In 2010, there were almost a dozen major NAS vendors on the market. Today, the market has shrunk, ironically at a time when organizations need unstructured data storage solutions more than ever. The primary reasons for the shrinking of the…
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Is it Time to Rethink NAS for Unstructured Data?
Network Attached Storage (NAS) systems were once the primary storage destination for all unstructured data but with file-counts soaring past one billion and with machines replacing users as the primary creators of data, the industry is seemingly moving past NAS…
Tagged with: AI, Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, Big data, Cloud, Hybrid, IoT, M&E, Machine Learning, ML, NAS, Object Storage, Qumulo, Unstructured data
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Comparing the Performance of Tape Integrated Protection to Disk Only Protection
When vendors compare the performance of disk backup systems with the performance of tape, they often will highlight the area in which their particular product has the biggest advantage and ignore situations where performance doesn’t matter. IT planners looking to…
Tagged with: Analytics, Archive, Cloud, Cyber Attack, Disk, Flash, Fujifilm, HDD, Hybrid, Iron Mountain, Ransomware, Spectra Logic, Tape
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MSP Agent or Provider – What Do Customers Want?
In the Lightboard Video below, Eran Farajun, Executive Vice President at Asigra, and I discuss the business of being a managed service provider (MSP). In the video, we discuss how MSPs can build value into their businesses by investing in…
Tagged with: Asigra, Backup, Backup as a Service, Cloud, Compliance, GDPR, MSP, Recovery, SaaS
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How Does Tape Work in the Modern Infrastructure?
When considering integrating tape storage into their infrastructure, IT planners must consider the realities of how data is accessed. The IT planner needs to maximize tape’s strengths with the goal to store as much data as possible on tape because…
Tagged with: Analytics, Archive, Cloud, Cyber Attack, Disk, Flash, Fujifilm, HDD, Hybrid, Iron Mountain, Ransomware, Spectra Logic, Tape
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Flash Second – Getting Data Analytics Ready for Flash Storage
Accelerating a data analytics project is critical for storage vendors that sell storage systems designed for big data analytics, artificial intelligence (AI), and machine learning (ML). These vendors all thrive by helping their customer get answers to their questions faster…
Tagged with: AI, Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, Buisiness Intelligence, Data Privacy, Machine Learning, Metadata, Migration, ML, MLaaS, Promethium
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How DR Orchestration Can Improve Success while Lowering Costs
To the organization, all applications are essential, but not all apps are critical. There is a pecking order in terms of what applications need to be back online first. Recovery prioritization is especially crucial during a full-scale disaster where the…
Tagged with: Backup, Cloud, Deduplication, Disaster recovery, dr, DR Orchestration, Object Store, Replication, Retention, RPO, RTO, Veeam, VM
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Windows 2008 File Server? What to do now
One of the popular use cases for Windows Server 2008 is as a file server but on January 14th Microsoft stopped supporting the 2008 version of the operating system. Those using Server 2012 as a file server can assume that…
Tagged with: Disaster recovery, Hyperconverged, Metadata, Migration, NAS, Nasuni, Object Storage, VMware
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Reintroducing Tape to the Modern Data Center – Myth Busting Tape’s Shortcomings
To many IT professionals, tape media and tape libraries seem like an ancient technology used by the “old” IT guys. The reality is tape as a technology can be of significant value to the organization. Almost every data center is…
Tagged with: Analytics, Archive, Cloud, Cyber Attack, Disk, Flash, Fujifilm, HDD, Hybrid, Iron Mountain, Ransomware, Spectra Logic, Tape
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Commvault Buys Hedvig – Insights and Ramifications
The data protection market is at a crossroads. Traditional software vendors like Commvault, EMC-Dell, Veeam and Veritas provide data protection software that resellers or end-users install on servers and storage they acquire separately. The approach tends to be services heavy.…
Tagged with: Backup, Cloud, Commvault, Deduplication, Hedvig, Hybrid, Migration, Ransomware, Replication, Scale Up, Scale-Out, Software Defined
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