Backup, backup, backup: it’s what everyone’s talking about these days. You have to save all those files, for one reason or the other, and probably because someone is telling you that you have to save those files. I recently sat…
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Storage Q&A: “The New Requirements of Backup Hardware” with Drobo and StorageSwiss
Tagged with: Backup, Change Block Tracking, Drobo, Recovery, Recovery in Place, SSD, Veeam, Virtual machine, Virtualization, Webinar
Posted in Storage Q&A
Posted in Storage Q&A
Why backup is failing and how to save it
The traditional backup process doesn’t work well any more. It’s being overwhelmed by a new kind of file-based data that’s created, seldom modified, and saved – sometimes forever. Driven by industry trends such as big data analytics, image-based digital content…
Tagged with: Active Archive, Backup, Data Protection, Metadata, Multi-tiered, Quantum
Posted in Article
Posted in Article
Virtualized Hyperconvergence – Compute, Storage and Backup all-in-one
The term “Hyperconvergence” refers to the packaging or bundling of multiple hardware and software components into a single platform to give end-users a simple and rapid way to deploy applications. As a hyperconverged system (server, storage & networking resources combined…
Tagged with: Backup, Compute, Deduplication, Hyperconvergence, PCIe, SimpliVity, Storage, Virtualization
Posted in Briefing Note
Posted in Briefing Note
Webinar – Web-scale vs. Enterprise IT
Get the Best of Web-Scale and Enterprise IT for Business Applications The utilization efficiency, flexibility and scalability of Web-scale architectures appeal to the more traditional data center, but Enterprise IT needs the ability to run existing, Windows back-office applications and…
Tagged with: Architecture, Backup, Compatibility, Disaster recovery, Nutanix, Web-scale
Posted in Webinar
Posted in Webinar
Virtualized Hybrid Disk Backup for Veeam
Disk based backup has become a staple in many data center environments. But now thanks to advanced recovery capabilities from virtualized backup applications like Veeam, Unitrend’s PHD Virtual and Dell’s vRanger, more is being asked of disk backup systems. For…
Tagged with: Backup, Drobo, HDD, Hybrid, Recovery in Place, SSD, Veeam, Virtual machine, Virtualization
Posted in Blog
Posted in Blog
How to overcome the four obstacles to Cloud Storage
Business executive and IT professionals alike often share many of the same concerns when it comes to the use of cloud storage. But generally, there are four primary obstacles that businesses need to address before embracing the use of the…
Tagged with: Backup, Capacity, Cloud, Disaster recovery, Encryption, Hybrid Cloud, Integration, Nasuni, performance, RPO, Security
Posted in Product Analysis
Posted in Product Analysis
Leveling the Cloud Backup playing field
How can regional Cloud Service Providers (CSPs) more effectively compete with behemoths like Amazon, Google and Microsoft? Cloud backup software manufacturer Asigra is taking a two-pronged approach, which they claim will help level the playing field for these small to…
Tagged with: Asigra, Baas, Backup, Backup as a Service, Cloud, Cloud Service Providers, Data Protection, disk backup
Posted in Blog
Posted in Blog
Four NEW requirements for backup – Podcast
Storage Switzerland and Drobo held a webinar on Wednesday, July 11th on four new requirements for backup. Joe Disher from Drobo and George Crump from Storage Switzerland join me to talk about the webinar. Click here to view the webinar on…
Tagged with: Backup, Data Protection, Deduplication, Drobo, Flash, Hard disk drive, NAS, Storage, Unstructured data
Posted in Podcast
Posted in Podcast
ChalkTalk Video – The right way to the SMB Cloud
The storage cloud is very appealing to small companies for several reasons. It’s easy to get started – simply install a piece of software on the user’s computer and you’re ready to go – and thanks to the practice of…
Tagged with: Backup, Cache, Cloud, Cloud computing, Cloud storage, Data center, Medium Size Business, Small Business, SMB, Western Digital
Posted in Video
Posted in Video
ChalkTalk Video – How disk backup breaks Recovery in Place
Recovery in Place, offered by companies like Veeam, Dell’s AppAssure and PHD Virtual, is a powerful and valuable feature. It allows for virtual machines (VMs) to be recovered and executed directly from the backup device instead of having to transfer…
Tagged with: Backup, Deduplication, Drobo, Recovery in Place, SSD, Storage, Virtual machine
Posted in Video
Posted in Video
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