By Bill Smoldt, president and CEO of STORServer For today’s government agencies, the days of relying on traditional tape storage may be numbered. Many federal, local and state government organizations have been transitioning to the…
Troubleshooting 101 with the Windows Event Viewer
As part of my role as a technical writer and user advocate at STORServer, I need to understand and document changes in behavior between different versions of our software. While doing that recently, with STORServer…
Cool it On Your Bad Backups!
My husband, Jeff, has been in the heating and cooling industry his entire career. He started out as a dispatcher for an HVAC company during college, has worked for a large manufacturer of HVAC units…
Understanding Tivoli Storage Manager Capacity Licensing and PVU Pricing
If you’re currently a STORServer IBM Spectrum Protect™, formerly IBM® Tivoli® Storage Manager (TSM) appliance customer with a processor value unit (PVU) license today, and are facing issues with spiraling data growth, now is a…
Coding Angry Birds
It was all over Twitter the other week, so I tried it. Me- the media-centric, math-disliking, non-scientific, non-techie, employee of STORServer. Last month, I coded. The idea of coding always managed to stake some fear into…
3 Considerations for Your Company’s Disaster Recovery Plan
As a followup to our previous post on choosing DR solutions I wanted to focus on cloud-based DR. Backing up data in the cloud has become a common theme for businesses who are striving to…
The Magic of Enterprise Backup Appliances
We recently got back from a family vacation to Disneyland. We made great memories, shared fun times and had a blast. I left really impressed with the entire experience Mr. Disney created at Disneyland. Once back…
4 Key Qualities to Look For In a Cloud Service Provider
When it comes to selecting a cloud service provider, business owners are often confused by the features and plans they offer and often end up with the wrong provider and plan. Before selecting a cloud…
How to Make Backups from Virtual Machines a Seamless Experience
Data is important to any organization, and the volume of data continues to grow by the day. Many companies dealing with huge amounts of data opt for virtual machines to save space and improve efficiency. However, integrating…
What to Look for When Hiring System Administrators
The best of technology, automated technology included, will fail without skillful human intervention from time-to-time. Since it is humans who have to configure these systems in the first place, it is important to have the best…