ExaGrid's Eye on Deduplication

Jul 26

5 Ways Disk Backup Can Help Your Business -

This is the first in a series to share with you 5 ways disk backup can help your business: 1. Faster Backup Times 2. Reduce or Eliminate Failed Backups 3. Better, Faster Offsite Disaster Recovery 4. Time and Cost Savings 5. Improved Recovery Time (RTO/RPO) In this post, we will discuss the first topic—how disk backup enables IT organizations to dramatically reduce their backup times…

Jul 12

Hospital Heals Backup Problems with Data Deduplication Solution -

Memorial Care is a leading nationally recognized, not-for-profit health system with six hospitals in California. Memorial Care’s IT Operations department was responsible for managing and protecting over 150 servers containing patient and business data. Continuous and around the clock data backups were extremely labor intensive and stressing out the IT staff. Backups ran 12 to 18 hours a day and with data vaulting, the total backup window was nearly 24 hours, consuming 200-300 backup tapes per week. Difficulty restoring data from tape was also causing problems.

Marco.org: The lesson of the Sidekick failure -

Earlier this week, all data stored on T-Mobile Sidekick devices, including contacts, calendars, messages, and photos, had almost certainly been lost in a major infrastructure disaster by Microsoft. Fortunately, Microsoft is now claiming that “most, if not all” of the user data will be…

Why Bank Switched from Tape Backup to Data Deduplication -

Disk-based data deduplication reduces bank’s backup window. American National Bank and Trust Company is a Mid-Atlantic regional bank with a rich history reaching back to 1909. When nightly tape backups reached 12-hours along with requiring runners back and forth between locations to restore corrupt tapes, American National Bank and Trust began looking for a more secure and reliable data backup system.  

“As the amount of data that businesses depend on grows, the need for faster and more reliable data backup becomes even more crucial. When your backup system begins to drain time and resources, it can affect a firm’s ability to deliver time-sensitive information that drives revenue. Bird & Bird, an international law firm, recognized that their tape backup system was slowly eating away at their ability to protect their data and respond to clients efficiently.” — When Data Backups Start Draining Time and Resources…Seek Alternatives

Seven Tips for Overcoming the Challenges of Tape Backup -

We’re pleased to share lessons learned from our customer base of 2,400+ installations with you. Below are 7 tips and best practices that will help you assess the potential fit and steps you might take for moving from tape to disk backup. Here are some sobering tape backup statistics to consider:

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