All data has a lifecycle or supply chain attached to it, and storage systems need to respond differently to data as it moves through each link in this chain. The problem is that most data centers treat all data the same,…
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Data as a Supply Chain – SANS Technology
Tagged with: Data Protection, DRaaS, FC, file sync and share, Hyper-converged, ISCSI, NAS, Replication, SAN, SANS Technology
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SlideShare: Cleaning up the SDS Mess – Four Keys to Success
Is Software Defined Storage (SDS) getting hijacked? It seems every vendor, old and new, is claiming that their storage is “software defined”. In our on demand webinar listen as experts from Storage Switzerland and Nexenta provide guidance to sorting out…
Tagged with: Backup, Data Protection, Hyper-convergence, Nexenta, SDS, Software Defined Storage
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Posted in Slideshare
Product Analysis: Asigra Converged Data Protection Appliance
Asigra Cloud Backup is a robust, multi-tenant data protection offering built exclusively for Managed Service Providers. For almost three decades, the solution has enabled MSPs to provide enterprise class backup and recovery services to their customers worldwide. But the infrastructure…
Tagged with: Asigra, Cloud, Data Protection, Deduplication, Disaster recovery, dr, MSP, RTO, VM
Posted in Product Analysis
Posted in Product Analysis
Software Defined Storage needs Automation and Orchestration
Software Defined Storage (SDS) provides the ability for multiple storage hardware elements to be managed through software, enabling a data center to have a common interface to pool, provision and protect storage assets across vendor platforms. This basic abstraction is a…
Beat a 4 Hour RPO-RTO Without Breaking the Bank
The Recovery Gap Storage Switzerland’s latest webinar, now available on demand, discussed ways that IT professionals could create the “Always-on Data Center”. In that webinar we asked a polling question that had surprising results. Over 89% of the attendees could…
Tagged with: Backup, Data Protection, ExaGrid, File Virtualization, Recovery in Place, RPO, Veeam, VM
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Minor Disasters and the IT Professionals they hurt
In a way, the best disaster that can happen to your organization is one that brings down the data center and makes it inaccessible for weeks. These disasters, often naturally created, make headlines everywhere. While recovering from one of these…
Briefing Note: Why buy a Backup Appliance from a Disk Drive Vendor?
Seagate CSS (Cloud Systems and Solutions), a division of this long-time disk drive manufacturer, was put together to develop storage infrastructure solutions for the hyper-scale cloud provider and OEM markets, among others. More than just a component manufacturer ‘moving up…
Tagged with: Backup, Cloud, Data Protection, Hybrid, Hyper-scale, PBBA, Replication, Seagate, SMB, Software Defined
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StorageShort: Is Software-only SDS the best way to implement this technology?
There are a number of ways to implement SDS, including as a software-only solution. This method allows the user to provide the hardware, even re-purposing existing equipment in some cases. There are a number of user benefits to leveraging SDS…
Tagged with: Backup, Data Protection, Hyper-convergence, Nexenta, SDS, Software Defined Storage
Posted in StorageShort
Posted in StorageShort
StorageShort: What is Vendor-defined SDS and does it benefit the user?
SDS promises to deliver a number of benefits to end users, including flexibility, management simplicity and cost savings. Storage vendors can also leverage SDS technologies, but many do it for their own benefits. In this Storage Short, Storage Switzerland Founder,…
Tagged with: Backup, Data Protection, Hyper-convergence, Nexenta, SDS, Software Defined Storage
Posted in StorageShort
Posted in StorageShort
StorageShort: Is SDS Ready for Production?
A recent webinar poll of the audience showed that over half were concerned that SDS wasn’t really ‘ready for prime time’. In this storage short, George Crump and Thomas Cornley from Nexenta discuss what makes SDS solutions appropriate for mission-critical,…
Tagged with: Backup, Data Protection, Hyper-convergence, Nexenta, SDS, Software Defined Storage
Posted in StorageShort
Posted in StorageShort
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