Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesRAID 50 combines striping with distributed parity for reduced data loss and better performance. By Rick Cook and Erin Sullivan Much as the name implies, RAID, or redundant array of independent disks, uses redundancy to reliably protect and store data on hard disks and SSDs. There are numerous RAID options out there, and the most common is RAID 5. If you’re looking
Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesOvercoming data protection challenges is no easy feat, but with a comprehensive understanding of the issues, you can develop a strategy for dealing with them. By Alan R. Earls The global COVID-19 pandemic brought no relief from the problems facing data protection efforts and data protection professionals. If anything, challenges multiplied, from a security and breach prevention perspective and a
Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesIf we learned anything from 2020, it’s to expect the unexpected. Yet that doesn’t stop analysts from trying to predict what’s to come in the world of cloud computing this year. By Sara Grier At the end of every year, top IT analyst firms make cloud predictions for the 12 months ahead. Suffice it to say, no IT analysts predicted
Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesHow can organizations ensure backup of data generated from employees’ remote offices? Explore two top options and guidance to help protect your critical data. By Brien Posey With much of the world working from home as a result of the current coronavirus pandemic, proper data backup is more essential than ever. Depending on your organization’s architecture, however, it might struggle
Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesYour organization likely saw big changes in IT processes as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Explore the backup and recovery shifts you should expect to remain. By Krista Macomber The COVID-19 pandemic shifted most companies to operating remotely nearly overnight. IT was forced to adapt just as quickly, especially when it came to backup and recovery processes. In fact,
Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesEvaluate full vs. incremental vs. differential backup, as well as newer types of backup, in synthetic and incremental-forever, to determine what’s best for your organization. By Erin Sullivan, Brien Posey For quite some time, there have been three basic types of backup: full, incremental and differential. All three have benefits and drawbacks, so deciding which one works best for you will
Reading Time-approximately: 5 minutesFor daily work files, databases and mission-critical systems and data, the more frequent the backup, the better. But how often should you back up all your data? By Paul Kirvan With all the backup-focused products available on the market today, there is no excuse not to back up systems and data. The key to making all of this work is
Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesCreating and adopting a data backup plan is only the first step. To achieve complete data protection, you also need a backup testing strategy. By John Edwards The importance of scheduling regular data backups to protect against the possibility of a primary storage system failure is well understood. Less widely recognized, however, is the fact that backups can also fail,
Reading Time-approximately: 2 minutesThe task of managing backups can seem overwhelming. These straightforward guidelines should help, as there are procedures and technologies that can make your job easier. By Paul Kirvan Backup management of growing data sets was already a challenge before the pandemic. Now it’s even tougher, with employees working remotely and data traffic coming from many different sources. As this is
Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesFollowing the Covid-19 pandemic, you might have to modify your backup and recovery strategy. Overcome the data protection challenges presented by the changes in daily life. By Paul Kirvan The COVID-19 pandemic has had far-reaching effects on just about every aspect of business. One of many questions it raises is: How has backup and recovery planning changed? Assuming existing data
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