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  • What is storage security? What activities does it entail?

    You could actually write a collection of books on this very subject. I define storage security as a set of technical controls... 

  • What is the most important aspect of data protection when it comes to DR?

    You could answer that with one word really, and I would have to say "testing." Just "testing." Whatever you do when you're protecting data, whether it's a backup, whether it's replication, whatever it is, make sure that you test what you put in place... 

  • Aren't backups and archives essentially the same thing?

    The answer to that can be a "yes" and "no." If we look at a very high level, a copy of data is a copy of data, and that's where a lot of people confuse both as being somewhat the same -- one copy is just kept longer. When we start digging into what a... 

  • RSA Security may not be the 'pearl' EMC thinks it is

    Having outbid other suitors, EMC must now sell the purchase to its shareholders and make use of RSA's technology. Will the strategy work? 

  • Pop Quiz: An IT Thanksgiving

    All of us here at SearchStorage.com are thankful to you, our readers, for contributing to our site's success and helping us to be the best storage information site around. Please join us for our traditional Thanksgiving quiz-feast of tasty IT terms. 

  • Advanced Backup School: Lesson 3

    Our Advanced Backup School features six concise, informative, vendor-neutral webcasts that aim to give the advanced, higher level architect the tools needed to build out the most efficient backup system. 

  • Tech Roundup: Tape libraries

    Some vendors say tape is dead (mostly in an effort to sell more disk products), but very few companies can back up data effectively without a tape library. In this product roundup, we discuss how tape libraries are used, how they're evolving, and wha... 

  • Backup school: Lesson seven

    Why replication? Is replication worth it? Should you choose synchronous or asynchronous replication? Lesson seven of SearchStorage.com's "Backup School" explores the ins and outs of replication. Professor Dorian Cougias examines the pros and cons of ... 

  • Backup school: Lesson five

    Losing an operating system or an application is always a nightmare. Lesson five of "Backup school" gives you the tools you need to prevent and recover from either of these losses. 

  • Backup school: Quiz two, answer two

    Here is the answer to Backup school quiz two, question two.