Videos
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Pay attention to cloud recovery service challenges
This video describes five hidden gotchas of disaster recovery in the cloud. User expectations are sky-high, so it's important to understand the technology's pain points.
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DR as a service advantages include cost, assistance, testing
If the cost of a secondary site keeps you up at night, disaster recovery as a service could help you sleep. A cloud-based DR option has several other benefits, as well.
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Implementing cloud recovery services: Take advantage of accessibility
Cloud disaster recovery is a boon for SMBs and other businesses that may have previously been scared off by the cost and complexity of DR. Just use caution in picking a provider.
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Sneak peek: Zerto DR application detailed by vendor's VP of product
Zerto's mobile disaster recovery app, one piece of the vendor's next release, allows customers to check on their business continuity environment from anywhere.
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Virtualization and disaster recovery: Plan your strategy
When planning disaster recovery in a virtualized environment, it's important to choose the right vendor and nail down exactly what needs to be recovered.
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Storage convergence includes backup, archiving, DR
The converging of backup, archiving and disaster recovery is a hot topic. Analyst George Crump discusses storage convergence in this Tech Talk video.
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The importance of a service-level objective
Companies should have a service-level objective to maintain control during a disaster recovery situation. George Crump discusses the elements that should be included.
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Look for tape recovery from cloud providers
Jon Toigo discusses the importance of ensuring that your cloud provider has tape recovery capabilities in this Storage Decisions presentation.
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Challenges with application rehosting, failover and HA
Jon Toigo discusses how physics and financial realities are impacting organizations' plans to have 24/7 services and access to data.
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Disaster recovery planning process requires rehearsal
Jon Toigo says the disaster recovery planning process requires rehearsal and you must establish levels of criticality when setting application restore times.
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The challenge of remote synchronous replication for DR
Jon Toigo discusses the challenges associated with using remote synchronous replication for disaster recovery and some alternatives to this expensive approach.
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Toigo: How replication impacts disaster prep
Organizations must take disaster prep more seriously to have a better chance of recovering their operations, said Jon Toigo of Toigo Partners International.
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How a proper disaster recovery planning process addresses problems
Jon Toigo of Toigo Partners International said an effective disaster recovery planning process anticipates, responds to and prevents problems.
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Toigo: Beware of user-controlled resource provisioning
Jon Toigo discusses the problems with user-controlled resource provisioning in software-defined storage environments in this Storage Decisions presentation.
Podcasts
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IBM manager: Cyber-resilience strategy part of business continuity
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IT business continuity and disaster recovery: Past to future
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Best practices for recovery from ransomware and what's next
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Building a DR site vs. outsourcing disaster recovery
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What you need to know about bare metal recovery
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Replication technology for business continuity and disaster recovery