Talk:Virtual backup appliance

Explanation of acronym VBA linked from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VBA

Is a technology not a product. VMware also use VBA technology in their forthcoming vSphere vDR product.
 * "It's a technology." So what. That makes it a pure ad for a technology. All I see is "It's great. It's from PHD Virtual Technologies." How's that not an ad?--ospalh (talk) 13:13, 29 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Have eidted the page to be less "it's great" and more "it works like this". —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.67.93.30 (talk) 13:20, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Still looks like an ad to me.--ospalh (talk) 13:43, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
 * It's referencing PHD as the authors of the technology and concept. Since VBAs are used across the virtualization community it is obviously not an advert, If you know the virtualization community you'd know this. If I write an article on the aeroplane and say that the Wright brothers invented it, it's hardly an "advert" for the wright brothers - it's just historical fact that they pioneered them. Same here, VBAs were pioneered by PHD... not an advert... historical fact.--JamesMchallem (talk) 15:09, 29 April 2009 (UTC)

I fail to see why the reference to PHD as the "pioneers" of the VBA concept has been removed? It's not advertising if they invented the concept. I wouldn't call referencing Heron of Alexandria in the "Steam Power" wiki advertising just because other people now utilize the concept. I'll add the section back in within 48 hrs if that is ok? :) —Preceding unsigned comment added by RedTrack (talk • contribs) 20:05, 10 September 2009 (UTC)

"Reference"
The article at present gives a "reference" to http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-18701422_ITM. In fact the reference is to a second-hand quote: the original is at http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/09-28-2006/0004441940&EDATE=, which refers to it as a "press release", and gives as "source" SOURCE PHD Technologies, Inc.. Thus this is not an independent source. Since the information referenced by this link is available directly from the company's website, this reference to a page 2 steps removed from the company's web site is redundant, and I am removing it. JamesBWatson (talk) 10:08, 1 September 2009 (UTC)

Remove redirect to VMware Infrastructure and restore / expand article?
The mere existence of this redirect functions as an advertisement for VMware and VMware Infrastructure.

Surely the original article, which made no mention of that company when the article was replaced by a redirect over a decade ago, could be restored. Are there not now (in 2022+) open-source or alternate commercial solutions for Virtual backup appliances?


 * Google search: virtual backup appliance (Patents) (Books) (Images)

- Jim Grisham (talk) 18:49, 1 September 2022 (UTC)