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White Paper: Is Your DR Plan Ready for 2018?
Tagged with: Backup, Block Level, CDM, Cloud, dr, Ransomware, Recovery, Retention, Unitrends, Unstructured data, Virtualization, VM
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Why Don’t Cloud Backup Solutions Leverage Cloud Compute?
The first iterations of cloud backup solutions were designed primarily to protect individual consumer laptops. Those solutions evolved and eventually were scaled to protect an organization’s laptops. The next logical step was to use the cloud for server and virtual…
Ransomware: The Problem with Paying the Ransom
When ransomware hits an organization, it is very tempting simply to pay the ransom instead of going through the time and effort to replace the encrypted data by recovering from a backup. After paying the ransom, the hackers give a…
Tagged with: Backup, Cloud, Encryption, Hybrid, Micro Focus, NAS, Ransomware, ROBO, Snapshot
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Understanding NVMe
NVM Express (NVMe) is an optimized, high performance, scalable host controller interface with a streamlined register interface and larger command set designed for accessing memory-based storage attached through the PCIe bus. Put simply’ it is a better protocol for flash…
Creating Enterprise Ready Global File Collaboration – Nasuni Briefing Note
There are several global file collaboration vendors on the market today. These solutions are designed to replace legacy network attached storage (NAS) systems. As the global file collaboration moniker implies, these systems allow the widespread distribution of files. The solutions…
An Alternative Approach to HCI
Hyperconverged Infrastructures claim to be a simpler alternative to a traditional architecture with a dedicated compute and a dedicated storage tier. The primary source of the simplification is the elimination of a dedicated storage tier. Instead, HCI integrates storage into…
Tagged with: Block Based, Erasure Coding, HCI, Hyperconverged, Hypervisor, NAS, Replication, Shared Storage, Tintri, Virtualization, VM
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Data Protection Considerations for Hyperconverged Infrastructure
Implementing a Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI) seems easy, buy the basic three-node configuration, plug it into the network and start creating virtual machines. To a large extent, the initial setup and first days of use are just that, easy. The simple…
What is True Cloud-Based VMware Backup?
VMware specific backup solutions have been around for years, and most of them have added some form of cloud connectivity to their feature set. But, most of these options simply use the cloud as a digital dumping ground and don’t…
“Just Adding Another Node” – The Hidden HCI Scale Complexity
Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI) is supposed to make scaling easier. When the architecture needs to deliver more compute power, storage performance or storage capacity, just add another node. The problem is “just adding another node”, especially as the number of nodes…
Tagged with: Erasure Coding, HCI, Hyperconverged, Hypervisor, Migration, Replication, Software Defined, Tintri, Virtualization, VM
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How Concerned Should US Data Centers Be About GDPR?
The European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is set to go in effect in a matter of months, yet according to a SpiceWorks Survey, only 9% of US IT professionals feel they have a good understanding of the regulation.…
Tagged with: All-Flash, Cloud, Flash, GDPR, Hybrid, NVMe, Object Storage, Tegile, Virtualization
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