Data Domain this week announced enhancements to its Data Domain Replicator software. The company, which provides deduplication appliances to mid- and enterprise-size businesses, claims new software ...

remote replication is a well-established practice that can replace traditional backup and enhance disaster recovery . But, remote replication can be deployed in a variety of ways, so what data ...

Duplicates are often the exact opposite of what we want. The discovery of one’s evil clone, for instance, would be far from an ideal scenario, in most people’s minds. In all seriousness, though, one ...

Protecting essential data has never been more important than it is today due to the escalating cost of system downtime and the increased likelihood of natural and human-made disasters. As a result, ...

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The company's new appliance also threatens to steal some of the thunder from the expected move by EMC to unveil new deduplication technology based on products OEM'd from Quantum. EMC, of Hopkinton, ...

The vast majority of IT organizations are concerned about disaster recovery. While there is wide disagreement as to whether the most appropriate backup is a cold, warm or hot site, IT organizations do ...

Greetings all: I've inherited an environment that is using both Commvault with native dedupe (on Xyratex) and a DataDomain CIFS target. I'm assuming that once CV writes to its local DD target there's ...

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As data sets explode, more organizations are turning to disk-to-disk replication as an alternative to traditional tape backup workflows. Unfortunately, the benefits of replication are often outweighed ...