Storage Management Strategies for the CIO
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Upgrading backup media? Avoid conversion pitfalls
This tip offers considerations for changing tape formats or backup media, and how best to avoid problems when converting your data to new formats. Tip
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Get 'forensic' data for rapid recovery
Bits & Bytes: A few storage startups are pioneering forensic data, or "rapid recovery" technology, which could allow for easier data retrieval and rollback in case of corruptions. Tip
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Tips for the everyday admin -- #1
Bits & Bytes: When it comes to establishing a highly available storage system, the most important piece of advice from Evan Marcus is to keep it simple. Tip
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Use snapshot for open files
How to work around files that are open when you backup. Tip
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DR planning phase one: Completing a preliminary risk analysis
Bits & Bytes: In phase one of the DR planning process, you'll learn to use common sense as you tackle the tasks of project initiation and preliminary risk analysis. Tip
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Try concurrent Exchange backups
This tip discusses Microsoft Exchange backup performance dilemmas and how to fix them. Tip
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Designing an application efficiency strategy
Bits & Bytes: Apps produce revenue and boost employee efficiency, so you need to make sure they're always up and running. Find out how to design an application efficiency strategy. Tip
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Be careful with tape labels
Bar code labels on tape cartridges can cause more trouble than you may think. Get the do's and don'ts of using bar code labels in this tip. Tip
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Backing up remote offices without tape
Bits & Bytes: Protecting remote office data is becoming a major challenge for storage managers. Here are a few tips on how to facilitate the process. Tip
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No legal mandates for data mirroring today
Bits & Bytes: Jon Toigo offers the likely results of several disaster scenarios, and asks the question, "Should the government require a safe distance between mirror pairs?" Tip