Backup has seen a lot change over the years. Disk has became the primary backup target instead of tape because of its speed and simplicity. And when vendors added deduplication it became even more cost effective. More recently, we’ve seen…
Yearly Archives: 2014
A refresh needed for Disk Backup Appliances
Tagged with: Capacity, Deduplication, disk backup, NEC, PBBA, Purpose Built Backup Appliances
Posted in Video
Posted in Video
Removing the fuzzy math from VDI
One of the aspects of server virtualization that makes it so popular is the simplicity of the return on investment (ROI) calculation. An IT Manager can look at the reduction in physical servers, combined with the increase in application workload,…
Storage Short: Deduplication is NOT a Checkbox item
Back in the early 2000s, when deduplication first came to market, it was a new concept and people had no problem asking a lot of questions about it. Fast forward 14 years – now deduplication is almost everywhere and we’re…
Set my Applications free – Achieving VM Mobility
Virtualization 1.0 provided an early taste of the value of application mobility by allowing the live migration of virtual machines to alternate hosts. But that mobility was confined to a single hypervisor, and for the most part a single data…
Tagged with: Cloud, CSP, Hyper-V, Hypervisor, MSP, ROI, Virtual machine, Virtualization, Zerto
Posted in Blog
Posted in Blog
ExaGrid delivers Veeam Integrated Disk Backup
Veeam Backup and Replication brings many advanced data protection and recovery features to virtualized environments. And backup appliances have become a popular way to efficiently store, recover and electronically vault virtualized data for disaster recovery (DR) purposes. The challenge is…
Tagged with: Backup, Changed Block, Data Protection, disk backup, ExaGrid, Integration, Recovery, Recovery in Place, Replication, Scalability, Scale-Out, Veeam, Virtualization
Posted in Product Analysis
Posted in Product Analysis
Storage Short: Why Private Cloud Storage is ready for Business
One of the simplest ways to reduce the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) of storage is to make its entry point less expensive. Legacy storage systems are designed with custom hardware, custom silicon and sophisticated, often proprietary software. This can…
Tagged with: Capacity, Cloud, Cloudian, Data Protection, Integration, Private Cloud, TCO, Unstructured data
Posted in StorageShort
Posted in StorageShort
Reader Question: Is Object Storage for Normal Data Centers?
One of the things I like about participating on the forums on Spiceworks is I get great, raw questions. One came in this week during a discussion around object storage. “I’d like to consider myself reasonably clued up, but I…
Webinar: HA and DR must haves for Cloud Based MS-SQL
Businesses are looking to the cloud to either be an extension of their current MS-SQL application infrastructure (Hybrid Cloud) or they are considering having their MS-SQL applications fully hosted in the cloud. A key consideration in either scenario is how…
Tagged with: Cloud, Disaster recovery, dr, HA, High Availability, Hybrid Cloud, MS-SQL, SIOS Technology
Posted in Webinar
Posted in Webinar
Low cost Cloud Backup and High Availability
Is high availability an affordable option for small to medium sized businesses? Many large enterprise data center environments utilize server clustering and replication technology to protect their critical business systems from disruptive outages. And while these solutions can provide the…
Tagged with: Backup, Cloud, Data Protection, Datto, Disaster recovery, Infrastructure, Restoration, Storage
Posted in Blog
Posted in Blog
Flash Strategy Keynote at the 2014 Technology Summit – Podcast
Storage Switzerland Founder and Lead Analyst George Crump will be the keynote speaker at the Dallas Digital Services 2014 Technology Summit. George joins Howie Evans from Dallas Digital in this Storage Podcast. Dallas – Storage Switzerland’s Founder and Lead Analyst,…
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