The ability for a storage system to store data in the cloud via an NFS or SMB connection – often referred to as a cloud gateway – is becoming table stakes. At this point in IT infrastructure development, we still…
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The Cloud just got cheaper – again
A few weeks ago we did a webinar about whether it makes sense to use the cloud to store backups. Every time somebody at Storage Switzerland says something positive about storing things in the cloud, we can always count on…
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Getting Object Storage Ready for the Enterprise – Scality Briefing Note
There’s no question that the enterprise is starting to use object storage, even if you only consider the use of the various public cloud storage vendors, as they all use object storage interfaces. Of course, many people storing their corporate…
Amazon re:Invent: Cohesity Briefing – Modernizing Secondary Storage
While the industry places a lot of attention on all-flash arrays, for the most part these systems only service a small portion of data center capacity – the most active data. Secondary storage stores, or at least should store, the…
Amazon AWS re:Invent – Amazon Goes Snowmobiling
One of the biggest challenges facing an organization contemplating a move to the cloud is ingestion. How do you get all your data to the cloud in a timely manner? Sure you could replicate it, but if the organization’s data…
The Role of Object Storage in HPC Environments?
For most High Performance Computing (HPC) environments, high performance storage is a critical component in the infrastructure. The storage systems need to feed the compute infrastructure as quickly as possible. With object storage improving its performance and adding flash to…
Tagged with: Caringo, Data Lake, Flash, HPC, IoT, NAS, NFS, Object Storage, performance
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Do Cloud Caching Appliances need Backup?
One way organizations can quickly leverage the cloud is through the use of a caching appliance or gateway. These solutions cache data locally so when users access active data they don’t deal with internet latency. When data is created or…
Creating Private Cloud Storage that you can Actually use
While public cloud storage systems have enjoyed incredible growth and success, these architectures have not yet enjoyed anything close to the same success in the traditional data center. Perhaps it’s because these organizations don’t think they need it, or perhaps…
Do VMs need NAS and why?
Virtual machines (VMs) need file services as much as physical servers need them. Once file services expanded beyond user home directories, administrators started using them for the storage needs of many different types of applications. Besides sharing data between multiple…
Should Backups and DR be separate Systems?
Backup and DR can be separate systems, but do not have to be. Modern advances in backup and DR technology make it possible to have a single integrated system to satisfy the needs of both, and I can think of…
Tagged with: Backup, Cloudian, Deduplication, Disk, dr, NFS, Object Storage, RAID, SMB
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