A tale of 4 vendors

This is my blog entry about the SNIA blogfest on 4 November that I attended, but it’s not what I…

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7 rules for system administrators

Introduction When I entered the work force, for the first few months I trained as a MIMS consultant, but was…

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What’s missing with thin provisioning?

I’m stepping out of my normal NetWorker zone here to briefly discuss what I think is a fundamental flaw with…

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It’s a bit like fishy custard

In the debut episode of Doctor Who for Matt Smith (“The Eleventh Hour”), the Doctor, having only just regenerated is…

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EMC, Sun and Oracle

There’s been much speculation as to whether Sun under Oracle would retain the EMC NetWorker OEM arrangement. Finally there’s some…

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LTO-5 peeking at us from the end of the tunnel

The much long-anticipated wait for LTO-5 is now approaching fulfilment, with stories such as “Mass Production of Sony LTO-5 Media…

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What’s wrong with vendor training?

A recent discussion on Twitter about the high costs of training from NetApp got me thinking more about vendor training.…

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The perils of an Icarus support contract

Are your service level agreements and your backup software support contracts in alignment? A lot of companies will make the…

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NetWorker survey

I’m interested in gathering a basic understanding of the NetWorker deployment profiles amongst people who are reading this blog. I’m…

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NDAs don’t suck, but most of their uses do

I want to start this article by saying that I’m bound by NDAs all over the place. The company that…

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