Standard deduplication is the elimination of redundant data on a single storage system. Whether that system is used for backup or primary data, the goal is to put as much data as possible on a single storage system so that…
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The value of Global Primary Storage Deduplication
Tagged with: All-Flash, Compression, Deduplication, Efficiency, Global Deduplication, Permabit, Redundancy, Test/Dev, Thin provisioning, WAN
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Briefing Note: What does Dell see in Exablox’s Scale-out NAS?
Exablox just received a new funding round of $16M, bringing their funding total to $38.5M since inception four years ago. One of those investors is Dell Ventures. On a briefing call recently, Exablox made it clear that this is not…
Tagged with: Cloud, Data Protection, Deduplication, Disk, Exablox, NAS, Object, Protection, Scale-Out, Snapshot
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Overcoming the Challenges of Snapshot Data Protection
In February Storage Switzerland held two webinars that used similar techniques to address an age old problem: data protection. Both of these webinars asked primary storage to take a larger role in its own protection. One webinar discussed using snapshots…
Tagged with: Copy Data, Data Protection, Deduplication, performance, Recovery point objective, Recovery Time Objective, Replication, RPO, RTO, Snapshot, Test/Dev
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Solving the Big Three VDI Storage problems
Virtual Desktop Infrastructures (VDI) have the potential of reducing the cost to deploy and support an organization’s desktops and laptops. But VDI presents three big problems to the storage infrastructure; assuring the proper use of flash, the proper placement of…
Tagged with: All-Flash, Array, Compression, Deduplication, Flash, Hybrid, Hybrid array, NAS, performance, Tegile, VDI
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Briefing Note: CTERA’s Cloud Data Services Platform Transforms SMB and ROBO IT Service Delivery
New cloud technologies and their associated economics have created both opportunities and challenges as organizations wrestle with how to govern, optimize and automate the delivery of IT services. IT managers are seeking new ways to deliver these services from within…
Tagged with: Briefing, Cloud, CTERA, Data Protection, Deduplication, Encryption, File Sharing, file sync and share, Flash, FS&S, Gateway, Hybrid, IT-as-a-Service, ITaaS
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Briefing Note: Springpath Delivers SDS from the Ground Up
In the future, the data center’s storage architecture should be able to scale elastically, automatically adapting to performance demands. It should also be more than just reliable; it should be self-healing, and deliver these capabilities with cloud economics. This future…
Tagged with: Architecture, Cloud, Deduplication, Flash, Hypervisor, performance, Replication, Scale, SDS, Snapshot, Software Defined Storage
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Infrascale Evolves Backup Appliance to Backup Accelerator
Cloud backup is a very crowded market, it is critical for vendors in the space to differentiate themselves through innovation so they can help their customers solve real data protection problems. In this product analysis Storage Switzerland looks at Infrascale’s new Cloud Backup Accelerator which is an excellent example of this innovation. It solves a real problem that data centers are facing when they consider hybrid cloud backup, maintaining the on-site appliance. The cloud backup accelerator simplifies the on-site presence by removing capacity concerns. This leads to a more affordable solution that is easier for busy organizations to consume.
Tagged with: Backup, Cloud, Compression, Data Protection, Deduplication, Hybrid, Infrascale, Solid State, WAN
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Posted in Product Analysis
Briefing Note: Software Defined Storage grows up with FalconStor FreeStor
Software Defined Storage (SDS) is still in its infancy. While there are exceptions, like Atlantis Computing, Nexenta and DataCore, vendors in the space are for the most part startups looking to get their first hundred or so customers. FalconStor’s new…
Tagged with: Cluster, Deduplication, FalconStor, Flash, Infrastructure, Migration, Replication, SDS, Snapshot, Software Defined Storage, Tape, Virtualization
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Briefing Note: Violin Memory ushers in the Flash Storage Platform
Even though memory has always played a role in the storage infrastructure, the introduction of flash based storage has lead to rapid advancements in the evolution of storage. Today flash use has evolved from simply augmenting disk-based primary storage (hybrid…
Tagged with: All-Flash, Data Protection, Deduplication, Flash, Hybrid, Infrastructure, IOPS, performance, Provisioning, Purpose Built, Replication, Snapshots, Violin Memory, Virtual machine, Virtualization, WAN
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Does Post Process Deduplication have a Role in the Future of Deduplication
In a recent article “The State of Deduplication in 2015” we took a look at how deduplication is impacting the data center. Deduplication continues to change how data protection is performed and it is dramatically changing primary storage, most notably…
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