Cloudy, with a chance of data-loss?

How confident are you that the data you have in cloud is protected? That’s one of the questions I asked…

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What can we learn from the MongoDB attacks?

There are currently a significant number of vulnerable MongoDB databases which are being attacked by ransomware attackers, and even though the…

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How many copies do I need?

So you’ve got your primary data stored on one array and it replicates to another array. How many backup copies do…

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10 Things Still Wrong with Data Protection Attitudes

When I first started working with backup and recovery systems in 1996, one of the more frustrating statements I’d hear…

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Who is your backup admin?

Who manages the backups at your site? I.e., who has primary duties for administering and maintaining the backup system? I’m…

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Think backup belongs in ILM? Think again

In my opinion (and after all, this is my blog), there’s a fundamental misconception in the storage industry that backup…

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