Written by W. Curtis Preston (@wcpreston), four-time O'Reilly author, and host of The Backup Wrap-up podcast. I am now the Technology Evangelist at S2|DATA, which helps companies manage their legacy data
EMC officially acquired AVAMAR November 15th. AVAMAR is a market leader de-duplication backup software, identifying…
FacebookXWhat is a backup window, anyway? If you’ve spent any time managing backups, you’ve probably heard people obsessing over backup speeds. But here’s the thing – no one actually cares about your backup speed. What they care about is how quickly you can get their data back when things go wrong. This blog post summarizes…
FacebookXEvery once in a while someone talks to a CommVault sales rep that seems to want to classify CommVault as either source dedupe or (at the very least) not target dedupe. As one of those who does not like ambiguity (except for the whole near-CDP thing), I will explain why I put them firmly in…
FacebookXAfter VMware presented their NSX+ product at Tech Field Day Extra at VMware Explore, they talked about their new HCX+ product, which is a SaaS-based version of their HCX product. With their HCX product, VMware is centered on enabling a seamless multi-cloud experience for their clients, making the simplification of operations a central part of…
FacebookXLet’s face it – nobody dreams of becoming a backup administrator. While other IT specialties get the glory and the budget, backup teams often get the leftovers. But getting backup into the IT budget isn’t just about having nice tools – it’s about business survival. This blog post summarizes the main points of my latest…
FacebookX Codespaces.com ceased to exist on June 17th, 2014 because they failed to adhere to the standard advice of not putting all your eggs in one basket. There are a number of things that they could have done to prevent this, but they apparently did none of them. Before I continue, let me say this….
FacebookXScott Waterhouse finalized his thoughts on the whole VMware backup idea on his blog today. One of the things he said that surprised me was that, while you can’t get application-consistent backups in VMware without the use of a host-level agent, you can get crash-consistent backups. My response is simply this: I’m sorry, that is…