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Ransomware Protection Requires Different Protocols

Posted on June 22, 2017 by George Crump

The core server component of most modern backup applications run on Windows. Unfortunately, Windows is also the primary target of ransomware attacks. While there are incidents of attacks on Linux or Macs, ransomware creators are going to go for the…

Tagged with: Backup, Encryption, Malware, Nakivo, Ransomware, Recovery, Replication, Virtualization, Windows
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How To Design a Hyper-V Disaster Recovery Plan

Posted on June 20, 2017 by George Crump

Server Failure, Storage System Failure and Data Center Failure are all forms of disaster that will impact the Hyper-V environment. Now IT planners should add ransomware to that list. How does the Hyper-V Administrator design a disaster recovery plan? Disaster…

Tagged with: Backup, Cloud, Deduplication, dr, Hyper-V, Nakivo, Ransomware, Recovery, Replication, RPO, RTO, Virtualization, VM
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How Do You Manage Petabytes of Data?

Posted on June 19, 2017 by wcurtispreston

Managing petabytes of data is fundamentally harder than managing terabytes. Getting management wrong could cost the company thousands or worse lead data lost that could cost the company millions. Problems that you can ignore or confront with brute-force techniques with…

Tagged with: Archive, Cloud, Deduplication, Flash, HGST, Metadata, Migration, Object Storage, Replication, Unstructured data
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New Threats Require Better DR – CloudEndure Briefing Note

Posted on June 15, 2017 by George Crump

Despite the rising concerns over cyber-attacks like ransomware, humans are still the number one cause of disasters. We need to look no further than the Amazon “typo error” of 2017 that knocked out service on AWS for proof. According to…

Tagged with: CloudEndure, CloudEnsure, Compression, Data Replication, Encryption, Hypervisor, Migration, Ransomware, Replication, RPO, VM
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How to Make DR Testing Less Painful

Posted on June 13, 2017 by George Crump

While every IT professional will admit that it is important, disaster recovery testing generally falls to the bottom of the IT to do list, right after root canal. But if testing is not a key component, the process of creating…

Tagged with: Carbonite, Cloud, dr, DRaaS, DRP, MS-SQL, Replication, RPO, RTO, Software Defined
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Storage Problems Limit Hyperconverged Scale

Posted on June 12, 2017 by George Crump

Hyperconvergence has a real problem. It can’t scale. While hyperconverged architectures may be a good match for medium sized business, as the environment scales it’s “all for one, one for all” simplicity becomes problematic. As is usually the case, storage…

Tagged with: Datrium, Erasure code, Flash, HCI, Hyperconvergence, Infrastructure, Replication, Scalability, Virtualization
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Webinar: What’s Next in Storage for Managed Service Providers?

Posted on June 12, 2017 by George Crump

How to Move Beyond Backup, to DRaaS, Copy Data Management and Primary Storage The cloud has brought both risk and reward to MSPs. In today’s hybrid cloud world, MSPs must deliver consumption-based, private and public cloud offerings to their clients.…

Tagged with: Backup, ClearSky, Cloud, Compression, Copy Data, Deduplication, dr, DRaaS, Hybrid, MSP, Replication
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How To Create an Always Predictable Data Center

Posted on June 12, 2017 by George Crump

The modern data center must not only be predictable for normal production operations but also in failed state situations. An “Always Predictable” storage architecture is key to enabling IT to meet the various service levels the organization requires. The Predictable…

Tagged with: All-Flash, dr, performance, Recovery in Place, Replication, RPO, RTO, SLO, Snapshot, Veeam
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What is Object Storage Good For?

Posted on June 8, 2017 by wcurtispreston

Backup appliances do one thing well, store backup data. Object storage systems, as we’ve shown, can also fulfill this role. But unlike typical backup appliance they can do so much more. As a backup target, object storage systems provide an…

Tagged with: Archive, Backup, Cloud, Cloudian, FS&S, Metadata, NAS, Object Storage, Redundancy, Replication, SMB
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SlideShare: How to “Future Proof” Data Protection for Organizational Resilience

Posted on June 7, 2017 by George Crump

Users expectations of IT’s ability to return mission critical applications to production are higher than ever. These expectations are leading IT to abandon many of their backup and recovery solutions to try new, unproven solutions that may or may not…