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Choosing the optimal backup target is now a complex process because of increasing product choices, including public cloud storage.
Market Guide for Data Center Backup Targets
- Choose deduplication backup target appliances if offloading deduplication and other backup functions from backup/media servers has pronounced benefits, such as improved performance and better cost-effectiveness.
- Select general-purpose storage as a backup target when backup software offers "good enough" data reduction and performance. Focus on specific low-cost arrays that have additional functions, such as WORM and fast ingest speed.
- Opt for scale-out file system storage as a backup target in a fast-growing backup environment for easier compatibility and hardware migration and upgrade.
- Conduct a retention-period total cost of ownership (TCO) comparison when evaluating public cloud as a backup target against the TCO for similar on-premises configurations, to validate a sustained cost advantage.
- Continue enterprise tape library investment when service-level objectives align and current tape processes are proven and effective, and cost containment is paramount; however, plan for an increasing amount of disk capacity to front-end tape in data center environments.
"...Choosing the optimal backup target is now a complex process because of increasing product choices, including public cloud storage. This research provides I&O leaders with the pros and cons of each type of storage as a backup target, and presents the latest market trends and representative solutions."
*Gartner Market Guide for Data Center Backup Targets, Pushan Rinnen, Dave Russell, Robert Rhame, 7 October 2016.
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