Almost every data center needs to test operating system updates and new code releases. A DRaaS solution can meet the need. The problem is these testing needs require a copy of the server being tested with a most recent copy…
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Using DRaaS For Test-Dev
Tagged with: Backup, Cloud, Deduplication, DRaaS, Encryption, Infrascale, Malware, Ransomware, Recovery
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SlideShare: Three Steps to Eliminating Storage Silos
As an organization grows the number of use cases the data center needs to support increases with it. What starts out as a NAS for file sharing, moves to a SAN for database applications, and then storage for data protection.…
Preventing S3 Data Leaks With a NAS
It seems like every week there is news of another Amazon S3 Bucket being left wide open and its data exposed to anyone that figures out the bucket’s URL. Companies experiencing these data leaks include large Fortune 500 organizations and…
Protecting MongoDB, Cassandra, Hadoop – Datos IO Briefing Note
Data center modernization usually includes the organization moving to modern cloud applications like MongoDB, Cassandra and Hadoop. Like most new initiatives a forgotten element is data protection. These environments are particularly challenging to protect because they are designed to run…
Tagged with: Archive, Backup, Big data, Cloud, Corruption, Datos IO, Deduplication, Encryption, Ransomware, Replication, RTO, Scale-Out, Virtualization
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What’s the Role of Object Storage in Backup?
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…
Tagged with: Cloud, Cloudian, Data Sprawl, FMS2016, MS-SQL, Ransomware, Replication, Rubrik, VMware
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ChalkTalk Video: What’s Wrong with Traditional Backup vs The Cloud?
Traditional backup consists of a backup server, which stores copies of production data in a tape library or a deduplicated disk storage appliance. Most of these legacy solutions try to extend themselves into the cloud. The problem is the backup…
Tagged with: Amazon AWS re:Invent, Archive, Backup, Cloud, Deduplication, dr, Druva, eDiscovery, Ransomware, Scale
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Yes You Need to Protect G-Suite – Spinbackup Briefing Note
While there are tools available to protect G-Suite, most require the implementation of a complete data protection solution that protects a variety of other operating systems and applications. The problem is many companies don’t need a backup software application that…
Tagged with: Backup, Cloud, Encryption, Malware, Ransomware, SaaS, SMB, Spinbackup
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Enterprise File Sync and Share Comes of Age – FileCloud Briefing Note
File sync and share is one of those IT initiatives that administrators would rather avoid and there are what seems to be viable alternatives in the consumer cloud. The challenge with letting users take matters into their own hands is…
Tagged with: Cloud, EFSS, Encryption, file sync and share, FileCloud, FS&S, NAS, NFS, NTFS, Ransomware, SMB
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IT Needs A Different Reason To Buy Tape
With the release of LTO-8 Tape media and hardware vendors are once again boasting about how affordable it is to store data on tape. With a compressed capacity of 30TB per tape, they are right in doing so. At Storage…
Tagged with: Archive, Backup, Cloud, LTO, Migration, Object Storage, Ransomware, Scale, Tape
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How to Improve your Recovery Confidence
Most organizations have very low confidence in their ability to consistently recover data, whether from a minor outage or a major disaster. They’ve been through too many instances where data could not be recovered, took too long to be recovered,…
Tagged with: Cloud, Cloudian, Data Sprawl, FMS2016, MS-SQL, Ransomware, Replication, Rubrik, VMware
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