Category Archives: Availability

When Is A Backup Not A Backup (And When Is It)

This blog post was originally published on my SimpliVity colleague Ron Singler’s blog.  I would like to thank Ron for allowing me use his site while mine was under construction. You can find the original here: http://blogs.rupturedmonkey.com/when-is-a-backup-not-a-backup-and-when-is-it/   There’s been a lot of debate regarding backups vs. snapshots lately, and this is a common conversation …

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VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat

There probably isn’t much opportunity for people to play with vCenter Server Heartbeat given it’s steep entry price (~$12,000) is a bit out of range for most companies.  I recently had the opportunity to play with it while creating an environment to demo for a customer, so I thought I’d share. vCenter Server Heartbeat is …

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