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A Step-by-Step Path to Full Cloud Utilization

Posted on September 20, 2018 by George Crump

The Use Cases for a Cloud Data Fabric The cloud data fabric (CDF) allows organizations without a cloud pedigree to take full advantage of cloud storage and compute resources. The CDF also enables the organization to move to the cloud…

Tagged with: CDF, CIFS, Cloud Bursting, Cloud Data Fabric, Encryption, Hybrid, ISCSI, Migration, NAS, NFS, Replication, SMB, SoftNas
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How Object Storage Makes a Hybrid Array Better

Posted on September 20, 2018 by George Crump

In our last blog, Storage Switzerland discussed how a hybrid array, with a properly sized flash tier, could provide similar performance to an all-flash array while substantially reducing costs. The next step in storage architecture design is to use the…

Tagged with: All-Flash, Archive, Erasure Coding, Flash, Hybrid, Object Storage, Replication, Scalability, SSD, Tegile, Western Digital
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Solving the Flash Density Pipes Problem

Posted on September 19, 2018 by George Crump

The density of flash storage is increasing every year, 64TB solid state drives (SSD) are arriving next year, and within a year the data center may see 100TB+ SSDs become commonplace. Another significant change is that the data center, thanks…

Tagged with: Artificial Intelligence, Computational Storage, Hyper Converged Storage, Hyper-scale, IoT, Machine Learning, NGD Systems, NVMe, SSD
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The First Step in Cloud DR is Cloud Backup

Posted on September 18, 2018 by George Crump

“It’s not about backup, it’s about recovery” is a common statement from the marketing departments of backup software suppliers. A recovery can’t be performed without a quality copy of the data. Cloud storage’s low cost and automatic off-site capabilities as…

Tagged with: Cloud, Compression, Deduplication, Disaster recovery, dr, DRaaS, Encryption, KeepItSafe, Migration, Replication, Veeam
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Using the Cloud Data Fabric for Migrating Applications to the Cloud

Posted on September 18, 2018 by George Crump

A key component of most organization’s cloud strategy is migrating applications to a cloud provider to reduce dependence on on-premises infrastructure. The organization may want to host the application entirely in the cloud, use the cloud as a failover point…

Tagged with: CDF, CIFS, Cloud Bursting, Cloud Data Fabric, Encryption, Hybrid, ISCSI, Migration, NAS, NFS, Replication, SMB, SoftNas
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Why Cloud Backup Doesn’t Work for Enterprises and How to Fix it

Posted on September 18, 2018 by George Crump

Protecting the enterprise remains a big challenge facing data centers. Backup touches and interacts with almost every component of the data center, and in the enterprise where there are more of those components; the chance for failure is high. At…

Tagged with: Backup, Cloud, Disaster recovery, DRaaS, KeepItSafe, Megacloud, Migration, Replication, SaaS
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Do You Need to Backup Office 365?

Posted on September 17, 2018 by George Crump

Office 365 lives in Microsoft’s Azure cloud service. That service consists of more than one location and certainly more than one server. Microsoft does an excellent job of keeping the service available, and to most users, it feels like it…

Tagged with: Cloud, Cyber Attack, Disaster recovery, DRaaS, Encryption, KeepItSafe, Malware, Migration, Ransomware, Replication, SaaS, Veeam
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The Top Three Cloud Recovery Concerns

Posted on September 13, 2018 by George Crump

The cloud reduces an organization’s disaster recovery (DR) costs while at the same time upgrading its quality. Cloud DR has a mathematical advantage over internal DR. The organization doesn’t have to invest in a DR site nor does it need…

Tagged with: Cloud, Disaster recovery, DRaaS, Encryption, KeepItSafe, Migration, Ransomware, Replication, Veeam
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Is Encryption Overrated

Posted on September 12, 2018 by George Crump

When the subject of data security comes up, it often begins, and unfortunately, ends with encryption. Indeed, encrypting data is critical, but in most cases, if the hacker or malware program compromises a user or administrator account, then more than…

Tagged with: Cloud, Cyber Security, Encryption, Flash, Hybrid, RackTop, Software Defined
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DRaaS is For More Than Just Disasters

Posted on September 11, 2018 by George Crump

Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) enables organizations to improve the recovery response time and lower disaster plan costs. In our recent on demand webinar we not only discussed the value of DRaaS we also provided a live demo of…