For most organizations, unstructured data is their biggest problem. The need to store all this data is forcing IT to expand primary storage capacities at an alarming rate. Unstructured data not only threatens to break IT budgets, but also force…
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15 Minute Webinar: Overcoming the Hybrid Cloud Storage Roadblocks
Tagged with: Archive, Cloud, Hybrid, infinite io, Metadata, Migration, Object Storage, Virtualization
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SlideShare: Overcoming the Shortcomings of Legacy NAS with Microsoft Azure
Most organizations use Network Attached Storage (NAS) to store data, but the modern workforce and organization expect more capabilities than what the typical NAS can provide. Also, as organizations themselves become more distributed, the idea of a single centralized file…
Tagged with: Cloud, dr, Hybrid, NAS, Nasuni, Replication, RPO, RTO, Unstructured data
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The Requirements of a Cloud-Like Experience for On-Premises Mission Critical Workloads
The cloud provides computing, networking and storage resources on a pay-as-you-go basis. IT resources become an operational expense. Most on-premises data center resources need to be purchased up front. IT resources are a capital expense. The challenge with purchasing hardware…
Tagged with: CapEx, Cloud, Composable Storage, Disaster recovery, DRaaS, Kaminario, Scale Right, Scale-in, Scale-Out
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Lightboard Video: Object Storage Isn’t Just For Cold Data Anymore
Object Storage, because of its ability to cost effectively store petabytes plus of data, is often thought of as a digital dumping ground. While object storage is an ideal location for inactive data, customers aren’t deriving the full benefit of…
Tagged with: All-Flash, Compression, Deduplication, Flash, NFS, NVMe, Object Storage, PCIe, SAS, Western Digital
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Are Storage Infrastructures Fixing the Wrong Problem? – Formulus Black Briefing Note
When the CPU needs data, the role of the storage system is to transfer information into main memory so the CPU can process it. The memory channels between the CPU and main memory is very fast and the number of…
Tagged with: Compression, DAS, Deduplication, DRAM, Flash, Formulus Black, Hyperconverged, Hyperscale, NVDIMM, NVMe, NVMe-oF, SSD
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Agent or Provider? The MSP Conundrum
Managed Service Providers (MSP) have a decision to make, should they be an agent or a provider? Both choices have ramifications on the business both short term and long-term. Understanding the pros and cons of each model is critical in…
Tagged with: Asigra, Cloud, Container, Disaster recovery, MSP, Ransomware, SaaS, Virtual machine
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Enabling Intel Optane for Modern Applications – MemVerge Briefing Note
Workloads, from a performance perspective, are polarizing. Many workloads have all their performance demands met by the typical all-flash array. At the other pole however is a group of applications that need more performance that what even NVMe based storage…
How to Beat Amazon, Google and Microsoft – Wasabi Briefing Note
Amazon AWS, Google Cloud and Microsoft Azure are commonly referred to as the “big three” cloud providers and many assume their strangle hold on those top spots is very secure. The reality is that the big three in any industry…
Tagged with: Cloud, Disk, Flash, HDD, Metadata, Migration, Object Storage, Wasabi
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Can Primary Storage Replace Backups?
In our on demand webinar “How to Design Self-Protecting Storage and Gain Backup Independence” Storage Switzerland and ClearSky Data articulate how primary storage can be improved so that it can take on more of the data protection responsibility. The goal…
Tagged with: Backups, ClearSky, Cloud, Data Protection, Disaster recovery, dr, Hybrid Cloud
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The Changing State of Endpoint Backup
Many organizations consider endpoint backup a “nice-to-have”, in that if endpoint get backed up, at least occasionally it’s considered good enough. Considering how critical endpoints are to today’s workforce and their increasing importance in compliance regulations, IT needs to rethink…
Tagged with: Backup, Carbonite, Cloud, Data Protection, dr, DRaaS, Endpoint, Hybrid, Hyperconverged, Hypervisor, RPO, RTO
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