While storage array snapshots offer quick, hardware-level data protection, they are not a standalone substitute for traditional backups due to limitations in protection, management and retention ...

CommVault this week unveiled the latest version of its Simpana data protection software in order to make it more applicable to virtualized and to fast-growing storage environments. The new dedupe, ...

When VMware Inc. was updating its database, the company needed new storage arrays that matched the performance of its all-flash SAP HANA-supported platform. “If ...

Snapshot technologies have been around for a long time. Essentially, they let you quickly make online, disk-based copies of selected data sets that are easily accessed. With virtual computing becoming ...

Nearly all enterprise and mid-range storage arrays come with snapshots. But that’s not the only place you can manage them from. Backup software also comes with snapshot functionality, and in fact some ...