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File Storage vs Object Storage?
Tagged with: Archive, Cloud, Cloudian, Data Protection, Data Replication, File Storage, Hybrid Cloud, NAS, Object, Object Storage
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Even if Disk were Free You’d Still Want Tape
The cost of disk capacity has come down dramatically over the last two decades and, thanks to technologies like scale-out NAS and object storage, the ability to manage petabytes of data is certainly a possibility. But the cost to power…
Tagged with: Archive, Capacity, CIFS, Compression, Crossroads, Data Protection, Deduplication, Disk, NAS, NFS
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VSPEX Enabled WAN Acceleration
Next up at EMC World we caught up with Tony Thompson and Everett Dolgner from Silver Peak. Our readers will be familiar with the fact that Silver Peak has been on the leading edge of providing software-defined WAN acceleration technology…
Tagged with: CSP, Data Acceleration, Data Protection, EMC, EMC World, Silver Peak, Virtual, WAN
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EMC Announces The Data Domain DD2200
Beyond Entry Level Protection Storage Today at EMC World, EMC’s Data Protection and Availability division announced the release of the new Data Domain DD2200 platform. This new system is designed to function as the new “entry-level” deduplication appliance in the…
Tagged with: Data Domain, Data Protection, Deduplication, EMC, EMC World, Multi-Tenant
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The 3 Problems With Adding Capacity To Your NAS – And How To Solve Them
Disk based Network Attached Storage (NAS) systems have become the workhorse of the data center. These systems are the first responders to the rampant growth of unstructured data facing organizations of all sizes. As a result, these organizations need to…
Tagged with: Capacity, Crossroads, Data Protection, Hitachi Data Systems, HSM, NAS, Virtualize
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What Is The Data Protection Continuum?
In an era where business end-users have increasingly more options and autonomy for deciding how they will protect their application data, it is critically important for today’s IT organizations to provide more choices. By building a data protection infrastructure that…
Tagged with: Cloud, Continuous Data Protection, Data Protection, EMC, NAS, Protection, SAN, Shared Backup, Software Defined
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Security for File Sync and Share – Podcast
One of the results of a poll on a recent webinar is that many users are concerned about security with file sync and share platforms. To discuss this in today’s podcast are Artie Chang from Panterra and Storage Switzerland Senior Analyst Colm Keegan.…
Tagged with: Data center, Data Protection, File Sync, file sync and share, Security, sharing files, Webinar
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Chalk Talk Video – DR-as-a-Service: Compliant DR Protection for the Mid-Market
Most of the disasters that befall a company aren’t hurricanes, tornadoes, floods or acts of terrorism. Most IT disasters are simply unplanned downtime of critical servers. While these are a lot less dramatic, and a lot more common, they can…
Tagged with: Backup, ChalkTalk, Data Protection, Disaster recovery, DR-as-a-Service, Quorum, Storage Switzerland
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What Does Software-Defined Mean For Data Protection?
What is the role of data protection in today’s increasingly virtualized world? Should organizations look towards specialized backup technologies that integrate at the hypervisor or application layer or should they continue utilizing traditional backup solutions to safeguard business data? Or…
Tagged with: Change Block Tracking, Cloud, Compression, Data Protection, Deduplication, EMC, Hybrid Cloud, Hypervisor, Software Defined Storage, Virtual machine. Protection
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Video – How The Data Protection Workshops Can Get You Promoted
Storage Switzerland Founder and Lead Analyst George Crump tells you how you can learn how to not only keep your IT job, but to get a promotion. It all centers around a detailed disaster recovery and data backup plan for…
Tagged with: Data Protection, Data Protection Workshop, George Crump, Storage Switzerland, Tech Target, Workshop
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