File data is growing so quickly that it is difficult for enterprise storage managers to keep up. A larger volume and greater variety of files is being stored across a range of locations and devices. At the same time, it…
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Using Metadata to Overcome “Data Blindness”
Tagged with: AI, Cloud, Data Privacy, Disaster recovery, IoT, Metadata, ML, NAS, Qumulo, SLA, Unstructured data
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Using HCI to Optimize SMB and ROBO Storage Availability, Capacity and Performance – StarWind Briefing Note
IT organizations at small-to-midsized businesses (SMBs) and remote and branch office (ROBO) environments face unique challenges. Like their counterparts at larger organizations, they are pressured to empower new, data-driven business insights in real-time, to respond with agility to dynamic business…
Tagged with: Flash, HCI, Hybrid, Hypervisor, Ransomware, Replication, ROBO, SDS, SLA, SMB, StarWind, Tape, Virtualization, VM
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Why Storage is a Virtualization ROI Killer – And How to Fix It
Virtualization brings the advantage of being able to run a multitude of workloads on the same physical infrastructure. In theory, virtualization promises IT professionals better infrastructure utilization and simplified management. The reality that many are finding, however, is in fact…
Is SAS All-Flash Good Enough?
Almost every storage vendor that used to just make SAS-based all-flash arrays is now shipping an NVMe Flash Array. New storage vendors are emerging that are skipping SAS-flash altogether and are starting with NVMe systems. The question facing IT planners…
Tagged with: Analytics, Cloud, HDD, Hyperconverged, NVMe, NVMe-oF, Object Storage, SANBlaze, SLA, SSD, Virtual Instruments, Virtualization
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Abstract Applications from Infrastructure for Better Business Outcomes
The number of applications requiring high availability (HA) for business continuity and Tier 0 levels of performance is growing. For IT professionals, delivering on these demanding service level agreements (SLAs) is no easy task as IT environments grow more complex…
What’s Driving Data Protection Sprawl, and Why is it Such a Pain Point?
In today’s world of strict data privacy regulations, increasing and more sophisticated cyberattacks, and data-driven business intelligence, data protection is an important business priority. However, most organizations are dealing with the sprawl of data protection infrastructure that adds a significant…
Tagged with: Cloud, Container, Data Protection, Data Sprawl, Hybrid, Ransomware, Redundancy, RPO, RTO, SLA, Snapshot, Veritas
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5 Critical Enterprise Cloud Backup Capabilities – Requirement 1: Turnkey, All-in-One Solution
As Storage Switzerland frequently discusses, many enterprises are struggling to keep up with today’s backup demands. Copy data is growing exponentially, to comply with data privacy regulations such as the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation and the California Consumer…
Getting Hands-on NVMe Experience Without the Cost or the Risk
Non-volatile memory express (NVMe) is among the most hyped storage technologies of 2019 – and for good reason. As previously covered by Storage Switzerland, NVMe’s ability to increase queue depths and command counts and to connect directly to storage memory,…
Tagged with: Analytics, Cloud, HDD, Hyperconverged, NVMe, NVMe-oF, Object Storage, SANBlaze, SLA, SSD, Virtual Instruments, Virtualization
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Veeam and HPE Consumption-Based Data Management
Consumption-based IT enables the customer to obtain the pay-as-you-go cost effectiveness of cloud services while retaining an on-premises footprint. It also dramatically simplifies IT infrastructure management and planning. Data protection administrators in particular can benefit from this method of acquiring…
Tagged with: Big data, Cloud, Consumption, Container, Data Protection, Disaster recovery, HPE, Infrastructure, Replication, SLA, Veeam
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Why Controllerless Software-defined Networking for the Distributed Cloud?
Enterprises will continue to shift away from centralized data centers, in lieu of smaller edge locations that provide the latency, bandwidth, autonomy and privacy required by future forward workloads such as virtual reality (VR) and Internet of Things (IoT) driven…
Tagged with: Analytics, Cloud, Hyper-converged, IoT, Pluribus Networks, SDN, SDS, SLA, Software Defined, Virtual reality
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