Category Archives: Deduplication

A Practical D2D2D DR Plan for Real Life Disasters

By Jerome M. Wendt, DCIG (DCIGInc.com) http://revinetix.dciginc.com Recent news tells us that disasters can happen anywhere at any time to anyone. So as more companies adopt disk as their primary backup target, they need to ensure they can do disaster … Continue reading

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Why Disk Has Forever Replaced Tape as a Primary Backup Target

By Jerome M. Wendt, DCIG (DCIGInc.com) http://revinetix.dciginc.com Right here, right now, it’s time to state what may sound preposterous to some and obvious to others. Disk has officially forever replaced tape as the primary target for backup software. But the … Continue reading

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Two Tips for Getting the Most Bang for Your Deduplication and Replication Bucks

By Jerome M. Wendt, DCIG (DCIGInc.com) http://revinetix.dciginc.com The balancing act that every small and midsize enterprise (SME) plays when making new technology purchases is finding the right balance between cost and technology.  In the area of backup, this particularly holds … Continue reading

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High Capacity HDDs Create Growing Need for Centralizing the Backup of Desktop and Laptop Data

By Jerome M. Wendt, DCIG (DCIGInc.com) http://revinetix.dciginc.com It is almost universally recognized that protecting and recovering applications and application data that reside on Linux, UNIX, VMware or Microsoft Windows servers is a necessity no matter what the cost. Yet most … Continue reading

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Ease of Use and Licensing Costs Trump Other Backup Software Features in the Minds of Many SMEs

By Jerome M. Wendt, DCIG (DCIGInc.com) http://revinetix.dciginc.com Talk all you want about the different features and functions found in backup software. If an IT administrator in a small and midsize enterprise (SME) thinks about backup at all it is in … Continue reading

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Overview of Data Deduplication Technology

Disk to Disk technology The backup and disaster recovery industry today is experiencing a renaissance with the advent of Disk to Disk backup technology. The arrival of Disk to Disk based backup technology has enabled a complete rethinking of the … Continue reading

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