In our first column we discussed what cloud providers needed to provide to make the enterprise more comfortable with using the cloud for backup. In this entry we discuss how to choose the right cloud provider and give an example…
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Decisions the Enterprise Must Make When Considering Cloud Backup
Tagged with: Cloud, Disaster recovery, DRaaS, Encryption, KeepItSafe, Megacloud, Migration, NAS, Ransomware, Replication, SaaS, Veeam
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The Myth of NoSQL Data Protection
There is a debate circling the topic of NoSQL data protection. A common myth is that because these environments automatically create replicas, data protection isn’t needed. Replicas protect the NoSQL environment from a hardware failure within a node or even…
Tagged with: Cloud, Corruption, Deduplication, Hadoop, Imanis Data, Machine Learning, NoSQL, Point-in-Time, Ransomware, Replication, RPO, RTO
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A Step-by-Step Path to Full Cloud Utilization
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
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
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
“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
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
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?
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
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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