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Published on: May 11, 2010
Type of content: WHITE PAPER
Format: Unknown
Length: 3 pages
Price: FREE

Overview:

Data backups and data archives are often confused with each other. W. Curtis Preston, executive editor at TechTarget and independent data backup and recovery expert, points out the differences between data backup and data archiving products, and the dos and don'ts associated with each technology in this white paper.

Read on and learn the answer to these questions:

• What's the main difference between data backups and data archives?


• Why shouldn't you use data backups as archives?


• What do data archiving products do that backup software doesn't?


• Is it better to use an archiving tool from your backup software provider or a third party provider?