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…

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Holiday Wrap-Up

The holiday season is upon many of us – whether you celebrate xmas or christmas, or just the new year…

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7.5.2 and ADV_FILE devices

There is a bug with the way NetWorker 7.5.2 handles ADV_FILE devices in relation to disk evacuation. I.e., in a…

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ADV_FILE operational changes

As I mentioned in an earlier post, EMC have announced on their community forum that there are some major changes…

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EMC, Data Domain, VTLs and Disk Backup

With their recent acquisition of Data Domain, some people at EMC have become table thumping experts overnight on why you…

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Quibbles – The maddening shortfall of ADV_FILE

Everyone who has worked with ADV_FILE devices knows this situation: a disk backup unit fills, and the saveset(s) being written…

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When will tape die?

As you may have noticed, I have a great deal of disrespect for “tape is dead” stories. To be blunt,…

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Should you use NAS for disk backup?

Over at SearchStorage, there’s an article at the moment about using NAS disk as a disk backup target – i.e.,…

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Merits of Virtual Tape Libraries (VTLs)

Or, “In 5 years time will we reflect on VTLs as an example of a bad direction in data protection?”…

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