Microsoft and Their New Data Backup Storage Routine
A Backup Article Contributed by Melissa Larose
Microsoft and Their New Data Backup Storage Routine
Data backup must have storage in order to be accessible in times of recovery and restore. Microsoft has seen the light bulb hanging over the data backup storage industry and has made the lunge toward it. Data backup is the top priority of large enterprises. Without a data backup restoration and recovery of corrupted or missing data is impossible. This coupled with the tremendous growth and future growth of data makes storage for data backup a growing industry.
The need for innovative storage devices is tremendous. Not only is big business in need of storage but anyone carrying a laptop, a hand held device, even a cell phone that holds important information needs a storage device.
Microsoft Has Plans for Backup Data Storage
The announcement says that Microsoft has plans to enter the market of disk-based backup products. Their entry is into a segment of storage markets that is incredibly crowded at the moment. The disk-based data backup storage market has many well-established players like Veritas Software. The expectation is that Microsoft will enter at the low end of the market and establish itself there before attempting to up end the higher end of the market where Veritas is King.
The Complexity of Data Backup Storage
In some of the larger enterprise environments data backup and storage gets incredibly complex. Data backup is never as simple as just making a copy of the data. And storage is never as simple as locating the backup on a storage device. Planning for data growth and making educated guesses as to where the growth will come from keeps most backup planning teams on their toes.
Not only is the normal growth of business data an issue, new regulations can cause costs to rise when archiving demands are added to the growing data needs. Costs can come from equipment purchases and the needed manpower and space to accomplish. Many companies are constantly rethinking their data backup and protection plans.
The need for 24/7 access to data raises more issues and can send IT teams into overdrive in order to accomplish. The on demand world of business means there are no windows of time for a traditional backup. Storage devices become more and more a part of the backup process in ways that might not have been considered in the past. Often they get put into service as momentary holding devices before the data is archived into tape and sent into another storage device.
Microsoft Data Backup Storage
Microsoft's entry into the data backup storage market began several years ago with products in the broader storage market. Their Windows Storage Server 2003, which is a version of Windows Server 2003, is created for network attached storage devices. A network-attached storage device is in the low end of the storage market and meant for small data backup processes. Using the customer as their platform Microsoft pushes forward looking for ways to improve the IT infrastructure of their customers with low end, reasonably priced storage products for the Windows platform.
