Scale out NAS has proven the old adage that in IT we never solve any problems; we just move them around. Scale out systems were built for a lot of reasons, and one of the chief reasons was performance; a…
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How to Prepare for the Next WannaCry
WannaCry was a wakeup call. New ransomware strains are now appearing every week because ransomware is a profitable “business.” There will be another attack and the chances of your organization being infected are high. The time is now to take…
Tagged with: Backup, Deduplication, DRaaS, Encryption, Infrascale, Malware, Ransonware, Recovery, WannaCry
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Testing is the Key to Ransomware Success
IT’s goal should be to never pay a ransom as a result of a ransomware attack. To achieve that goal requires prevention, preparation and practice. Unfortunately, practice is the element most overlooked but potentially the most critical. Why Ransomware Testing…
How to Make DR Testing Less Painful
While every IT professional will admit that it is important, disaster recovery testing generally falls to the bottom of the IT to do list, right after root canal. But if testing is not a key component, the process of creating…
Why Do All-Flash Arrays Need QoS?
If all-flash arrays provide instant, unlimited performance, why manage how much of that performance they deliver through techniques like quality of service (QoS)? For most organizations one of the attractions to all-flash arrays is the set and forget answer to…
Storage Problems Limit Hyperconverged Scale
Hyperconvergence has a real problem. It can’t scale. While hyperconverged architectures may be a good match for medium sized business, as the environment scales it’s “all for one, one for all” simplicity becomes problematic. As is usually the case, storage…
Tagged with: Datrium, Erasure code, Flash, HCI, Hyperconvergence, Infrastructure, Replication, Scalability, Virtualization
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How To Create an Always Predictable Data Center
The modern data center must not only be predictable for normal production operations but also in failed state situations. An “Always Predictable” storage architecture is key to enabling IT to meet the various service levels the organization requires. The Predictable…
Tagged with: All-Flash, dr, performance, Recovery in Place, Replication, RPO, RTO, SLO, Snapshot, Veeam
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Use Your Metadata to Eliminate Storage Complexity
Organizations need to break down the walls between storage systems and data center locations. Seamless data movement eliminates the need for data migration, optimizes storage resources and even eliminates cloud lock-in. But how does the organization facilitate this movement without…
What is Object Storage Good For?
Backup appliances do one thing well, store backup data. Object storage systems, as we’ve shown, can also fulfill this role. But unlike typical backup appliance they can do so much more. As a backup target, object storage systems provide an…
Tagged with: Archive, Backup, Cloud, Cloudian, FS&S, Metadata, NAS, Object Storage, Redundancy, Replication, SMB
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Is your Windows Backup Server at Risk of Ransomware?
Your Windows-based backup server may be at risk to ransomware. That was the take away from a recent talk on ransomware at the VeeamOn conference in New Orleans. A ransomware attack could either begin at your Windows-based backup server or…
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