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Veeam Storage Best Practices

Posted on June 6, 2011 by Justin Paul | 6 Comments

Note that right now these are mainly based upon my experience with the ExaGrid backup storage appliance. However, as I get the chance to test other appliances I will update this post and add to the list. Disk to Disk…

VCA410-DT Tips

Posted on May 26, 2011 by Justin Paul | 3 Comments

Update: I’m officially VCA410-DT # 106 This morning I sat for the new VMware View related exam VMware Certified Associate – Desktop. I didn’t get to do much studying but figured since I was going to be at the testing…

Recipe for SMB Cluster’s Version 2.0

Posted on May 26, 2011 by Justin Paul | 34 Comments

I’ve done several posts on how to design a cost-effective SMB cluster, but recently with the discovery of the HP P2000 G3 SAS SAN it has gotten MUCH more cost effective. While the HP SAS SAN is not entirely new,…

Exagrid Notes / Support

Posted on May 17, 2011 by Justin Paul | 4 Comments

My Experience with ExaGrid Support Let me start out by saying that the support and customer service from ExaGrid is top notch. I get to work with a lot of different vendors at my job, and I must say that…

Veeam’s Next Big Thing: Hyper-V

Posted on May 16, 2011 by Justin Paul | 0 Comments

So now that Veeam has (in my opinion) conquered the VMware world, they have turned their sights to Hyper-V. While I did not get a chance to view the webinar I did watch the video presentation/demo that Gostev gave, and…

Remote Desktop Connection Manager

Posted on May 11, 2011 by Justin Paul | 8 Comments

This morning while wasting some time before the baby’s doctor appointment I was browsing around on Microsoft Connect. I had never heard of it before and thought I would see what was all available on it. For those of you…

ExaGrid Software Upgrade

Posted on May 10, 2011 by Justin Paul | 0 Comments

If you follow my blog you know that I’ve been working with the ExaGrid backup appliances a lot lately and that I was lucky enough to actually get a couple units to do some further testing with. Well, when I…

ExaGrid with Veeam Backup Part 4

Posted on May 10, 2011 by Justin Paul | 1 Comment

So far we have talked about what the ExaGrid is, what it does, and how to setup Veeam Backups so they play nice together. But what does it really get you? … That’s what this post is going to cover.…

Year One … in the books!

Posted on May 1, 2011 by Justin Paul | 0 Comments

Today is the one year anniversary of my first post on jpaul.me. When I made that first post I had no idea of the power and reach that blogging has. The first month my site was online I am pretty…

ExaGrid with Veeam Backup Part 3

Posted on April 30, 2011 by Justin Paul | 0 Comments

As promised here is the third part of the ExaGrid/Veeam Backup series. This post will show you step by step the best practices for using Veeam with your ExaGrid backup appliance. If you have the time and like reading the…

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