The software defined data center does not mean data centers are free from vendor lock-in. It just means vendors moved the lock from hardware to software. While the software may (not always) provide the organization the ability to mix and…
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iXsystems’ New TrueNAS X10 and FreeNAS v11.0 Briefing Note
Tagged with: Backup, Compression, Deduplication, Encryption, Hyperconverged, iXSystems, NAS, NFS, Object Storage, Replication, SAN, SDS, SMB, Snapshot, VM
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Does Object Storage Make Sense for Backups?
Object storage is not only perfect for backups – it seems designed for it. It’s safe, economical, and scalable – everything backup storage needs to be. Specific features in object storage make it perfectly suitable for the task of holding…
Tagged with: Backup, Cloudian, Corruption, Deduplication, Object Storage, Replication, Scale
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Where Should Copy Data Reside?
Copy data is getting a lot of attention and solutions to manage it are flooding to market. But a question few of these solutions let you ask is, “WHERE should that copy data reside?” For the most part, they assume…
Tagged with: ClearSky, Cloud, Compression, Copy Data, Deduplication, dr, DRaaS, Latency, MSP, Replication, Virtualize
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StorageShort: The Recovery Paradox – Close Copy vs. Far
One of the challenges to designing a successful disaster recovery solution is where to keep copies of your data. A close copy allows for a rapid recovery in the event of a failure since it is seconds away. But in…
Tagged with: ClearSky, Cloud, Compression, Deduplication, dr, DRaaS, Replication
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How Do Disk Backup Appliances Scale?
Eventually most organizations will run out of backup storage, so understanding how backup storage scales is critical to creating a long term data protection strategy. It is not as simple as just converting to a scale-out architecture because deduplication adds…
Does Disk Based Backup Require Deduplication Anymore?
Hardware-based deduplication legitimized the concept of backing up to disk. But deduplication alone is no longer as important as it used to be. The problem with hardware-based duplication is the data must be transferred to the backup appliance prior to…
Tagged with: Archive, Cloud, Cloudian, Compression, Deduplication, Disk, Flash, Object Storage, Replication, SDS, Tape
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What Storage Product Should You Use in the Cisco UCS Storage Server?
Customers of Cisco’s UCS 3260 Storage Server can run any software defined storage product that is available as a software-only product. The question is how does one pick amongst the many that are available? Understanding the performance and functionality needs…
Tagged with: Archive, Backup, CDM, Cloud, Deduplication, Flash, HCI, Hybrid, NVMe, Object Storage, SAN, SDS, SwiftStack
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How Does Saturday Night Live Use Object Storage?
Saturday Night Live (SNL) veteran Matt Yonks spoke about the show’s archival challenges at a special event hosted by Cloudian at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB). Matt has been with SNL for 19 years and is their Post Production…
Dell EMC Integrate DRaaS to Data Protection Portfolio
Organizations that count on EMC’s data protection software that also want DRaaS don’t have to consider switching to another solution. At Dell EMC World 2017, the company announced Data Domain Cloud DR. Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) leverages the…
Tagged with: Avamar, Backup, Cloud, Deduplication, Dell, Dell World, DRaaS, EMC, Replication, RPO, RTO
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Deep Dive XtremIO X2 – Dell EMC World 2017
The press releases are out there but they only cover the XtremIO announcement at a high level. It’s time for a deeper dive. At Dell EMC World, Storage Switzerland spent quality time on the XtremIO X2 update. It promises increased…
Tagged with: All-Flash, Compression, Deduplication, Dell, EMC, Flash, Latency, QOS, Replication, Scale Up, Scale-Out, SSD, XtremIO
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