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Article: Getting disk into the backup process; adding benefits of disk while supporting existing processes.(Storage Networking)
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- Computer Technology Review
- Article date:
- January 1, 2004
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As the new serial ATA disk technology begins to be integrated into backup, end users and integrators are beginning to face a new set of challenges. The issues they face include integrating the new system into enterprise backup, creating and managing the path to tape, and getting optimal performance out of the system. There are effective answers to all three, but the experience is again showing IT managers why it takes effective managed-system design to solve complex storage problems and not just new components.
Integrating Disk Into Enterprise Backup
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