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Not your father’s Compression – Permabit delivers HIOPS Compression

Posted on July 10, 2014 by George Crump

Compression has been available in one form or another for decades, but most of the time compression is applied as data is moving off of primary storage. For example, most backup software or hardware compresses data as it moves into…

Tagged with: All-Flash Array, Compression, Data efficiency, Deduplication, HIOPS, Permabit, Replication, Thin provisioning
Posted in Product Analysis

Webinar – Should Your Storage Be Virtualized, Software Defined or None of the Above?

Posted on May 29, 2014 by George Crump

Whether you are planning to upgrade your current storage system or getting ready for a complete storage refresh, today’s IT planner has more storage choices than ever. A key decision is how you will access critical storage services like volume…

Tagged with: File Share, Replication, SDS, server-side storage, Snapshots, Software Defined Storage, Virtualization
Posted in Webinar

A Virtualization Backup Alternative – Nakivo Backup and Replication 3.9

Posted on February 14, 2014 by George Crump

When it comes to virtualization specific backup applications, many IT professionals only think of one name, Veeam. But there are several alternatives that those professionals should consider. One of those alternatives, Nakivo, just made its case stronger with the recent…

Tagged with: Backup, Compression, CSP, Deduplication, MSP, Multi-Tenant, Nakivo, Replication, Virtualization
Posted in Briefing Note

Software Defined Peak WAN Performance

Posted on January 14, 2014 by Colm Keegan

As a long time player in the market, Silver Peak is making it a lot easier, both financially and politically, for storage and virtual administrators to accelerate data replication performance. In the past, storage administrators used to have to get…

Tagged with: Acceleration, Replication, Silver Peak, Virtual, WAN
Posted in Blog

Can Snapshots Be Backups?

Posted on December 10, 2013 by George Crump

My colleague Eric Slack, recently wrote a column suggesting that how we protect data needs to change in order to meet the ever shrinking backup and recovery windows. That column has also generated quite a few comments objecting to his…

Tagged with: Backup, Data center, Data Protection, Flash, Replication, Snapshot, Storage
Posted in Blog

A Tiered Approach To Data Protection

Posted on November 22, 2013 by George Crump

Think your data is protected? Think again. True data protection is more than just enterprise backup, snapshots and replication; it’s a combination of all of these technologies. Understanding how to leverage each type of data protection is key towards enabling the rapid recovery of mission critical business information while not overspending on data protection insurance. In this article, lead analyst George Crump, outlines the specific role each type of data protection technology serves in the data center and how organizations can tier their data protection strategy for the maximum cost/benefit.

Tagged with: Backup, Data Domain, Data Protection, EMC, PBBA, Protection, Recovery point objective, Replication, Snapshots
Posted in Article

A Better Answer than RAID and Replication for Cloud Storage

Posted on March 4, 2013 by Eric Slack

Cloud applications and web-based services, such photo sharing sites, create some monumental challenges for a storage infrastructure. Not only must they expand almost without limit, they also need to protect and secure data sets, typically for thousands or millions of…

Tagged with: Cleversafe, Data corruption, Data integrity, Disk array, Erasure code, Object Storage, RAID, Replication
Posted in Article

Optimizing MS-SQL AlwaysOn Availability Groups With Server SSD

Posted on January 9, 2013 by George Crump

Medium- to large-sized data centers count on applications like Microsoft’s SQL Server to support applications that users need to become more productive so that the business can be more competitive. As these applications move into production the businesses become dependent…