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Why Metadata Might be Impeding Your Flash Performance

Posted on May 1, 2019 by Krista Macomber

Metadata is an often overlooked but leading storage performance bottleneck. Metadata maps how files are stored on disks, and it summarizes characteristics of file attributes such as author and last date of access. As such, it is crucial to data…

Tagged with: All-Flash, Big data, Data Protection, Flash, HDD, Hybrid Cloud, IOPS, IoT, ROI, SSD, Western Digital
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Is Your Data Protection Architecture Holding You Back?

Posted on April 29, 2019 by George Crump

In most organizations the data protection architecture has gone unchanged for almost a decade. It’s true that certain components within the architecture change because of technological advances or forced refreshes but the basic design remains the same. The challenge with…

Tagged with: Archive, Backup, Cloud, Compression, Data Protection, Deduplication, Replication, SaaS, Scale Up, Scale-Out, SLA, StorageCraft
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SlideShare: How to Design Self-Protecting Production Storage and Gain Backup Independence

Posted on April 26, 2019 by George Crump

It is 2019, why are we still backing up production storage? The simple answer is that most production storage systems can provide some level of data protection but they can’t fully replace backup. It’s time to consider what backup independence means.…

Tagged with: Backups, ClearSky, Cloud, Data Protection, Disaster recovery, dr, Hybrid Cloud
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Can Primary Storage Replace Backups?

Posted on April 9, 2019 by George Crump

In our on demand webinar “How to Design Self-Protecting Storage and Gain Backup Independence” Storage Switzerland and ClearSky Data articulate how primary storage can be improved so that it can take on more of the data protection responsibility. The goal…

Tagged with: Backups, ClearSky, Cloud, Data Protection, Disaster recovery, dr, Hybrid Cloud
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The Changing State of Endpoint Backup

Posted on April 9, 2019 by George Crump

Many organizations consider endpoint backup a “nice-to-have”, in that if endpoint get backed up, at least occasionally it’s considered good enough. Considering how critical endpoints are to today’s workforce and their increasing importance in compliance regulations, IT needs to rethink…

Tagged with: Backup, Carbonite, Cloud, Data Protection, dr, DRaaS, Endpoint, Hybrid, Hyperconverged, Hypervisor, RPO, RTO
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What’s Driving Data Protection Sprawl, and Why is it Such a Pain Point?

Posted on April 2, 2019 by Krista Macomber

In today’s world of strict data privacy regulations, increasing and more sophisticated cyberattacks, and data-driven business intelligence, data protection is an important business priority. However, most organizations are dealing with the sprawl of data protection infrastructure that adds a significant…

Tagged with: Cloud, Container, Data Protection, Data Sprawl, Hybrid, Ransomware, Redundancy, RPO, RTO, SLA, Snapshot, Veritas
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Lightboard Video: The Importance of Flash Architectures in Real-Time Workloads

Posted on April 2, 2019 by George Crump

Data centers are adjusting to the flash performance opportunity and are scaling their traditional environments much larger, pushing the storage systems’ architecture much harder than when all-flash arrays were first introduced. These organizations are also introducing real-time applications, like artificial…

Tagged with: All-Flash, Big data, Data Protection, Flash, Hybrid Cloud, IOPS, IoT, ROI, Western Digital
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Webinar: How to Design Self-Protecting Production Storage and Gain Backup Independence

Posted on March 28, 2019 by George Crump

Tagged with: Backups, ClearSky, Cloud, Data Protection, Disaster recovery, dr, Hybrid Cloud
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Veeam and HPE Consumption-Based Data Management

Posted on March 21, 2019 by Krista Macomber

Consumption-based IT enables the customer to obtain the pay-as-you-go cost effectiveness of cloud services while retaining an on-premises footprint. It also dramatically simplifies IT infrastructure management and planning. Data protection administrators in particular can benefit from this method of acquiring…

Tagged with: Big data, Cloud, Consumption, Container, Data Protection, Disaster recovery, HPE, Infrastructure, Replication, SLA, Veeam
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Consumption-Based Data Protection Brings Predictability

Posted on March 19, 2019 by George Crump

Bringing predictability to the data protection process is not a lost cause. The problem is that IT lacks a purchasing model to make data protection predictable and a software/hardware stack that works well with that model. As discussed in the…