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Symantec Corp. NetBackup 5220 appliance
The Symantec NetBackup 5220 is a scalable disk backup appliance. It can be partitioned as deduplicating or non-deduplicating storage partitions, or a combination of the two. 2011 Products of the Year
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Quantum Corp. vmPRO 4000 appliance
The vmPRO 4000 family offers backup software and storage in one appliance that’s based on Quantum’s DXi dedupe and replication devices. 2011 Products of the Year
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Best data storage products 2011
The Storage magazine/SearchStorage.com 2011 Products of the Year awards recogonize the best storage products in six categories. Guide
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2011 Products of the Year finalists
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Is a virtual backup appliance right for your environment?
A virtual backup appliance is easily deployed and offers latency reduction, scalability, integration and costs savings. But is one right for your environment? Feature
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VMware backup solutions evolve to make use of VMware APIs
VMware backup solutions have evolved to do virtual machine backup via VMware APIs and include support for data deduplication, snapshots, granular recovery and cloud as a target. Feature
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Virtual machine backup: Backup application product enhancements
Find out about the key new virtual machine backup capabilities of the main backup applications, how vStorage APIs for Data Protection have changed VM backup, and more. Tutorial
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VMware backup software and a vSphere backup solution checklist
In this tutorial, we look at the questions you'll face when choosing VMware backup software. Then, you can download our free VMware backup solution checklist. Tutorial
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Virtual server backup tutorial
Virtual server backup tools are crucial. But if you don’t properly implement a VM backup strategy, as described in this backup tutorial, performance may suffer. Virtualization School
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How virtual machine backup differs from traditional backup
Virtual machine backup can be accomplished with traditional backup tools but can be better effected with snapshots and dedicated virtual server backup products. FAQ
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Bocada offers backup reporting software for virtual, physical reports
Bocada’s vpConnect combines Prism and Vision backup reporting software modules to bring backup reporting for physical and virtual machines under one monitoring tool. News | 24 Apr 2012
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Barracuda offers VMware host support with backup service
Barracuda Networks Inc., announced this week that its Barracuda Backup Service will include VMware host support. News | 20 Apr 2012
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Quantum unveils virtual backup platform based on DXi, vmPRO
Quantum Corp., said its virtual backup appliances built on its DXi and vmPRO software can reduce size of data sent to the cloud. News | 21 Mar 2012
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Quantum, Acronis target VMware backup and recovery at VMworld
Quantum and Acronis target VMware backup and recovery at VMworld: Quantum launches vmPRO 4000 appliance and Acronis rolls out vmPROtect 6. News | 29 Aug 2011
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Veeam upgrades virtual server backup software, adds Hyper-V support
Veeam provides details of Backup & Replication 6 virtual server backup software, including one-click failback and file restores News | 22 Aug 2011
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IBM, HP add public cloud data protection services
IBM rolls out public cloud protection services for backup, archiving and virtual machine DR while HP brings out PC backup service. News | 21 Jun 2011
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Symantec improves virtual machine backup in Backup Exec 2010
At its Symantec Vision user conference, Symantec launches Backup Exec 2010 R3, including a new appliance and hosted cloud backup service, and emphasizes virtual machine backup. News | 03 May 2011
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Pancetera expands virtual machine backup capability
Pancetera Unite’s SmartMotion capability lets users push out data to any NAS target without the need for staging servers and virtual machine backup software. News | 19 Apr 2011
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EMC Avamar data dedupe software gets a DD Boost
EMC makes its two backup dedupe products work better together, adding DD Boost support for Avamar 6.0 client-side dedupe backup; also tightens Avamar’s integration with VMware. News | 18 Apr 2011
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Top data backup software trends: Source dedupe and virtual machine backup
Source dedupe, improved virtual machine backup top list of 2010 trends in data backup software; snapshots, replication, and CDP also poised for long-term impact on traditional backup. Article | 21 Dec 2010
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Hyper-V backup best practices: Hypervisor backup vs. VM backups
In this tip, learn about Hyper-V backup best practices, as well as the differences between hypervisor backup vs. VM backup. Tip
