With an increasing number of backup solutions available, I’d like ask a question. Why are so many people reluctant to backup their data? I see this problem all the time. Even in corporate environments, where backup is pretty much mandated, people are reluctant to use the solutions. Some go out of their way to avoid [...]
Category > Storage
When storage guys think more highly of themselves than they should
A friend of mine, Sal, forwarded this to me last week. It’s actually entertaining, I suppose. But it’s a good indication of what happens when storage guys think a LOT about what they do. It reminds me of when I did NetAttach and we actually had serious discussions about having Calista Flockhart do an ad [...]
De-duplication as core infrastructure
It seems as though the subject of de-duplication is becoming more commonplace as it’s getting difficult to avoid conversations related to it. Just the other day, I had another customer ask me for a recommendation concerning it. While their question was interesting to me, their assumptions for considering it were more so. It’s amazing the [...]
Sometimes you have to dig in for that something extra
This past week has been rather encouraging despite all the news of record unemployment. I’ve had additional VC meetings that went very well. I’ve had analyst meetings supporting what I’ve built in a company. And I’ve had conversations with some of the largest companies wanting to use the products I’ve largely designed. What’s not to [...]
IET 0.4.17 Patches for SLES10SP2
If you're using Suse Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 10 SP2 and want the latest version of the iSCSI Enterprise Target (IET), aka iscsitarget, you'll want this patch set to basically back out a lot of the compatibility stuff that was placed in the patch's Makefile. The reason this special patch is necessary is due to [...]
