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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For my “from the field” post today, I’ll be writing about integrating EMC RecoverPoint Appliance (RPA) with VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM). However, before we dive in, if you are not familiar with RPA technology, let me explain first with a high overview: RPAs are a block LUN IP based replication appliance. RPAs are zoned via …
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This month I will take an objective look at two competitive data replication technologies – NetApp SnapMirror and EMC RecoverPoint. My intent is not to create a technology war, but I do realize that I am poking a rather large bear and an aggressive wolf with a sharp stick. A quick review of both technologies: SnapMirror NetApp’s …
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Not so long ago, disaster recovery collocation sites were a topic that everyone wanted to talk about … but nobody wanted to invest in. This was largely because the state of the technology left these sites sitting cold—it was simply the most expensive insurance policy one could think of. With the advent of dramatically dropping …
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Earlier this month, our Storage Practice Manager, Shawn Wagner, sat down with Karl Zimmerman, President and Founder of Steadfast Networks, to discuss the NetApp storage and backup solution we recently designed and deployed for their business’s datacenter in Chicago. With the cameras rolling, their conversation addressed the reasons for deciding on NetApp, relative to other manufacturer’s technologies or developing a in-house solution, …
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