Just when it seems that you've finally met and solved your data backup and
recovery challenges, along comes another kink to complicate the problem.
While server virtualization provides many benefits, it may create a conundrum
when determining an organization's best backup and restore strategy.
In a physical server environment, some combination of full and incremental
backups of all files, volumes, and servers are most likely being performed.
Perhaps you've included a product that provides deduplication and an
incremental-only backup strategy that reduces the need to do weekly or
monthly full-system backups. Or, maybe you've decreased your reliance on tape
for off-site backups and have included a data replication or snapshot
technology that will help to quickly restore cri... (more)