One of the hardest things to protect is a server with millions of files on it. In the early days of my career, we specifically asked customers if they had such a server so we could develop special procedures to…
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StorageShort: Will Machine Data Kill Backup?
Tagged with: Backup, Cloud, Cloudian, Deduplication, Hypervisor, IoT, Object Storage, Replication
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Podcast: What is DRaaS?
Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) is a recovery option that is getting a lot of attention right now. In this live podcast, Storage Switzerland and Carbonite cover exactly what DRaaS is and whether or not your organization should consider…
Is Your VMware Storage Slacking?
As VMware began its march into production, IT managers discovered the need for a storage area network (SAN) for the organization to fully tap into its potential. The available SANs at the time were difficult and not really VMware ready.…
The Multi-Site Scale-Out Storage Problem
When an organization buys a scale-up storage system it has to predict how much storage performance and capacity it will need over the life of the investment. If an unpredictable requirement for either of these resources occurs then IT will…
Solving the Distributed Storage Challenge by Centralizing Your Data – Talon FAST Software Briefing Note
Modern organizations continue to face an uphill battle as they struggle to meet the challenges of storing ever-growing amounts of unstructured data while also cost effectively managing their distributed storage environment. Many organizations are now moving data and operations to…
Overcome the Data Protection Dilemma – Vembu Briefing Note
Virtualization through hypervisors like VMware and Hyper-V have simplified the data protection and application recovery processes but they have not made it less expensive. Additionally most of these virtualization-specific data protection solutions are almost too myopic, ignoring physical machines all…
Tagged with: Backup, Cloud, dr, Hyper-V, Hypervisor, Replication, SaaS, Vembu, Virtualization, VMware
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Improving Data Protection with Data Virtualization – Actifio Briefing Note
Anyone in IT these days is painfully aware of the challenge organizations face dealing with ever-increasing amounts of data they need to properly store and protect. The irony is that the majority of data growth is not just the new…
Tagged with: Actifio, Cloud, Compression, Copy Data, Deduplication, dr, Hypervisor, RAID, Replication, Snaphots, Test/Dev, Virtualization
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DR Ready Storage should Complement Backup
A popular trend is to have data protection begin where the data begins – in primary storage. But the questions are: Should protecting your data be the responsibility of your primary storage product, or should there be a separation between…
Tagged with: Archive, Backup, dr, E-discovery, Erasure Coding, RAID, Replication, Snapshots, Tintri
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The Role of Snapshots in a Backup System
Snapshots are moving to the forefront of many data centers when it comes to data protection. Therefore, it’s important to have a solid understanding of how they work and what to use them for. It’s also very important to understand…
Is There A Better Option Than DRaaS?
Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) is very appealing to data center administrators looking to meet ever tightening recovery objectives but still reduce costs. By leveraging DRaaS, organizations can eliminate the cost of a secondary site and buying stand-by equipment…
Tagged with: ClearSky, Cloud, Compression, Deduplication, dr, DRaaS, Latency, Replication
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