· Anna Bugajska
Backup appliance alternative: software-defined backup storage in DPX
Need a backup appliance refresh? See how DPX gives you deduplicated, immutable backup storage on hardware you choose.
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19 articles
· Pawel Staniec
Immutable Storage for Backups Without Appliance Lock-In
Fixed-capacity hardware appliances buy immutability in vendor-sized increments. What that costs over a refresh cycle, and what changes when the storage layer is software-defined.
· Pawel Staniec
What Is Immutable Storage? WORM, Deletion Locks, and What They Actually Protect
Immutable backup storage, WORM and vStor deletion locks explained, including the scope of protection, retention settings and recovery checks.
· Pawel Staniec
NDMP Backup in 2026: The Protocol Isn’t the Problem. Your Management Layer Is.
NDMP isn't dead — your management layer is the problem. Learn why most NAS backup pain comes from operational friction, not the protocol, and how to fix it with Catalogic DPX.
· Pawel Staniec
How to Back Up DataCore Swarm with Catalogic DPX: S3 Setup Guide
Step-by-step guide to configuring S3 object storage backup for DataCore Swarm with Catalogic DPX: certificates, S3 node setup, backup jobs, and scheduling.
· Pawel Staniec
Catalogic vStor A Modern Software-Defined Backup Storage Platform
vStor - backup storage with immutability protection against ransomware, providing DPX users with secure, efficient data protection without proprietary hardware
· Da LI
Tape vs Cloud: Smart Backup Choices with LTO Tape for Your Business
Discover the pros and cons of tape backup and cloud backup in this comprehensive guide. Learn how to decide in the tape vs cloud debate for secure, scalable storage.
· Da LI
Tape Drives vs. Hard Drives: Choosing Backup Storage for Your Business
Compare tape, hard drive and cloud backup costs, restore speed and retention. Choose storage that meets your recovery needs and protects an offline copy.
· Da LI
What to Do with Old Tape Backups: Ensuring Secure and Compliant Destruction
Learn how to dispose of old tape backups, review retention requirements, choose a destruction method and document the handling of sensitive data.
· Da LI
Building a Reliable Backup Repository: Comparing Storage Types for 5-50TB of Data
Explore storage solution for reliable backup repository. Compare XFS, reFS, object storage, and DPX vStor to optimize data protection, scalability, and performance for your 5-50TB dataset.
· Pawel Staniec
Purpose-Built Backup Appliance: What a PBBA Is and When One Makes Sense
A PBBA bundles backup software and storage hardware into one box. What that buys you, what it costs in flexibility, and how it compares to running the same software on your own infrastructure.
· Da LI
SDS as a Backup Target: Pros, Cons and When to Use It
Compare SDS backup storage benefits and trade-offs, including hardware flexibility, total cost, immutability controls and recovery performance.
· Kamil Zwarycz
Building Scale-Out Backup Repositories and Replication with DPX 4.10
Maximize scalability with replication and a scale-out backup repository system for enhanced data protection and storage efficiency.
· Da LI
Unlocking the Power of NAS NDMP Backup: Affordable Solutions for File-Level Restore
Challenge is selecting a NAS NDMP backup solution that is affordable and provides the ability to perform file-level restores to support your users' needs.
· Da LI
The Challenges of LTO Tape Migration: Strategies, Difficulties, and Solutions
Navigating the complexities of LTO Tape migration, including the transition to advanced generations like LTO-9, presents various challenges. This blog
· Da LI
NDMP’s Backup & Restore – Top 11 Challenges
An affordable and easy-to-use data recovery solution that can help you overcome common NAS NDMP restore challenges.
· Brian Sietsma
How to Recover Data From Wasabi Cloud Storage with DPX vPlus
DPX vPlus can use Wasabi cloud storage backup and seamless recover backup data for virtual environments and Microsoft 365.
· Brian Sietsma
How To Use Wasabi Hot Cloud Storage for DPX vPlus Backup Storage
DPX vPlus is an enterprise-ready, agentless backup and snapshot management solution for Microsoft 365 and virtual environments. It allows you to reliably
· Catalogic
vStor – The Ever Beating Heart of a Data Protection Solution
At the heart of every data protection solution is the backup data repository where the backup data sets and backup catalog with recovery points resides.