The success of cloud providers like Amazon, Azure and Google is forcing the data center to re-think various aspects of their IT infrastructure. There are cases where a cloud provider can enhance typical on-premise storage to be DR Ready and…
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The Enterprise Use Case of Object Storage
The idea of infinitely scalable, self maintaining, searchable object storage in the cloud is a great idea – if you can make use of it. If an enterprise is able to create a use case around this resource, then they…
What is Scale-Out NAS 2.0
Scale-out Network Attached Storage (NAS) systems are designed to address the shortcomings of scale-up solutions. Namely scale-up solutions require IT professionals to accurately predict the performance and storage capacity needs for the life of the NAS. Scale-out solutions by comparison…
Tagged with: Cloud, Flash, Hard Disk Array, NAS, Object Storage, Quantum, Scale Up, Scale-Out, SDS, Tape, Unstructured data
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Webinar: Capacity – Ransomware – Protection – Three Windows File Server Upgrades to Avoid
Most organizations are looking to improve their Windows file server environment by adding capacity, developing a ransomware strategy and improving overall data protection. For most enterprises, optimizing your Windows file server means buying a new, bigger server with more capacity…
SlideShare: Preserve, Distribute and Deliver – M&E’s Three Biggest Data Challenges
The world of Media and Entertainment (M&E) is constantly changing and those changes impact M&E IT. The challenges M&E IT professionals face are far greater than the obvious problem of increasing data and file size. Certainly, building storage infrastructures designed…
Tagged with: All-Flash, Capacity, Caringo, Cloud, Flash, M&E, Object Storage, performance, Scale-Out
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Importance of Maintaining Proper Security and Control of Data in DRaaS Environments
As my colleague George Crump discussed in his article on disaster recovery as a service, “Introducing DRaaS 2.0”, there are a number of compelling advantages in using DRaaS solutions. However, regardless of the cost savings and other advantages when organizations…
Tagged with: Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Backup, Cloud, dr, DRaaS, Encryption, Object Storage, Quorum, VM
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Object Storage Maturing – Scality Briefing Note
When private cloud object storage vendors first started appearing on the market, many of them were missing many core features. Some did not have any concept of enterprise access control, encryption or versioning, while others did not have multi-region support.…
Tagged with: Archive, Backup, Cloud, file sync and share, Object Storage, Scality
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SlideShare: Does Object Storage Make Sense for Backups?
Everyone understands disk has become the primary target for backups in the last several years. It’s also safe to say that the main type of disk storage used as a target for backups would be a purpose-built backup appliance that…
SlideShare: Performance vs. Cost – Solving The HPC Storage Tug-of-War
When it comes to storage, High Performance Computing (HPC) environments are struggling with an interesting tug of war. On one side these environments need incredibly fast storage systems—the performance tier. Speed in HPC either allows for a greater number of…
SlideShare: Sizing Up Object Storage for the Enterprise
Object Storage promises many things – unlimited scalability, both in terms of capacity and file count, low cost but highly redundant capacity and excellent connectivity to legacy NAS. But, despite these promises object storage has not caught on in the…
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