Gresham Enterprise Storage Issue 7
Storage News

In this issue
  • Spotlight on Backup Virtualization

  • How do you match up to other Storage Professionals?

Spotlight on Backup Virtualization
When considering the backup process in the large Enterprise, tape is not dead nor is it going to be anytime soon. How do you achieve harmony in a world where you must have tape and disk work together to accomplish your data protection goals? What is needed is a new capability to integrate these to components seamlessly...Backup Virtualization.
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Take the Quiz: Questions
How do you match up to other Storage Professionals?

Answers based on a December 2007 survey Gresham conducted amongst 100 storage professionals.
1. TRUE OR FALSE: 77% of the storage industry professionals surveyed said that if they do not change their current backup infrastructure within the next year, they will not be able to manage their current growth.

2. TRUE OR FALSE: 25% revealed they use both tape and disk for their backup storage media, further emphasizing that tape is not dead, and nor is it going anywhere.

3. TRUE OR FALSE: 74% said they had between one and five virtual tape library appliances currently.

4. TRUE OR FALSE: The most critical backup problems participants have is backup times exceed the backup window, the need for faster recovery options, and the inability for backup management to keep up with data growth.

5. TRUE OR FALSE: When choosing a virtual tape library, reporting/analytics, consolidation and low cost are the most important features.

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Take the Quiz: Answers
1. True 2. False. 73% revealed they use both tape and disk for their backup storage media further emphasizing that tape is not dead, and nor is it going anywhere. 3. True 4. True 5. False. When choosing a virtual tape library, speed, performance and scalability are the most important features.
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