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How to Beat Amazon, Google and Microsoft – Wasabi Briefing Note
Tagged with: Cloud, Disk, Flash, HDD, Metadata, Migration, Object Storage, Wasabi
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Can Primary Storage Replace Backups?
In our on demand webinar “How to Design Self-Protecting Storage and Gain Backup Independence” Storage Switzerland and ClearSky Data articulate how primary storage can be improved so that it can take on more of the data protection responsibility. The goal…
Tagged with: Backups, ClearSky, Cloud, Data Protection, Disaster recovery, dr, Hybrid Cloud
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The Changing State of Endpoint Backup
Many organizations consider endpoint backup a “nice-to-have”, in that if endpoint get backed up, at least occasionally it’s considered good enough. Considering how critical endpoints are to today’s workforce and their increasing importance in compliance regulations, IT needs to rethink…
Tagged with: Backup, Carbonite, Cloud, Data Protection, dr, DRaaS, Endpoint, Hybrid, Hyperconverged, Hypervisor, RPO, RTO
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Why is Software Defined Storage Failing to Consolidate Storage?
After enterprises decide not to use the storage mainframe described in our last blog they often next investigate software-defined storage (SDS) as a means to consolidate their storage and reduce storage costs. With SDS, consolidation occurs at the storage software…
Tagged with: AFA, Cloud, Compression, Consolidation, Deduplication, Flash, Hyperconvergence, Hypervisor, Migration, Object Storage, SDN, SDS, Software Defined Storage, StorONE, Virtualization
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Primary Storage for VMware on AWS – Zadara Briefing Note
VMware on AWS has been available for over a year, yet there are several missing elements. There are a lack of available data protection solutions and there is a lack of a truly enterprise class storage solution. The primary challenge…
Tagged with: AWS, Cloud, Copy Data, EBS, Hybrid, Object Storage, Replication, VM, VMware, VSAN, Zadara
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Why Storage is a Virtualization ROI Killer – And How to Fix It
Virtualization brings the advantage of being able to run a multitude of workloads on the same physical infrastructure. In theory, virtualization promises IT professionals better infrastructure utilization and simplified management. The reality that many are finding, however, is in fact…
WekaIO for AI and High-Velocity Analytics
Storage Switzerland has previously discussed the problems that legacy storage file systems have when it comes to serving modern workloads such as artificial intelligence (AI) and high-velocity analytics. We have also explored the qualities that a modern file system requires.…
SlideShare: How to Create an Infrastructure-less Backup Strategy
Designing architectures to backup primary storage as well as provide rapid recoveries is a challenging task that most IT professionals need to face. It is even more challenging in the face of a rapidly growing data set, increasing demand for…
Tagged with: Actifio, Cloud, Cyber Attack, DaaS, Disaster recovery, Infrastructure, IoT, Migration, Ransomware
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SlideShare: 3 Steps to be a Storage Superhero – How to Slash Storage Costs
Reducing or a least slowing the growth of storage costs is a top priority facing IT organizations in 2019. In this live webinar with Storage Switzerland and SolarWinds, you will learn the three steps IT professionals can take to lower…
Tagged with: Cloud, Flash, LUN, SDS, SolarWinds, SQL, Storage Consolidation, Storage Sprawl, Virtualization, VM
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Is SAS All-Flash Good Enough?
Almost every storage vendor that used to just make SAS-based all-flash arrays is now shipping an NVMe Flash Array. New storage vendors are emerging that are skipping SAS-flash altogether and are starting with NVMe systems. The question facing IT planners…
Tagged with: Analytics, Cloud, HDD, Hyperconverged, NVMe, NVMe-oF, Object Storage, SANBlaze, SLA, SSD, Virtual Instruments, Virtualization
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