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Backing up is not hard to do
In 2004, the Enterprise Stategy Group embarked on a study to gauge if companies took the backup and recovery process of their data seriously.After speaking to 200 IT professionals, the results were tabulated ...
| In 2004, the Enterprise Stategy Group embarked on a study to gauge if companies took the backup and recovery process of their data seriously. After speaking to 200 IT professionals, the results were tabulated ... and it didn't look good, according to its senior analyst Jon Oltsik. "While most respondents were confident that their backups worked, one-fourth said backups fail about 20 percent of the time. "I hate to think that my bank, mortgage company or health insurance provider is among that group. Even when backup jobs are completed, 37 percent of the respondents said they had no confidence that the backups were indeed successful. I guess these guys have been burned a few times in the past," Oltsik said. The conclusion, he said, was backups and recoveries took too long, and the processes consumed too many human resources. To hopefully overcome this issue, ZDNet Australia has compiled a guide for IT managers seeking answers in their backup and recovery quest. | ||
Management's role in DR planning When putting together a disaster recovery plan, companies must ensure that senior management, even in small shops, are required to participate in the process. Merely leaving to tech is ill-advised. Why IT can't go it alone during disaster recovery It's a popular misconception that the IT department can properly handle business continuity planning on its own. We seek to debunk this myth. When assets get "burnt" .... Just because your business doesn't extend beyond the walls of a building doesn't mean your data shouldn't. Find out why off-site data protection should be part of your disaster recovery plan. | Which backup? Four apps tested Who has got your backup covered? If you are looking for the right software to ease your backup pain, ZDNet Australia has four solutions which might suit your needs. DR tip: Separate servers from applications You can save money on your disaster recovery budget and achieve more efficient failover systems if you carefully consider the relationship between apps and servers. Storage and virtualisation: Partners in DR When storage resources and server virtualisation products marry, they become a formidable combination that can have an incredibly positive impact on your DR plan. | |
Tape: A disaster waiting to happen One of the most prevalent disaster recovery myths is the belief that tape backups are a sufficient solution for most companies. Unfortunately, many organisations use tape backups ineffectively at best and improperly at worst. The great data migration trail of 2005 Compliance and administration headaches are forcing corporations to increasingly relocate remote information back to their data centres. Microsoft takes disk-based backup for a spin Taking another step into data storage, Microsoft recently unveiled software for backing up files on disk-based systems. | Backup and recovery ROI calculator Remote knowledge workers' computers are inevitably lost or damaged, and this often results in the loss of crucial information. What if your knowledge workers could transparently and automatically back up files when they are online? Creating better backups through replication Business continuity begins with data protection and data protection is achieved by performing regular system backups. Compliance-oriented backup Recommendations for backup, recovery and archive strategies that enable infrastructure and operations to support compliance and business goals. |