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Cloud Backup? Yes, No or Sometimes
Cloud backup has several advantages over traditional on-site backup and one big negative; the data is no longer stored within the familiar confines of the data center. Even if the cloud backup solution provides robust encryption, many organizations have some…
Tagged with: Carbonite, Cloud, Compression, Deduplication, DRaaS, Hybrid, Hypervisor, Replication, RPO, RTO, Virtualization, VMware, WAN
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ChalkTalk Video: How To Develop a Cloud Storage Strategy That Works
As IT professionals begin to implement a cloud storage strategy they immediately face two challenges; the first is the actual transition itself. How to learn the new architectures available to them and how to deal with application incompatibilities as they…
Tagged with: Amazon AWS re:Invent, Backup, Cloud, Google, Hybrid, NFS, Replication, SMB, SwiftStack, Sync
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ChalkTalk Video: What’s Wrong with Traditional Backup vs The Cloud?
Traditional backup consists of a backup server, which stores copies of production data in a tape library or a deduplicated disk storage appliance. Most of these legacy solutions try to extend themselves into the cloud. The problem is the backup…
Tagged with: Amazon AWS re:Invent, Archive, Backup, Cloud, Deduplication, dr, Druva, eDiscovery, Ransomware, Scale
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ChalkTalk Video: Why Organizations Are Struggling with Getting Applications to the Cloud
Every organization is trying to develop a cloud strategy, but as they try to move workloads to the cloud, they are running into the wall known as the CAP theorem. The CAP theorem says it is impossible for a distributed…
Tagged with: Amazon AWS re:Invent, Avere, Capacity, Cloud, Flash, NAS, Object Storage, performance, Scale, WAN
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ChalkTalk Video: High-Performance Storage for Machine Learning
Use cases like machine learning, deep learning and artificial intelligence all require massive amounts of performance. These systems use dedicated GPU accelerators for training machine learning algorithms and massive amounts of network bandwidth. These environments also push today’s all-flash systems…
ChalkTalk Video: Practical Strategies to a Hybrid Cloud
Almost every data center professional wants to create a hybrid cloud strategy, one that optimizes on-premises resources while leveraging the almost infinite capabilities of the cloud. The best approach is to start with what is known, on-premises storage, but move…
Yes You Need to Protect G-Suite – Spinbackup Briefing Note
While there are tools available to protect G-Suite, most require the implementation of a complete data protection solution that protects a variety of other operating systems and applications. The problem is many companies don’t need a backup software application that…
Tagged with: Backup, Cloud, Encryption, Malware, Ransomware, SaaS, SMB, Spinbackup
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How do MSPs Stay Relevant in the Cloud Era? – Datto Briefing Note
The SaaS backup market went from almost non-existent to very crowded in a few short years. Managed Service Providers (MSPs) quickly tried to reposition themselves from selling on-premises solutions to the cloud-based solutions their customers were demanding. Several companies emerged…
How to Scale Recovery In Place Data Protection – Quest Data Protection Portal
Recovery time and recovery point objectives continue to become more narrow. IT has less time than ever to bring an application back online, and users are less tolerant than ever of data loss. To meet these challenges, IT is turning…
Tagged with: Backup, Cloud, Hypervisor, Quest, Recovery in Place, Replication, RPO, RTO, Virtualization
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