The NetWorker usage survey for 2015 saw 140 respondents across all geographic regions, and provided some excellent details on continuing trends, as well as picking up on some new correlations – such as the likelihood of using deduplication when compared to the overall number of clients being protected.
Here’s an example of one of the trends we’re seeing: the platform of choice for the NetWorker server. This year Windows and Linux are practically neck and neck – which platform will be the dominant server platform this year? We’ll find out at the end of the year!
You can access the report in full, for free, here. Happy reading!
[NB: The winner of the competition has been contacted.]
Hi Preston,
thanks for the report – very helpful as always.
The number of data zones as well as the total number of clients is of course important.
However, this does not show the number of clients per data zone.
I I think the next report should also answer these two questions:
– what is the number of clients in your largest datazone?
– what is the average number of clients in your datazone?
Don’t you think so?
Best regards, Carsten
Hi Carsten,
Good feedback, thanks! I’ll see if I can slot those questions into the next survey.
Cheers,
Preston.
Excellent Report about EMC Networker
Thanks for the report
Hi Preston,
on page 33 is the everlasting fight tape vs disk, you claim it would be cheaper to use disk as long term storage!
Do you have any prove for this theory?
The argument of no longer readable tapes does not cout, this is simply called mismanagement.
Greetings Andi
Hi Andi,
There are plenty of TCO models that can show deduplicated storage can provide better and cheaper protection than tape once all the true costs of management are taken into account. When we look at TCO models we factor in everything required – including migrating media between formats and the periodic testing required. (Don’t forget that tape, once written has no ongoing verification model short of re-reading the tape. So that periodic recall of a sufficient percentage of media and the tests has to be factored. Data Domain by comparison with DIA and the regular re-verifiaction process does that automatically, etc.)
If you’re unsure of those models, reach out to your local EMC rep for some examples. They have to be worked through carefully with operational/site knowledge, so it’s not something I’d do remotely 🙂
Cheers,
Preston.