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!.…
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Does All-Flash Eliminate the need for Database Tuning?
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…
Why Would a Service Provider Want Object Storage?
Object storage was built for the cloud; therefore, any company considering providing storage services for other companies will find object storage the best fit for that application. Other shared storage systems, such as NAS filers, simply do not compare when…
How To Solve The Three Biggest HCI Adoption Challenges
Guaranteeing application performance, creating a cloud like consumption model and timing the simultaneous replacement of three data center architectures are the biggest hindrances to HCI adoption. Hyperconverged infrastructures (HCI) promise to simplify a data center, making it more cloud like.…
Tagged with: Backup, Cloud, Dell EMC, Dell World, EMC World, HCI, Hyperconverged, Latency, NVMe, Replication
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Best Next Steps for the Hybrid Cloud
Companies that are deciding to leverage a hybrid cloud infrastructure have a number of options available to them that others do not. But since the concept of hybrid cloud is still so new, it’s not always obvious what the choices…
What is Ransomware?
Ransomware is one of the biggest threats facing IT. What exactly is ransomware? Ransomware is a program that once installed in a system encrypts an organization’s data and the only way to get it unencrypted is to pay a fee…
Tagged with: Archive, Backup, Encryption, Flash, Nexsan, Ransomware, Replication, Snapshot, Snapshots
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