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Optimizing Efficiency for the Multi-Cloud World

Posted on May 3, 2019 by Krista Macomber

Dell Technologies World 2019 Primary Storage Updates The storage strategy for the modern enterprise, at its core, centers on getting the right data to the right user at the right time. However, this is a difficult task that requires the…

Tagged with: Cloud, Compression, Deduplication, Dell, Dell World 2019, EMC, Encryption, Flash, Hybrid, MSP, NAS, NVMe, Virtualization, VMware
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Taking Hyperconverged Infrastructure Beyond Point Application Hosting – Pivot3 Briefing Note

Posted on April 22, 2019 by Krista Macomber

As we enter the next phase of hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) market maturity, it is important for storage managers to be discerning when it comes to infrastructure architecture as well as intelligent management capabilities. The first generation of HCI stands to…

Tagged with: All-Flash, Encryption, Flash, HCI, Hybrid, Hyperconverged, IoT, NVMe, Pivot3, QOS, Replication, ROI, SLA, VDI, VM
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Hyperscale Data Acceleration – Vexata Briefing Note

Posted on April 11, 2019 by Krista Macomber

Workloads such as high-performance transactional databases, high-volume analytics, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) stand to unlock new value for the business, and non-volatile memory express (NVMe) promises to deliver on these levels of performance. However, deploying NVMe at…

Tagged with: AI, Clones, Cloud, Encryption, IOPS, ML, NoSQL, NVMe, Snapshots, SSD, Vexata
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Use Cases for Computational Storage

Posted on April 4, 2019 by Krista Macomber

Previously, Storage Switzerland has discussed the value of computational storage, or adding compute power directly to storage media to enable data to be processed in place, in serving modern workloads – as well as its impact on future forward data…

Tagged with: AI, Big data, Computational Storage, DRAM, Encryption, Flash, Hyperscale, IoT, ML, NGD Systems, NVMe, PCIe, SSD
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15 Minute Friday Webinar: Rethinking Storage Performance for Modern Applications

Posted on April 3, 2019 by George Crump

Modern applications process large segments of data, often in parallel. These applications need to match patterns across a multitude of object and vectors or regularly update multiple indices as they change over time. Storage IO and network latency quickly become…

Tagged with: Big data, Computational Storage, DRAM, Encryption, Flash, Hyperscale, IoT, NGD Systems, NVMe, NVMe-oF, PCIe, SSD
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Impact of Computational Storage on Data Center Design

Posted on March 27, 2019 by Krista Macomber

Previously, Storage Switzerland defined computational storage as an architecture that enables data to be processed within the storage device in lieu of being transported to the host server’s central processing unit (CPU). Computational storage reduces the input/output (I/O) transaction load…

Tagged with: Big data, Computational Storage, DRAM, Encryption, Flash, Hyperscale, IoT, NGD Systems, NVMe, NVMe-oF, PCIe, SSD
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Creating an Endpoint Backup Strategy that Works for Everyone

Posted on March 26, 2019 by Krista Macomber

Backing up endpoints is a crucial aspect of a comprehensive, modern data protection strategy. Laptops and mobile devices are the primary means through which employees read and modify corporate data. Despite the ongoing shift to software-as-a-service (SaaS), users commonly save…

Tagged with: Backup, BYOD, Cloud, Demo, Disaster recovery, Encryption, Endpoint, Infrascale, Migration, SaaS, VPN
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Your Path to Smarter Secondary Storage

Posted on March 26, 2019 by Krista Macomber

The volume of data that must be backed up continues to increase, to meet compliance regulations and to serve secondary business purposes such as business analytics. At the same time, recovery requirements are becoming more demanding. In the event of…

Tagged with: Backup, Cloud, Cloudian, Encryption, Erasure Coding, Hybrid, NAS, NFS, Object Storage, Replication, RTO, SMB, Unstructured data, Veeam
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Meet SLAs Cost-Effectively with Application-Consistent Recovery

Posted on March 25, 2019 by Krista Macomber

Modern businesses rely on a large number of divergent applications. As previously blogged by Storage Switzerland, this application sprawl creates the need for a tiered, service level-driven approach to data protection. While the organization’s most mission critical applications require a…

Tagged with: Backup, Big data, CCPA, Cloud, Disaster recovery, Encryption, EU, Hybrid, Hybrid IT, Micro Focus, Ransomware, RPO, RTO
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What is Computational Storage?

Posted on March 18, 2019 by Krista Macomber

Modern workloads such as analytics of data generated at the edge require vast amounts of data to be processed in parallel. As discussed in our previous blog, the advent of solid-state drive (SSD) storage media has caused the interface between…