Backup, Deduplication, and Tape
I got a question this week from a customer about Unitrends upcoming deduplication capability (Adaptive Deduplication) in its release 5. The customer asked if we were going to support deduplication to...
View ArticleLTO-5, D2T, D2D, and D2D2x Backup
Quantum announced recently that they were releasing the first tape products based on the fifth generation of Linear Tape-Open technology (LTO-5.) Thus the long wait of many tape backup users for LTO-5...
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The Ghosts of Backup Present: D2D and Cloud Era
“The problem with the future is that it keeps turning into the present.” – Bill Watterson [This is my third excerpt from my The Future of Backup whitepaper. Download the full whitepaper for instant...
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The Ghosts of Backup Future: D2D2x Appliance Era
“The future is here. It’s just not widely distributed yet.” -William Gibson [This is my fourth and final excerpt from my The Future of Backup whitepaper. Download the full whitepaper for instant...
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The Evolution of Stupidity…Disk Versus Tape
I got an interesting article the other day called “The Hot New Storage Technology for 2011 is…Tape?“ The upshot of the article was that thanks to LTO-5, tape is more relevant than it ever has been....
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Archiving, Tape, D2D2T, and Olympic Gymnasts
Recently there’s been a great thread over at Spiceworks concerning Unitrends and tape. When I say “great thread”, I don’t mean that the folks over there are saying that Unitrends is the greatest...
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7+1 Reasons Unitrends 7.1 Leads in Virtual, Physical, and Cloud Data...
[Continuing on the previous post: 7+1 Reasons Unitrends 7.1 Leads in Virtual, Physical, and Cloud Data Protection (Part 1).] Unitrends has released 7.1 which continues its dominance in Unified Data...
View ArticleThe 7 Deadly Sins of Backup and Recovery: Backing Up Only the Data
Your organization’s servers, systems, and data are the lifeblood of your business. There are often hundreds of servers or sub-components that can fail, and many ways that both environmental and human...
View ArticleThe Evolution of Stupidity…Disk Versus Tape
I got an interesting article the other day called “The Hot New Storage Technology for 2011 is…Tape?” The upshot of the article was that thanks to LTO-5, tape is more relevant than it ever has been....
View ArticleThe 7 Deadly Sins of Backup and Recovery: Allowing Backups To Go Untested
[This is my second excerpt from my The 7 Deadly Sins of Backup and Recovery whitepaper. Download the full whitepaper for instant gratification.] Allowing Backups To Go Untested Organizations often...
View ArticleThe 7 Deadly Sins of Backup: Lack of Adequate Recovery Planning
This is my third excerpt from my The 7 Deadly Sins of Backup and Recovery whitepaper. Download the full whitepaper for instant gratification or check out our upcoming webinar on Halloween to learn how...
View ArticleUnitrends Recovery-Series Backup Appliances and Unitrends Enterprise Backup...
In part 1 of this article, I recounted the discussion between a reseller partner friend and me concerning differences between the physical and virtual backup appliances from Unitrends. In part 2, I...
View ArticleArchiving, Tape, D2D2T, and Olympic Gymnasts
Recently there’s been a great thread over at Spiceworks concerning Unitrends and tape. When I say “great thread”, I don’t mean that the folks over there are saying that Unitrends is the greatest thing...
View Article7+1 Reasons Unitrends 7.1 Leads in Virtual, Physical, and Cloud Data...
[Continuing on the previous post: 7+1 Reasons Unitrends 7.1 Leads in Virtual, Physical, and Cloud Data Protection (Part 1).] Unitrends has released 7.1 which continues its dominance in Unified Data...
View ArticleBackup, Deduplication and Tape
I got a question this week from a customer about Unitrends deduplication capability (Adaptive Deduplication) in its release 5. The customer asked if we were going to support deduplication to tape....
View ArticleTossing the Tape? Implications of Making the Switch to Disk-Based Backups
Backup data on tape has usually been deemed inaccessible for e-discovery, with courts ruling that it would be overly burdensome to retrieve. Now that organizations are increasingly using disks, the...
View ArticleDo You Want Your Data Hot or Cold?
Unitrends release 9.0 has brought about significant changes in the user interface to make administering your backup solution much more intuitive. The new HTML based interface is easy to use and...
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