Object storage has been getting a lot of attention lately. This new way of storing data does not require the old metaphors of volumes and folders. Data is stored in a flat architecture and then each object (file) is assigned…
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Fix Files or Move To Objects – Qumulo Briefing Note
Tagged with: Big data, Cloud, Fabric, IoT, Metadata, NAS, Object Storage, Qumulo, RAID, Replication, Software Defined, Unique ID
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The Importance of Cloud DRaaS Performance
Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) solves a lot of IT challenges, especially when trying to meet the organization’s need for a DR strategy. As a result, there is a glut of solutions in the market. Situations like Hurricane Harvey…
Tagged with: Backup, Cloud, Deduplication, dr, DRaaS, Migration, Quorum, Ransomware, Recovery, Replication, VM
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Webinar: Cloud Archiving – Amazon Glacier, Microsoft Azure or Something Else?
Amazon Glacier seems like the ultimate archive; capacity costs are impressively cheap, it never has to be upgraded or replaced and all the data is off-site. The problem is at some point the organization is going to need to recover…
Will There Be Another Great Storage System Company?
For a new storage company to stand above the rest it has to, within its category, provide better performance, better cost or simplify management. Over the past two and a half decades we’ve seen many companies deliver these requirements. Is…
Tagged with: Archive, Cloud, Flash, Hybrid, Hyperconverged, ISCSI, SATA, Thin provisioning, Virtualization
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StorageShort: Hybrid VMware’s Data Two Copy Problem
Hybrid VMware should allow an organization to run a virtual machine either on-premises or in the cloud. And that transfer between operating locations should be able to occur at a moment’s notice. The problem is, as we discuss in our…
Why is the Cloud a problem for Enterprise File Sync and Share?
Some see the reliance on the public cloud as the Achilles’ heel of enterprise file sync and share (EFSS). While EFSS products are more robust than their consumer-grade counterparts, their use of the cloud does add a number of concerns…
Tagged with: Authentication, Capacity, Chain of Custody, Cloud, Deplication, EFSS, Encryption, file sync and share, FS&S, Migration, NAS, Qnext, SAN
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SlideShare: The Showdown for Data Preservation: Iron Mountain vs. The Cloud
Join Storage Switzerland and CloudLanes for our on demand webinar as we compare Iron Mountain to the cloud and provide ways to solve the gaps in public cloud storage’s ability to be a viable data preservation service. Every organization needs…
Tagged with: Cloud, CloudLanes, Compression, Data Preservation, Encryption, M&E, NFS, Replication, SMB, Virtual
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How Does DRaaS Protect End-Users?
Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) is becoming one of the most popular methods for data centers to not only solidify their disaster recovery strategies, it is all becoming a go to method for general data protection. It provides quick,…
Tagged with: Backup, Cloud, Deduplication, DRaaS, Encryption, Infrascale, Malware, Ransomware, Recovery
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Covering Both Ends of DR
One of the lessons IT is learning from Hurricanes Harvey and Irma is there are some situations where the organization really does not need to meet, or even come close to meeting the strict recovery point and recovery times it…
What is a End-User Data Management Strategy?
Users are more mobile than ever and while devices like tablets and smartphones are commonplace, most road warriors get most of their work done on laptops. A lot of the data on these laptops is unique and is never stored…
Tagged with: Archive, Backup, Cloud, dr, Druva, eDiscovery, file sync and share, Ransomware, Scale
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