Product Overview NetWorker is an enterprise-class data protection solution. It is software based, distributed via the customer’s various networks and deployed upon the application/print/web servers. NetWorker is highly customizable to meet specific automation, performance and infrastructure needs. NetWorker is the glue that binds EMCs various hardware and software product together into unified solutions. It provides … Continue reading Networker 7.6 SP2 Released →

I recently worked with a client to install our newest line of Data Domain hardware and wanted to share the experience with all of you in picture form. --- It was a rainy day in Texas and here I was headed to the data center once again. I called my contact and they met me … Continue reading Data Domain Installation – A picture story →

Product Overview EMC Avamar solves the challenges associated with traditional backup, enabling fast, reliable backup and recovery for VMware, remote offices, desktop/laptop, and NAS systems. Avamar is backup and recovery software with integrated global source data de-duplication technology.  Avamar efficiently identifies redundant sub-file backup data segments at the source - before transfer across the network - … Continue reading Avamar software 6.0 Released →

There are a number of courses being offered in the Texas area for our BRS portfolio. A summary of those courses, their dates, and course ID are below. You can contact your EMC representative or your partner for more information on getting registered. Hurry, because these classes fill fast! Austin: Data Domain System Administration 07/20/2011 … Continue reading BRS Instructor Led Training in Texas →

Product: NetWorker Module for Microsoft Applications 2.3 General Availability Date: June 17, 2011 Product Overview EMC NetWorker Module for Microsoft Applications delivers a unified solution for protection of Microsoft Server applications.  It enables EMC NetWorker to leverage Microsoft’s Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) feature to create and manage consistent point-in-time snapshot data copies for quick recovery … Continue reading Networker Module for Microsoft Applications (NMM) 2.3 released →

Drew Robb wrote an excellent article at the Enterprise Storage Forum website ( http://www.enterprisestorageforum.com/backup-recovery/emc-backup-and-recovery-buyers-guide.html). He summarized EMC's position in the data protection space based on comments by BJ Jenkins, the president of the BRS division at EMC.  He highlighted the key products of Avamar, Networker, Data Domain, and Data Protection Advisor as well as outlining the advantages our … Continue reading Excellent summary of the BRS portfolio →

Exagrid recently announced the new EX13000E which they claim is the "fastest system per TB" on the market. I am not sure how exactly which math they are using, but it is clear that they are off a bit. The Channel Register posted some comparisons showing Exagrid is slower than both Data Domain and Sepaton … Continue reading Exagrid's claims vs. reality →

Just one week after the availability announcement for Avamar 6.0 we are are seeing broad coverage from the media. What are they excited about? Read some of the articles for yourself... Article Index: 1.     InfoStor: http://www.infostor.com/storage-management/data-de-duplication/emc-debuts-deduplication-and-backup-software.html 2.     Channel Register: “EMC Avamar gets jiggy wit Data Domain” 3.     CIOL: “EMC integrates Avamar with Data Domain” 4.     … Continue reading Avamar 6.0 release media coverage broad →

Today, EMC officially announced availability of the Avamar 6.0 software. This is big news indeed as we will see interoperability between the Data Domain appliances, increase backup and recovery performance for VMware, over double the capacity in the same physical footprint with the new 7.8tb storage nodes and more. I will take some time over … Continue reading Avamar version 6 released →