Service catalogues and backups
Service catalogues are sometimes seen as an unwieldy way of introducing order with a substantial risk of introducing red tape….
Category: Architecture
Virtualised servers and storage nodes
A little over 5 years ago now, I wrote an article titled, Things not to virtualise: backup servers and storage nodes. It’s long…
How secure are your backups?
Backup security is – or rather should be a big requirement in any organisation. Sadly we still see periodic examples…
Shared Data Domain Access
If you’ve come from a tape library environment, you’re well aware the only way to share a tape library between multiple…
NetWorker Usage Survey, 2014-2015
It’s that time of the year again where I ask my readers to set aside 5 minutes or so to…
The current state of virtual machine backups in NetWorker
Introduction There’s currently three distinct and still-supported mechanisms for backing up virtual machines in NetWorker. These are: Traditional (in-guest agent)…
Architectural implications of in-flight Data Domain Boost encryption
Between the Boost libraries included in NetWorker 8.2, and the in-flight encryption functionality added in Data Domain OS 5.5, it’s…
Understanding Client Direct
Client direct is a (relatively) new feature, introduced in the 8.x series, (8.0 to be exact) which allows for a client…
Rolling your own dedupe
I’m a big fan of lab testing – it’s the only way you can safely work out how to do potentially…
Data Domain Boost and Daily/Monthly Backups
One question that comes up every now and then concerns having an optimal approach to Data Domain Boost devices in…