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Douglas Schooling is a consultant formerly with BlueCross BlueShield of Louisiana where he directed the team with responsibility for mainframe administration, storage administration, AIX/Linux, and disaster recovery planning and execution. Douglas has over 20 years experience in Systems Management in a variety of industries. He began his career in Johannesburg, South Africa after attending Potchefstroom University. You can connect with Douglas on Linked In.

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To SAN, to NAS or neither? – That is the ultimate question!

For everyday users of data via desktops, phones, tablets, cameras and many other data storage devices, it is always a juggling act to determine where to store the information that we receive and create. Storage demands are on the rise. In the 80's...

Published Wed, Apr 3 2013 12:15 AM by dsluvrb

Filed under: SAN, disk tiering, provisioning, De-duplication, NAS, storage optimization, data replication
Changes: The Turning Wheel of IT Storage Technology

When I started in the IT Industry in 1987, things were very straight forward. We had storage platters that were removed at night to be taken to the vault for protection. We had an operating system running on a reel tape and when that tape filled up, the...

Published Wed, Jan 30 2013 6:20 AM by dsluvrb

Filed under: Storage, IT, Megabytes, Storage Technologies, Disk Technologies, IT storage platters, Gigabytes, IT Cloud, Mainframe, Cloud Computing, Impact Printer, Operating System
Disaster Recovery: How to get the best value out of your investment

During the recent Hurricane Sandy that blew through the East Coast, it made me wonder if we are really getting the best value out of our investment in our Offsite Disaster Recovery Facility . We spend millions of dollars every year to have a facility...

Published Fri, Nov 30 2012 8:49 PM by dsluvrb

Filed under: disaster recovery, data center, data recovery, backups, Storage, Virtualization, IT, selecting technology
IT Storage Technologies: Making Smarter Choices

Yesterday I read a posting on Facebook asking people to choose between 2 different types of candy: FB poll: Baby Ruth or Butterfinger? Many people responded but 90% did not stick to the 2 options that were on the table; many responses were instead '...

Published Wed, Nov 7 2012 7:57 PM by dsluvrb

Filed under: disaster recovery, data center, Storage, Virtualization, IT, selecting a storage vendor, selecting technology
Evolution of the Computer Operator: Changes in Tape Technology and Back-up to Disk Technologies

My first job after college was as a Computer Operator at a big Pharmaceutical Company in South Africa in 1987. I took a great deal of pride in what I was responsible for and did everything and anything to ' DO THE JOB WELL '. Along with the rest...

Published Tue, Sep 25 2012 1:33 AM by dsluvrb

Filed under: data center, backups, Storage, IT
Power Outages and the Impact on Computer Equipment

During last week's storm (Isaac) that blew thru Louisiana, we lost commercial power to the Baton Rouge Campus Data Center on Wednesday morning. Our Generators and UPS equipment should have handled this without any issues but an Electrical Breaker...

Published Wed, Sep 19 2012 8:37 PM by dsluvrb

Filed under: disaster recovery, data center, data recovery, Storage
The Case of the 'Missing' Zones

? Recently, our IT group had quite an interesting experience – a case (if you will) to solve. The Network Team was testing FCoE (Fiber Channel over Ethernet) on the new Network Switches they were busy implementing; part of a plan to consolidate...

Published Thu, Aug 30 2012 5:36 AM by dsluvrb

Filed under: disaster recovery, data center, data recovery, backups, Storage
Storage Explosion - The Funnel Effect

Most of us, at some stage in our lives, have used a funnel to pour liquid from one vessel into another container. The ultimate goal in using the funnel is to get the liquid into a container that has a small opening. What happens when we decide to turn...

Published Fri, Aug 17 2012 6:29 PM by dsluvrb

Filed under: data center, backups, Storage, Virtualization
Mission to Mars – The never-ending journey of Backup Data

Over the last few days I have read and watched closely the happenings around the MARS Rover Landing. NASA's car-sized rover, Curiosity, successfully landed on Mars last Sunday, completing a mission that some believed impossible just days before. While...

Published Thu, Aug 9 2012 2:57 AM by dsluvrb

Filed under: disaster recovery, data recovery, backups
Disaster Recovery Best Practices: A Hurricane named Gustav

Back in September of 2008, no one in our south Louisiana city was prepared for the wrath and impact that a hurricane would bring to the community. Nor were we prepared for the damage it would cause to the Operations Center at our organization. The Operations...

Published Thu, Jul 26 2012 11:52 PM by dsluvrb

Filed under: hurricane gustav, disaster recovery, data center, data recovery

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To SAN, to NAS or neither? – That is the ultimate question!

Changes: The Turning Wheel of IT Storage Technology

Disaster Recovery: How to get the best value out of your investment

IT Storage Technologies: Making Smarter Choices

Evolution of the Computer Operator: Changes in Tape Technology and Back-up to Disk Technologies

Power Outages and the Impact on Computer Equipment

The Case of the 'Missing' Zones

Storage Explosion - The Funnel Effect

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