For my own personal data, I use a variety of backup and archival methods depending on the data I wish…
I found this on undrln.com – reference to a bunch of poster ads for computers from the early 80’s. Some…
Over at The Daily WTF, there’s a great piece about debugging and 24×7 support for a weighbridge. Having dealt with…
If you’ve been following this blog for a while, you’ll know that one key ongoing performance issue I refer to…
Today I was rather happy to have my “new” Solaris/Sparc lab machine. It’s a Sun Blade 1500 – obviously it’s…
Bigger, faster, better. That’s one of the common catch-phrases of backup architecture. Backup window too small? Buy faster, and more…
Just a reminder, particularly if you’re new to this blog, that if you’re after some more in-depth coverage of backups,…
Introduction When choosing to deploy backup to disk by using adv_file devices (instead of say, VTLs), there are some design…
This article might be summarised as: I wish Microsoft would pull their heads in and design better email client software.…
Twenty years ago today I sat and watched the unfolding events in Tiananmen Square and witnessed the world-wide outcry from…