Jason Buffington

20-year subject-matter expert in Windows infrastructure, with additional deep specialization in data protection, high availability and disaster recovery/business continuity scenarios. Experienced in product marketing and management, channel readiness and enablement, and enterprise-direct technical sales – across three resellers, two ISVs, and Microsoft.

The best outcome of a TCO-ROI presentation is when they argue with you

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[Excerpt from my book, Data Protection for Virtual Data Centers – www.DataProtectionBible.com]  Chapter 2, Data Protection by the Numbers (click here to download Chapter 2) covers among other things ROI and TCO.   One of the formulas discussed is the “Cost of Downtime”:           Sometimes, the best thing that can happen when you present your methodology … Read more

Every Windows Server can be a iSCSI Target

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No, I didn’t do a typo and mean to say “Every Windows Server has an iSCSI Initiator” And it may only be a slight exaggeration when I say “Every“. But did you know that your Windows Server 2008 R2 server can also be an iSCSI Target? I didn’t. Typically, one thinks of an iSCSI Target … Read more

The best part of BCDR Planning is what you get before the disaster

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[originally posted on my ESG blog at TechnicalOptimist.com] The best part of BC/DR planning is not being prepared for your eventual disaster — its what you get before hand. In my earlier post, I talked about the 10 professional practices of Business Continuity Planning. Practices 2 and 3 include "Risk Evaluation and Control" and "Business … Read more

Your Replication is not my Disaster Recovery

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[originally posted on my ESG blog – TechnicalOptimist.com] It wasn’t that many years ago that ‘Disaster Recovery’ was a key buzz word for IT.  Somewhere along the way, it became ‘Business Continuity’.   Now days, it is simply a feature of your backup or storage solution.  Or is it? First, let’s talk through the layers from … Read more