Introduction to Data Protection:  Backup to Tape, Disk and Beyond

Michael Fishman, Chief Technology Officer, Backup Platforms Group, EMC

Extending the enterprise backup paradigm with disk-based technologies allow users to significantly shrink or eliminate the backup time window.  This tutorial focuses on various methodologies that can deliver an efficient and cost effective disk-to-disk-to-tape (D2D2T) solution.  This includes approaches to storage pooling inside of modern backup applications, using disk and file systems within these pools, as well as how and when to utilize virtual tape libraries (VTL) within these infrastructures.

Learning Objectives

• Get a basic grounding in backup and restore technology including tape, disk, virtual tape and replcation technologies
  
• Compare and contrast backup and restore alternatives to achieve data protection and data recovery
  
• Identify and define backup and restore operations and terms.