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 [...]
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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 [...]
Thin Computing and Green Initiatives
So, there is so much buzz about green computing these days, you’d almost think environments were truly efficient. Often times, however, it’s only buzz and lacks real substance. I see this a lot amongst storage and server vendors. Here is a Byte and Switch article entitled, “Virtualizing NAS for Green Storage“. It discusses the power [...]