Meme Monday

OK, it’s been a little while since I did a meme Monday, and there are s a few ones I…

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Data Domain Management Centre

Data Domain Management Centre (DDMC) is a free virtual appliance available for customers with Data Domain to provide a web…

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NetWorker 9.2 Capacity Measurement

As I’ve mentioned in the past, there’s a few different licensing models for NetWorker, but capacity licensing (e.g., 100 TB…

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10 Things Still Wrong with Data Protection Attitudes

When I first started working with backup and recovery systems in 1996, one of the more frustrating statements I’d hear…

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If you wouldn’t drink it, don’t cook with it…

This blog article has been moved across to the sister site, Enterprise Systems Backup and Recovery. Read it here. Related…

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7 common problems with deduplication

In an earlier article, I suggested some space management techniques that need to be foremost in the minds of any…

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Capacity planning – quickly or properly?

When it comes time to consider refreshing the hardware in your environment, do you want do do it quickly, or…

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Deduplication and space management

Deduplication can create fantastic space saving opportunities within an environment, but it does also create the need for a much…

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Plenty of life left in tape

With LTO-5 now just starting to go mainstream, it’s reassuring to see that the Ultrium roadmap has been expanded with…

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LTO-5 peeking at us from the end of the tunnel

The much long-anticipated wait for LTO-5 is now approaching fulfilment, with stories such as “Mass Production of Sony LTO-5 Media…

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