Welcome to Wikibon's Data Protection Portal.
This Portal is a resource for IT professionals interested in understanding how to apply backup and recovery technologies to create a business capability that protects information in the most cost effective and appropriate manner. We invite you to be actively involved in the Data Protection Portal. Please join Wikibon, browse the portal and participate. You can write a Wikitip, Ask a Question or attend a Peer Incite Research Meeting.
The Wikibon Data Protection Information Portal contains data protection industry research, articles, expert opinion, case studies, and data storage company profiles.
Check out these Peer Incite Podcasts related to Data Protection:
1. Dave Vellante summarizes Eric Peterson of SaskEnergy's discussion about the organization's implementation of Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) and an incremental forever backup strategy (8:36)
2. Data De-duplication: Greasing the Rails of the Backup Window. Wikibon summarizes source vs target-based De-dupe and where each makes sense for users. (6:42)
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WikitipGoing through disaster recovery motions is no longer adequateDespite the risks of testing disaster recovery, CIOs should plan site, technology and software strategies based on the assumption that failover/failback strategies will need to be implemented by organizations for business critical systems (at the very least) within a three year period. Traditional disaster recovery testing is often a 'go through the motions / tick in the box,' to placate regulatory authorities. CEOs and risk managers should not accept this as sufficient proof that adequate disaster recovery processes are in place. |
Featured Case Study
P&H Mining's Journey to Disk-based BackupA data center within P&H Mining Equipment (P&H) had a problem recovering from a tape library that was too small. Recovery of files and emails was taking up to 72 hours, and IT was increasingly concerned that it would not be possible to recover from a major disaster. Rather than increase the capacity of the tape library from 500 to 1,000 tapes, P&H choose an innovative solution of a ten terabyte data de-duplication system from Data Domain. |
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Featured How-to Note |
Implementing Fail Proof Backup and RecoveryImplementing a failproof backup and recovery capability will protect an organization from data loss and downtime as a result of any of the following: hardware or software failure, power failure, natural disaster, or human error. There are two fundamental considerations when implementing a failproof backup and recovery capability: how quickly the organization needs to recover the data and how much data it can afford to lose. The challenge is finding the balance between data protection/recovery and the amount of investment required. This research note will provide guidelines to help make this determination. | |||
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