Backup Essential Guide
Vol. 1 Ed. 1:
Data Backup Solution Purchase Considerations
(No Registration Required)
There are many factors that make the choice for data backup
difficult. To determine the most beneficial and practical
solution, businesses must weigh needs and resources - and then
counterbalance total cost of ownership. This whitepaper
makes the decision a little easier by discussing each major
purchase consideration and the characteristics of an ideal
backup solution.
Vol. 1 Ed. 2:
Tape Backup
Purchase Considerations
(Registration Required)
Even today, tape is the most widely used backup medium.
According to the Enterprise Strategy Group, over 70% of survey
respondents use tape alone or tape combined with a disk-based
solution. Perhaps because of existing infrastructure,
perhaps because of habit, IT departments continue to use tape
backup in spite of several widely-accepted issues and
disadvantages. This whitepaper analyzes the
characteristics of tape backup and discusses how tape backup
stacks-up against ten purchase considerations.
Vol. 1 Ed. 3:
Virtual Tape
Library (VTL) Purchase Considerations
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Virtual Tape Libraries (VTLs) feature an interface that provides
the familiar feel of a tape-based solution while delivering the
benefits of disk-based backup and recovery. Allowing the
continued utilization of existing backup software /
infrastructure, VTLs can backup to tape, hard disk, or a
combination of storage media. This whitepaper analyzes the
characteristics of virtual tape libraries, discussing how VTLs
stack-up against ten purchase considerations.
Vol. 1 Ed. 4:
In-House
Disk-to-Disk (D2D) Purchase Considerations
(Registration Required)
While disk is widely regarded as the fastest and most
reliable backup medium, its adoption rate is relatively low
because cost has been an inhibitor for many companies.
Over the past few years, though, disk has gained traction
because of the continued decline in the costs of disk and
bandwidth. This whitepaper analyzes the
characteristics of in-house disk-to-disk (D2D) backup solutions, discussing how
in-house disk stack-up against ten purchase considerations.
Vol. 1 Ed. 5:
Online Backup
Service Purchase Considerations
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In addition to the standard purchase criteria for a backup
solution - including recovery objectives, cost, and more - the
service and service provider must also be scrutinized when
considering online backup. It is truly a critical error to
assume all online backup services and providers are the same.
This whitepaper not only covers how remote online data backup
services stack-up against the ten major purchase considerations
for any backup solution, but also provides valuable tips for
selecting a service provider.
Vol. 1 Ed. 6:
Out-Tasking Data Backup Vs. In-House Solutions
(Registration Required)
Managed (out-tasked) online backup offers advantages that
in-house solutions just can't deliver. One of the most obvious
benefits is the freedom from hardware and software sourcing,
procurement, installation, labor, and maintenance. This
edition of AmeriVault's Backup Essential Guide analyzes out-tasked backup and in-house solutions,
from cost to features.
Check back soon for the next edition or
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published.
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