New Report Analyzes Enterprise Disk Backup Products

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
   

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