Centralized Backup ... aka Jason's Blog
Random thoughts from a Backup-dude … Husband & Father … Christ-follower & Scout-leader … Gamer & former-MSFTie & former-ESG Analyst … now at Veeam
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Most folks know that if I wasn’t a backup-guy, I would be a virtualization-dude. So, when those two topics collide, I’m a happy IT guy who probably has an opinion or suggestion (or two). Coming off of the Trends in Data Protection Modernization research report, we saw some interesting trends in how folks were and … Read more
While I was taking some time off last month, EMC announced NetWorker 8 – and one of the things that I caught up on was a neat video celebrating the legacy of NetWorker from 1988 through 2012. Other than the fact that it highlights the evolution of NetWorker, including just about every feature that a … Read more
Most of you know me as a “backup guy” (and I am) … but my last gig at Microsoft not only included MS backup products but also monitoring and reporting technologies such as System Center Operations Manager. So, when I had the chance to take a deep look at EMC’s upcoming DataBridge solution, which aggregates … Read more
This week at HP Discover 2012, HP announced StoreOnce Catalyst as a software accelerator (API toolset) that enables its HP StoreOnce backup appliances to achieve up to 100TB/hour in backups – and in restores, too! Along with support for HP’s own Data Protector 7 (also announced at Discover), the StoreOnce family supports Symantec NetBackup and … Read more
[cross posted on ESG blog Technical Optimist .com] Deduplication isn’t an “if”, it’s a “when” – and the “when” is now. Take a look at this 5m video to explain where the evolution is coming from, in a technology that everybody ought to be taking for granted. As always, thanks for watching.