Consolidating storage into a single, or even a few storage systems is a big project. Once the project is complete, IT’s job is not over. The next job for IT is to make sure storage remains consolidated. Temptations to allow…
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How to Create a Storage Consolidation Solution That Lasts
Tagged with: AI, Cloud, Deduplication, Flash, Hypervisor, NVMe, SAS, SDN, SDS, Software Defined Storage, Storage Consolidation, Storage Sprawl, StorONE, Virtualization
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Cloud Storage: More Than Your Digital Dumping Ground
Enterprises are dealing with an onslaught of data that is being generated outside of a traditional, centralized data center. Simply put, data is everywhere, being generated in an expanding number of branch and remote offices, by a growing number of…
Keep Your Disaster Recovery Budget in Check with Object Storage
Storage managers face the paradox of needing to store seemingly unlimited pools of data for business analytics and compliance, and at the same time enabling recovery of Tier One applications instantaneously and with zero data loss. Against this backdrop, a…
Tagged with: Backup, Cloud, Cloudian, Encryption, Erasure Coding, Hybrid, NAS, NFS, Object Storage, Replication, RTO, SMB, Unstructured data, Veeam
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Using Proactive Change Management to Maximize Application Performance – SolarWinds Briefing Note
Application performance degradation can significantly drag on business productivity and the internal, as well as external, end-user experience. In the event that an application is not performing up to business requirements, it is important for IT to have effective change…
Tagged with: Cloud, Flash, LUN, SDS, SLA, SolarWinds, SQL, Storage Consolidation, Storage Sprawl, Virtualization, VM
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The Role of Tape Storage in a Tiered Backup Strategy
The rise of big data, business analytics and stricter compliance regulations necessitate that enterprises retain far more data than ever before. Against this backdrop, disk and cloud-based backup implementations are scaling quickly. In fact, many enterprises are dealing with secondary…
Fixing the Hybrid Cloud Storage Problem with InfiniteIO
Fixing the Hybrid Cloud Storage Problem requires an understanding of how organizations intend to use it. First, most organizations continue to use on-premises storage to support their applications and users. Second, these organization’s data centers have multiple storage systems in…
Tagged with: All-Flash, Archive, Backup, Cloud, dr, Hybrid, Hybrid Cloud, infinite io, InfiniteIO, Latency, Metadata, NAS, Object Storage
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Webinar: Overcoming the Shortcomings of Legacy NAS with Microsoft Azure
Most organizations use Network Attached Storage (NAS) to store data, but the modern workforce and organization expect more capabilities than what the typical NAS can provide. Also, as organizations themselves become more distributed, the idea of a single centralized file…
Tagged with: Cloud, dr, Hybrid, NAS, Nasuni, Replication, RPO, RTO, Unstructured data
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Solving the Right to be Forgotten Problem with Intelligent Unstructured Data Management
The European Union’s (EU) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has contributed to an overall greater awareness among both consumers and enterprises of the value of data. As discussed in a previous Storage Switzerland blog, the value of and requirement for…
Tagged with: Aparavi, Archive, Cloud, Data Privacy, Data Protection, Data Retention, GDPR, Retention, Unstructured data
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Object Storage: Two Critical Capabilities To Look For
Unstructured data continues to grow exponentially in volume, and it is playing a strategic role in fueling business intelligence and analytics. As discussed in a previous Storage Switzerland blog, object storage has emerged as a solution well able to address…
Tagged with: Backup, Cloud, Cloudian, Encryption, Hybrid, NAS, NFS, Object Storage, Perfromance, Replication, SMB, Unstructured data, Veeam
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Video: Reintroducing Tape to Disaster Recovery
Previously, Storage Switzerland blogged about the merits of employing a tape storage hierarchy to cut backup storage costs. Tape media can furthermore add value as a tier in the broader disaster recovery strategy, as well. As Lead Analyst George Crump…
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