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The UPS Protects Power. Software Protects the Data

By Edward J. Correia, CRN
March 07, 2011    10:27 AM ET

Virtualization has become a boon to the IT industry as a means of quickly and reliably deploying scores of data systems as the computing need presents itself. But as the number of virtual machines increases, the redundancy protection afforded by repetitive hardware diminishes.

It has become ever more important for a chain of protections to be in place safeguard your company's data and mission-critical applications. The UPS, while a critical part of that chain, it is just one link in a chain of disaster avoidance plans that must also include reliable data backup, virtual image migration, virtual server provisioning and ultimately disaster recovery. During this one-hour ChannelCast you’ll learn the latest tools and techniques for keeping your company's data systems safe from power-related disasters.

After this ChannelCast, you’ll understand how to:

  • Maximize uptime in your virtualized data center
  • Avoid damage from oncoming power events
  • Automatically migrate virtual images without interrupting services
  • Recover quickly if and when disaster strikes

    Join Eddie Correia, CRN Test Center Technical Editor, and Curtiz Gangi, Director of U.S. Channel Sales for Eaton Corporation for this ChannelCast.

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