The most visited post in August was again, Carry a jukebox with you (if you’re using Linux). I think part of this must be attributed to the linkage of Linux with Free. I.e., because Linux is seen as low cost (or no cost), there’s a core group, particularly of open source fans, who want to come up with a totally free solution for their environment, no matter what environment that is.
However, I don’t think that’s all that can be attributed to why this article keep on drawing people in. Despite my reservations about VTL, a lot of people are interested in deploying them. It’s important to stress again – I don’t dislike VTLs, I just wish we didn’t need them. Recognising though that we do need them, I can appreciate the management benefits that they bring to an environment.
From a support perspective of course I’m a big fan – with a VTL I can carry a jukebox around wherever I go.
The Linux VTL post even beat out old standards – the parallelism and NSR peer information related posts, which normally win hands down every month.
(From a policy and procedural perspective though, it was good to see that the introductory post to zero error policies, What is a Zero Error Policy?, got the next most attention. I can’t really stress enough how important I think zero error policies are to systems management in general, and backup/data protection specifically.)