I just got off the phone with the folks at Symantec where we talked about NBU 6.5.4. The thing that stood out for me were the enhancements for OST, so I thought I’d talk about those. Written by W. Curtis Preston (@wcpreston), four-time O’Reilly author, and host of The Backup Wrap-up podcast. I am now…
NetApp officially pulled out of its bidding for Data Domain today, allowing the EMC acquisition to move forward. 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
An interesting aspect of NetApp’s primary dedupe (ASIS) came to light while talking with one of their customers the other day. It’s one of those things that should have been obvious from the start, but I never really thought about it until this customer brought it up. Written by W. Curtis Preston (@wcpreston), four-time O’Reilly…
I think that the concept that deduplication vendors “rehydrate” data is completely wrong and needs to be abandoned. This “rehydration” or “reduping” data is blamed for the penalty that some dedupe vendors have on reads, but I think the concept is completely incorrect. Click Read More to see what I’m talking about. Written by W….
In a surprise reverse of their longstanding “inline is the ONLY way to go and anyone that does post processing is stupid” position, Data Domain today announced that Post Process is A-OK with them. Or at least that’s how I’m reading the acquisition of Data Domain for $1.5B by NetApp. Click Read More to see…
This post has a little to do with backup and everything to do with Star Trek & SCUBA. Feel free to ignore or read on. I attended a special screening of Star Trek XI on Catalina Island this weekend. In attendance were… well. Click Read More to see! Written by W. Curtis Preston (@wcpreston), four-time…
While beginning work on a series of articles entitled “NetBackup Best Practices,” I was reminded of the arguments I’ve had with customers and coworkers about such things. Some argue that there is no such thing as a best practice. Others argue that they don’t apply to them. Click Read More to see what I think….
I just read Tony Asaro’s blog entry entitled “EMC Anti-Social Media Gang.” He says that the EMC trio of Chuck Hollis, Barry Burke, and Mark Twomey has targeted him with personal attacks using terms like “industry streetwalker” and “pimping his services.” I read also with interest Chuck Hollis’ reply to the post, and Tony’s response…
Some of the vendors I’m dealing with in the blogosphere are having a difficult time with my frankness. They think I’m picking on them. I’ve got news for them: it’s not just you. Click Read More to see what I’m talking about. Written by W. Curtis Preston (@wcpreston), four-time O’Reilly author, and host of The…
In a blog post while I was down under, Storagezilla said that EMC doesn’t do free, in response to comments from Frank Slootman that they were giving away dedupe to get footprint. Storagezilla basically says that this is untrue. Click Read More to see what I think. Written by W. Curtis Preston (@wcpreston), four-time O’Reilly…