presentation one Optimizing Your Backup System The backup system is one of the most expensive and troublesome systems in your data center, and yet its rarely configured for optimum performance and maximum utilization of resources. This hour kicks off with an explanation of some overlooked features of typical commercial backup software products. Covering real-life examples of what to look for in your backup system to gauge whether or not it is optimized (including success rates, partial backups, consecutive failures, throughput rates and media utilization), Curtis drives home his points with customer data pulled from actual customers backup systems. This session will also explore the importance of using disk in your backup system. also covered The three rules of encryption: key management, key management, key management Role-based administration Separation of powers Background checks and other techniques
presented by
Backup School 2008
W. Curtis Preston VP Data Protection GlassHouse Technologies
Optimizing Your Backup System
Things you might not know about your backup system and what to do about them