Rubrik 6.0 Summer Release Overview
Rubrik made the 6.0 Summer Release generally available a few days ago, in this blog post I wanted to provide an overview of some of the new features.
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Kubernetes Data Management with Rubrik
Backup for Kubernetes has been a hotly debated topic over the years, pundits like to point out that container workloads are supposed to be stateless and as such backing them up isn’t strictly needed.
Protect Rubrik CDM with Microsoft Authenticator
Rubrik released version 5.3.1 of the RCDM code a couple of days ago and one of the new feautures is the ability to protect all of your Rubrik login accounts with two-step verification by using the industry standard time-based OTP(one-time password) codes.
Rubrik CDM 5.1
An overview of the new features and function highlights of the new Rubrik CDM release, codenamed Andes 5.1, see what is coming down the line.
Rubrik and NetApp StorageGRID
Rubrik and NetApp recently announced support for NetApp StorageGRID as an Archive target. Some things, like bacon and eggs, are just better together which is what I wanted to focus on in this blogpost.
Exciting new discoveries from the Andes (Rubrik CDM 5.0)
Just like discovering new animal species in what feels like already deeply explored and well understood territory, adding new insights and capabilities in technology can advance some historically held assumptions.
Rubrik Datos IO and MongoDB
In februari of 2018 Rubrik announced the acquisition of Datos IO, a startup with a focus on data management for an underserved part of the market namely (a.o.) NoSQL databases like Cassandra and MongoDB.
Everything old is new again.
My first job in IT, many moons ago, was at a company called MOTEC, it was a subcontractor of Telenet, one of the biggest ISPs in Belgium. We were responsible for building the cable based telephony systems that their customers used to make phone calls over the tv distribution network.
Rubrik's Masterless Cluster Approach
Rubrik has opted to build a truly scalable, masterless cluster, neatly leapfrogging legacy approaches of the past by taking lessons from massive-scale modern environments found at Google, Facebook and the like.
Rubrik and Microsoft, rest assured.
Rubrik has been working with Microsoft’s solutions in various ways since version 2.3 with the initial support of Microsoft Azure as an archive location for long-term retention data.
Rubrik Alta feature spotlight: AWS
Rubrik has had a long history of successfully working with Amazon Web Services, we’ve had integration with Amazon S3 since our first version.
Marrying consumer convenience with enterprise prowess
If you look at the consumer applications we interface with on a daily basis, things like Facebook, Google, Twitter,… these all tend to be very easy to use and understand, typically little to no explanation is needed on how to use them, you simply sign-up and you get going.