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Using the Nasuni Service to solve File Data Challenges

Posted on January 28, 2015 by George Crump

File data, also known as unstructured data, is one of the biggest challenges facing IT. Users want seamless access to this data no matter where they are or how old the data is. IT needs to manage the growth of…

Tagged with: Architecture, Backup, Capacity, Cloud, Data Protection, File Data, Nasuni, Recovery, Unstructured data
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OpenStack Swift – Should Enterprise Customers DIY or use SwiftStack?

Posted on January 22, 2015 by George Crump

The amount of storage being generated everyday by enterprises is growing rapidly, with no sign of slowing down. Enterprise IT is now faced with the challenge of storing and managing this data in a world where IT budgets are stagnant…

Tagged with: Architecture, Archiving, Capacity, Cloud, Disaster recovery, Integration, Object Storage, Software Defined Storage, SwiftStack, TCO
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How Object Storage can improve Hadoop

Posted on January 15, 2015 by George Crump

When organizations begin to explore a Hadoop initiative their goal is to create an environment that can help them make better decisions. The more data that the Hadoop environment has access to and the faster that data can be processed,…

Tagged with: Capacity, Cloud, Cloudian, Data Protection, Hadoop, HDFS, Infrastructure, Metadata, Object, Object Storage, Scale-Out
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What is Hadoop and can Object Storage make it better?

Posted on January 6, 2015 by George Crump

Hadoop, first used by large cloud providers like Yahoo, Facebook and Google, is designed to allow massive amounts of compute resources to process very large, unstructured datasets. The technology is now firmly entrenched in government agencies and is now working…

Tagged with: Capacity, Cloud, Cloudian, Hadoop, HDFS, Metadata, Object, Object Storage
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Unstructured Data is distracting Backup Administrators

Posted on December 1, 2014 by George Crump

File based data accounts for more than 80 percent of capacity demand and backup administrators spend most of their time protecting this unstructured data. But the remaining set, structured data, will cause the organization the most harm if it is…

Tagged with: Active Archive, Backup, Capacity, Cloud, Cloud as a Service, Data Protection, Nasuni, Recovery, Unstructured data
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Nimble adds Fibre Channel and increases Hybrid System Capacity to 1.6PB

Posted on November 25, 2014 by Eric Slack

Nimble Storage has developed and marketed a successful line of iSCSI-based ‘hybrid’ storage arrays (disk and flash) designed for a wide range of use cases. These systems scale up, adding drive shelves behind a controller module, and scale out, clustering…

Tagged with: Adaptive Flash, All-Flash, Capacity, FC, Fibre Channel, Flash, Hybrid, Nimble, performance, SSD
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SolidFire lowers Entry Point for Cloud-scale, All-flash Arrays

Posted on November 14, 2014 by Eric Slack

SolidFire is the all-flash array manufacturer that came to market with a scale-out storage system tailored for large-scale multi-tenant environments. These systems offered guaranteed performance, high availability, automated management and a strong efficiency story, based on the advantages that all-flash…

Tagged with: All-Flash Array, Capacity, Cloud, Infrastructure, IOPS, Multi-Tenant, Scalability, Scale-Out, SolidFire, SSD
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Secure Private Cloud File Sharing

Posted on November 7, 2014 by Colm Keegan

File sharing and collaboration is critical for businesses that have highly distributed workforces but maintaining control and security over sensitive business data is equally important. File sharing solution provider, Talon, is helping to deliver cloud enabled file sharing to businesses…

Tagged with: Capacity, Cloud, Collaboration, Data Mobility, File Sharing, File Sync, Hybrid Cloud, NAS, Talon Storage, VPN, WAN
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SlideShare – The 7 Key Reasons why Object Storage lowers Storage TCO

Posted on November 5, 2014 by George Crump

Unstructured data is growing at a staggering rate. It is breaking traditional storage and IT budgets and burying IT professionals under a mountain of operational challenges. Join Cloudian and Storage Switzerland for a panel-style discussion about the seven key reasons…

Tagged with: Capacity, Cloud, Cloudian, Data Protection, Integration, Object, Private Cloud, TCO, Unstructured data
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Seagate’s Kinetic Drives reduce Object Storage costs – now GA

Posted on November 3, 2014 by Eric Slack

After a one-year incubation, Seagate’s Kinetic Open Storage Platform is now generally available. It features disk drives that communicate with applications over Ethernet, using a key-value architecture and RESTful APIs, instead of traditional protocols like SCSI or SATA. What’s different…

Tagged with: Capacity, Hard Drive, JBOD, Object, Object Storage, Scale-Out, Seagate, TCO
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