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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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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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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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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