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Disaster recovery

• Backup best practices: Is it best to use a dedicated backup server or a shared server that also runs

  Backup servers are responsible for scheduling thousands of backup jobs per day and committing thousands of associated backup details to the database. Here are some best practices for dealing with backup servers.  Continue Reading

• Is continuous data protection effective enough to be the only full data copy for disaster recovery?

  CDP is effective against physical corruptions because it maintains one or more copies of your data, either locally or remotely, to ensure disaster recovery in the event of physical failure.  Continue Reading

• Can replication and CDP replace a traditional backup regime?

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• Managing offsite backup tape storage: How far away should tapes be stored?

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• Agent-based and agentless replication - what are the pros and cons?

  Agent-based and agentless replication - what are the pros and cons?  Continue Reading