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Major updates in a "minor" release of TSM 6.2
FacebookXA press release went out today about IBM’s TSM 6.2. Among other things, it says that TSM now has source dedupe! As big as that news is, there’s another piece of news that is even bigger. Written by W. Curtis Preston (@wcpreston), four-time O’Reilly author, and host of The Backup Wrap-up podcast. I am now…
Have we put tape out to pasture too soon?
FacebookXA week at NABShow (National Association of Broadcasters) and two days at Tape Summit last week have given me a chance to revisit my thoughts on tape. Here’s a brief summary of how my opinion of tape has changed over the years: Stage 1: Tape was it. It was all I knew. Backing up to…
Symantec bumbles: Users upset
FacebookXSymantec turned off LIST access to their FTP server, forcing customer to go through their website to get patches, documentation, etc. Click Read More to see what I think of that. 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,…
It's over. I think. NTAP withdrew its bid for DDUP
FacebookXNetApp 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
I like tightly defined terms
FacebookXRobin of StorageMojo replied to my blog entry about preferring the term de-duplication over compression. I started replying in the comments, and decided to make a whole other blog entry about it. 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…
Increase your storage requirements by 700%: Install Sharepoint
FacebookXAs if Microsoft's document formats weren't already bloated enough, you can make them even more bloated by putting them into sharepoint. 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