There is no such thing as a backup failure
The backup world is, to use a quaint colloquialism, “arse about face“. So much of the talk in the backup…
Where’s the “It gets better” storage industry video?
If you’re not aware of the “It gets better campaign”, one of the best videos to familiarise yourself with it…
New NetWorker Technical Documents
(No, not micromanuals – official EMC Technical Notes for NetWorker.) EMC has been working hard at making very useful technical…
Did NetApp jump the shark?
If you’re not familiar with the term jumping the shark, you might want to read up on the history of…
Partner is not a dirty word
I periodically see indignant tweets and comments by people that if you sell something to a client, then you’re at…
Book Drive
We’ve reached the time where I suggest that if you’re a regular reader of this blog, you would likely find…
Well, it performs – or performance?
We are approaching the point where it would be conceivable for someone to build a PB disk system in their…
First, backup everything
Martin Glassborow, aka @storagebod, and I had a bit of a discussion via Twitter, which came down to the following:…
No Zero Error Policy? No backup system
In the past I’ve talked about the importance of having zero error policies. In “What is a zero error policy?“,…
Technology is rarely the issue
One of the stories I sometimes hear from companies is that some technology X doesn’t work in their environment because…