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…
Tag: performance
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…
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…
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….
Sampling device performance
Data Protection Advisor is an excellent tool for producing information about your backup environment, but not everyone has it in…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…