Availability and Uptime

Over at Storagebod, Martin Glassborow currently has a short and insightful post, How do you measure availability? Martin’s point is…

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Search, search, search. It’s all about search.

You want my #1 prediction for this coming decade in storage? It’s not going to be dedupe, it’s not going…

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Let’s have a Green 2010

While much of business has moved into the twenty-first century, one thing that continues to demonstrate a profound stuck-in-the-80’s mentality…

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Going on holiday? Don’t upgrade first

So you’re a busy backup administrator and you’re getting ready to go on leave. It’s 4pm on your final day…

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Show me the man pages

As a long term Unix admin, it’s frustrating when there are commands on my systems for which there aren’t man…

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Aside – My Number #1 Pet Peeve in Interface Design

At University, I had a fascinating lecturer. His typical mode of dress was a t-shirt, stubbies and to go barefoot…

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This holiday season, give your inner geek a gift

As it approaches that time for giving, it’s worth pointing out that with just a simple purchase, you can simultaneously…

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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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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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