Thanks for the revenue. ;)
I’m glad others recommended the
book. It’s kind of a tome, but it covers a ton in backup & recovery.
It’s focus is on cheap ways of doing things, so you’ll find NOTHING
in there about NBU. That’s the next book.
David Chapa’s book is more
NBU-centric if that’s what you’re looking for.
For SAN/NAS stuff, the Using SANs and NAS
is a good primer on the subject, only about 250 pages. If you want more detail,
I’d be looking at Marc Farley’s books. I’d also check out
anything by Tom Clark.
---
W. Curtis
Preston
Author of
O'Reilly's Backup & Recovery
and Using SANs and NAS
VP Data
Protection
GlassHouse
Technologies
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[mailto:veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu] On Behalf Of Angela Akridge
Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2007 12:02
PM
To: Wayne T Smith
Cc:
veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu]
"Bible" for Storage Administrators
You know, when I said "Bible", I didn't really mean The Bible. Hehe.
I just purchased Backup and Recovery. Upon opening the book, I read:
"This book is dedicated to those brave men and women who give themselves
in service to our country. 'Greater love has no one than this, that one lay
down his life for his friends.' --John 15:13."
Hehe I come from a very a family of service men, but never would have expected
such nice words in a Backup and Recovery book. Are the brave souls Storage Administrators? Hehe.
Angela
On 5/22/07, Wayne T
Smith <wts AT maine DOT edu>
wrote:
There is no bible; the topic is too broad and in flux too much for
their
to be a "bible", IMHO.
That written, I like (the four year old) Little & Chapa Wiley
publication "Implementing Backup and Recovery: The Readiness Guide for
the Enterprise", as well as Preston's new O'Riley publication "Backup
and Recovery", not to be confused with his older work "UNIX Backup
and
Recovery".
As Curtis Preston spends a considerable amount of his time here on this
mailing list and on his backupcentral.com
web site helping us smucks do
a better job for our institutions, ... if you buy just one, buy "Backup
and Recovery". :-)
cheers, wayne
Angela Akridge wrote, in part, on 2007-05-22 10:04 AM:
>
> Is there a "bible" for Storage Administrators?
I'd like to learn about
> all the best practices. Oreilly has a book about backups. Do you have
> any recommendations?
--
Angela Akridge
angela.akridge AT gmail DOT com
408/393-9249 (cell)
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