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Netting Out NetBackup

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NetBackup, OpenStorage and Quantum
TimBurlowski | 30 Jan 2009 | 0 comments

I recently had the chance to interview Steve Whitner from Quantum. This is the third in a series of interviews with our Open Storage partners.  On January 27, 2009, Quantum announced the refresh for their DXi7500 Express and DXi7500 Enterprise both of which support the NetBackup Open Storage API. Steve Whitner works as a Product Marketing Manager for DXi and related disk products. Steve is an industry veteran working at ADIC then Quantum for over ten years.

 

Q) I'm interviewing you specifically about the OpenStorage program. You will be among the first few vendors set to release an OpenStorage solution. From your perspective what is the problem the OpenStorage program is trying to solve in the backup and recovery workflow?

 

A) Our customer requirements for backups have changed over the years. Today they need to write and restore data quickly while retaining the data for longer periods of time, but with minimal space, power & cooling...

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Reading Alternatives
TimBurlowski | 29 Jan 2009 | 0 comments

Scott Waterhouse who writes at the “Backup Blog” posted a good note about an important and often ignored setting for NetBackup media servers. He references this in relation to EDL, the disk library which has an embedded NetBackup media server, although it is a useful tip for many other circumstances . He points out the need to make sure that you set up NetBackup correctly so that when you duplicate tapes or images it doesn’t require the data to traverse your IP network and slow your duplication down significantly. You do this by correctly setting the alternate read server for your duplication which you can do for a Disk Staging Storage Unit, in Vault or in a Storage Life Cycle policy.

Nice work Scott.

Tim Burlowski
Technical Product Manager

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Rethinking Backup Fundamentals
TimBurlowski | 28 Jan 2009 | 0 comments

In my last post, I discussed backup redesign, emphasizing the need to begin with an analysis of the basics which include understanding and analyzing RPO and RTO.

The acronyms RTO and RPO used to cause hands to be raised in presentations as they weren’t well understood by our industry. It seems like they have become standard terms in our industry, but let’s define them for completeness.

RPO — this stands for Recovery Point Objective. In the book, “Implementing Backup and Recovery” written by David Little and David Chapa it is defined as “How far back in time you are willing to go to recover.” If you backup once a day at midnight, and you delete a file at 11:59 PM the next day you will have a...

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NetBackup is Linked In too
TimBurlowski | 14 Jan 2009 | 0 comments

I noticed there has been some good NetBackup discussions going on at linkedin.com. Challenging times are a great reason to work on expanding your network.

 

NetBackup System Administrators Group

 

Tim Burlowski

Techical Product Manager

Data Protection 

Symantec

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Back From Holiday
TimBurlowski | 07 Jan 2009 | 0 comments

 

I took a long holiday break this year. Unwrapping presents and playing with a new toy is still one of my favorite parts about the holiday season. My kids and I always get something that we have to put together before we play with it. This year I got to break out some of my hardware skills and put together an LED clock from components.

 

So what does opening holiday presents have to do with NetBackup? Well the quarter just ended, so as usual there are plenty of you out there who got NetBackup to complete your holiday season. In addition to those of you who are new to NetBackup I understand a number of you are thinking about re-architecting your backup systems this year. In fact, the latest data from TheInfoPro — released in its Wave 11 Storage Study — reports that over 30% of IT decision makers interviewed consider backup redesign a top initiative throughout 2009.

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NetBackup OpenStorage and FalconStor
TimBurlowski | 06 Jan 2009 | 0 comments

Today I am posting an interview with John Lallier, Vice President of Technology at FalconStor. FalconStor partners with us in the context of our OpenStorage program and we also work with FalconStor to qualify their virtual tape libraries for use with NetBackup.

 

Q) Tell us a little more about yourself. How long have you been with FalconStor and what is your role there?

 

A) I’ve been with FalconStor from the beginning, having worked with ReiJane Huai and the other founders first at Cheyenne Software and later Computer Associates. As VP of Technology, I oversee the work with our OEM partners using our products (EMC, IBM, Sun, etc.) as well as the large strategic partners such as Symantec.

 

Q) I'm interviewing you specifically about the OpenStorage program. You are among the first few vendors to release an OpenStorage solution. From your perspective...

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