Giving Boost a Boost: Multi-Mounted Devices in NetWorker
Particularly if you’re using Data Domain Boost within your NetWorker environment, most of the time your storage nodes exist simply…
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Hypervisor Direct – Convergent Data Protection
At VMworld, DellEMC announced a new backup technology for virtual machines called Hypervisor Direct, which represents a paradigm that I’d refer…
Data Domain Updates
I was on annual leave last week (and this week I find myself in Santa Clara). Needless to say, the…
Who should handle your database backups?
I’ve been working with backups for 20 years, and if there’s been one constant in 20 years I’d say that application…
2015 – that’s a wrap!
As we approach the end of 2015 I wanted to spend a bit of time reflecting on some of the data protection…
Architectural implications of in-flight Data Domain Boost encryption
Between the Boost libraries included in NetWorker 8.2, and the in-flight encryption functionality added in Data Domain OS 5.5, it’s…
Data Domain Boost and Daily/Monthly Backups
One question that comes up every now and then concerns having an optimal approach to Data Domain Boost devices in…
Virtual synthetic fulls: A match made in heaven
One of the great new features in NetWorker 8.1 is virtual synthetic fulls. You may think the term ‘virtual synthetic’ sounds…
Data Domain: VTL vs Boost
If you’re looking at deploying Data Domain with NetWorker, but are coming from a physical tape or even an alternate…
Avamar: Gym Built Version
I don’t normally write too much about Avamar. While it’s a great product with some excellent features, my background has…