I was walking through the data center the other day when I heard one of my colleagues, MJ “Scream”, “I wish I had some ‘Morphine’”. Well, I have to say I was “Speechless”. I walked over to where MJ was standing, near the tape library, and when I asked him what was wrong, he replied “there was another backup tape ’Jam‘.” MJ told me he had been “Working Day and Night” on a major backup… Read more »
Who Killed the Electric Car?
Okay, so the dust it taking more time to settle on the whole EMC / DDUP / NTAP saga, so given this may go on for a while, let's try to shed some light on 'why' EMC would want this technology.
It's simple really, and it's analogues to the auto industry and hence the reference to the title of this piece. Rather than drone on about what 'Who killed the electric car?' I'll just tell… Read more »
Data Deduplication 2.0
Well, now that the dust has settled and all of the predictions have been made regarding NetApp's acquisition of Data Domain, it is really time to talk about two topics that have a great deal to do with data deduplication. The first is backup and the second is capacity optimization (which leverages data deduplication technology).
Backup
"Everyone hates backup." "Tape is unreliable." "Tape is dead." "Archive first, then backup." "Do more with less." "It's not… Read more »
Information Classification - IT's Hardest Job
I have decided information today, is like a group of friends. If you look at my LinkedIn page or my Facebook page you see that I have over 600 connections and over 180 friends respectively. What does this really mean? Obviously don't stay in touch with all of these people. So why do we have these connections? I think it is because we believe that in the future, each one of these connections will offer… Read more »
Road to 'Data' Recovery - 12 Steps
Hi, my name is Steve and I have a recovery problem. Well, a data recovery problem that is. So, I think it is about time that I apply the '12 steps' to help me with my data recovery problem.
Step 1 - It is time that I admit that I am powerless over my backup environment and my data protection world is unmanageable.
Step 2 - I have come to believe that there is a… Read more »