New Report Analyzes Enterprise Disk Backup Products
21 September 2004 - 2:30AM
PR Newswire (US)
New Report Analyzes Enterprise Disk Backup Products NEW YORK, Sept.
20 /PRNewswire/ -- Disk backup has emerged as the tool of choice
for alleviating the enterprise backup squeeze, but storage
professionals are struggling to cut through the vast range of
features and options offered by vendors, according to detailed new
report from the subscription research service Byte and Switch
Insider (http://www.byteandswitch.com/insider). The report,
Enterprise Disk Backup: Getting It All Together, evaluates the new
breed of disk-based systems that aim to speed backup and recovery
for large enterprises. It includes data tables that compare 19
products from 11 different vendors against more than a dozen
performance criteria, including capacity, network interfaces, disk
types supported, and price. "While vendors adhere to the basic
protocols and networking standards, proprietary features and unique
implementations have complicated deployment decisions," says the
report's author, Brett Mendel. "Our primary research provides
invaluable reference data for enterprises, integrators, and vendors
concerned with alleviating the capacity crunch in storage backup
infrastructure." Among the report's conclusions: * Virtual tape has
helped advance disk-based backup by simplifying previously complex
tasks, but standard disk optimized for backup also merits
consideration. * Enterprise disk backup products will co-exist
with, rather than replace, tape media in the foreseeable future.
This leads to a three-tiered storage hierarchy, consisting of
primary disk storage, disk backup, and tape archiving. * Networking
for these products remains focused on the data center, with little
capability for replication to remote sites. Expect upgrades to
interfaces and software that enable this function. Established
public companies analyzed in this report: Advanced Digital
Information Corp. (NASDAQ:ADIC), EMC Corp. (NYSE:EMC), Fujitsu
Siemens Computers (Holding) BV [jointly owned by Fujitsu Ltd. (OTC:
FJTSY; Tokyo: 6702) and Siemens AG (NYSE: SI; Frankfurt: SIE)], IBM
Corp. (NYSE:IBM), Network Appliance Inc. (NASDAQ:NTAP), Quantum
Corp. (NYSE:DSS), and Storage Technology Corp. (StorageTek)
(NYSE:STK). Privately-held companies analyzed in this report: Copan
Systems Inc., Data Domain Inc., Nexsan Technologies Ltd., and
Sepaton Inc. Other companies featured in this report: Breece Hill
LLC, Intradyn Inc., Overland Storage Inc. (NASDAQ:OVRL), Spectra
Logic Corp., and Sun Microsystems Inc. (NASDAQ:SUNW). Enterprise
Disk Backup: Getting It All Together is available as part of an
annual subscription (12 monthly issues) to Byte and Switch Insider,
priced at $1,350. Individual reports are available for $900. To
subscribe, please visit: http://www.byteandswitch.com/insider. For
additional information, to request a free executive summary of the
report, or for details on multi-user licensing options, please
contact: Jeff Claudino Sales Manager Insider Research Services
619-229-9940 Members of the media may request review copies of the
report from: Laura West Outbound Marketing Director Insider
Research Services 212-925-0020 ext. 105 DATASOURCE: Byte and Switch
CONTACT: Jeff Claudino, Sales Manager, Insider Research Services,
+1-619-229-9940, , for Byte and Switch Web site:
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