Netting Out NetBackup

I’ve always been a lurker when it comes to blogging, posting videos of myself on YouTube, or social networking sites. Secretly I imagine myself running for public office and having my opponent drag out my late night, wine fueled blogging session in the middle of a debate. However, when I saw the Scott Waterhouse’s response (Peace, Love and Revolution) to Tim’s message on OpenStorage I decided to it was time to “break the silence.”

Scott poses a couple questions and concerns that warrant clarification.  Especially when the answers are so fun to share.

Misconception – OpenStorage is limited to disk as NAS/NFS/CIFS. 

It’s not.  A key tenet for the API is to be totally...