There have been some interesting options that have recently presented themselves for using deduplicated, replicated backups on a regular basis. If you’re not familiar with the challenges of using these backups without some help, I’ll explain those first, and then go into the solutions to these problems that are showing up. Update: I’m talking about…
it’s been just over two weeks since I’ve made my switch. I thought I’d share some thoughts. 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
VMware Consolidated Backup (VCB) was a first attempt by VMware to address the backup challenges of backing up VMs. However, it has significant limitations and has already been replaced by VMware. If you’re already using it, fine. But why would you move to it NOW? Written by W. Curtis Preston (@wcpreston), four-time O’Reilly author, and…
Anyone that’s read this blog knows I’m a big fan of Mozy. I’m a fan of other online products as well, but I use Mozy for my own data and it’s always done me very well. Well, I’ve got my first gripe and it’s kind of a big one. It wasn’t backing up and it…
As you may already know, I decided last week that I had rebuilt Windows for the last time. My Windows laptop got corrupted somehow and none of the usual tools I use could fix it, and the only way to fix it would be a complete reinstall of the OS. I said “Deja Vu” for…
Fans of Exchange’s Single Instance Storage feature will be sad to know that is gone as of Exchange 2010. That’s right. Gone. 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
After spending three days trying yet again to resurrect a PC that had no hardware problems and oddly enough not even any viruses that any of my usual tools could find, AND wrestling with one PC that constantly doesn’t want to recognze the USB, I’ve decided to go over to the dark side. I just…
Reading announcements from companies like EMC, Symantec, CommVault, and CA, you’d think they were in the forefront of “proper” support for EMC’s vSphere. When you read things like “NetBackup & Backup Exec certified for vSphere 4.0,” you would think that means that it supports vSphere’s new backup features. You would be incorrect on both counts,…
I just got off the phone wtih Rob Emsley and Dave Farmer from EMC where we had a much-awaited conversation about what their plans are for the Quantum-based products now that they own DDUP. They were actually more candid than I expected them to be. Written by W. Curtis Preston (@wcpreston), four-time O’Reilly author, and…
Data Domain announced their DD880 today that doubles the speed and capacity of the DD690. Nice move. It looks like it was news to us AND EMC! 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…