Customers and audience members often ask about the maturity of deduplication. Is it mature? Are all products mature? Should you buy it now or wait? I thought that would make a nice blog entry. Written by W. Curtis Preston (@wcpreston), four-time O’Reilly author, and host of The Backup Wrap-up podcast. I am now the Technology…
A lot of FUD has been passed around lately about the probability of a hash collision when using a hash-only de-duplication system. What is a hash-only de-dupe system? What is the real probability of a hash collision in such a system? Read on to find out. Written by W. Curtis Preston (@wcpreston), four-time O’Reilly author,…
Windows XP System Restore got me up and running tonight. Thank Bill it was there. 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
Data Domain has just announced that it is entering the nearline market with its latest OS release optimized for storing smaller files. What does this mean for the big CAS players on the block? Written by W. Curtis Preston (@wcpreston), four-time O’Reilly author, and host of The Backup Wrap-up podcast. I am now the Technology…
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
Why would a NetWorker customer use a VTL over an advanced file type device? Not everyone agrees that you should. 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
SysAdmin magazine was the first magazine to publish an article of mine, and they have closed their doors. (They’ve even notified their subscribers that they can get a refund on their 5-year subscriptions.) 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…
You can’t forget restores when talking about de-dupe, so let’s talk about them. 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
There’s now been over 15 reviews of my new book, Backup & Recovery (Buy It), so I thought I’d put links to them all in one place. 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…
There are two very different types of de-duplication: source & target, and they work completely differently. 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