I didn't mean for that to sound like I was advocating no backups, I just meant that the term "backups" is an insufficient explanation of what disaster recovery and business continuity capabilities more and more businesses are after.
- Sean On Dec 31, 2011, at 1:34 AM, Anders Blomgren <[email protected]> wrote: > Agreed. But I think backups have a part to play in this new world. As > someone who's had the unfortunate combination of replicated logic > errors combined with primary san failure, the absence of backups > would've been a resume-generating event. > > -Anders > > Sent from my iPhone > > On 31 dec 2011, at 02:13, Sean Martin <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Ben is spot on. It's time to start letting go of the concept of backups and >> start embracing the concept of data protection. With technologies like >> snapshots, cloning, replication, de-duplication and compression becoming >> more prevalent in data protection solutions, you have a myriad of >> capabilities at your disposal. The important thing to remember (and I >> believe this is a universal truth in IT) is to not let the technologies >> determine your business requirements. Determine your business requirements >> and then identify which technologies allow you to meet those requirements. >> >> - Sean >> >> On Dec 30, 2011, at 1:27 PM, "Jay Kulsh" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Ben, >>> >>> Thanks for responding on this semi-holiday. Yes we will take a copy of data >>> off-site or setup iSCSI SAN in a remote location. >>> >>> I don't see much use of software like Symantec's Backup Exec in such a >>> scenario. That was the thrust of my question. Thanks again. >>> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >>> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >>> >>> --- >>> To manage subscriptions click here: >>> http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ >>> or send an email to [email protected] >>> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> >> --- >> To manage subscriptions click here: >> http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ >> or send an email to [email protected] >> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin >> > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
