NFS started life as a protocol for unstructured data, then in the early 2000’s NetApp and Veritas started to position NFS as an ideal way to host Oracle databases. NFS was easier and performed admirably when compared to the more…
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The Problems Using NFS for Mission Critical Workloads
Tagged with: Fibre Channel, Latency, Metadata, NFS, Virtual Instruments, Virtual machine
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Primary Storage’s Missing Cloud Link
Panzura Delivers Panzura Inside As the time comes to upgrade the storage infrastructure, organizations typically consider two options; an all-flash array or a hyperconverged architecture. While both designs solve many of the challenges data centers face, both are missing a…
Tagged with: All-Flash Array, Cache, Cloud, Flash, Hybrid, Hyperconverged, Panzura, SSD
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Global IT Executive Summit – Blending Tape into Your Archive Strategy
It comes as no surprise to IT professionals that data is growing and 90 percent of that growth is unstructured data. Users will not access 80 percent of that unstructured data after 90 days. It simply does not make sense…
Tagged with: Archive, Flash, Fujifilm annual Global IT Summit, HPE, LTFS, LTO, NAS, Object Storage, ROI, Tape, Unstructured data
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Global IT Executive Summit – Overcoming The Tape Negatives
Each year FujiFilm sponsors the Global IT Executive Summit. This year’s event is in Boston. The focus is, of course, tape, and its goal is to convince IT professionals that tape is alive and well. Let’s be clear, Storage Switzerland’s…
DR Strategies for Hyperconverged Architectures
Hyperconverged infrastructure products promise to bring the best of virtualization to an easy-to-manage platform. The question is do they help solve one of the greatest challenges modern IT environment have: DR? The answer may come down to what hypervisor they…
Tagged with: dr, Hyper-V, Hyperconverged, Replication, Scale Computing, Snapshot, SRM
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Nexenta Releases Storage for Persistent Docker Containers
What if you do not consider one of the greatest advantages of containers to be an advantage to you? Many tout the stateless nature of containers as their single greatest feature. They start up, they accomplish their task, and they…
Maintaining Data Monetization Value over Time
It’s a fact that data stored on magnetic media degrades over time. It cannot be stopped; it can only be managed. It’s a problem that you must address if you plan to create a data monetization system that stores data…
Tagged with: Bit Rot, Caringo, Data Monetization, Magnetic, NAS, Object Storage, Retention
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Managing your Cloud’s Lifecycle
One of the most important, recent shifts in enterprise IT operations is the migration of not only ever-increasing amounts of data to the cloud, but also the full complement of business services as IT begins to implement a cloud first…
Storage All-Star Team — All-Flash Filer with Object Storage
For over a decade, network attached storage systems (NAS) have tried to expand beyond the typical use case of a store for user home directories. Companies like NetApp maintain NFS is perfectly appropriate for supporting virtual infrastructures and Oracle databases.…
Is your Backup Software Aware of your Data?
Twenty years ago backup applications had absolutely no knowledge of the data they were backing up. Those responsible for backing up applications such as Oracle, Informix, or Sybase were told to either shut down those applications prior to running a…
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