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Retroactive Deduplication and Compression

Posted on December 15, 2014 by George Crump

In recent months there has been a lot of attention given to how primary storage deduplication is being implemented; should it be implemented selectively, or always on? The problem with this discussion is that it first assumes that the existing…

Tagged with: All-Flash, Compression, Deduplication, EMC, Hybrid Flash, Permabit, Retroactive Deduplication, storage array
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Briefing Note: Coho Data announces Site-To-Site Replication

Posted on December 5, 2014 by George Crump

A big challenge for a startup in the storage space is catching up to the legacy vendors in terms of features, with one of the most critical and apparently most difficult to complete being site-to-site replication. This feature allows the…

Tagged with: Coho Data, Compression, Encryption, Replication, Scale-Out, Site-to-Site, Snapshot, Software Defined, Sync, Virtual machine
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SlideShare – Is The All-Flash Data Center Myth or Reality?

Posted on December 2, 2014 by George Crump

In this webinar experts from Storage Switzerland and Tegile discuss if the All-Flash Data Center can become reality. We explore the return on investment that All-Flash systems can deliver, like increased user and virtual machine densities, lower drive counts and…

Tagged with: All-Flash, Clones, Compression, Data efficiency, Deduplication, Return On Investment, ROI, Tegile, Thin provisioning, Virtual machine
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Virtualized Cloud Backup for Anything

Posted on November 21, 2014 by Colm Keegan

Many technology companies talk a good game about providing their customers with choice, but few actually deliver on it. Public, private and hybrid cloud backup solution provider, Infrascale’s offering was built from the ground up with customer choice and hybrid…

Tagged with: Backup, Backup to the Cloud, Cloud, Compression, D2D, D2D2C, Deduplication, Disaster recovery, Disk-to-Disk, Hybrid, Infrascale
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Tegile Provides More Flash Options

Posted on November 21, 2014 by George Crump

Tegile recently announced two new members of its product family and an update to its software that promises to get more data centers taking their first significant flash step. This announcement addresses two challenges head-on that Storage Switzerland sees facing…

Tagged with: All-Flash, Compression, Data efficiency, Deduplication, Flash, Hybrid, Hybrid array, Tegile, Thin provisioning, Virtual machine
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The ROI of an early Storage Refresh

Posted on November 12, 2014 by George Crump

When a storage system is purchased, the hope is that it will meet the storage performance and capacity demands of the data center for 3-5 years. Thanks to the changing compute environment and capabilities available from new storage systems, it…

Tagged with: All-Flash, Compression, Data efficiency, Deduplication, Return On Investment, ROI, Tegile, Thin provisioning, Virtual machine
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StorageShort: Primary Storage Hard Disk Arrays should be replaced now

Posted on November 11, 2014 by George Crump

We have advised IT professionals that all future primary storage purchases be either hybrid or all-flash arrays for several years now. The value derived from these solutions include increased virtual machine (desktop and server) density, applications that can support more…

Tagged with: All-Flash, Compression, Data efficiency, Deduplication, Return On Investment, ROI, Tegile, Thin provisioning, Virtual machine
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Should you be able to turn All-Flash Deduplication off?

Posted on November 10, 2014 by George Crump

Deduplication, along with compression, provides the ability to more efficiently use premium priced flash capacity. But capacity efficiency comes with at least some performance impact. This is especially true on all-flash arrays where data efficiency features can’t hide behind hard…

Tagged with: All-Flash Array, Compression, Deduplication, Flash, IOPS, Kaminario, Latency, Permabit, Pure, SolidFire, Tegile, Texas Memory Systems, Violin Memory
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Nakivo Delivers Recovery in Place

Posted on October 29, 2014 by George Crump

Backup solutions that focus on protecting the virtual environment are becoming increasingly popular. Companies participating in this market include Veeam and PHD Virtual (acquired by Unitrends). But there is another company that is sometimes left out of the conversation that…

Tagged with: Backup, Compression, Deduplication, Nakivo, Recovery in Place, Recovery Time Objective, Replication, Virtual machine, Virtualization
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NetApp Flash Portfolio Analysis

Posted on October 28, 2014 by George Crump

Legacy storage vendors have faced a unique challenge as they tried to address the emerging flash opportunity. Unlike startups that could essentially start with a “blank sheet of paper”, these vendors had existing customers to care for. Their first mission…