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Virtual machine backup software checklist
With this checklist, learn how to determine what features and functions you need in virtual machine backup software. Tip
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Backing up VMs: Traditional apps vs. virtual machine backup software
In this tip on backing up VMs, learn about the pros and cons of traditional backup software vs. VM backup software. Tip
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Top five mistakes made when backing up VMs and how to prevent them
Creating backups in virtual environments has its own challenges. In this tip, learn how to efficiently create VM backups and avoid common mistakes. Tip
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Microsoft's Hyper-V snapshots offer quick VM backups, but with limits
Microsoft’s Hyper-V snapshots offer a quick way to back up virtual machines during upgrades, but they’re no substitute for long-term archives. Tip
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Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager backup techniques
Learn how to back up Virtual Machine Manager in this tip, and how to perform a manual and a scripted backup. Tip
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Hyper-V recovery: Top tips for restoring Hyper-V virtual machines
Good backups are only one half of a solid data protection plan. Check out our best tips for solving common Hyper-V recovery problems. Tip
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Top tips for troubleshooting Hyper-V backups
Follow these Hyper-V troubleshooting steps to give you help you solve Hyper-V backup issues when they arise. Tip
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Top eight VMware vSphere backup best practices
Ease your VMware vSphere backup burden with these eight vSphere backup best practices. Tip
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VM backup strategies: Backing up virtual machines in VMware vSphere
Problems backing up virtual machines? Learn about the latest VM backup strategies when backing up VMs in VMware vSphere. Tip
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Virtual server backup: image-level backup and file-level backup
Virtual server backup involves two types of backup: image-level backup and file-level backup. Learn the differences between them, and the limitations of file-level backup. Ask the Expert
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vSphere Replication
VSphere Replication is a feature of vSphere 5.0 and Site Recovery Manager (SRM) 5.0 that automates the failover of virtual servers to a recovery site. Definition
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Primary storage deduplication helps with VMs and virtual desktops
Primary storage deduplication can supply dramatic results with server virtual machine images and hosted virtual desktops, but can lead to lock-in. Podcast
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Backing up virtual servers vs physical servers
Find out about the differences between backing up virtual servers vs physical servers, best practices in virtual server backup and how to avoid crash-consistent database backups. FAQ
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Bocada offers backup reporting software for virtual, physical reports
Bocada’s vpConnect combines Prism and Vision backup reporting software modules to bring backup reporting for physical and virtual machines under one monitoring tool. News
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Barracuda offers VMware host support with backup service
Barracuda Networks Inc., announced this week that its Barracuda Backup Service will include VMware host support. News
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Quantum unveils virtual backup platform based on DXi, vmPRO
Quantum Corp., said its virtual backup appliances built on its DXi and vmPRO software can reduce size of data sent to the cloud. News
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Symantec Corp. NetBackup 5220 appliance
The Symantec NetBackup 5220 is a scalable disk backup appliance. It can be partitioned as deduplicating or non-deduplicating storage partitions, or a combination of the two. 2011 Products of the Year
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Quantum Corp. vmPRO 4000 appliance
The vmPRO 4000 family offers backup software and storage in one appliance that’s based on Quantum’s DXi dedupe and replication devices. 2011 Products of the Year
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Best data storage products 2011
The Storage magazine/SearchStorage.com 2011 Products of the Year awards recogonize the best storage products in six categories. Guide
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2011 Products of the Year finalists
Guide
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Primary storage deduplication helps with VMs and virtual desktops
Primary storage deduplication can supply dramatic results with server virtual machine images and hosted virtual desktops, but can lead to lock-in. Podcast
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vSphere Replication
VSphere Replication is a feature of vSphere 5.0 and Site Recovery Manager (SRM) 5.0 that automates the failover of virtual servers to a recovery site. Definition
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Hyper-V backup best practices: Hypervisor backup vs. VM backups
In this tip, learn about Hyper-V backup best practices, as well as the differences between hypervisor backup vs. VM backup. Tip
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