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Where Should Copy Data Reside?
Copy data is getting a lot of attention and solutions to manage it are flooding to market. But a question few of these solutions let you ask is, “WHERE should that copy data reside?” For the most part, they assume…
Tagged with: ClearSky, Cloud, Compression, Copy Data, Deduplication, dr, DRaaS, Latency, MSP, Replication, Virtualize
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ChalkTalk Video: How Do You End Migration Headaches?
Selecting a new storage system is a lot of work. After the difficult task of selecting the new storage system is complete then there is still one more BIG challenge; how to get old data to the new system? The…
Tagged with: Cloud, Flash, Metadata, Migration, NFS, Object Storage, Primary Data, SLO, SMB
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Posted in Video
ChalkTalk Video: All-Flash, Am I all Good?
When IT implements flash, especially all-flash, there is a general sigh of relief. They think the installation will solve all of their problems. But at least one problem remains…humans! Users and even IT professionals (also human) occasionally make a mistake…
How Hybrid Cloud Helps DR
Given the increased threats facing organizations today, a single DR site is no longer good enough. Instead organizations need to apply a hybrid cloud mentality to their disaster recovery strategies. What Will You Fail? The most important data after a…
StorageShort: How To Classify Your Applications for DR
Storage Switzerland’s W. Curtis Preston suggests in a recent video the key to a successful DR plan is classifying your applications into recovery buckets or priorities. But how exactly do you determine which applications should go into which bucket? In…
Tagged with: Carbonite, Cloud, dr, DRaaS, Replication, RPO, RTO, Software Defined, VM, VMware
Posted in StorageShort
Posted in StorageShort
StorageShort: Does Flash Create Networking Problems?
All-flash arrays solve many performance problems. But the latency reduction they bring also exposes other weak links in the storage IO architecture. One of the most exposed areas is the network. For example, many times IT will install the flash…
Tagged with: All-Flash, Big data, Cloud, Flash, HPE, Hybrid, Hyperconvergence, IoT
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The Art of Eliminating Downtime to Achieve High Availability
Downtime, no matter what the cause, is becoming less acceptable to organizations of all sizes. Clearly, technology exists that can eliminate it. But with the reduction or elimination of downtime, the associated costs – when compared to once-per-night backups –…
Tagged with: Backup, Cloud, HA, Latency, Replication, RPO, RTO, Snapshot, Synchronous
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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…
SlideShare: You Bought All-Flash, Now What?
Have you made the jump to all-flash storage? Are you planning to? If so this webinar is for you. We will look at what’s next after (or before) the jump to all-flash. An all-flash array brings many benefits to the…
Tagged with: All-Flash, Big data, Cloud, dr, HA, HPE, Hybrid, Hyperconvergence, IoT
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Posted in Slideshare
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