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Backup.U
Self-Service, backupu, recovery,Hybrid,Cloud,Virtualization,SLAs, backup, data protection,BC,applications,Snapshots,VTL
This wiki will provide extra resources for each Backup.U session, beginning with backup fundamentals. If you have suggestions for product-neutral sources of information about any of the topics, please let us know!
For full program info, including links to live and recorded webcasts and Google+ hangout events, please go to the main Backup.U page: http://software.dell.com/backupu.
Quick guide to content on this page:
| Title | Author | Description |
| Backupipedia | Dell | Wiki with definitions of common backup terms |
| Greg Schulz | Blog, tips, podcasts and videos about all things you need to know for your data center environment | |
| Data Protection Modernizing: More Than Buzzword Bingo | Greg Schulz | Discussion about today's data protection |
| Data footprint reduction (part 1): Life beyond dedupe and changing data lifecycles | Greg Schulz | Discussion of business and IT issues and challenges as they relate to data protection. |
| Data footprint reduction (part 2): Dell, IBM, Ocarina, and Storwize | Greg Schulz | Historical article (2010) about how shrinking data footprint impacts data protection |
| 3 Questions to Help SMBs Plan a Backup Strategy | Greg Schulz | Considerations for SMBs for creating a BU/DR strategy |
| 10 Backup & restore questions that every admin must ask | Greg Shields | Basic questions about modern backup and restore architectures |
| Deduplication: Effectively Reducing the Cost of backup and storage | Dr. Srinidhi Varadarajan (Dell) | Description of types of dedupe, along with rationale for using it for storage savings |
| How to guarantee 100% recoverability of your backup | George Crump | Considerations when building a backup plan |
| Key elements of a successful disaster recovery strategy: virtual and physical | Greg Shields | Author's opinion of the 4 key elements of a successful DR strategy |
| Building higher IT business continuity in the face of disaster | Dell | Considerations for building a recovery plan |
| Backup and Recovery book wiki | Curtis Preston | Wiki for the Backup and Recovery book by Curtis Preston, there are several free chapters |
| The Value of Data Deduplication | George Crump | High level overview about the basics of dedupe |
| SNIA | Presentation slides, focus is on base level understanding of dedupe. | |
| Brian M Posey | Article that defines full backups, incremental and differential backups, and newer types of backups like synthetic and incremental-forever backups. NOTE: May require registration | |
| Thomas Rivera | SNIA presenation that explains deduplication | |
Tape is still alive, or at least in conversations and discussions | Greg Schulz | Discussion of the tape is dead debate |
| Greg Schulz | Discussion of data protection best practices | |
| Tape Talk Time | Greg Schulz | Discussion of the tape is dead debate |
| Non Disruptive Updates, Needs vs. Wants | Greg Schulz | issues to think about with regard to the term NDU. |
| If March 31st is backup day, don't be fooled with restore on April 1st | Greg Schulz | Things to consider if you want to be able to recover what you back up. |
Data Protection for Applications
| Title | Author | Description |
| In the data center or information factory, not everything is the same | Greg Schulz | Discussion of basics to think about when developing a BU/DR plan for multiple applications in an environment |
| 3 Best Practices for Reducing Exchange Downtime | Mark Arnold | Discussion of what to think about when backing up Exchange (hint: its more than data) |
| Exchange Server Disaster Recovery: Planning for the worst, hoping for the best | Paul Robichaux Brian Posey | Older article (based on Exchange 2000/2003) but the core principles are good foundational reading |
| Microsoft MVP Expert Guide: Windows Server 2008 Backup for VM and Physical Servers | Don Jones | Older article (based on Server 2K8), still good foundational reading |
| SQL Server Database Backup and Restore Planning | Bryan Oliver | Older article (based on SQL Server 2K8), but really good fundamentals about backing up db's |
Data Protection for Virtualization
| Title | Author | Description |
| Leveraging virtualization for application assurance | Dell | Discussion of how virtual machines can become part of a backup solution |
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DataProtectionforCloud
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DataProtectionforHybrid
| Title | Author | Description |
| PlanYourStorageFuture,Alookatemergingtechnologiesthatcouldmakeanimpact | GregSchulz | Yes,thisastoragearticle,butthesearethetechnologiesyoumayhaveinahybridenvironment |
| DataCenterforBestPracticesforBackup&Recovery | GregSchulz | Discussesstrategiessuchasself-service,VTL,snapshots,BC,SLAs |
| PlanYourStorageFuture,knowwhichemergingtechnologiescouldmakeanimpact | Planningfornewtechmostlikelywillmeanlivinginahybridenvironment.Articleadvisesonhowtopreparewhenmakingapurchase:Knowthebenefits,understandthepotential,beprepared | |
| MaintainStorage&RelatedDevices:Adviceforimplementingregularscheduledmaintenanceonstoragesystems | Yes,anotherstoragearticle,butdataprotectionisvitalwhenwearetalkingaboutmaintainingdata. | |
| TroubleshootBackupProblems:whattodobefore&afterissuesarise | Greg | Greatarticletohelpyoudeterminehow preparedyouareincaseanissuethreatensyourdata. |