Technically, an organization can protect a new all-flash array the same way it protects its current hard drive based array – use backup software to access the hypervisor, have it trigger a snapshot and then backup all the blocks that…
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Enterprise Backup vs Point Backup
For two decades IT has had two choices when selecting a data protection solution. They can choose a holistic solution that covers the majority of the applications, operating systems and data protection goals or they can select a point data…
How to Deliver Files Anywhere and Security Everywhere
Users seem to be everywhere and they can carry their compute in multiple forms (laptop, tablet, smartphone) at all times. They also want to have their files, the subset corporate data they work on, with them at all times. Also,…
Tagged with: Cloud, CTERA, Encryption, file sync and share, Flash, IBM, Latency, Shadow IT, VPN
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Successful Disaster Recovery? – Trust but Verify
Verifying that you’re ready for a disaster is difficult but not impossible. The three elements of your infrastructure that must be present for a successful recovery from a disaster are compute, network, and storage. Let’s take a look at how…
Tagged with: Backup, Cloud, Disaster, dr, Recovery, Replication, Tintri, Virtualization, VM
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Understanding Object Storage Consumption Models
Object storage is quickly becoming the standard for storing large amounts of unstructured data. One of the most appealing aspects of object storage is its flexibility that spans a variety of storage infrastructure configurations and storage locations. This flexibility is…
Tagged with: Cloud, Dell, EMC, Encryption, Hybrid, Metadata, Object Storage, Software Defined, Unstructured data
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SlideShare: Four Reasons Why Your Backup Hardware Will Break by 2020
While backup software vendors continue to innovate, hardware vendors have been resting on their deduplication laurels. In the meantime, the amount of data that organizations store continues to grow at an alarming pace and the backup and recovery expectations of…
What is the Impact of Optimizing a Windows File Server
Optimizing a Windows file server optimizes a number of related processes and systems. In a previous blog we discussed what it’s like to optimize a file server, which involves automatically identifying, moving, and referencing inactive files. Once the initial optimization…
Tagged with: Archive, Backup, Caringo, Cloud, Disk, Encryption, Migration, Object Storage, Ransomware
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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…
Realizing the Promise of HSM – Komprise Briefing Note
Organizations have always struggled with the cost and complexity of maintaining sufficient storage for all their data. Instead of getting better, the problem just gets worse. Those of us who have been in IT for longer than a decade probably…
How Does DRaaS Work? A Step by Step Description
Disaster Recovery As a Service (DRaaS) is an increasingly popular method for businesses of all sizes to address shortcomings in their disaster recovery plan. By leveraging a combination of cloud backup and virtualization, providers are able to provide organizations with…
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