10 from 10: 10 years of blogging, 10 years of epic data protection changes

Some blogging history On 25 January 2009, I published the first article on what was then the NetWorker Blog: How…

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Basics – Estimating Cloud Tier Movement

When it comes to extending to object storage for long term retention, you really can’t beat Data Domain. Cloud Tiering…

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Reflections on 2018

In my first post for 2019, I spent a little bit of time talking about the key trend we’re going…

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Data Protection Suite 18.2

Introduction Earlier this month, Data Protection Suite 18.2 was released. This covers: Avamar Data Protection Advisor (DPA) Data Protection Central…

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Data Protection Central 18.1

In the huge round of updates in June/July, one of the products you should be using more frequently, Data Protection…

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Architectural Considerations – To Storage Node or Not to Storage Node?

As environments scale, so too has NetWorker grown in its ability to scale. The latest version of NetWorker can scale…

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Basics – Getting started with BoostFS

Intro One of the things I’m keen to try in NetWorker 18.1 is the new Orchestrated Application Protection (OAP) feature…

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Basics – Handling Upgrades Through Data Domain Management Center

As I mentioned in an earlier post, there’s been a raft of updates in July, including updates for the Data…

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Your servers are replicated? Your backups should be, too

I’m revisiting an old conversation here that I used to have quite a bit around tape, when companies had production…

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Data Protection Central is Here

The world is changing, and data protection is changing with it. (OK, that sounds like an ad for Veridian Dynamics,…

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