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StorageShort: Fast Recovery Point Objectives with Change Block Backup and In-place Recovery

Posted on July 1, 2015 by George Crump

Meeting a strict recovery point and recovery time objective requires more frequent backups and the ability to recover without transferring data. In this 74 second video we tell you how to meet strict RPO/RTOs. For more details watch our on-demand…

Tagged with: Backup, Data Protection, ExaGrid, RPO, RTO, Veeam, Virtualization
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StorageShort: Is Software-only SDS the best way to implement this technology?

Posted on June 3, 2015 by Eric Slack

There are a number of ways to implement SDS, including as a software-only solution. This method allows the user to provide the hardware, even re-purposing existing equipment in some cases. There are a number of user benefits to leveraging SDS…

Tagged with: Backup, Data Protection, Hyper-convergence, Nexenta, SDS, Software Defined Storage
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StorageShort: What is Vendor-defined SDS and does it benefit the user?

Posted on May 28, 2015 by Eric Slack

SDS promises to deliver a number of benefits to end users, including flexibility, management simplicity and cost savings. Storage vendors can also leverage SDS technologies, but many do it for their own benefits. In this Storage Short, Storage Switzerland Founder,…

Tagged with: Backup, Data Protection, Hyper-convergence, Nexenta, SDS, Software Defined Storage
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StorageShort: Is SDS Ready for Production?

Posted on May 27, 2015 by Eric Slack

A recent webinar poll of the audience showed that over half were concerned that SDS wasn’t really ‘ready for prime time’. In this storage short, George Crump and Thomas Cornley from Nexenta discuss what makes SDS solutions appropriate for mission-critical,…

Tagged with: Backup, Data Protection, Hyper-convergence, Nexenta, SDS, Software Defined Storage
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StorageShort: Cost Justify Flash for VDI in 52 Seconds

Posted on April 9, 2015 by Charlie Hodges

In this StorageShort George Crump, Lead Analyst at Storage Switzerland discusses one of the best ways to cost justify flash for virtual desktop infrastructures; use the flash array for more than just VDI. Some all-flash and hybrid systems deliver enough…

Tagged with: All-Flash, Compression, Deduplication, Flash, Hybrid, SSD, Tegile, Thin provisioning, VDI, VM
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StorageShort: All-Flash Arrays vs. cost per Desktop

Posted on March 20, 2015 by George Crump

One of the keys to success in VDI is all about getting user acceptance. A simple way to gain this acceptance is to implement an all-flash array. The problem is that the cost of an all-flash array can be at…

Tagged with: All-Flash, Array, Hybrid, Hybrid array, performance, Tegile, VDI
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StorageShort: Copy Data Methods

Posted on February 25, 2015 by George Crump

2015 is going to be a big year for Copy Data. We expect every major data protection vendor to release some form of copy data management solution to the market this year. But vendors will take different approaches to deliver…

Tagged with: Catalogic, Compliance, Copy Data, Data Analytics, Data Protection, Managability, SDS, Software Defined, Test/Dev
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StorageShort: Why is Copy Data a Problem?

Posted on February 23, 2015 by George Crump

Copy Data is a term used to describe additional copies of production data that are created to feed other processes in the organization. Functions like backup, disaster recovery, development, test as well as reporting and analytics all need copies of…

Tagged with: Catalogic, Compliance, Copy Data, Data Analytics, Data Protection, Managability, Test/Dev
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