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In-depth Reports Analyzing FalconStor VTL and the Solutions It Enables:
 | Demystifying Data Deduplication: Choosing the Best Solution Data deduplication has become a primary requirement for backup implementations. Many vendors lay claim to offering the best data deduplication approach, leaving customers to face the difficulty of separating hype from reality. A number of key factors must ... |
| Enabling Enterprise Tape Library Support for Microsoft DPM 2007 Using FalconStor VTL Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM) 2007 is designed to provide continuous data protection for Windows-based servers, with additional features for business-specific Microsoft workloads such as SQL Server, Exchange, and SharePoint... |
| FalconStor VTL Migration Scenarios: Integrating Data Deduplication into Existing Data Protection Environments Learn how to migrate to the latest version of FalconStor VTL technology with integrated data deduplication to quickly reap the benefits of a reduced storage footprint. Together, FalconStor and Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) have devised an easy process for integrating deduplication functionality into older VTL environments, with minimal downtime and disruption, and maximum value. |
| How Data Deduplication Works Because explosive data growth drives up storage costs for backup and DR, data deduplication is regarded as a “must-have” for organizations that wish to remain competitive by operating as efficiently as possible. This paper explains how... |
| Optimizing Oracle RMAN and ASM Environments with FalconStor VTL and Integrated Deduplication The importance of adequate backup and disaster recovery (DR) for Oracle databases cannot be emphasized enough. These databases continue to grow and drive additional business processes throughout enterprises of all sizes... |
| TOTALLY Open™ Disaster Recovery: The New Paradigm of Optimized, Cost-effective DR The ability to recover quickly and completely from any site failure is of paramount importance to organizations of all sizes — yet complexity and high costs prevent many from adequately protecting themselves. FalconStor solutions are flexible and... |
| Using FalconStor VTL as a Backup Target for IBM i (iSeries) With FalconStor VTL, IBM i (iSeries) environments can control costs while improving performance to maximize ROI. By introducing FalconStor VTL into an IBM i environment, you can non-disruptively replace tape backup with disk to accelerate backup/recovery processes and improve operational efficiency. This technical white paper explains how to configure FalconStor VTL with IBM i to leverage capabilities such as native backup integration, IPL bare-metal recovery, and direct tape support with encryption. |
In-depth Reports Analyzing FalconStor NSS and the Solutions It Enables:
| Global Application and SAN Acceleration with Solid-State Storage Solid-state storage or memory is an increasingly popular storage offering, providing quick response times and high rates of IOPS. This paper investigates the deployment models of solid-state storage, and explains how FalconStor NSS SAN Accelerator enhance ... |
| Optimizing Blade Environments with IPStor FalconStor´s IPStor software is the first solution to deliver storage pooling and storage services for blade servers, overcoming current limitations in blade technology and resulting in extremely manageable, secure data environments combining ultra-high ... |
| Optimizing Storage for VDI Deployments Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) provides a new computing model by centralizing physical desktops into virtualized desktop server farms. This paper discusses how FalconStor NSS technology works with Violin flash array storage in a Force 3 architecture ... |
| RecoverTrac v.2.0: Service-Oriented Disaster Recovery Protecting data means nothing if you can’t recover it. FalconStor® RecoverTrac™ automates complex DR tasks, bringing service-oriented recovery to physical and virtual server infrastructures. This paper discusses the technical concerns associated with DR, and explains in detail how RecoverTrac technology addresses a full range of DR challenges. |
| Replicate with Integrity: Protecting VMware Data to Ensure Fast Recovery, Business Continuity As organizations increasingly adopt virtualization, they have begun to explore the notion of replicating to another virtualization server as a means of data protection. This appears to be a simpler, cost-efficient alternative to using traditional physical ... |
| Taking VMware VAAI to the Next Dimension Learn how you can extend the use of VMware vStorage API for Array Integration (VAAI) across heterogeneous SAN environments. With the FalconStor NSS Gateway Appliance solution, VMware VAAI hardware acceleration is no longer constrained to a single array enclosure. This technical white paper explores the strengths of VMware VAAI and uncovers how to fully leverage these benefits using the FalconStor NSS Gateway Appliance. See how FalconStor NSS can provide a maximum return on your virtualization technology investments. |
| The Value of Storage Virtualization Over the past several years, virtualization has evolved from a popular buzzword into a formidable strategic technology that many organizations have adopted and many others are strongly considering. This white paper addresses the specific topic of storage virtualization and the ways in which it enhances the performance and efficiency of IT in light of today’s constant, sometimes staggering data growth. Within the context of storage networking issues, this document details the key elements of an effective, comprehensive storage virtualization solution, as well as the numerous potential cost benefits.... |
