Basics – Auto media verify
Despite being such a useful feature, it’s surprising how often I see the auto media verify setting disabled across all…
Book some time with the book
There is much more to backup than feeds and speeds, how-to guides for specific products, technical analysis of individual product…
Interesting dedupe technology overview at Storagezilla
Storagezilla makes a brief mention of a new EMC acquisition called FastScale. My (even briefer) coverage of it is that…
Most popular in August
The most visited post in August was again, Carry a jukebox with you (if you’re using Linux). I think part…
(Semi) Aside – Interesting article on practical heuristics
Over at Daring Fireball, there’s a link at the moment to Wil Shipley’s article on implementing heuristics within various applications…
Basics – What inode did that file have when it was backed up?
I had an odd question recently from a customer – they wanted to know whether NetWorker could tell them what…
NetWorker and Snow Leopard
I was rather pleased this morning to have a friendly FedEx courier drop off Mac OS X 10.6 – Snow…
Backup does not suck
It’s a common misconception that, well, backup sucks. This for the most part seems to come from one of three…
Zero Error Policy Management
This article has now moved to Enterprise Systems Backup, and can be read here. Related posts: What is a zero…
Backup is a production activity
I routinely check (via the handy WordPress dashboard) what searches lead people to my blog. Often it’s for content that…