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Disaster recovery, failover and high availability for virtual servers

• Are data center outages an unavoidable reality?

  Virtualization and automation software has enabled faster response to outages, but high-profile companies are still plagued by downtime.  Continue Reading

• The risks of virtualizing mission-critical applications

  Many consider virtualizing critical applications a liability, but it's only a problem if you overlook the risks.  Continue Reading

• Disaster avoidance and recovery strategies

  Virtualization capabilities can enhance a company’s disaster avoidance and recovery process, but companies must weigh business needs to decide which approach is right.  Continue Reading

• The difference between disaster avoidance and recovery

  Today's businesses can shift away from disaster recovery and prevent outages from occurring in the first place with a disaster avoidance plan.  Continue Reading

• Prepare better by knowing these disaster recovery terms

  After a disaster strikes, you will be much more prepared to handle it if you have a better understanding of how getting back to normal works.  Continue Reading

• How virtualization has changed disaster recovery trends

  The proliferation of virtualization has radically changed the face of disaster recovery and introduced new trends to protect data.  Continue Reading

• Quick links to help you solve clustering problems

  Have you ever wondered what the ideal number of virtual clusters is for your environment? Find out the magic number and more with these links.  Continue Reading

• Mix hardware and software for the best VM high availability

  Administrators must implement a level of resilience and availability that is appropriate for each individual workload.  Continue Reading

• Choosing disaster recovery options that fit your virtual needs

  Periodic backups may not be enough to protect your VMs, but there are a variety of disaster recovery options that can meet your needs.  Continue Reading

• Important considerations for security and protection of VM data

  The flexible nature of virtualization means you have plenty of options for protecting VM data. Ask yourself these three questions to avoid DR errors.  Continue Reading

• Balancing disaster recovery costs in a virtualized world

  Virtualization has changed the way IT pros look at availability, helping reduce disaster recovery costs while maintaining high levels of protection.  Continue Reading

• Virtual disaster recovery FAQ

  Virtualization can improve a disaster recovery strategy through server consolidation and increased recovery speed. But there are drawbacks to virtual disaster recovery.  Continue Reading

• Best of VMworld 2010 Awards: Business continuity and data protection

  The Best of VMworld 2010 Awards recognized the best business continuity and data protection products at VMworld 2010.  Continue Reading

• Virtual disaster recovery and server backup case study

  Kroll Factual Data went with a full virtual disaster recovery solution when its virtual server backup software and tape libraries weren't cutting it anymore.  Continue Reading

• Virtualization management webcasts by Anil Desai

  This webcast series offers expert advice on choosing how and what to virtualize, virtual machine profiling and load distribution, creating a virtual machine library, and moving from physical to virtual servers and back.  Continue Reading