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Hyperconverged Flash – Scaling

Posted on May 10, 2016 by wcurtispreston

Scale Computing Briefing Note There are generally three ways one can use flash in a storage system. From a data management perspective, the all-flash array is the easy approach as one does not need to decide what will go on…

Tagged with: Cache, Cloud, Disk, DRaaS, Flash, IOPS, Scale Computing, Tiering, VM
Posted in Briefing Note

Unifying Cloud Management through vCenter

Posted on September 16, 2015 by George Crump

Briefing Note: HotLink Introduces Hybrid Cloud Management For the traditional data center, VMware remains the dominant virtualization platform but as enterprise roadmaps begin to map in the cloud they are struggling with how to manage the hybrid environments they are…

Tagged with: Cloud, dr, DRaaS, HotLink, Hybrid, Shadow IT, Virtualization, VM
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Infrascale Launches Cloud Failover Appliance with Complete DRaaS Functionality

Posted on August 4, 2015 by George Crump

Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) solves some important problems that administrators at small and medium-sized organizations face. When done correctly, it can provide a turnkey service that eliminates the need for managing a secondary recovery site and automate the process…

Tagged with: Cloud, Disaster recovery, dr, DRaaS, Infrascale, Recovery, Virtual machine
Posted in Product Analysis

Evolving Data Protection to the Cloud

Posted on July 24, 2015 by Joseph Ortiz

Briefing Note: Arcserve Cloud When it comes to data protection, it is very beneficial for a backup and recovery software company to have an in depth understanding of how data protection needs and challenges have developed over the years. Shortly…

Tagged with: Arcserve, Backup, Cloud, Data Protection, Deduplication, dr, DRaaS, HA, RPS, SMB
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Technical Considerations for adding a Cloud Backup Service to your MSP Portfolio

Posted on June 23, 2015 by George Crump

In order to keep up with a dramatically changing IT landscape, many value added resellers (VARs), large and small, are considering becoming managed service providers (MSP). A logical first step for these organizations is to provide backup as a service.…

Tagged with: Asigra, Baas, Cloud, Data Protection, Deduplication, Disaster recovery, DRaaS, MSP, VAR, VM
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Data as a Supply Chain – SANS Technology

Posted on June 18, 2015 by George Crump

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,…

Tagged with: Data Protection, DRaaS, FC, file sync and share, Hyper-converged, ISCSI, NAS, Replication, SAN, SANS Technology
Posted in Briefing Note

The Benefits of a Cloud Integrated Hyper-converged Architecture

Posted on June 17, 2015 by George Crump

Hyper-converged architectures (HCA) consolidate compute, storage and networking onto a single server and then through software, aggregate these servers, creating a shared pool of resources. These resources can then be allocated to virtual machines (VMs) based on their performance and…

Tagged with: All-Flash, Cloud, dr, DRaaS, Flash, Gridstore, HCA, Hyper-converged, QOS, Test Dev/Ops, VM
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Briefing Note: Zerto brings Hypervisor-to-Hypervisor Replication

Posted on May 8, 2015 by George Crump

Much to the surprise of VMware, the world is not 100% VMware. Hyper-V is seeing a rapid increase in adoption both in small businesses and for smaller remote offices in enterprises. But small organizations may want to replicate to a…

Tagged with: Disaster Recovery as a Service, dr, DRaaS, Hypervisor, Replication, RPO, RTO, Zerto
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Analyst Blog: Cloud Storage is only as Risky as you make it

Posted on March 20, 2015 by George Crump

In a recent article our friends over at storagenewsletter.com asked an important question, “Is Cloud Storage Risky for Users?”. Our answer is that cloud storage is only as risky as you make it. In other words, an organization that’s planning…

Tagged with: Backup, Cloud, Disaster Recovery as a Service, DRaaS, Encryption, File Sharing, Hybrid
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