This is my new favorite forum post: Almost Giving Up This post perfectly represents what happens to many Organizations when they engage a major Cloud/MSP for the very reason that they believe “bigger is better.” Fact is: many Big Clouds and MSPs do not have your best interests in mind and will not treat your
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Hardened / Immutable Backups are the equivalent of “air gapped,” tape, or WORM backups, rendering your data nearly untouchable by Threat Actors! Hardened / Immutable Backups are accomplished through the use of a Linux repository server, the XFS filesystem (to support Fast Clone), one-time-use credentials, and the immutability flag which is a property of just
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VMsources has created a Virtual Appliance in OVA format, following Veeam Best Practices as nearly as possible for a Virtual Machine, making it easy for anybody to mount an iSCSI LUN as a Veeam Hardened / Immutable Repository. Not everybody is fond of Linux or the CLI, so we have created an OVA Virtual Appliance
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Veeam Backup and Replication 11 is a true game-changer with its Immutable Backup feature. Moving forward, Veeam Immutable Backups will free organizations from the hassle of physical tape libraries as well as eliminating the need for expensive “virtual tape libraries,” all while providing easily manageable backup chains. Veeam Immutable Backups are the equivalent of “air
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Invalid snapshot configurations happen. Mostly, they occur because of problems with storage arrays during snapshot creation/consolidation, but they can also occur if certain process become interrupted (like replication) mid-snapshot. The more heavily you rely on snapshots, the more likely it is you will come across a problem with snapshots. Specifically if you use a product
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I was in Manhattan during Hurricane Sandy. The path of the storm was clear, and the outcome largely pre-determined. Because the company I work for (VMsources) has many clients in Manhattan, it was decided that the best place for me, were disaster to strike, was right in Manhattan. I flew on the last US Airways
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