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
I keep running into a particular problem at customers and I'm curious if any backup…
I keep running into a particular problem at customers and I'm curious if any backup…
If you're encrypting the data on your hard drive using OS-level software encryption (e.g. Windows…
FacebookX I recently attended the Spectralogic Deep Storage Summit in Boulder Colorado. (They paid for all travel and meals during the trip, but no other remuneration was offered.) Their big announcement was a product that is aimed solidly at Amazon Glacier: Spectra ArcticBlue. ActicBlue is an object-based disk system starting at 300 usable TB and…
FacebookXIn 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…
FacebookXDepending on how you do it, the cloud can be much less expensive than using on-premises systems. But it can also much more expensive. It all depends on you use the public cloud. The expensive way: 24×7 VMs and pre-provisioned block storage Running one or more VMs in the cloud 24×7 (like you would in…
FacebookXAs a person who has spent a good portion of the last couple of years talking about disk backups, one might think that I’ve given up on tape. Nothing could be further from the truth. In fact, I’m encouraged by my friends over at Spectralogic that just released the industry’s largest tape library. Written by…
FacebookXIn today’s hyper-connected world, cybersecurity incidents are not a matter of if, but when. Creating an incident response plan is no longer a luxury—it’s a necessity for organizations of all sizes. As someone who’s been in the trenches of data protection for decades, I can’t stress enough the importance of having a well-thought-out plan in…
FacebookXEmail archiving software vendor ZL (who, by the way, I never heard of until this lawsuit) is suing Gartner for saying that they’re a “niche player.” According to the lawsuit they bring this action “in its individual capacity and on behalf of the general public,” as Gartners actions have harmed “the creative forces of American…