Yearly Archives: 2015

StorageShort: Copy Data Methods

Posted on February 25, 2015 by George Crump

2015 is going to be a big year for Copy Data. We expect every major data protection vendor to release some form of copy data management solution to the market this year. But vendors will take different approaches to deliver…

Tagged with: Catalogic, Compliance, Copy Data, Data Analytics, Data Protection, Managability, SDS, Software Defined, Test/Dev
Posted in StorageShort

Solving the Big Three VDI Storage problems

Posted on February 25, 2015 by George Crump

Virtual Desktop Infrastructures (VDI) have the potential of reducing the cost to deploy and support an organization’s desktops and laptops. But VDI presents three big problems to the storage infrastructure; assuring the proper use of flash, the proper placement of…

Tagged with: All-Flash, Array, Compression, Deduplication, Flash, Hybrid, Hybrid array, NAS, performance, Tegile, VDI
Posted in Blog

Briefing Note: Convergence for the SME gets simpler with Scale Computing Hypercore 6.0

Posted on February 24, 2015 by George Crump

Most converged infrastructures are designed to help enterprise data centers rapidly roll-out virtual infrastructures. As we discuss in our column “What Are Converged Infrastructures? – Hardware Convergence” many of these converged systems are a pre-integrated optimization of independent hardware solutions.…

Tagged with: Backup, Converged Infrastructure, Disaster recovery, dr, Scale Computing, SME, Virtualization
Posted in Briefing Note

Briefing Note: CTERA’s Cloud Data Services Platform Transforms SMB and ROBO IT Service Delivery

Posted on February 24, 2015 by Eric Slack

New cloud technologies and their associated economics have created both opportunities and challenges as organizations wrestle with how to govern, optimize and automate the delivery of IT services. IT managers are seeking new ways to deliver these services from within…

Tagged with: Briefing, Cloud, CTERA, Data Protection, Deduplication, Encryption, File Sharing, file sync and share, Flash, FS&S, Gateway, Hybrid, IT-as-a-Service, ITaaS
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StorageShort: Why is Copy Data a Problem?

Posted on February 23, 2015 by George Crump

Copy Data is a term used to describe additional copies of production data that are created to feed other processes in the organization. Functions like backup, disaster recovery, development, test as well as reporting and analytics all need copies of…

Tagged with: Catalogic, Compliance, Copy Data, Data Analytics, Data Protection, Managability, Test/Dev
Posted in StorageShort

Webinar: What’s best for VDI Hybrid or All-Flash Storage

Posted on February 23, 2015 by George Crump

The top concern for IT planners looking to implement or expand the use of their VDI investment is storage performance. This is because every step that is taken to drive down cost per desktop, or improve the user experience, impacts…

Tagged with: All-Flash, Array, Hybrid, Hybrid array, performance, Tegile, VDI
Posted in Webinar

What are IOPS and should you care?

Posted on February 23, 2015 by George Crump

When evaluating a new storage system, especially an all-flash array, the number of IOPS (Inputs/Outputs per Second) that the storage system can sustain is often used to differentiate one storage system from another. But is this really a standard that…

Tagged with: All-Flash, Bandwidth, IOPS, Latency, performance, Pure, Scale Up, SQL, VDI
Posted in Article

Storage News and Insights Feb. 21 – Podcast

Posted on February 21, 2015 by Charlie Hodges

From Software Defined Storage news to insights on file, sync and share, George Crump and I talk about it in this week’s update on the Storage Podcast. Links to blogs to give you more detail on the topics we talked…

Tagged with: Automata Processor, Dropbox, FalconStor, Flash Storage Platform, FreeStor, Google Drive, Micron, Springpath, Violin Memory
Posted in Podcast

Cloud in your Business – Where to Start

Posted on February 20, 2015 by George Crump

When presented with all the potential capabilities of the cloud, almost any IT professional can be overwhelmed, especially when all the potential risks are factored into its use. At times like these it is best to simply take a step…

Tagged with: Backup, Cache, Cloud, Data Protection, File server, file sync and share, Hybrid, Nasuni
Posted in Blog

Briefing Note: RiverMeadow’s Cloud Mobility Platform Automates Cloud Migration Process

Posted on February 20, 2015 by Eric Slack

As cloud adoption grows in corporate data centers, companies are migrating existing workloads into the cloud, a complex, manual process that can take several hours for each server. This may be OK if you’ve moving a dozen or so, but…

Tagged with: Cloud, Data Replication, Hypervisor, Migration, Purpose Built, RiverMeadow, SaaS, Virtual machine
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