One of the benefits I get for working at EMC is access to a large pool of incredibly talented folks. One of these folks, Denis Jannot, created a video where he has used Named Pipes and the avtar client in the Avamar software solution to allow PostgreSQL and MySQL to backup directly to an Avamar … Continue reading Avamar Named Pipes for MySQL and PostgreSQL →

Atmos is a purpose built cloud storage appliance that allows you to build out a robust, multi-site active/active infrastructure that provides mobility for your users and their data, metadata for simplified policy based data handling, mutli-tenant design for a true infrastructure as a service, and can be federated to a public provider to provide scale … Continue reading Atmos – Active/Active, Multi-site global storage – Inconceivable! →

I wanted to share really cool options that you can leverage to keep up to speed on all of the EMC portfolio. The first is an eLearning subscription. This entitles 1 user to unlimited access to ALL of the eLearning modules available for a year. The second is the video subscription that includes access to … Continue reading EMC Customer Education Offerings →

Jules Potvin has done an in depth technical review of the Avamar MCS at his site. http://www.julespotvin.com/?p=136 The Avamar MCS is the Management Console Server which is serviced by java.   When you start the Avamar GUI you are interacting with the MCS.  Here is a view of some of the data that is within … Continue reading Avamar MCS – A detailed review →

The VCE team, which is the joint venture between EMC, Cisco and VMware, has recently announced their new Data Protection options for vBlock. By using Avamar and Data Domain integrated natively into a vBlock infrastructure, all of the benefits that VCE offers is now extended to the BRS portfolio as well. Just a few of … Continue reading VCE Data Protection – Now it can be built in! →

Looking to make your Data Domain appliance installation EVEN easier. We are now offering pre-installed racks for our larger Data Domain appliances. These racks will arrive with all of the storage shelves already installed which allows for faster implementation into your data center. These racks can also be ordered as stand alone items and are … Continue reading Data Domain Racks on Racks on Racks →

Most of the Purpose Built Backup Appliances (PBBA) on the market today support only your open systems environment. Read how the DLm 6000 provides deduplication for your mainframe environment as well. --- HOPKINTON, Mass.,–August 8, 2011– EMC® Corporation (NYSE: EMC) today announced its next generation mainframe virtual tape library (VTL). Designed for use in IBM … Continue reading PBBA: Not just for open systems anymore →

As most Oracle DBAs will tell you, they want control over their own data protection. At the end of the day, who's butt is on the line if a data loss event happens? The DBA. If a recovery is needed, who is being stared at by the executive team? The DBA. So it only makes … Continue reading Oracle RMAN integrated DD Boost →

Everyday, more and more users are leveraging the cloud to store their documents for easy access across all of their devices. With offerings from Google, Dropbox, Mozy Stash and many others, users have many choices. But in the Enterprise, these services create a security dilema for IT management. Do you really want to have all … Continue reading Anywhere, anytime access to files for the enterprise powered by Atmos and Oxygen →