Cloud Tier gets Cold

In July, PowerProtect DD received an update to DDOS 7.9. In this article I want to talk about a fantastically…

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What is Smart Scale?

A single PowerProtect DD series appliance can hold a staggering amount of backup data within your environment. The DD9900 for…

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NetWorker Dedupe Stats, Redux

Where we’re at A few weeks ago I posted a (lengthy) Perl script (and explanation) for running deduplication analysis against…

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PowerProtect DD Series Appliances Updates

It’s been a busy couple of months with data protection updates in the Dell Technologies family, and that’s continued with…

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NetWorker Volume Move

Introduced at the same time as NetWorker 19.4, the NetWorker Volume Move system allows you to migrate a backup volume…

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DDOS 7.3 loves the Cloud

Data Domain isn’t just hardware – the hardware-based systems pack some punch, of course, but core to the system functionality is…

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#WhyIProtectWithDell

Last month I ran a competition to celebrate 2,000,000+ blog visitors. The competition was simple: tell me an example of…

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Looking Back on a Decade of Data Protection

Introduction It’s that time of the year when pundits usually (badly) predict what’s going to happen next year. It’s an…

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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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Data Domain 3300 Update

I love big Data Domains, don’t get me wrong. When you take an appliance like the Data Domain 9800 that…

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