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Your Replication is not my Disaster Recovery
[originally posted on my ESG blog – TechnicalOptimist.com] It wasn’t that many years ago that ‘Disaster Recovery’ was a key buzz word for IT. Somewhere along the way, it became ‘Business Continuity’. Now days, it is simply a feature of… Read more
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Some things aren’t solved by just cutting a check
Every week, during the Spring and Summer, my lawn gets mowed. Specifically, it happens every Thursday morning, while I am working. Some guys come by my home and pick up the check from my wife, and then my lawn gets… Read more
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Stop Shipping Tapes – please!
Last week, I saw the latest disclosure on what is still too common – “backup tapes are lost and the amount of disclosure is under investigation” . This time, it was 4.9 million military clinic and hospital patients – click… Read more
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Step 1 – Get Your Data Out of the Building
If you find yourself on mailing lists from backup vendors, channel partners and media portals (or watch twitter for backup/storage topics) … then you have likely seen advertisements like: Five Easy Steps to Disaster Recovery Don’t miss this revolutionary, exciting,… Read more
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DPM Disaster Recovery Webcast – April 15th
What better day to talk about ‘disasters’ than tax day in the US !?! On Wednesday, April 15th, I’ll be giving a TechNet Webcast on ‘Disaster Recovery with Data Protection Manager and Iron Mountain’. http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?culture=en-US&EventID=1032410562 It is 1PM Pacific,… Read more
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How to do Disaster Recovery with DPM 2007 — new streaming video
For many environments, simply providing reliable backup and recovery of key workloads like SQL Server and Exchange is enough. For larger enterprises, distributed branch-office environments, and those with mandates for off-site protection — DPM 2007 can also be used for… Read more