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Data Protector for VMware podcast

By Calvin Zito An often overlooked gem in HP's storage portfolio is HP Data Protector. I sat down to talk data protection of virtual machines and more specifically of VMware with Billy Naples, the HP Data Protector Product Marketing Manager. Billy...

Published 08-28-2009 5:47 AM by CalvinZ

Filed under: backup, virtualization, storage, podcast

Changing the economics of storage infrastructure with virtualization

By Calvin Zito Yesterday I talked about the announcement that our Technology Solutions Group did and briefly mentioned the part HP StorageWorks had in that announcement. Today, I'll drill down a bit more into the StorageWorks news. The current economic...

Published 03-11-2009 6:30 PM by CalvinZ

Filed under: backup, thin provisioning, virtualization, storage management, Solid State Disk, solid state storage technology, EVA, storage

More on SPC-2

Last month we announced a world record SPC-2 number by the XP24000. At the same time we extended yet another challenge to EMC to join the rest of the world in publishing benchmarks. They continue to decline the offer, arguing “representativeness” . I...

Published 10-02-2008 7:47 PM by Anonymous

Filed under: backup, consolidation, thin provisioning, Fibre Channel disk drives, SAN, EMC, fibre channel, HDD, storage

Hurricane Ike: Need for Disaster Recover and Backup Strategy

By Lee Johns I live in Houston and this week we had an event that really brought home the importance of a good disaster recovery & backup strategy for storage. Hurricane Ike came through and took down the power to more than two million people. In...

Published 09-18-2008 3:32 PM by jasontreu

Filed under: backup, disaster recovery, storage

I've been personally impacted by lost tapes

Hi Folks, Yesterday I received a letter in the mail at home that started off: Dear Sir or Madam, We are writing to let you know that computer tapes containing some of your personal information were lost while being transported to an off-site storage facility...

Published 09-17-2008 5:55 PM by jim hankins

Filed under: tape, LTO Ultrium, deduplication, backup, Virtual Library System, virtual tape, disk-based backup, security, D2D Backup Systems, storage

Tape is Dead! - And here's the timetable

When there are no more natural disasters! When electricity is free! When hardware never fails! When software is bug-free! When people no longer make mistakes! When there are no computer viruses or other malicious code! When all people are honest! When...

Published 08-21-2008 10:02 PM by jim hankins

Filed under: tape, backup, storage

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