How complex is your backup environment?

Something I’ve periodically mentioned to various people over the years is that when it comes to data protection, simplicity is…

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Aside – This time, 10 years ago

We’re now rapidly heading towards 2010. The world did not collapse at the start of the year 2000, thanks in…

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Validcopies hazardous to your sanity

While much of NetWorker 7.6’s enhancements have been surrounding updates to virtualisation or (urgh) cloud, there remains a bunch of…

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Recovery reporting comes to NetWorker

One of the areas where administrators have been rightly able to criticise NetWorker has been the lack of reporting or…

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November’s top article

November saw the article, “Carry a jukebox with you (if you’re using Linux)” remain the top read story for another…

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EMC, Data Domain, VTLs and Disk Backup

With their recent acquisition of Data Domain, some people at EMC have become table thumping experts overnight on why you…

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The lighter side…

In my spare time I tend to either write, watch a bit of TV or whip out my camera and…

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Aside – Adobe Bloatware

My partner for the last 13 years is a graphic designer (and an excellent photographer to boot). As you may…

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First thoughts – VMware Fusion 3 vs Parallels Desktop v5

As an employee of an EMC partner, I periodically get access to nifty demos as VMs. Unfortunately these are usually…

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Nybbles

If you thought in the storage blogosphere that this week had seen the second coming, you’d be right. Well, the…

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