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TL-313: A Crash Course in Data Storage Security: Passing the Audit and Staying out of the News |
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TL-314: High Performance Data Storage: Pushing the Limits for Demanding Applications |
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TL-315: Data Protection Topics for VMware: Server Virtualization and Simplified Disaster Recovery |
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| TL-301: Eliminating
Backup System Bottlenecks: Integrating Disk and Next Generation Technologies
Into Your Existing Backup System |
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| Abstract |
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The data
protection industry is going through a mini renaissance. In the last
few years, the cost of disk media has dropped to the point where it
is practical to use disk arrays in backup systems, thus minimizing
and sometimes eliminating the need for tape.
In the first incarnations of disk-to-disk backup (disk staging and
virtual tape libraries), disk has been used as a direct replacement
for tape media. While this compensates for the mechanical shortcomings
of tape drives, it fails to address other critical bottlenecks in
the backup system, and thus many disk-to-disk backup projects fall
short of expectations. Meanwhile, many early adopters of disk-to-disk
backup are discovering that the long-term costs of disk staging and
virtual tape libraries are prohibitive.
The good news is that the next generation of disk-enabled data protection
solutions have reached a level of maturity where they can assist -
and sometimes even replace - conventional enterprise backup systems.
These new D2D solutions leverage the random access properties of disk
devices to use capacity much more efficiently and to obviate many
of the hidden backup system bottlenecks that are not addressed by
first generation solutions.
The challenge to the backup system architect is to cut through the
industry hype, sort out all of these new technologies, and figure
out how to integrate them into an existing backup system.
This lecture identifies the major bottlenecks in conventional backup
systems and explains how to address them. The emphasis is placed on
the various roles for inexpensive disk in your data protection strategy;
however, attention is given to SAN-enabled backup, the current state
and future of tape drives, and iSCSI. |
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| Topics
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- Identifying and eliminating backup system bottlenecks
- Conventional backup-to-disk
- Virtual tape libraries
- Comparative de-duplication / capacity optimization
- Removable disk media
- Incremental forever and synthetic full backup strategies
- Block and object-level incremental backups
- Information lifecycle management and nearline archiving
- Data replication
- CDP (Continuous Data Protection)
- Leveraging snapshots
- Current and future tape drives
- Reducing the number of tape drives / eliminating tape all together
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| Intended
Audience |
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System
administrators involved in the design and management of backup systems
and policy makers responsible for protecting their organization's
data. A general familiarity with server and storage hardware is assumed.
The class focuses on architectures and core technologies and is relevant
regardless of what backup hardware and software you currently use.
Students will leave this lecture with immediate ideas for effective,
inexpensive improvements to their backup systems. |
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