If object storage is the future of unstructured data storage, NFS is clearly the present. Object storage vendors realize this reality and most, if not all, are including capabilities so that allows for the transfer of storage to the object…
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StorageShort: The NFS to Object Storage Problem
Tagged with: All-Flash, Archive, Caringo, Cloud, NFS, Object Storage, Software Defined, Unstructured data
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Is NetApp Still Right for Unstructured Data?
The NetApp FAS series of storage systems have the potential to be at the center of most enterprise’s storage infrastructure. But there are certain data sets that stretch a FAS too far. For these situations, enterprises need to look for…
Tagged with: Caringo, Machine-generated, NFS, Object Storage, SMB, Unstructured data, VM
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Data Protection Advantages of a Thin Provisioned Filer
A thin provisioned filer is a happy filer – especially from a data protection standpoint. In this context a thin provisioned filer is a filer that has plenty of free space due to older unused files moved somewhere else. Unfortunately,…
Tagged with: Backup, Caringo, Data Protection, Deduplication, Filer, Object Storage, Snapshots, Thin provisioning
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SlideShare: What Does Your Next NetApp Refresh Look Like?
Most organizations making an investment in NetApp Filers count on the system to store user data and host virtual machine datastores from an environment like VMware. In addition these organizations want their NetApp systems to do more and be the…
Tagged with: All-Flash, Caringo, NetApp, Object Storage, Unstructured data, VMware
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Designing a Cost-Effective Data Monetization System
Three keys to a good data monetization system are collecting the right data, identifying and executing monetization against that data, and storing the data in a cost-effective way. It should go without saying that a data monetization system needs data,…
Tagged with: Backup, Big data, Caringo, Compression, Data Monetization, Deduplication, Object Storage, Recovery
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The Storage Architecture Behind The Thin Provisioned NetApp
Thin provisioning a NetApp can create as many problems as it solves. As mentioned in previous blogs, thin provisioning in this context refers to the act of clearing out older, unused files and putting them somewhere else. Essentially “thinning” the…
Tagged with: Caringo, Cloud, Latency, NAS, Object Storage, Scale-Out, Thin provisioning
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Data Monetization and the Art of Data Collection
Data Monetization is the art of extracting value from an organization’s existing data assets. For example, monetary value of data can come from creating a new video product from an old one, or can come from the analysis of years…
Tagged with: Caringo, Cloud, Data Monetization, Data Repository, IoT, Metadata, Object Storage, Unstructured data
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Getting Data Off a Filer and Living to Tell About It
Network Attached Storage (NAS) systems are primary storage systems, which are ideal for providing very fast access to “hot” (active) data sets that change frequently. Organizations have continuously added capacity to these systems to keep pace with the ever-rising tide…
Tagged with: Caringo, Cloud, Cold Data, HSM, Migration, NAS, Object Storage, Unstructured data
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StorageShort: NAS to Object Storage Requires Automation
Object Storage can make a perfect back end storage repository for NAS systems that are at capacity, and many object storage vendors provide some sort of gateway like functionality so that their object store looks like an NFS store. The…
Tagged with: All-Flash, Caringo, NAS, NetApp, Object Storage, Unstructured data, VMware
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The Problem with NFS to Object Storage Gateways
NFS compatibility is considered table stakes for object storage products in today’s market. How and why did this happen? Network Attached Storage (NAS) and the NFS protocol have been and is the architecture of choice for unstructured data. Despite all…
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