StorageCraft have this week released 4.2.7.19756 of ShadowProtect. Now I’m in the task of testing it on a few of our test and production systems before we launch into an upgrade across all of our client sites. Here’s how I do it. First up – review the release notes. It looks like they are putting them here now. You want to verify what is being fixed to … [Read more...]
Performance Testing non Windows based NAS devices
I decided to do some very basic performance testing of non Windows based NAS devices that I’ve got here at in my lab / production network. The aim of this is not to come up with a winner or loser, but to understand what levels of performance I might expect from these NAS devices. I’ll break this testing up into two categories, and tonight's blog post will feature the non … [Read more...]
StorageCraft unbeatable NFR offer for Aussie and Kiwi Resellers
Last week, in amongst all the fun of the Windows Server 2012 announcements, StorageCraft Australia announced a pilot trial of a new reseller program only available for Australian and New Zealand resellers. The announcement here tells how you can get a pack of StorageCraft licenses for ShadowProtect, ShadowStream, Intelligent FTP and Head Start Restore for only AUD$ … [Read more...]
How to convert a ShadowProtect Backup to a VHD
I use a number of different backup products in my SBSfaq.com office environment, one of those is ShadowProtect. My Terminal Server is Windows Server 2008 R2 and it’s been running on top of a Windows 8 Hyper-V server as I test it out. I’ve had ShadowProtect running inside the Guest Virtual Machine so as to ensure I got a solid backup of my data should something go … [Read more...]
What NOT to do with ShadowProtect.
Let me start by saying that StorageCraft ShadowProtect is not in the slightest way at fault for the story I’m about to relay. The customer who should know better is entirely at fault. Let this be a warning to users of ShadowProtect, that there are things you do not understand and you should not mess with at all. We’ve got a client at Correct Solutions who has a … [Read more...]