Everyone is looking for ways to protect their most valuable asset, storage, should a disaster occur. We've gathered information for you on such topics as data replication alternatives and planning issues.
A good strategy for disaster recovery
Expert: Christopher Poelker | 20 Apr 2004 EXPERT ANSWER - Is it possible to snapshot an entire OS onto a SAN, replicate the OS to a DR site's SAN, then bring the system up identical to the first at the DR site including IPs? Additionally, can this be done for an entire network?
Automating site-to-site failover
Expert: Evan Marcus | 16 Mar 2004 EXPERT ANSWER - I am looking for a system that can switch automatically from one site to a backup site but with standard hardware and without modifying the applications (no clusters like MSCS or HACMP). I think it's easy enough to boot on a ...
The best method for migrating from Symmetrix to DMX
Expert: Marc Farley | 23 Feb 2004 EXPERT ANSWER - What is the best method for migrating data from EMC Symmetirx in one building to EMC DMX located in another building a few kilometers away? The attached hosts are running W2K and Solaris. I believe SRDF is the only way but ...
Disaster recovery policy
03 Feb 2002 FEATURED TOPIC - Where does your company stand when it comes to a disaster recovery policy? Do you even have one? Are you looking to bolster your pre-existing plan? This month searchStorage is focusing on DR starting with the information ...
Disaster recovery & backup issues
02 Dec 2001 FEATURED TOPIC - We've updated our collection of disaster recovery/business continuance resources. You'll find news, presentations and Webcasts from Comdisco (DR best practices) and EMA's Mike Karp (backup management strategies).
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