Alex Truax

For business continuity and disaster recovery plans to succeed, data protection must be considered an integral part of any organization’s IT and corporate culture. The way a company does its information technology — systems, support and strategy — is part of its culture. One could even argue that anything ingrained in an organization’s culture gets … Read more

Disk is great for backups and speedy recoveries, and should play a key role in a DR plan, but tape is still the best choice for data protection and retention. The calendar may read 2013, but I still hear IT professionals and vendors assert that disk-based storage is always best when it comes to protecting … Read more

Can you outline some best practices around using replication in your backup strategy? Are there common mistakes you see replication users making today? The most important advice that I give to try to help people understand is to first define the range of recovery scenarios that you need for your business: Do you require near-immediate … Read more

While continuous data protection (CDP) is a viable alternative for users looking to improve their backup and recovery times, there are questions as to whether it’s becoming a more popular option among adopters. However, according to Jason Buffington, senior analyst with the Enterprise Strategy Group, near-CDP is seeing an uptick in use. In this FAQ … Read more

What are the biggest mistakes or misconceptions you see today about replication and backup? The biggest misconception is that replication and backup are interchangeable terms. They are not. This is the same kind of problem that confused so many people about the terms “backup” and “archive.” A long-term backup isn’t an archive, because the retention … Read more