7 New Years Backup Resolutions for Companies
I’d like to suggest that companies be prepared to make (and keep!) 7 new years resolutions when it comes to…
The top ten for 2011
It’s that time of the year where I sit back for a moment and look at what articles have attracted…
Trial podcast
For some time I’ve been debating whether to generate podcasts for the NetWorker blog. Rather than continue to vacillate, I’ve…
10 NetWorker Configuration Rules
Over the last 15 years, I’ve administered, configured and supported a huge number of NetWorker installs across a very broad…
Metrics you can depend on
When I discuss backup and recovery success metrics with customers, the question that keeps coming up is “what are desirable…
7.6 SP3 – What’s in it for me?
It seems to be a growing trend – EMC update NetWorker on the same day that I’m sick as a…
Don’t eliminate the error
Long-term blog readers will know that I advocate a zero error policy within backup environments. This is elucidated in my…
Ongoing trends with tape
When I first started in backup and recovery, my primary backup medium was DDS-1 tapes, distributed across probably 15 servers…
Clouds and bandaids
I’m going to stir the pot a bit here and suggest that a reasonable percentage of businesses considering cloud deployments…
Questions about “big data”
I’ve been watching the “big data” discussion happen in a variety of circles, with a slightly cynical concern that this…