The solution to ransomware is real-time data protection. The moment data changes it needs to be copied to a secondary storage system and sequestered from primary storage. Then, if a ransomware virus attacks, the last known good copy can be…
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How To Beat Ransomware But Not Your Budget
Tagged with: Archive, Backup, Encryption, Flash, Nexsan, Ransomware, Replication, Snapshot
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Why Backups Can’t Protect Against Ransomware
Ransomware is a new type of threat. As a result it needs a new type of defense. The reason is simple: Backups are not enough to protect against ransomware. They are increasingly victims of the attack themselves, and they don’t…
Tagged with: Archive, Backup, Encryption, Flash, Nexsan, Ransomware, Replication, Snapshot
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What is Ransomware?
Ransomware is one of the biggest threats facing IT. What exactly is ransomware? Ransomware is a program that once installed in a system encrypts an organization’s data and the only way to get it unencrypted is to pay a fee…
Tagged with: Archive, Backup, Encryption, Flash, Nexsan, Ransomware, Replication, Snapshot, Snapshots
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SlideShare: Storage Refresh? 3 Capabilities Primary Storage Must Have (but probably doesn’t)
If your organization is embarking on a refresh of your primary storage system this year, this is the one webinar that you will want to attend. IT evaluators that haven’t looked at storage in a few years will be impressed…
Tagged with: Fibre, file sync and share, Flash, ISCSI, Nexsan, NFS, SMB, Snapshots
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Has All-Flash Really Reached Price Parity on NAS?
Flash has reached the same price as disk! At least that is what all flash vendors want you to believe. But is it true? Has flash really reached price parity with disk? As is often the case it depends on…
Tagged with: All-Flash, Archive, Backup, Capacity, Disk, file sync and share, Flash, NAS, Nexsan, Replication, Virtualization
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StorageShort: Are All-Flash Arrays Really the same Price as Hard Disk Arrays?
A claim that many all-flash vendors are making is they reached price parity with hard disk based arrays. If that is true, then organizations would be crazy to buy any storage system with a hard disk in it. But it…
Tagged with: file sync and share, Flash, ISCSI, NAS, Nexsan, NFS, SMB, Snapshots
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Is it Time to Reboot Primary Storage?
Primary storage has remained the same for quite some time. It comes in two primary forms: block or file, also known as SAN or NAS. Yes, each of these two forms can be filled with a mix of ingredients, including…
Tagged with: Archive, Cloud, file sync and share, Flash, Hybrid, NAS, Nexsan, Object Storage, Replication, SAN, Scale-Out
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Is It Time to Modernize NAS?
Network Attached Storage (NAS) systems are the cornerstone of most organization’s storage architectures. For decades they’ve replaced legacy Windows or Linux file servers to provide SMB and NFS access from a single system that can support many more users. But…
Primary Storage Refresh is More than Flash
Primary storage refresh projects usually start from some combination of need for more performance, more capacity or because the storage system is coming off of maintenance. A key feature IT professionals look for in new primary storage system is flash.…
Webinar: Storage Refresh? 3 Capabilities Primary Storage Must Have (but probably doesn’t)
If your organization is embarking on a refresh of your primary storage system this year, this is the one webinar that you will want to attend. IT evaluators that haven’t looked at storage in a few years will be impressed…
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