Within backup there are typically two tape rotation policies. One policy applies to short term backups, and the other to…
(No, not micromanuals – official EMC Technical Notes for NetWorker.) EMC has been working hard at making very useful technical…
The holiday season is upon many of us – whether you celebrate xmas or christmas, or just the new year…
On the weekend it came out, being your typical backup geek, I downloaded NetWorker 7.5 SP3, installed a new virtual…
In the previous article, I covered the first five of ten reasons why tape is still important. Now, let’s consider…
Various companies will spin you their “tape is dead” story, and I’m the first to admit that the use pattern…
I want to spend a few minutes discussing something that drives me nuts. It’s something I see quite regularly on…
There’s a simple rule to remember when it comes to removable media handling (both within backups, and generally within IT)…
Over at The Backup Blog, Scott Waterhouse offers an alternate perspective on why the announcement by IBM of an in-lab…
According to a press release, IBM have come up with a tape format which is so dense that it’ll fit…