When IT implements flash, especially all-flash, there is a general sigh of relief. They think the installation will solve all of their problems. But at least one problem remains…humans!
Users and even IT professionals (also human) occasionally make a mistake that puts data at risk. And flash systems need protection from that eventuality. As Storage Switzerland’s W. Curtis Preston shows us in the below video, the good news is all-flash arrays also enable new data protection capabilities.
At the heart of the problem is all-flash arrays raise user expectations. They start to get instant response time and assume that every part of IT should be that fast. Recovery, as Curtis points out, is a prime example. But meeting these new expectations also means that IT must become more proactive and be able to predict failure before it even happens. After all, the fastest recovery is the one that IT eliminates long before it ever occurs.
To learn more about how to optimize your flash investment and how to keep up with user expectations, register for our on-demand webinar, “You Bought All-Flash, Now What?” You will learn everything you need to know before and after you buy an all-flash array.
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George Crump is the Chief Marketing Officer at VergeIO, the leader in Ultraconverged Infrastructure. Prior to VergeIO he was Chief Product Strategist at StorONE. Before assuming roles with innovative technology vendors, George spent almost 14 years as the founder and lead analyst at Storage Switzerland. In his spare time, he continues to write blogs on Storage Switzerland to educate IT professionals on all aspects of data center storage. He is the primary contributor to Storage Switzerland and is a heavily sought-after public speaker. With over 30 years of experience designing storage solutions for data centers across the US, he has seen the birth of such technologies as RAID, NAS, SAN, Virtualization, Cloud, and Enterprise Flash. Before founding Storage Switzerland, he was CTO at one of the nation's largest storage integrators, where he was in charge of technology testing, integration, and product selection.
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