There was a time, comparatively not that long ago, when the biggest governing factor in LAN capacity for a datacentre was…
I’ve recently been doing some testing around Block Based Backups, and specifically recoveries from them. This has acted as an…
A question I get asked periodically is “can I backup my filesystem and database at the same time?” As is…
As mentioned in my introductory post about it, NetWorker 9 introduces the option to perform Block Based Backups (BBB) for Linux systems.…
Data Protection Advisor is an excellent tool for producing information about your backup environment, but not everyone has it in…
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…
What’s the ravine? When we talk about data flow rates into a backup environment, it’s easy to focus on the…
This blog article has been moved across to the sister site, Enterprise Systems Backup and Recovery. Read it here. Related…
I’m not a storage person, as I’ve been at pains to highlight in the past. My personal focus is at…
We are approaching the point where it would be conceivable for someone to build a PB disk system in their…