Of Cascading Failures

I got a real-world reminder in cascading failures this weekend, and that’s as good a time as any for me…

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Bad Things Happen

Bad Things Happened at OVH If you work in infrastructure, you probably saw some reference in the last week to…

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The 9 Essential Properties of Backup

Introduction What goes into making a backup? What are the traits that essential in order for it to be something…

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Basics – NetWorker AFTD on NAS

Someone recently asked me about using NetWorker to backup to a NAS, and how easy it would be to then…

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Basics – Compliance Retention with PowerProtect Data Manager

PowerProtect Data Manager uses a concept called promotion backups to help you create long-term retention backups. A promotion backup is…

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Bunkers vs Vaults

I want to spend a little while talking about bunkers vs vaults. I’ve been thinking about what constitutes a vault…

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NetWorker Architecture Basics

If you’re approaching NetWorker for the very first time, it might seem a little intimidating. There are a lot of…

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Backup Administrators Should Stick to Their Knitting

How often do you hear the term “stick to your knitting!” these days? It seems whenever a celebrity or sportsperson…

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Data Protection: Ensuring Data Availability – 2nd Edition

Over the last year or so, I’ve been working on a project that’s very dear to me: creating an updated…

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Meme Monday

It’s that time again to explore common data protection themes through memes! This time, I’m looking at some animated GIFs.…

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