds support for content delivery networks and media asset management on top of an object storage base. News
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Object-based storage draws praise, objections
SNW verdict on object storage: it doesn't have to be difficult to implement, but when is it necessary? News
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Dreamworks' storage tiers help animate movie making
Dreamworks uses an eclectic blend of storage tiers and technologies to handle billions of files and petabytes of data required to make its films. News
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Archiving stays active with LTFS and the cloud
While the concept of data archiving has existed for decades, archiving practices that were once considered standard are becoming inadequate. Factors such as exponentially growing data sets and federal regulations pertaining to data retention have mad... E-Handbook
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HydraStor adds hybrid nodes to scale enterprise archiving box
NEC adds hybrid nodes to its HydraStor enterprise archiving and backup system, allowing it to scale higher for performance and capacity. News
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Riverbed Whitewater adds Glacier support, virtual appliances
Riverbed Whitewater cloud backup platform adds support for Amazon Glacier and Google Cloud Storage, as well as two larger capacity virtual appliances. News
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HP's storage VP David Scott discusses data storage trends for 2013
HP's storage VP David Scott says data storage trends call for single architectures for primary storage, data protection, and retention and analysis. News
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About Data storage compliance and archiving
Data storage compliance and archiving are key tasks for any storage administrator. Find news and resources on data storage compliance and archiving on this topic page.