Storagepipe In The News

Hello friends,

2011 marks Storagepipe’s tenth anniversary as an online backup innovator and pioneer. And looking back, it’s amazing just how fast that time has flown by.

On behalf of myself and our team, I want to say thank you for your support.

I know how hectic all of your schedules are, as everyone tries to do more with less. So this holiday season, stop and take a moment to appreciate the special people in your lives.

Also, we should all take a moment to think of others who are not as fortunate as we are.

This year, we’ll be making a special holiday donation to Disaster Aid Canada. (http://disasteraid.ca) This organization does important work with victims of natural disasters all over the world, and helps these communities get back on their feet.

From myself and everyone at Storagepipe, I want to wish you all a Happy Holidays. And rest assured that - while you’re having fun and enjoying yourselves – we’ll be hard at work protecting your information.

Wishing you and your families all the best in the New Year!

Sincerely,

Steven Rodin
President
Storagepipe Solutions

Here at Storagepipe, we’ve been busy updating our fast-growing YouTube channel over recent months. Our YouTube channel is one of the leading online educational resources for anyone interested in learning about the data protection or disaster recovery field.

5 of the most notable recent additions have included:

The 3 Main Motives That Threaten Your Data

Before IT admins can protect user data, they should first get an understanding of what they’re protecting it from. This video lists and analyzes some of the leading motives that would encourage an external entity to cause harm to critical or private data.

Grandfather, Father, Son (GFS) vs. Progressive (Incremental Forever) Backup Paradigm

The Incremental Forever or Progressive Paradigm backup paradigm is one of the most important technological shifts that have taken place in the data protection industry within recent years. However – until recently – it’s been difficult to find a clear, simple explanation of the Progressive Paradigm. This video has been very successful since its release, and contains some important points that everyone should understand before creating their backup plan.

The Essential Pillars of Data Protection

This video introduces viewers to a new way of evaluating the effectiveness of their data protection. The 3 pillars outlined in this webinar form the foundation of any sturdy data protection plan. If just one of these pillars is missing, the whole data protection plan falls to pieces.

Why Versioned Backups Are Important

Despite the abundance of powerful, cost-effective, automated backup services, it’s still incredibly common for people and organizations to exclusively back up their data by simple replication to a secondary storage device. With simple replication, only a single historical version of the data is kept. On the other hand, point-in-time backups store multiple historical versions of data which can be rolled back in an emergency. This video examines the benefits and drawbacks of both approaches.

Why Test Backups

Despite the fact that nearly every company backs up regularly, critical data loss is still a common occurrence. Part of this can be attributed to the fact that few organizations regularly test their backups, and this can bring up a wide range of dangerous threats and potential data loss accidents. This video goes into detail about the importance of testing your backup process.

Aside from these educational videos, Storagepipe has also gained a following after the success of our comedy viral video “RAM In The Boot Sector”.

Storagepipe Solutions has been providing premium online backup services since 2001. Our services support a wide range of platforms, applications and operating systems... including Exchange, Oracle, iSeries, Linux, SQL and many others.

In recent years, we’ve gained attention due to our highly successful Storagepipe Fastback DR online backup service. Fastback DR is a powerful online backup service for Windows servers which offers a number of specialized features for Exchange and SQL. Another notable feature would be Fastback’s ability to perform extremely fast bare metal recovery to virtual machines or dissimilar hardware.

For more information, you can contact us directly by clicking here.

We “geeks” sometimes get a reputation for being unromantic and over-analytical. So it’s normal that some people might not understand why everyone here at Storagepipe would be so absolutely passionate about something as seemingly mundane as backup and data protection.

So, for this month’s video, we wanted to share a short piece by author Elin Whitney-Smith Ph.D., called “War, Information and History”. Elin has elegantly managed to capture the magic that lies within the nature and consistency of information, and put it into beautifully simple words.

Click here to see what I mean.

If you like this video, please subscribe to our YouTube channel. We’re always adding interesting new content. And if you have any further questions about the best way to protect your critical business data, please contact us.

P.S. YOU’RE INVITED TO OUR NEXT LIVE WEB EVENT!

Tuesday, December 13 @ 2:00pm EST

Are you looking for a fast, automated, all-in-one solution for your Windows servers? Join us on for a live online demo of our Fastback DR online backup service for Windows servers.

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Fastback DR is the ultimate online backup service, with support for Exchange and SQL. And best of all, it offers lightning-fast bare metal recovery.

Join us using the link below, and see how this incredible service can save you time and money while also improving the overall safety and security of your critical data.

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Storagepipe Fastback DR is the ultimate all-in-one backup solution for Windows Servers. It’s a fully-automated tool kit that lets you back up all of your SQL, Exchange and data files, while ensuring INCREDIBLY FAST bare metal recovery.

In our upcoming webinar, we’ll be demonstrating some of the amazing Microsoft Exchange features that have made Storagepipe Fastback DR a favourite amongst email server admins.

Join us live on November 15, 2011 @ 2:00pm EST.

Space is limited. Reserve your Webinar seat now.

You’ll get to see some of the powerful capabilities that make Fastback DR the best backup solution for your Microsoft Exchange servers.

• Item-level and mailbox-level recovery
• Shorter backup windows thanks to efficient data transfer
• Lower storage costs thanks to built-in deduplication
• Pay-as-you-go, with no up-front capital investment

Click the link here to sign up for this live online event.