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Designing a redundant backup solution

Many organizations have trouble making the switch from tape to disk backups, and that's often because they don't completely understand what they're taking on.

Access this expert E-Guide to learn about the steps to take when transitioning from tape to a disk backup appliance and find tips for designing a redundant backup solution and. Read on to explore the evolving case for disk-based backup.

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    In today’s IT landscape, protecting and monitoring critical data should be held high on an organization’s list of priorities.

    In this e-guide, learn strategies to determine what data is considered most important. Also, read about the different ways to select and establish an effective backup policy to ensure essential data is properly monitored. Read on to learn more.

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    If your job involves storing data, you already know storage eats up budget dollars faster than just about anything else in IT.

    But as daily practitioners, we rarely notice just how many dollars storage is truly consuming. The marketing hype for  storage products stays focused on magic bullets like “more capacity per dollar” or “more I/O per dollar,” but the true cost of storage is determined many other factors.

    This expert E-Guide explores the different data backup and storage systems available, and which ones will really eat up your storage budget. Read now to learn more.

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