Psst! Want to touch my backup server?
Last month, I posted a survey with the following questions: What is your backup server (currently)? Physical server Virtual server,…
Author: Preston de Guise
5 questions for Drobo
I love my Drobo. I have a 4-drive FW800/USB-2 unit, purchased mid last year. It has pride of place sitting…
Privacy? You don’t need any of that!
[Update] False positives – that’s the update following the investigation by Samsung and others. I’m personally very glad to hear…
The 7 Challenges of Data Protection
It struck me recently while working on a report that there’s 7 distinct challenges in data protection, and that we…
Basics – Cloning vs Staging
When people are just starting to get into NetWorker, a common situation is that they get confused about the difference…
iTWire – Aussie storage growth above average: Gartner
There’s a report over at iTWire that has two highly pertinent details. (iTWire – Aussie storage growth above average: Gartner.)…
Killing scheduled cloning operations
In a previous blog post, I discussed how much I liked the scheduled cloning operations introduced in NetWorker 7.6 SP1….
The virtue of persistence
I have to say, I’m really liking NetWorker’s ability to work with persistent binding on tape libraries now. If you’re…
Survey – Virtual Backup Servers
I have to admit, I have great personal reservations towards virtualising backup servers. There’s a simple, fundamental reason for this:…
Setting alarm bells ringing
As a consultant, you get attuned to (or as some would have it, “cynical”) certain key phrases and statements when…