Thinking back on it, I can very specifically remember when I started to really care about “The Cloud” and how drastically it has changed my current way of thinking about any services that are provided to me. Personally, the moment of clarity on cloud came shortly after I got both my iPhone and iPad and …
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As of version 5.1, SnapManager for SQL supports the use of VMware VMDK files on both NFS and fiber channel storage configurations. Configuration of SnapManger for SQL in these environments is not for the faint of heart. The installation guide is geared toward physical servers leveraging fiber channel LUNs and virtual machines using RDM (Raw Disk …
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The catch phrase of the last few years has been “The Cloud”. What REALLY is the cloud? By the consumer’s definition it is when I buy a video on Amazon and magically it is available to me anywhere I go. The video is then up in the ambiguous cloud. I don’t know what the hardware or software is, or even if it the data …
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How many articles or blog posts have you read that talked about the “lessons we learned” from 9/11, the Japanese earthquake/tsunami, the Joplin tornado, Hurricane Katrina, or <insert disastrous event here>? I see them all the time, and after reading a very interesting article in the Winter issue of the Disaster Recovery Journal (you may …
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I always chuckle when I think back to those Microsoft Windows Live commercials where they exclaim: “To the Cloud!” like they’re super heroes. In 2006-2007 the term “Cloud” was an overused buzzword that had no official meaning – at that time, it seemed like a lot of people were talking about cloud computing or putting things in the cloud but …
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