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Backup lessons learned from 10 major cloud outages

Network World

I’ve always called for independent backups of everything. Whether it’s in your data center, an IaaS vendor like AWS, or a SaaS vendor like Microsoft 365, it needs independent backup. Code Spaces (2014): A hacker gained access and deleted all customer data and backups from Code Spaces’ AWS environment.

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When Using Cloud Computing to Replicate is the Right Idea

Data Center Knowledge

Remote backup and storage. Storage systems have become more efficient and can now do offsite, cloud-based backup and replication. By having a dedicated link to a cloud-based data center, engineers are able to safely backup and even restore from the cloud provider. December 2009 (95). November 2009 (125).

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Data Tape: Dying a Slow Death or Already Dead? » Data Center.

Data Center Knowledge

Yet today, there are few backup administrators using this technique. Today, many customers are using tape as a duplicate backup. They run quicker to disk within their backup windows and can be duplicated or archived to tape for off-site storage. Evolution of Storage and Backup Technology. The Future of Data Tape.

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EMC Refreshes Data Protection Portfolio » Data Center Knowledge

Data Center Knowledge

At a Backup to the Future event this week EMC announced a broad array of new hardware and software products that enable customers to deploy new Protection Storage Architectures. In addition, the new systems support up to 540 data streams, a 3 times increase that further enables complete consolidation of backup and/or archive data.

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In Disaster Recovery Planning, Don't Neglect Home Site Restoration.

Data Center Knowledge

Michelle Ziperstein is the Marketing Communications Specialist at Cervalis LLC , which provides data backup and disaster recovery solutions for mission-critical data. December 2009 (95). November 2009 (125). October 2009 (131). September 2009 (143). August 2009 (119). July 2009 (131). June 2009 (137).

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'Catastrophic' Storage Failure Slows Oregon Jobless Checks » Data.

Data Center Knowledge

The delay caused backups in the Oregon Employment Department’s processing of unemployment insurance payments and claims, state officials said. December 2009 (95). November 2009 (125). October 2009 (131). September 2009 (143). August 2009 (119). July 2009 (131). June 2009 (137).

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Riverbed Releases Enterprise-Class Server Consolidation Solution.

Data Center Knowledge

also improves data protection with automated snapshots and simplified support for existing data-center class backup and recovery software. December 2009 (95). November 2009 (125). October 2009 (131). September 2009 (143). August 2009 (119). July 2009 (131). June 2009 (137). May 2009 (110).