How many copies do I need?

So you’ve got your primary data stored on one array and it replicates to another array. How many backup copies do…

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Basics: Recovering Data Backed up over NFS

Backing up data from an NFS mount-point is not ideal, but sometimes we don’t have a choice. There’s a few reasons…

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Data Domain in 30 Minutes Or Less

I’ve been working my way through a pretty intense cold the last few days. To avoid spending the entire weekend playing Minecraft…

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The Importance of Being Earnestly Automated

It was not long after I started in IT that I got the most important advice of my career. It came from a…

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Data Domain Goes Virtual

This week was a big one for the data protection industry, with the official release of Data Domain Virtual Edition (DDVE). DDVE offers…

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NetWorker 8.2 SP3

At the start of the week we sawĀ NetWorker 8.2 SP3 released. Now, you might thinkĀ given NetWorkerĀ 9 is out there’s no…

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Who should handle your database backups?

I’ve been working with backups for 20 years, and if there’s been one constant in 20 years I’d say that application…

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2015 NetWorker Usage Report

The NetWorker usage survey for 2015 saw 140 respondents across all geographicĀ regions, and provided some excellent details onĀ continuing trends, as…

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Client Load: Filesystem and Database Backups

A question I get asked periodically is “can I backup my filesystem and database at the same time?” As is…

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Data isn’t data isn’t data

An integral part of effective data protection is data awareness. You can’t adequately protect what you don’t know about, but…

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