IDC defines(1) a purpose-built backup appliance as a disk-based solution that utilizes software, disk arrays, server engine(s), or nodes that are used for a target for backup data and specifically dat...
In my current role at Symantec, I spend a lot of time talking to customers about their data protection strategies. It is interesting to note how much misinformation some of our competitors continue to...
Watch this video and join Symantec and VMware leaders, George Winter, Symantec Technical Product Manager & Julio Tapia, VMware Director of Alliances Marketing, as they discuss best practices for backu...
The concept of synthesizing full backups from previous full and new incremental backups had been in the industry for a while. The idea is to run incremental backups on client system so that its CPU an...
I was recently asked, “Why would I buy a NetBackup appliance when I could buy the software and cheap JBOD?” Initially, I was taken aback by the question. However, after giving it more thought, I reali...
Minimize resource consumption on Hyper-V host Symantec NetBackup had been protecting Hyper-V virtual machines since the release of NetBackup 6.5.4. The award winning virtual machine protection technol...
Every time I speak with a backup administrator I get the sense they are looking for the infamous “EASY” button. And no wonder…it’s not uncommon to see multiple point tools and demanding recovery objec...
NetBackup has just won the “Quality Award for Enterprise Backup and Recovery Software” from Storage magazine/SearchStorage.com based on its survey intended to “identify and recognize products that hav...
Did you know that over 750+ customers wanted NetBackup 7.1 before it even went GA? Why did so many customers want to try the newest release of NetBackup? Symantec NetBackup provides a fast path to the...
Deduplication makes disk-based data protection an economically viable and important part of an overall data protection strategy. Unfortunately, EMC customers quickly learn that there is a significant ...
