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As companies face growing data needs, backup and recovery become essential. The landscape for backup storage is changing with the switch from tape to disk-based backup. Vendors are fighting for share in this attractive market as disk backup is...

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Understanding the enterprises critical environment is the first step to right-sizing standby power equipment. Gather current and future requirements for all critical data center components to optimize the standby power solution and reduce downtime.

(14-Feb-10) Like it or not, email outages are a business reality. A recent ApplicationContinuity.org survey revealed that, despite advances in data-backup, archiving and protection technology, companies of all sizes remain vulnerable to costly...

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Estimating the standby power required to support the data center in case of an outage is an important part of data center design and planning. Many factors contribute to the estimate, including the organization's tolerance for risk. Use...

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Estimating the standby power required to support the server room in case of an outage is an important part of server room design and planning. Many factors contribute to the estimate, including the organization's tolerance for risk. Use best...

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When building or refreshing the server room, estimating the amount of standby power required is an important part of server room planning and design. In order to account for the organization's risk tolerance, the required amount of standby power...

IT shops building or refreshing the data center should seek external expertise or face incurring additional costs due to miscalculated power, cooling, and UPS requirements. Ensure project costs do not spiral out of control by engaging...

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A Business Impact Analysis is central to any Disaster Recovery Planning initiative. Use this tool to help prioritize business resources to be protected and identify the downtime tolerance of different business functions.