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Webinar: How Hyper-Converged 2.0 Can Bring Tier 1 Applications into Your HCI

Posted on December 20, 2018 by George Crump

Hyperconverged Infrastructure is supposed to simplify the data center by creating an environment that automatically scales as new applications and workloads are added to it. The problem is that the current generation of HCI solutions can only address specific use…

Tagged with: Artificial Intelligence, Axellio, Big data, Cloud, HCI, Hybrid, Hyper-converged, IoT, Machine Learning, MS-SQL, Virtualization
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Software Defining Secondary Storage – Quest QoreStor Briefing Note

Posted on September 21, 2018 by George Crump

Secondary storage systems primarily store backup and archive data. These systems often store ten to twenty times the capacity of primary storage systems. Vendors realize the opportunity and are now flooding into the market. Most of the solutions are turnkey…

Tagged with: Archive, Backup, Cloud, Deduplication, Encryption, MS-SQL, NFS, Quest, Replication, Scale-Out, SMB, Software Defined, VM
Posted in Briefing Note

Data Protection is the Key to Hyperconverged Adoption – HYCU Briefing Note

Posted on April 4, 2018 by George Crump

Most HCI systems are first purchased to be the platform for a specific greenfield project within an already busy data center. The goal is to expand HCI use as new projects come online or old ones are ready for IT…

Tagged with: Backup, Cloud, HCI, HYCU, Hyperconverged, MS-SQL, Purpose Built, Recovery
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SlideShare: All-Flash For Databases: 5 Reasons Why Current Systems Are Off Target

Posted on February 23, 2018 by George Crump

Database applications like Oracle and MS-SQL make up most of the active data set. Making sure these applications respond almost instantly to user requests is a critical function for IT. The problem is meeting the instant response expectation is expensive,…

Tagged with: AFA, All-Flash, IOPS, Latency, MS-SQL, NVMe, SAS, SQL, Vexata
Posted in Slideshare

2018 SMB Disaster Preparedness Guide

Posted on February 6, 2018 by George Crump

Small to medium-sized businesses face unique challenges when it comes to disaster recovery. They have to deal with a much tighter budget than a larger business, while at the same time having to meet very similar recovery expectations for users.…

Tagged with: BLI, CBT, dr, Hypervisor, MS-SQL, Nakivo, Recovery in Place, Replication, RPO, RTO, SMB, Virtualization, VM
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Did HCI Create a Storage Problem to Solve a Storage Problem?

Posted on January 23, 2018 by George Crump

Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI) seems like a dream come true for IT professionals trying to deal with rapid data growth. HCI is built from a cluster of nodes, with each node providing compute, storage performance and storage capacity. When the organization…

Tagged with: Cloud, Cluster, HCI, Hyper-converged, Hypervisor, MS-SQL, Replication, Software Defined, Tintri, Virtualization, VM
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Why and How to Change Backup Solutions – Catalogic Briefing Note

Posted on January 22, 2018 by George Crump

Almost every organization is looking for a better backup solution. Given the number of new solutions that appear on the market, seemingly every day, IT needs to decide why they need to change backup solutions and then how to replace…

Tagged with: BLI, Block Level Backup, Catalogic, Cloud, dr, MS-SQL, NAS, Ransomware, Retention, SQL, Tape, Unstructured data, Virtualization
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Can an All-Flash Array Drive Down Costs?

Posted on December 20, 2017 by George Crump

When an organization implements an all-flash array, its objective is to meet user demand for improved application responsiveness. But the organization should also expect the flash array to drive down the cost of delivering that level of performance. The problem…

Tagged with: AFA, All-Flash, IOPS, Latency, MS-SQL, NVMe, SAS, SQL, Vexata
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What’s the Role of Object Storage in Backup?

Posted on December 8, 2017 by George Crump

Object storage systems are typically software-based solutions that run on commodity servers, which are clustered to create a single pool of storage. As a result, object storage solutions tend to be very cost-effective from a-price-per-GB perspective. These systems also have…