Interesting dedupe technology overview at Storagezilla
Storagezilla makes a brief mention of a new EMC acquisition called FastScale. My (even briefer) coverage of it is that…
Author: Preston de Guise
Most popular in August
The most visited post in August was again, Carry a jukebox with you (if you’re using Linux). I think part…
(Semi) Aside – Interesting article on practical heuristics
Over at Daring Fireball, there’s a link at the moment to Wil Shipley’s article on implementing heuristics within various applications…
Basics – What inode did that file have when it was backed up?
I had an odd question recently from a customer – they wanted to know whether NetWorker could tell them what…
NetWorker and Snow Leopard
I was rather pleased this morning to have a friendly FedEx courier drop off Mac OS X 10.6 – Snow…
Backup does not suck
It’s a common misconception that, well, backup sucks. This for the most part seems to come from one of three…
Zero Error Policy Management
This article has now moved to Enterprise Systems Backup, and can be read here. Related posts: What is a zero…
Backup is a production activity
I routinely check (via the handy WordPress dashboard) what searches lead people to my blog. Often it’s for content that…
What does supported mean?
It’s easy to get confused on ‘supported’. That is, when EMC (or any other vendor) publishes a guide on say,…
Aside – Data Visualisation
Referenced from undrln, there’s an article over at Business Week about some of the more innovative techniques being used in…