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What’s Hot in 2019 – Object Storage

Posted on January 3, 2019 by George Crump

Object Storage is a storage technology that IT planners should include in their plans for 2019. The headline feature of object storage is incredibly low-cost storage that scales to meet almost any capacity demand. It’s true that object storage is…

Tagged with: Archive, Backup, Caringo, Cloudian, Disaster recovery, dr, EFSS, Hot2019, IoT, Migration, Object Storage, Replication, Scality
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What’s Hot in Storage for 2019? Trend #1: AI, but is it for Real?

Posted on January 2, 2019 by George Crump

Trend #1 Artificial Intelligence (AI) – AI is one of the most over-hyped terms in the industry. In 2019 that hype reaches new heights. Vendors will not only claim they have the perfect storage system for AI workloads but that…

Tagged with: AI, Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, HCI, Hot2019, Hyperconverged, Machine Learning, MI, Storage Sprawl
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Potential NVMe Pitfalls and What to Look For in 2019

Posted on December 27, 2018 by Krista Macomber

As 2019 approaches, the storage industry is buzzing about non-volatile memory express (NVMe). This new protocol and interface for flash storage stands to bring substantial value to a range of applications and workloads. NVMe is emerging as a key tool…

Tagged with: Big data, Consolidation, Data Protection, Flash, Hybrid Cloud, IoT, Machine Learning, NVMe, NVMe-oF, SAS, Western Digital
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Is Your All-Flash Storage Software Block Only?

Posted on December 20, 2018 by George Crump

Accelerating database performance remains a top use case for all-flash arrays, so it makes sense that most all-flash array systems only support block storage. However, only supporting block means that the customer assigns the “raw” volume to a server and…

Tagged with: AFA, All-Flash, All-Flash Array, Cloud, Compression, Deduplication, Flash, HDD, NAS, NVMe, Object Storage, SDS, Snapshot, SSD, StorONE
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How Holistic Can a Backup Solution Become?

Posted on December 19, 2018 by George Crump

In a recent webinar, “Holistic Disaster Recovery; from Data Center to Endpoint”, Storage Switzerland discussed the concept of end-to-end (or holistic) disaster recovery. One of the questions asked was “How holistic can a backup solution become?” Which, considering that most…

Tagged with: Cloud, Consolidation, Disaster recovery, DRaaS, Encryption, Endpoint, Holistic, KeepItSafe, Migration, NoSQL, Ransomware, Replication, Veeam
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The US Version of GDPR Will Be a Nightmare

Posted on December 17, 2018 by George Crump

In a few years, U.S. based IT professionals may look back at the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and wish they had something as easy for their data governance regulation. California’s Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) is part of…

Tagged with: Aparavi, Archive, CCPA, Cloud, Data Privacy, GDPR, Retention, Unstructured data
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Understanding the Cost of Data Protection Infrastructure

Posted on December 13, 2018 by George Crump

Protecting primary storage is significantly more expensive than the actual cost of primary storage. While, in most cases, data protection storage doesn’t need to perform at the same level as primary storage, it does need to provide acceptable performance, and…

Tagged with: Big data, Cloud, Consumption, Container, Data Protection, Disaster recovery, HPE, Infrastructure, Replication, Veeam
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The Problem with Gold-Only Data Protection Service Levels

Posted on December 13, 2018 by George Crump

A recent Storage Switzerland webinar dealt with the impact of the massive increase in the number of applications that data centers support on the data protection architecture. How does IT apply the right level of protection, set service levels, for…

Tagged with: Backup, Big data, Cloud, Disaster recovery, Encryption, Hybrid, Hybrid IT, Micro Focus, Ransomware, RPO, RTO
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Can Copy Data Management Replace Backup?

Posted on December 11, 2018 by George Crump

Backup makes a copy of primary data on a secondary storage tier. It then tries to isolate that copy so that it can’t be changed either from external forces like ransomware or internal influences like users. For the most part…

Tagged with: Analytics, CCPA, Cloud, Data modernization, Data Privacy, Data Protection, GDPR, Hitachi, IoT, Replication, Virtual Storage, Virtualization
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The Public Cloud’s Role in Unstructured Data Management

Posted on December 11, 2018 by George Crump

Organizations are now drowning in unstructured data. Addressing the growth and managing this data is increasingly a high priority for organizations. The public cloud has a role to play and vendors must carefully integrate it into their unstructured data protection…