In this FAQ with Jeff Boles, Jeff discusses the ins and outs of file virtualization. He tells users the benefits and drawbacks of file virtualization, which file virtualization products are on the market and how they might work in specific IT shops, as well as how file virtualization affects replication or migration of files. 

Because network attached storage (NAS) is file-based (rather than block-based) storage, it is particularly suited for storing the types of unstructured, file-based data that is a challenge for many storage pros today. This FAQ podcast answers key questions about NAS advantages and implementations. 

As storage capacity needs grow in SMBs, disk is increasingly being used as a backup storage target. In this FAQ, Executive Editor and Independent Backup Expert W. Curtis Preston, discusses the role of disk-based backup in the SMB space. Curtis takes a closer look at the benefits and cost differentiators of moving from tape to disk for data backup. 

Global data deduplication allows users to deduplicate data across multiple boxes, which can simplify management as companies back up more and more data. W. Curtis Preston, executive editor of the Storage Media Group, discusses the pros and cons of global deduplication, who should consider it, and which vendors are offering it today in this Q&A. 

Taneja Group senior analyst Jeff Boles discusses WAN optimization and how it's accomplished, best practices for cutting bandwith costs of a WAN, and how to increase WAN performance. 

Virtual server technology has made one key task a lot harder: backup. In this SearchStorageUK essential guide, you'll learn everything you need to know about protecting virtual servers. 

In this expert Podcast, Nik Simpson, analyst with The Burton Group, discusses trends in green storage, distinguishing industry hype from what storage managers are actually doing in the real world. 

This eguide explains how Midmarket companies are embracing server virtualization and updating their disaster recovery strategies to ensure they minimize risk-affordably. 

Following a thirty day pilot test of the proposed Data Domain solution, Lloyds TSB Corporate Markets implemented two Data Domain DD430 restorers and one DD460 restorer; they gained instantaneous data replication capability, scalability, and other benefits. 

In many companies, Microsoft Exchange is now commonly viewed as a mission-critical application. Protecting Exchange information is critical and backup is still the primary method used. This paper focuses on the traditional backup and recovery practices for Microsoft Exchange Server along with solutions from Data Domain. 

This paper introduces three techniques employed in the production Data Domain deduplication file system and shows how they can be used to relieve the disk bottleneck. 

Written for anyone interested in understanding how secure Internet SSO works, this white paper explores the limitations of current SSO implementations outside of a single security domain (including identity and access management systems and open source development) and introduces standalone secure Internet SSO as a solution. 

This paper provides general information for using Data Domain deduplication storage systems to backup virtual machines deployed with VMware Infrastructure 3 (VI3). Topics include an overview of VI3 components and various methods of backing up data in VMDK images and Guest OS files for discrete recovery.