Basics – Upgrading to Data Protection Central 19.2

Data Protection Software 19.2 has been released, and included in that, of course, is v19.2 of Data Protection Central (DPC).…

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Basics: Diving into NetWorker Virtual Machine Backup Details

When you perform an agent-based backup, mminfo will give you a saveset-by-saveset breakdown of what was protected. For filesystem backups,…

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PowerProtect with Kubernetes

If you’re looking for the current virtualisation buzzword, you’d be hard-pressed to go past containers at the moment. Fast, scalable…

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6 Reasons why Data Domain provides Unparalleled Ransomware Protection

Ransomware is practically a fact of life. Criminals, script kiddies and other malfeasant individuals make a living from Ransomware. Businesses…

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Learning! From! The! Yahoo! Groups! Dumpster! Fire!

I have to admit, whenever there’s a news article about Yahoo!, my first thought is “they still exist?” This week…

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Basics – Architecture Matters

Here’s a typical sort of challenge: you’ve got a workload running in public cloud, but there’s a strong desire to…

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You want easy upgrades? Check out PowerProtect Data Manager

PowerProtect Data Manager (PPDM) 19.2 came out a couple of weeks ago, and last week I blogged about some of…

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PowerProtect Data Manager 19.2

It’s been a busy few weeks for Dell EMC on Data Protection product releases – you’d have thought the new…

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Basics: Why Deduplication Block Size is Important

Here’s a topic that comes up from time to time: block size in deduplication. (Note here I’m using the term…

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PowerProtect DD. Unleash the Beast

This week, Dell EMC announced a new suite of products in the Data Domain product family: the PowerProtect DD systems.…

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