In terms of storage, flash is not the end of the road. New storage and memory technologies will continue to come to market. The next step in storage will have the attributes of RAM but add persistence. Isn’t Flash Perfect?…
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Programmable Storage Without The Programming
As data centers scale, the ability to automate routine tasks enables this growth to occur without requiring additional staff. The problem is most automation requires learning a programming or scripting language which most IT professionals don’t have the time to…
Tagged with: File Virtualization, Migration, MSP, Nexenta, SDS, Snapshot, Virtualization
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StorageShort: Can You Convert from Fibre Channel to iSCSI or NFS?
When it comes time for a storage refresh, one of the first decisions an organization needs to make is whether it will stick with its legacy storage network or go another way. For most organizations this means deciding if they…
StorageShort: Breaking Data Migration Myths
Typically IT has to perform a data migration from an old storage system to a new one every few years. The old system has either come off of maintenance, is out of capacity, or can’t deliver the performance the organization…
Tagged with: All-Flash, Cloud, Flash, Metadata, Migration, NFS, Object Storage, Primary Data, SLO, SMB
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How To Network All-Flash Arrays
All-Flash arrays, or almost any array that leverages flash, creates a problem for the rest of the storage infrastructure. It exposes weaknesses in storage software, internal storage system networking and external connectivity. In the past these architecture components hid behind…
Tagged with: All-Flash, Bandwidth, FC, Flash, flash memory summit, Hyper-V, Hypervisor, ISCSI, Latency, NVMe, SDS, Virtualization, VM
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Refining The Virtualized Backup Process – NAKIVO Briefing Note
The backup software market is very mature. Even virtualization specific backup software solutions have been available for over 10 years. But there is still work to do. In some cases, new releases are taking advantage of new technologies elsewhere in…
Tagged with: Backup, Encryption, Malware, MS-SQL, Nakivo, NAS, Ransomware, Recovery, Replication, Virtualization, VMware
Posted in Briefing Note
Posted in Briefing Note
Integration Primary and Secondary Storage – Reduxio Briefing Note
In most data centers, there are two distinct types of storage. Primary storage to respond to the needs of performance demanding applications and secondary storage to maintain a backup and provide secondary copies of the primary storage. These two tiers…
Tagged with: All-Flash, Cache, Compression, Deduplication, Flash, HDD, Hybrid, Migration, RAM, Ransomware, Reduxio, RPO, RTO
Posted in Briefing Note
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White Paper – Can You Use The Cloud for Long Term Data Preservation?
Most organizations have a subset of data they need to preserve. Preservation is different than archiving. Preservation means that the data can’t be changed, must always be readable and the organization needs to know who is accessing it. Often there…
Tagged with: Cloud, CloudLanes, Compression, Data Preservation, Encryption, M&E, NFS, Replication, Scale, SMB, Virtual
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The Storage Refresh Needs to Become a Process
Times have changed. Data centers must refresh storage more frequently than ever. The organization wants faster application response to more sophisticated queries across more users. Or it wants to start a totally new endeavor, like better decision making driven by…
Tagged with: Cloud, Desktop virtualization, Flash, Hybrid, Infrastructure, NAS, Object Storage, Virtual Instruments, Virtualization
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What’s Wrong with a Cloud First Strategy – Velostrata Briefing Note
The problem with a cloud first strategy is organizations assume clouds are the ultimate data centers, that the organization can’t do it better themselves. The reality is that there are some functions where the cloud is more optimal. Then there…
Tagged with: Cloud, Hypervisor, Latency, Migration, Object Storage, RAM, SSD, Velostrata, VM, WAN
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