Backup Data

Store Backup and Archive Data the Same Way You Store Your Clothes

Part One I am not the first one to say that data is growing exponentially and is getting difficult – and costly! – to manage.  In this series, I am going to discuss how to best manage backup and...

Tape is Still Not Dead! Plan for Future with Tapes

Last week was an exciting week to read about tape.  The general theme of the articles I read is that with all the benefits of tape, it should very much be a part of every companies’ future backup and...

Tape Storage 2011 in Review

As we near the end of the calendar year, the time seems right for a look back at the biggest stories in 2011 related to tape storage. I’ve covered a lot of ground in this blog over the past...

Your Next Big Career Move: Data Management?

When you think about what might lead to the next step forward in your career, data management might not be at the top of your list—but maybe it should be.

4 Best Practices for Automating Your Data Center

Reaping the value of automation isn’t automatic. There’s more to it than just implementing new software. Automating a convoluted process that isn’t working well to begin with is going to create more work for IT, not less; lower efficiency,...

How 9/11 Has Changed the Data Center

If you haven't rethought your data center disaster recovery strategy lately, maybe now is a good opportunity to revisit this important topic.

Cloud Backup: We’re Not There Yet

A few weeks back, short-lived cloud outages at Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Office 365 reminded us of one of the uncertainties that linger about cloud computing: its reliability.

With Tape Storage, Everything Old is New Again

Somewhere in between the old days of tape’s dominance and the new world of peaceful storage media coexistence, tape-bashing came into vogue. But as we've said before, and we'll say again, tape is very much alive and the best...

Overcoming The Top Five Tape Backup Challenges

A very interesting webinar took place yesterday from George Crump of Storage Switzerland. In fact it was so good, I thought we’d embed it here on our blog. It’s definiely worth the listen.

The Top 5 Blog Posts from June

We look back at the most popular blog posts from June just in case you missed any.