Random thoughts from a Backup-dude … Husband & Father … Christ-follower & Scout-leader … Gamer & former-MSFTie & former-ESG Analyst … now at Veeam
I don’t often re-post vendor marketing content – but since they let me be a small part of simulating a hurricane/flood of a datacenter … Symantec rented out a 6-story hurricane (100mph) simulator in South Carolina … and then flooded a working datacenter server-stack with 35,000 gallons of water: Most folks know me as a … Read more
Maybe not “every” – but certainly more than “most” – data protection architecture should be “hybrid,” meaning that it should include disk-, cloud-, and yes tape-based recovery components. Why? Because each has a legitimate set of use-case scenarios and attributes that lend each medium type to different data protection goals. I previously blogged that every … Read more
I spend a lot of time talking about protecting highly virtualized environments because so many people still struggle with it. In fact, ESG published a whole report on it earlier in 2013: ESG Report: Trends in Protecting Highly Virtualized Environments Server virtualization solves a lot of challenges for IT. And if I wasn’t a “backup … Read more
Howdy MS friends, I used to be a fan of Windows Server 2012’s Storage Spaces: http://blog.jasonbuffington.com/index.php/2013/06/checking-out-my-newest-storage-appliance-for-under-2000/ And for those that don’t know, I used to work at MS … on Windows storage features. But I am totally stuck – and needing help. Two of my five drives in a Storage Space failed. So, like I … Read more
The awesome folks in the ESG Video team recently let me sit down and record a few podcasts that I will be releasing over the next few weeks. In this one, I started thinking about the challenges of midsized organizations and ensuring adequate data protection and recovery. While enterprises often have experts that are ready … Read more