Category: Backup Appliance

The requirements of integrated backup appliances deployed into small and remote offices are generally modest as almost any size integrated backup appliance could theoretically meet the data protection and recovery needs of these size offices. However their objective is to identify and deploy an appropriately priced and sized backup appliance that meets their office’s technical needs and fits within their budget while also still meeting the broader needs of the distributed enterprise of which they are a part.

Distributed enterprises with varying size remote offices under their management are no different than any other organization in that they also want to capitalize on the numerous benefits that integrated backup appliances offer. Yet selecting the “right-sized” backup appliance for each office can quickly become very complicated as it can create a tangled web of backup and recovery management if neither the appliances nor the backup software can be centrally monitored and managed.

The disconnect between how quickly and efficiently end users think their IT department can back up and recover data and the IT department’s actual ability to deliver on these expectations can be substantial. Too often, IT departments are not equipped to recover data nearly as fast as end users expect, and they may not even have the data available to recover. In this fourth installment of DCIG’s interview with STORServer President Bill Smoldt, he explains why misconceptions about backup persist and what backup paradigms must change for the benefit of everyone.

Ask any system administrator in an enterprise organization how many file and/or operating systems that he or she has to protect and their answer will likely be, “A lot!” This explains why most organizations use multiple backup software solutions and why, even then, they lack confidence that all of their data is backed up.

DCIG is pleased to announce the availability of its DCIG 2014-15 Integrated Backup Appliance Buyer’s Guide. In this Buyer’s Guide, DCIG weights, scores and ranks over 70 integrated backup appliances respectively from 14 different providers. Like all previous DCIG Buyer’s Guides, this Buyer’s Guide provide the critical information that all size organizations need when selecting an integrated backup appliance as these appliances provide one of the most appealing ways for users to simplify backup using a single box