Data centers of all types are increasingly trying to figure out how to store backups in the cloud. VMware and Hyper-V customers have a variety of options for doing this, but Nutanix customers using the Acropolis Hypervisor (AHV) have historically…
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Hyperconverged Solutions Need Long Term Flexibility
There is only one constant in the data center – change. Change, at least in the data center, is good. Done right, it delivers more performance in less space while reducing costs. But some hyperconverged solutions are resistant to change,…
Tagged with: Hyper-V, Hyperconverged, Hypervisor, Maxta, SDS, Virtualization, VM
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Hyperconvergence – Scale-Up vs. Scale-Out
One of the attractions of a hyperconverged architecture is when the organization needs more compute or storage resources, it simply adds another node. But hyperconverged vendors seldom talk about the downsides to this approach. There may be times when it…
Tagged with: Hyper-V, Hyperconverged, Hypervisor, Maxta, Migration, NVMe, Scale Up, Scale-Out, SDS, Virtualization, VM
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SlideShare – Showdown: Hardware-Based Hyperconvergence vs. Hyperconvergence Software
Hyperconverged architectures come in two flavors; hardware-based hyperconvergence or hyperconvergence software. Hardware-based hyperconvergence is where the hardware and the software are licensed together and pre-integrated from a single vendor. Hardware-based solutions look appealing on the surface – just plug them…
Tagged with: Hyper-V, Hyperconverged, Hypervisor, Maxta, SDS, Virtualization, VM
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Can Ransomware Infect Your Backups? – BackupAssist Briefing Note
It should come as no great surprise that ransomware is one of the scariest challenges for data protection people today. Black hats have figured out they can make more money faster by going after small and medium businesses than simply…
Tagged with: Backup, BackupAssist, Cloud, dr, Encryption, Hyper-V, Ransomware, SMB, SQL, Windows
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The Hidden Cost of Hardware Hyperconvergence
Hardware hyperconvergence is supposed to make the life of the IT professional easier by bundling compute, networking, hypervisor and storage software into a single bundle. To a large extent hardware hyperconvergence lives up to the hype, at least initially. But…
Software Defined Storage vs. Hyperconvergence
Hyperconvergence makes a lot of sense for many organizations. Hyperconvergence lets data centers leverage the excess compute in their virtual infrastructure to run the hyperconverged solution. The goal is to create a simpler architecture that converges compute, storage and networking.…
Tagged with: Hyper-V, Hyperconverged, Hyperconvergence, Hypervisor, Maxta, SDN, SDS, Virtualization, VM
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Can You Use Your Data Center as DR for The Cloud – Zerto Briefing Note
Many companies are asking two questions after moving some or all of their workloads into cloud vendors, such as Amazon, Google, or Azure. Do I need DR for the cloud? Where do you failover to if you’re running in the…
Tagged with: Cloud, dr, Hyper-V, Ransomware, Replication, RTO, Virtualization, VMware, Zerto
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ChalkTalk Video: Using the 3-2-1 Rule To Protect Against Ransomware
Protection in the modern data center is changing. IT must provide backup to disk and an instant recover capability to meet the recovery expectations of application owners. But this rapid protection also puts data at risk to a ransomware attack.…
Tagged with: Backup, Hybrid Cloud, Hyper-V, LTFS, LTO, Object Storage, Quantum, Replication, Tape, Veeam, VMworld2017, WAN
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Is Hardware-Based Hyperconvergence Easier to Implement?
Implementation of hyperconverged systems requires the installation of two components. First is the hardware, made up of servers and the networking that connects them. Second is the software, made up of the hypervisor that creates a cluster and storage software…
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