I’ve debated for a while whether to do this or not, since it might come across as somewhat twee. I think though that in the same way that “My Very Eager Mate Just Sat Up Near Pluto” works for planets, having an A-Z for backups might help to point out the most important aspects to [...]
Over at Daily WTF, there’s a new story that has two facets of relevance to any backup administrator. Titled “Bourne Into Oblivion“, the key points for a backup administrator are:
Cascading failures.
Test, test, test.
In my book, I discuss the both the implications of cascading failures, and the need to test within a backup environment. Indeed, my [...]
A rather smart gent whom I used to work with at another company, Mark Harvey, has in his own time been working on an open source VTL implementation that can be used for testing/lab purposes. I.e., he’s not aiming for it to be the next competitor to EDLs, FalconStor, etc., but rather, something that people [...]