Raid 5 Data Recovery

Implementing Backup and Recovery: The Readiness Guide for the Enterprise

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Summary: implementing backup and recovery

Detailed: I thought the book was a waste of money. It is for the absolute beginner, nothing of value beyond that. I would say you have more chance of learning something from blogs about storage.

Summary: Well organized and worth the reading

Detailed: Vertical applications, such this backup software, often comes with bare documents or none at all. So it is frustrating to go screen after screen trying to understand how it works.
"Implementing Backup and Recovery" is not a techonology book, not a general book on backups and security procedures, but a full manual to Veritas software. However, the way the book is developed it will help you not only to put Veritas on service, but to understand certain secururity issues and create your backup policies.
An easy to read and well written book that will demand an aditional read of newer PDFs to apply to more updated versions of the software, but still a good reading.

Summary: Someone Please Shorten This Book

Detailed: I don't know how many more books like this I can read. Except for the examples, its very high level. At least half the book is allocated to middle management-esque writing regarding how the best way to manage "enterprize systems." There is some good information here, but it seems a little too Politically Correct to my tastes. I have not seen a data center that actually operates as the book describes. Also, the author has a relationship with Veritas, so how many of Vertitas' shortcomings can we expect from a book like this? The entire manuscript would have to have passed through Veritas' legal and PR department before getting anywhere near the publisher. So much for getting the real story. As far as alternatives, if the reader is looking for corporate/unix information, Unix Backup and Recovery for UNIX is the way to go. For PC users, you can't beat How to Backup Your Windows Computer. Really, there are very few titles in this area.

Summary: not that useful. not good at all for netbackup.

Detailed: not that useful in real life. not good at all for netbackup.
however, it is good for "general knowledge" about backup.
really good for calculating capacity etc.

Summary: Amazing general resource despite vendor-centric approach

Detailed: I don't normally find value in general topic books that use a specific product to illustrate concepts; however, this book is an exception. The authors thoroughly cover all of the issues associated with back-up and recovery, including those related to business continuity, disaster recovery, and the affect that back-up and recovery has on service and availability.

Given the pervasiveness of both UNIX (including Linux), and Windows, I like the fact that both operating systems are addressed in the book. I am firmly in the UNIX camp, but it's nearly impossible to find a Linux or UNIX shop that doesn't have at least some critical applications running on Windows servers.

Of course, if you use Netbackup this book is going to be all the more valuable; however, if you don't, do not let the fact that the authors base the concepts and examples on this product dissuade you from buying this book. It is one of the best books on back-up and recovery issues and challenges, regardless of vendor solution used.