Architecture Matters: When you dedupe

There was a time, comparatively not that long ago, when the biggest governing factor in LAN capacity for a datacentre was…

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Backing up to Recover: PSS, BBB and VBA

I’ve recently been doing some testing around Block Based Backups, and specifically recoveries from them. This has acted as an…

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Client Load: Filesystem and Database Backups

A question I get asked periodically is “can I backup my filesystem and database at the same time?” As is…

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Linux Block Based Backups in NetWorker 9

As mentioned in my introductory post about it, NetWorker 9 introduces the option to perform Block Based Backups (BBB) for Linux systems.…

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Sampling device performance

Data Protection Advisor is an excellent tool for producing information about your backup environment, but not everyone has it in…

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Parallel Save Streams for HDFS Performance Gains

One of the great features in NetWorker 8.1 was Parallel Save Streams (PSS). This allows for a single High Density File System (HDFS) to…

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Rage against the ravine

What’s the ravine? When we talk about data flow rates into a backup environment, it’s easy to focus on the…

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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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Arrays, auto hot-spot migration and application performance tuning

I’m not a storage person, as I’ve been at pains to highlight in the past. My personal focus is at…

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Well, it performs – or performance?

We are approaching the point where it would be conceivable for someone to build a PB disk system in their…

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