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ABSTRACT:
At the risk of becoming overly philosophical, every once in a while it's important to take a step back from day-to-day activities and reflect on why we do the things we do. What real purpose is served? Are the original requirements still applicable or have new ones cropped up? Have new or better solutions evolved? In storage management, there's no better candidate for this kind of scrutiny than backup. It seems that nearly everyone is evaluating new technology options, from virtual tape libraries to continuous data protection and agentless backup. While it makes sense to seek out these improvements, when a mass push to adopt new technologies occurs, I become concerned that insufficient attention and thought may be given to that most fundamental of questions: What problem are we really trying to solve?
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Author
James Damoulakis
CTO, GlassHouse Technologies
James Damoulakis is CTO at GlassHouse Technologies. Jim brings 20 years of experience in systems, storage, backup/recovery, and DR, with a strong focus on architecting and implementing highly available enterprise storage solutions. Jim has spoken on storage issues in a number of venues and is a frequent contributor to key industry publications like STORAGE Magazine. Prior to joining GlassHouse, Jim was Director of Implementation Services at CNT/Articulent in Hopkinton, MA, where he managed a team of senior technical consultants focused on SAN design and implementation, enterprise storage management, backup/recovery, and high availability.
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