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June 7, 2010 4:36 PM

Can snapshots replace your backups?

Posted by: Graeme Elliott

Backup, Snapshots

Snapshots are now a feature on just about all mid to high-end storage arrays, virtual storage appliances and virtualization technologies such as ESX, Hyper-V and XEN. A snapshot as its name suggests is a point-in-time copy of your data. This is accomplished in different ways by the storage and...

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