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
Searchstorage has just released another video techtalk starring yours truly. It's about archiving and encryption. 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
Live Free Die Hard is a good movie and a lot of fun, but I don’t think I’ll design my backups around it. (Spoiler alert: Don’t click Read more if you haven’t seen the movie.) Written by W. Curtis Preston (@wcpreston), four-time O’Reilly author, and host of The Backup Wrap-up podcast. I am now the…
I was surprised to learn that a lot of people responded to a 10-07 de-duplication survey to say that they didn’t even know what de-dupe was. So I thought I’d write some blog entries on that. This first one is a basic primer on the subject. Written by W. Curtis Preston (@wcpreston), four-time O’Reilly author,…
Will these guys stop at nothing? Google's acquisition of Postini for $625 million sets it up to provide outsourced email and archiving services for large corporations. Things that make you go hmm…. 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,…
I'm sitting here in my room at the London Heathrow Hilton awaiting a flight back to the US after spending two weeks in London and surrounding cities. (I was visiting GlassHouse's UK offices and clients, and giving the first London Backup School.) One night that I will never forget was being only a few blocks from one of…
If you query the ADSM-L archives for "multi-session" and "collocation," you'll see the latter is definitely discussed more than the former — way more. Which is actually better for improving TSM restore speeds? This blog entry attempts to discuss the pros and cons of both, as well as what you need to do to activate…
I'm sitting here at the "Blogger's lounge" at Symantec Vision in Las Vegas, and I just got back from a session on Puredisk, where two customers talked about how they're using it. Turns out it actually works! Written by W. Curtis Preston (@wcpreston), four-time O’Reilly author, and host of The Backup Wrap-up podcast. I am…
A few of you have asked if we have RSS feeds. The answer is yes. Here is a link to our RSS feed. 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
If you're going to backup VMware clients individually via the guest OS, how the backup software vendor prices it is very important. 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