Alternatives to NDMP [Part 1]
I got a great question from a person considering different approaches to the backup of a NAS – they asked about alternatives to NDMP for backing up a NAS. Because we service the SMB/SME space, we get...
View ArticleAlternatives to NDMP [Part 2]
[In part 1 of this 2 part series, I gave a brief overview of alternatives to NDMP. In this post, I’m going to discuss in a bit more detail the advantages and disadvantages of each.] Here’s a table of...
View ArticleEscaping SAN Island: Protecting NAS, SAN, and DAS Storage
This is my fifth excerpt from my Don’t Be a Puppet of Your Backup Strategy whitepaper. Click here to download my full whitepaper for instant gratification. It’s free! In an earlier posting, I...
View ArticleHeterogeneous Operating Systems and Platforms
This is my sixth and final excerpt from my Don’t Be a Puppet of Your Backup Strategy whitepaper. Click here to download my full whitepaper for instant gratification. It’s free! Some backup vendors...
View ArticleVMware VSAN Overview
I thought this would be an informative post as the VMware VSAN is now GA as of yesterday! The definition according to VMware’s product page says: VMware Virtual SAN, a new software-defined storage...
View ArticleV-Sphere 6 – What’s New With Virtual Volumes?
One of the banner features introduced in vSphere 6 is virtual volumes. VMware documentation describes VVOLs as an integration and management framework for storage, particularly SANs and NASs, which...
View ArticleRecovery Assurance – How to Configure ReliableDR
This is the third part in the Recovery Assurance series where I show how to configure ReliableDR to connect into your infrastructure. My goal is to give you a general overview of the process. For...
View ArticleRecovery Assurance – Which Job is Right For You?
Let’s assume that ReliableDr is up and running in your environment and connected to all of the hosts and Unitrends appliances that you will be including in the DR plan. We went over these steps in the...
View ArticleThe 7 Deadly Sins: Vaulting as Off-Site Storage Method
This is my seventh excerpt from my The 7 Deadly Sins of Backup and Recovery whitepaper. Although replication provides near real-time data protection and ease of use and maintenance, it is extremely...
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