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Can I restore backup copies made from data deduplication for disaster recovery?

Christopher Griffin — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:58:06 EST

For disaster recovery, you can restore backup copies made from data deduplication. However, it is crucial to protect your deduplication indexes and to restore everything in the right order.

Examining new features in storage-area network (SAN) technology

Christopher Griffin — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST

Ian Lock of GlassHouse Technologies discusses the newest features in storage-area network (SAN) technologies, including data deduplication, thin provisioning and storage tiering.

How to use solid-state drives in enterprise storage

Christopher Griffin — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:59:41 EST

SearchStorage.co.UK helps storage pros make the most of solid-state drive technology based on vendor product plans, SSD adoption and how SSDs can address storage bottlenecks.

What causes slow data backups and how can you make your backup environment more efficient?

Christopher Griffin — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST

GlassHouse UK consultant Hywel Matthews says slow data backups -- caused by either the size of the backup pipe or the flow of the backup data -- can be addressed with various backup agents, data deduplication products, and more.

Data deduplication for backup and storage environments

Christopher Griffin — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 08:33:58 EST

We've compiled our most popula data deduplication content to help storage pros determine which method of dedupe makes sense for them.

Cloud provider Savvis chooses Compellent's automated storage tiering for Project Spirit

Ellen J. O'Brien — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:34:04 EDT

Compellent's automated storage tiers beat out incumbent 3PAR as cloud services provider Savvis readies for its Project Spirit virtual data centre service.

Data storage management case studies from SearchStorage.co.UK

Christopher Griffin — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:59:55 EDT

Read our case studies and find out how your peers are coping with server virtualisation projects, email archiving, storage-area network (SAN) implementations and data migration.

Addressing data growth with enterprise data storage management tools

Christopher Griffin — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:52:04 EDT

Our five-part series looks at enterprise data storage management tools, including those for disaster recovery, virtualization, thin provisioning, data storage monitoring and more.

Enterprise data storage capacity management tools still found lacking

Christopher Griffin — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:44:25 EDT

Enterprise data storage vendors are belatedly making progress with capacity management tools, but they can be limited in scope and don't always follow industry standards uniformly.

Enterprise data storage performance monitoring goes beyond storage arrays

Christopher Griffin — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:44:25 EDT

When monitoring performance of storage systems, enterprise data storage management applications need to take host servers and the network into account as well as the disk arrays.