This document describes the Sun reference architecture for next-generation data backup using Symantec NetBackup software. 

There are more and better tools to protect data than ever, but how they're implemented and used in a storage environment can determine how effective they'll be. In this expert videocast, W. Curtis Preston, one of the leading backup experts in the country, describes some key best practices that will help you build a better backup system. 

Data deduplication is rapidly becoming a core fundamental of any storage system, and the implications go far beyond backup applications. Take this opportunity to learn the key differences between deduplication technologies available today. 

In this presentation transcript, Curtis Preston, one of the leading backup experts in the country, describes some key best practices that will help build a better backup system. 

In these articles, Network World and its sister publications CIO, Computerworld, CSO and InfoWorld lay down the groundwork and explore the latest tips and technologies for no-fail corporate data backup and disaster recovery. 

This session will look at various techniques and strategies to optimize either on-line active or primary as well as near-line or secondary storage environment during tough economic times, as well as to position for future growth, after all, there is no such thing as a data recession! 

Double-Take® Software workload optimisation software products help reduce the cost of managing, provisioning and maintaining server and workstation workloads while simultaneously increasing the efficiency, availability and flexibility of your existing infrastructure. 

The Xiotech Total Cost of Ownership Calculator is designed to provide insight into the true costs of a storage area network (SAN). With Xiotech storage solutions, organizations can realize savings in five target areas. Read about them here. 

Consolidating servers with VMware Infrastructure can deliver significant benefits, including: reduced capital and operating costs, infrastructure costs, faster IT response to business demands, improved IT service levels, and more consistent business operations. 

A disaster recovery plan represents an organization's detailed roadmap of where to go, what to do and when to do it in the event of a disaster. Understanding what does the business need, and is it capable of addressing this need with regard to both capabilities and cost is essential in the overall planning stages. 

Most analysts, including Enterprise Strategy Group, agree that performing only a periodic backup leaves data at risk, and they find that this is a major concern among the IT professionals they survey. The answer to this concern is Cisco Small Business Network Storage Systems (NSS) and Cisco Continuous Data Protection (CDP) for Files software. 

This E-Guide will highlight the archiving options that prove to be beneficial to storage pros today, as well as the best practices to be put to use when implementing email and file archiving products.