| TOTALLY Open™ Disaster Recovery: The New Paradigm of Optimized, Cost-effective DR The ability to recover quickly and completely from any site failure is of paramount importance to organizations of all sizes — yet complexity and high costs prevent many from adequately protecting themselves. FalconStor solutions are flexible and... |
| Virtually Effortless Backup for VMware Environments Backup and disaster recovery (DR) strategies protect data from corruption and failures - and ensure that if these types of events occur, companies aren't forced out of business. Data protection becomes even more important in a virtualized... |
In-depth Reports Analyzing FalconStor CDP and the Solutions It Enables:
| Holistic and Efficient Protection for Oracle Databases with FalconStor CDP In an enterprise Oracle environment, FalconStor CDP optimizes application and data availability as well as storage management capabilities. This paper explains how FalconStor CDP delivers an enhanced backup, restore, and recovery regime that... |
| Merging Backup and Disaster Recovery (DR) Processes For years, disaster recovery (DR) and data protection practices have consisted of two different technology islands — data protection and tape backup. The processes to implement both have usually been separate and handled by different IT departments... |
| Optimizing Business Continuity And Disaster Recovery Capabilities for Lotus Notes/Domino FalconStor´s solution for Lotus Notes/Domino delivers rapid, reliable, quality backup, restore, and recovery associated with routine and unplanned events, minimizing downtime, maximizing availability, streamlining storage administration, and reducing ... |
| Optimizing Business Continuity And Disaster Recovery Capabilities for Microsoft Exchange FalconStor's solution for Microsoft Exchange delivers rapid, reliable, quality backup, restore, and recovery associated with routine and unplanned events, minimizing downtime, maximizing availability, streamlining storage administration, and reducing... |
| RecoverTrac v.2.0: Service-Oriented Disaster Recovery Protecting data means nothing if you can’t recover it. FalconStor® RecoverTrac™ automates complex DR tasks, bringing service-oriented recovery to physical and virtual server infrastructures. This paper discusses the technical concerns associated with DR, and explains in detail how RecoverTrac technology addresses a full range of DR challenges. |
| Simplifying DR: One-Button Replication for Combined Physical/Virtual Data Centers Having a disaster recovery (DR) plan is mandatory. Most organizations recognize this- particularly those that have learned this the hard way, when a disaster caught them unprepared. DR procedures have always been complicated ... |
| Using FalconStor CDP with Microsoft Exchange 2007 This technical white paper illustrates how to use FalconStor CDP to protect Microsoft Exchange 2007 servers and email databases, for rapid recovery to any point in time. It also explains how continuous real-time data journaling and periodic snapshots... |
| Using FalconStor CDP with Oracle 11g This paper illustrates how to use FalconStor CDP to protect an Oracle 11g server and its database(s). It also explains how continuous real-time data journaling and periodic snapshots provide simple, rapid, and granular recovery to any point in time. ... |
| WAN-optimized Heterogeneous Replication: Revolutionize Your IT Efficiency Data replication has become part of the fabric of IT due to its multiple uses and benefits. However, as IT and business managers are well aware, data replication can quickly increase your bandwidth and storage costs. WAN optimization technologies can help ... |
| TOTALLY Open™ Disaster Recovery: The New Paradigm of Optimized, Cost-effective DR The ability to recover quickly and completely from any site failure is of paramount importance to organizations of all sizes — yet complexity and high costs prevent many from adequately protecting themselves. FalconStor solutions are flexible... |
In-depth Reports Analyzing FalconStor FDS and the Solutions It Enables:
| How Data Deduplication Works Because explosive data growth drives up storage costs for backup and DR, data deduplication is regarded as a “must-have” for organizations that wish to remain competitive by operating as efficiently as possible. This paper explains how... |
| Using FalconStor FDS as a Backup Target for EMC NetWorker The FalconStor® File-interface Deduplication System (FDS) is a block-level data deduplication tool that provides a space-efficient repository for data from EMC NetWorker. With FalconStor FDS, you can reduce your backup management costs... |
| Using FalconStor FDS as a Backup Target for Veritas NetBackup This document describes the basic concepts and integration guidelines for FalconStor FDS in a Veritas NetBackup™ environment. The document provides an architectural overview of FalconStor FDS when used with Veritas NetBackup and explains the benefits ... |
| Demystifying Data Deduplication: Choosing the Best Solution Data deduplication has become a primary requirement for backup implementations. Many vendors lay claim to offering the best data deduplication approach, leaving customers to face the difficulty of separating hype from reality. A number of key factors must ... |
