Amazon and its competitors could do more to protect the data stored in their object storage and block storage, and I can’t think of a reason why they shouldn’t. I have an idea on how they could make a lot…
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Where Is The Copy of Record in a File Sync & Share Service? – CTERA Product Spotlight
When assessing Enterprise File Sync and Share services (EFSS), it’s essential to understand the concept of the copy of record. What is the “copy of record?” The term is borrowed from the legal world, and it refers to the original…
Tagged with: Cache, Cloud, CTERA, EFSS, Encryption, File Sharing, file sync and share, Latency
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Posted in Product Spotlight
Integration Primary and Secondary Storage – Reduxio Briefing Note
In most data centers, there are two distinct types of storage. Primary storage to respond to the needs of performance demanding applications and secondary storage to maintain a backup and provide secondary copies of the primary storage. These two tiers…
Tagged with: All-Flash, Cache, Compression, Deduplication, Flash, HDD, Hybrid, Migration, RAM, Ransomware, Reduxio, RPO, RTO
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Posted in Briefing Note
NAB Report: Is There a Cloud Caching Appliance for SMBs? – Morro Briefing Note
There are a number of appliances that are designed to give you the benefits of the cloud with the performance of local storage. We tend to call these products cloud gateways or cloud caching appliances. The idea is that the…
Are We Using Windows File Servers for the Wrong Reason?
Windows file servers are primarily used to store unstructured data. The type of unstructured data varies from user-created documents to machine-generated audio and video. They even store analytics data machines and other servers generate. While the type of data a…
How To Survive 2017’s Flash Drought
“IT we have a problem, we are out of flash.” On several occasions flash NAND manufacturers are telling Storage Switzerland they are nearly sold-out of flash for the rest of the year. A lack of supply means flash storage prices…
Do Cloud Caching Appliances need Backup?
One way organizations can quickly leverage the cloud is through the use of a caching appliance or gateway. These solutions cache data locally so when users access active data they don’t deal with internet latency. When data is created or…
Webinar: Making Your Way Through The Storage Virtualization Maze
Shared storage has new life thanks to virtualization. Features like virtual machine migration essentially requires a shared storage array to work. Shared storage, however, also brings a fair amount of complexity and the dreaded I/O blender. Suddenly storage arrays are…
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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Posted in Blog
Remote IT is Moving to the Top of the IT Whiteboard
Riverbed Briefing Note Most of the focus in the enterprise is on the data center, but in reality most of the action is in the remote office/branch office (ROBO). ROBO is the new normal for most organizations. It allows them…
Tagged with: Cache, Cloud, Data Fragmentation, dr, Hyperconverged, Riverbed, ROBO, Virtualization, WAN
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