Tape, disk, or optical? We set a budget of AU$20,000 and asked three vendors to come up with a storage solution.
Hitachi Data Systems launched on Monday a virtual tape library aimed at high-end open systems and mainframe users.
Symantec is looking to exploit technologies acquired from Veritas to provide an Internet-based service where consumers can automatically back up and remotely access important files, such as their digital photographs, the company's chief technology officer (CTO) said.
Storage companies are betting a technology once reserved for businesses will appeal to consumers dealing with large files shared by multiple PCs and a need for data protection.
Many in IT believe that the future of storage is entirely disk and that tape is just for archiving -- but not IBM.
I'm standing in a room with roughly a quarter of a million backup tapes. No, this isn't where the FuelWatch guys hid the evidence, it's the Perth storage area for Spectrum Data, which specialises in storing ageing backup media and helping companies retrieve data from long-forgotten archives.
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What would you do if you ran an online backup service that offered unlimited storage, and a few dozen of your customers ended up storing more than a terabyte of data each?
Synchronising data between multiple computers is difficult and dangerous, which is why we get software to do it these days rather than attempting to manage all the file movements ourselves. But making the assumption that the software knows what it's doing can in itself be dangerous.
Tape, disk, or optical? We set a budget of AU$20,000 and asked three vendors to come up with a storage solution.
Disk-based backups aren't a bad thing to have, but they won't protect your organisation from disasters. For that eventuality, you need to have a point-in-time copy of your data stored away from the server itself.
Business continuity is much more than just a fancy word for "backup" although some organisations treat it that way. A comprehensive business continuity plan provides a roadmap for continuance and/or restoration of mission-critical functions during and after a disaster. Here are 10 things a good BCP includes.
Deakin University finds a new solution to the ever-increasing demand for storage backup while facing rapid growth across its campuses, IT director Craig Warren tells ZDNet Australia.
Microsoft has endowed Windows Vista with a new tool called Sync Center which is designed to work as a centralised location for all of your synchronisation operations.
Tape, disk, or optical? We set a budget of AU$20,000 and asked three vendors to come up with a storage solution.
Storage maker Quantum has unveiled two disk-based backup appliances designed as tape replacements for Australian mid-sized office and datacentre use.
Symantec Backup Exec System Recovery 8 provides flexibility when creating desktop and laptop backups. If you have high value data stored on your computer, then we think $106.53 is a reasonable price to ensure it's protected.
Symantec Backup Exec 12 allows complete system recovery and concentrates on continuous file/data protection. Though AU$1,795 may seem a lot of money for an application, Backup Exec might be worth the investment if you're using it for irreplaceable and highly valuable data.
This is a powerful system that enables server administrators to very quickly restore data that may have been lost due to viruses, user error or hardware failure.
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