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vSphere tackles the Hyperconverged Infrastructure World: VMware VSAN 6.2

Posted on March 30, 2016 by wcurtispreston

VMware is releasing VSAN 6.2, the third major release of VSAN since its introduction in August of 2014. (Like other VMware companion products, the release number is tied to the vSphere release number it is associated with.) This release gives…

Tagged with: All-Flash, Compression, Deduplication, HDD, Hyperconverged, SSD, VMware, VSAN
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Qnext’s FileFlex Virtualizes File Access across Disparate Storage Infrastructures and Devices

Posted on March 28, 2016 by Joseph Ortiz

Modern organizations today, regardless of size, are faced with many laws and government regulations that require them to maintain control and security of their data as well as properly protecting that data. At the same time, they have to meet…

Tagged with: BYOD, Cloud, file sync and share, FileFlex, MSP, Qnext, Shadow IT, SMB, Virtualization
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Making Storage Aware of VMware

Posted on March 18, 2016 by wcurtispreston

Briefing Note: Tintri VMstore Since the advent of VMware and other virtualization products, storage has been an issue. First, the challenge is having to use traditional shared storage devices with hypervisors. Traditional LUNs are too difficult to create, grow, and…

Tagged with: Flash, Hypervisor, NFS, SMB, Tintri, Virtualization, VM
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Disaster Proof Local On-Site Backups

Posted on February 23, 2016 by wcurtispreston

Briefing Note – ioSafe’s BDR 515 There are few things better than a local copy of your data center when the worst happens. Unfortunately, events that destroy your data center also take out your backup system. Most people use tapes…

Tagged with: Backup, Cloud, Deduplication, dr, ioSafe, NAS, Replication, Tape
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Getting Software-Defined Storage Enterprise Ready

Posted on February 19, 2016 by George Crump

Briefing Note – Red Hat Storage Despite its potential to increase storage performance, capacity and flexibility while decreasing acquisition and operational costs, software-defined storage (SDS) has limited success in the enterprise. The problem is that enterprise data centers are “in…

Tagged with: Archive, Big data, Flexibility, Open Source, Red Hat, Scale-Out, SDS
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Barracuda Adds MSPs to its Portfolio

Posted on February 12, 2016 by wcurtispreston

There are managed service providers that promise they can backup your data center for a few dollars a month. And for that cheap price, all the organization has to do is install a little piece of software, enter your credit…

Tagged with: Backup, Barracuda, Infrastructure, Intronis, MSP
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Filling the Provider Backup Gateway Gap

Posted on February 9, 2016 by George Crump

Artisan Infrastructure Briefing Note Artisan Infrastructure is a leading cloud infrastructure, management, and business continuity solutions provider. Its solutions enable cloud and hosting providers to migrate, manage and deliver continuously available cloud applications for their customers and suppliers. Artisan provides…

Tagged with: Artisan Infrastructure, Backup, Cloud, CSP, Deduplication, Infrastructure, LAN, MSP, Object Storage, VM
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The Bi-Modal IT Challenge

Posted on February 2, 2016 by George Crump

IBM and Catalogic Team Up To Help Transform IT The modern data center has two modes; Reliable IT and Agile IT. Reliable IT represents core mission critical applications that drive the internal operations of the company. As its name suggests,…