“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…
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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…
How to Optimize Windows File Servers
So many people create files they use once and never use again. They create a spreadsheet for this afternoon’s meeting to support their belief that the department needs more widgets. Once they get approval for the widgets, they don’t need…
Tagged with: Archive, Backup, Caringo, Cloud, Disk, Migration, Object Storage, Unstructured data
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What is Data Management Sprawl?
Data Management is the art of intelligently moving data to the tier of storage that best balances the performance requirements with the cost of storing it and stage of its life cycle. In a perfect world, organizations would put all…
Why you Should Back Up Hyper-V to the Cloud
If data in your Hyper-V system is worth backing up, it’s worth copying and storing off-site. Too many things can go wrong to a data center that can damage both the servers and backups – if those backups are stored…
Webinar: How To Achieve Total File Security in the Cloud
Today’s IT professional is stuck in the middle of a file sharing tug of war. One side has the end users who want the improved productivity that mobility and collaboration promises. The other side consists of corporate governance that wants…
The Importance of Protecting Cloud Hosted Applications
Anyone who thinks you don’t need to back up cloud applications such as salesforce, Office 365 and Google Apps clearly has some thinking to do. There is no such thing as the cloud. There is only someone else’s data center.…
Tagged with: Archive, Backup, Cloud, Commvault, Disk, dr, Ransomware, Replication, Tape
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Is it Time to Reboot Primary Storage?
Primary storage has remained the same for quite some time. It comes in two primary forms: block or file, also known as SAN or NAS. Yes, each of these two forms can be filled with a mix of ingredients, including…
Tagged with: Archive, Cloud, file sync and share, Flash, Hybrid, NAS, Nexsan, Object Storage, Replication, SAN, Scale-Out
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Special Podcast: What does Converged, Hyperconverged, Hybrid Cloud, etc… Really Mean?
Storage Switzerland will tackle one of the biggest challenges facing IT professionals today during a special podcast. We explain what vendors mean when they use terms like converged, hyperconverged, hybrid cloud, instant recovery, continuous data protection, the list goes on.…
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