WHITE PAPER - With disk-to-disk technology, your backup data resides on disk drives, proven to be far more reliable than tapes. When your backup completes, you know the data is secure and accessible on the disk drive. Read this paper to learn other best practices on disk-to-disk technology and more.
Posted: September 30, 2009 | Published: September 30, 2009


Topics:  Data Centers | Data Deduplication | Data Replication | Data Security | Disk Backups | Disk Drives | Disk Mirroring | Disk Storage Systems | Disk-to-Disk Backup | Disk-to-Disk-to-Tape | Storage Best Practices | Tape Backups | Tape Drives | Tape Libraries

HARDWARE LISTING - AutomationDirect carries AC variable speed drives for all your speed control applications.
Posted: May 8, 2008 | Published: May 1, 2008


Topics:  Computer Controlled Devices | Computer-Aided Manufacturing Software | Drives | ERP | Hard Disk Drives | Manufacturing | Power Supplies | Shop Floor Control

CASE STUDY - The company’s previous tape system wasn’t meeting Cornerstone’s needs, particularly with 50 percent annual data growth. Cornerstone selected the Quantum Scalar i500 intelligent tape library platform due to its modularity, speed and the ability to move to LTO-4 tapes.
Posted: October 8, 2009 | Published: October 8, 2009


Topics:  Backups | Data Integration | Database Management | Database Marketing | Tape Backups | Tape Drive Controllers | Tape Drives | Tape Heads | Tape Libraries | Virtual Tape Libraries

WHITE PAPER - With the introduction of HP Dynamic deduplication and low bandwidth replication (LBR) on HP D2D2500, D2D4000 and D2D4100 Backup Systems, the way data protection can be implemented has been transformed. This whitepaper explains the terminology and concepts behind these technologies and establishes some sizing rules through worked examples.
Posted: July 17, 2009 | Published: July 17, 2009


Topics:  Storage Management | Storage Provisioning | Storage Replication | Storage Virtualization | Tape Backups | Tape Drives | Virtual Tape Libraries

WHITE PAPER - Damaged or worn out tape cartridges can force you to recreate lost data, which can be costly or even impossible. How do you know which cartridges should be retired? This paper details how a cartridge memory chip inside a storage tape cartridge provides a wealth of information on the remaining viability of that cartridge.
Posted: August 26, 2009 | Published: August 26, 2009


Topics:  Backups | Data Storage | Storage Management | Storage Media | Storage Resource Management | Storage Systems | Tape Backups | Tape Drives

ANALYST BRIEF - This bulletin reviews new storage technologies against the value of retaining, or upgrading, your current tape environment. To do this, it establishes a framework of comparison - using a backup/recovery and archive scenario - between the latest disk technologies and the latest iteration of tape storage, LTO-4 technology.
Posted: July 21, 2009 | Published: February 29, 2008


Topics:  Business Continuity Planning | Disk Backups | Disk Drives | Disk Storage Systems | Disk-to-Disk Backup | Disk-to-Disk-to-Tape | Storage Management | Storage Virtualization | Tape Backups | Tape Drives

WHITE PAPER - Review the comparisons in this paper and learn the various ways that moving to disk-based backup and data protection solutions – as onsite software, SaaS or managed service – can be the smart move for your company.
Posted: September 30, 2009 | Published: September 30, 2009


Topics:  Disk Backups | Disk Drives | Disk Mirroring | Disk Storage Systems | Disk-to-Disk Backup | Disk-to-Disk-to-Tape | Tape Backups | Tape Drive Controllers | Tape Drives | Tape Heads | Tape Libraries

EGUIDE - This series of tips discusses the issues involved in integrating solid state drives at three junctions in enterprise storage environments.
Posted: December 19, 2008 | Published: December 19, 2008


Topics:  Hard Disk Drives | RAM | ROI | SAN | Storage Management | Windows

WHITE PAPER - Quantum's Encryption Key Manager (Q-EKM) is a centralized key manager application that manages the encryption keys used as part of the LTO Ultrium 4 (LTO-4) drive-based data encryption process.
Posted: January 29, 2008 | Published: October 1, 2007


Topics:  Best Practices | Data Centers | Data Encryption | Tape Drives | Tape Libraries

PRODUCT OVERVIEW - Built on Adaptec Unified Serial® (SATA/SAS) Series 5Z, Series 5 and Series 2 storage controller technology, High-performance Hybrid Arrays (HPHAs) provide for maximum performance at the lowest capital investment and operating costs.
Posted: November 4, 2009 | Published: November 4, 2009


Topics:  Disk Drive Controllers | Disk Drives | Disk Storage Systems | Disk-to-Disk Backup | Hard Disk Drives | High Performance Computing | Solid State Disks | Storage Architectures | Storage Capacity | Storage Controllers

CASE STUDY - With a large IT backbone and growing backup challenges, Kronos decided it needed to upgrade its data protection infrastructure. After evaluating several alternatives, the company chose to deploy Quantum’s Scalar i2000 enterprise tape library.
Posted: October 8, 2009 | Published: October 8, 2009


Topics:  Continuous Data Protection | Storage Capacity | Tape Backups | Tape Drive Controllers | Tape Drives | Tape Heads | Tape Libraries | Virtual Tape Libraries

WHITE PAPER - The purpose of this document is to provide an overview of the requirements for a basic NetBackup™ architecture to help customers understand which components are required in a data protection solution.
Posted: December 31, 2008 | Published: December 30, 2008


Topics:  Backup Software | Continuous Data Protection | Disaster Recovery | LAN | SAN | Storage Replication | Tape Drives

ANALYST REPORT - Many new storage systems enable broader, more-flexible uses for solid-state drives (SSDs). This Gartner research piece identifies the advantages and disadvantages of various SSD architectural alternatives, and discuss how to use them to facilitate the design of high-performance, cost-efficient storage infrastructures.
Posted: July 24, 2009 | Published: June 15, 2009


Topics:  Disk Backups | Disk Drive Controllers | Disk Drives | Disk Storage Systems | Hard Disk Drives | Serial ATA | Solid State Disks

CASE STUDY - O'Neill is a lifestyle brand focused on boardriding products. To address its challenges with tape-based backups and growing data volumes, O'Neill turned to Data Domain.
Posted: May 26, 2009 | Published: May 1, 2007


Topics:  Data Compression | Data Governance | Data Recovery | Data Replication | Data Storage | Tape Backups | Tape Drives | Tape Libraries

PODCAST - Discover the benefits of disk over tape-based storage systems. This podcast will examine a large medical nonprofit’s transition from a tape-based storage system to a disk-based system. Find out how this organisation increased backup performance, shortened RTOs, lightened management burden, cut costs and more by switching to disk-only storage.
Posted: November 18, 2009 | Premiered: November 18, 2009


Topics:  Data Deduplication | Data Recovery | Disaster Recovery | Disk Backups | Disk Storage Systems | Disk-to-Disk Backup | Disk-to-Disk-to-Tape | RTO | Tape Backups | Tape Drives