How can a cost effective, low cost object storage system also provide fast recalls? These systems are not typically designed for performance but IT professionals are told time and time again to archive to object storage because of its cost…
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Archiving is Useless Without Search
Managing data is a must have for large and small organizations. But if they can’t search that data the process is useless. When most IT professionals think of data management, they think of saving money. But that’s just the beginning.…
How Next-gen HSM Solutions Complement Backup
Organizations need to backup their data, but if you view backup as a one-size-fits-all job, where all data is treated equally, you’re missing an opportunity for substantial cost savings. Ideally, you could tier storage and create an “active archive” that…
Tagged with: Archive, Backup, Cloudian, HSM, Hybrid, Next Generation, Object Storage, Replication
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Why is Encryption Key Ownership So Important?
When it comes to encryption, IT is constantly being told to “own the keys.” But why? Isn’t it OK if your provider owns the keys? Encryption keys are how you unlock encrypted data. Whoever or whatever owns the keys has…
Does All-Flash Eliminate the need for Database Tuning?
Database administrators (DBAs) spend a large portion of their day optimizing databases. Do all-flash arrays eliminate that need? While in most cases, the answer to any IT question is “it depends”, in this instance the answer is an emphatic NO!.…
Tagged with: All-Flash, Bottleneck, Flash, Hybrid, Latency, Optimization, SQL, Tegile
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Enterprise File Sync and Share Panel Discussion
The mobile ”work from anywhere” workforce creates new challenges for IT. Users not only need to sync and share data, they need to have data protected and need efficient storage in remote offices. IT can no longer let users establish…
Tagged with: Cloud, CTERA, Encryption, File Sharing, file sync and share, IBM, Latency
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Why Backups Can’t Protect Against Ransomware
Ransomware is a new type of threat. As a result it needs a new type of defense. The reason is simple: Backups are not enough to protect against ransomware. They are increasingly victims of the attack themselves, and they don’t…
Tagged with: Archive, Backup, Encryption, Flash, Nexsan, Ransomware, Replication, Snapshot
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How to Get More from All-Flash Using Software Defined Storage
Flash often makes the hardware selection less important, but makes the software selection very important. The right software can not only ensure optimal flash performance, but also extend flash implementation beyond the typical high-transaction database use cases and into modern…
What if Archive Storage Cost More Than Primary?
Even if archive storage was the same price as primary storage, you’d still want to archive. While most in IT look at archiving as a way to reduce the cost of primary storage there is a lot more to it…
Tagged with: Archive, Capacity, Copy Data, HA, Migration, NTP Software, Redundancy, ROI
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How Do You End Ransomware?
Here we go again. Friday, a ransomware attack hit the England’s National Health Care System. And according to sources they are paying! Once again we are rewarding bad behavior. The only way to end ransomware is to dry up its…
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