Don’t resent your log files!

There was a recent discussion on the NetWorker mailing list as to whether some additional logging information that appeared in…

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The scandalous truth about Clouds

Your cloud based data may be hanging by a thread and you wouldn’t even know. Introduction The recent Sidekick debacle…

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Recovery is NOT #3

There’s a Top 10 Reasons marketing document from EMC now explaining why you should be using NetWorker. While obviously this…

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Library sharing vs Dynamic Drive Sharing

In many environments with storage nodes, a common requirement is to share backup devices between the server and/or storage nodes…

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How much aren’t you backing up?

Do you have a clear picture of everything that you’re not backing up? For many sites, the answer is not as…

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Is a “copy” a “backup”?

There’s been of discussions on various storage blogs both previously, and again now on whether a copy (e.g., a tarball,…

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Trickle recoveries aren’t recoveries

In environments with satellite offices, a common “backup” technique described in a lot of situations is what I’d generically call…

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Vendors! Listen up! Stop talking about archive when you mean HSM

When it comes to backup and data protection, I like to think of myself as being somewhat of a stickler…

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What’s backup got to do with it?

Perhaps one of the most common mistakes that companies can make is to focus on their backup window. You might…

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The 7 procedural obligations of backup administrators

A while ago, I ran a post titled Ethical Obligations of Backup Administrators. Following up from that now I want…

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