Disk-based backup has been making a name for itself this past year especially since costs continue to drop. SearchStorage.com's readers have come to us seeking answers on the best way to implement ...

Performance key for disk-based backup Performance key for disk-based backup By Bill Andrews Disk-based backup systems that support compression and data deduplication can be an attractive alternative ...

In their push to change the way corporate data centers back up their data, the vendors often leave in their wake confusion as to the viability of hard disk as a tape substitute. >> A new breed ...

What happens instead is that customers using tape backup worry about their systems. Switching to a different backup mechanism can be costly, both in dollars and in time. Disk-based backup vendor ...

Despite its relatively slow speed and overall bulkiness, tape has its strengths. After all, it’s inexpensive compared with most disks, it’s portable and has been used in data centers for years. Still, ...

Three years ago, there wasn't a disk-based backup market. Besides a pair of niche mainframe solutions, only a couple of small companies tried to convince information technology managers that ...

True, vendors are announcing new, lower-priced disk backup systems that can restore data more quickly than tape while almost matching tape’s traditionally low price. But according to customers, ...

This collaboration provides data storage solutions that comprehensively address an organization's data storage needs. While Pure Storage provides all-flash primary storage, ExaGrid's target-side ...

Taking another step into data storage, Microsoft on Friday unveiled software for backing up files on disk-based systems. The product, dubbed System Center Data Protection Manager, is designed to tempt ...

Fed up with slow tape backup systems and under pressure by regulators and auditors to keep data online and readily available, large and midsize businesses are making disk-to-disk backup technology a ...

Quantum, which stopped selling hard disks in 2000 but continues to sell networked storage systems, will begin selling hard disk-based backup systems, the company said this week. The DX30 acts like the ...