Availability and Uptime
Over at Storagebod, Martin Glassborow currently has a short and insightful post, How do you measure availability? Martin’s point is…
Category: General thoughts
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You want my #1 prediction for this coming decade in storage? It’s not going to be dedupe, it’s not going…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Nybbles
If you thought in the storage blogosphere that this week had seen the second coming, you’d be right. Well, the…