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The perfect Disk Backup for Virtualized Backups?

Disk Backup Appliance Designed for VMware?
With its support for SSD, the Drobo B1200i could be one of the most viable platforms for supporting random I/O generating changed block backups and data in-place recoveries, the capability to execute a VM directly from the backup target. In this product analysis, StorageSwiss examines the Drobo B1200i to see how it handles the new requirements of VM disk backup and recovery.

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Designing cost effective Storage Systems for Hyper-V

In a competition that many had pronounced over, Microsoft’s Hyper-V is now a viable candidate in the SMB, the remote office and even the enterprise data center. It brings the key virtualization features that most data centers need while being

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Shining a light on Shadow IT

IT Cloak and Dagger With the advent of cloud computing, all it takes is the swipe of a credit card to instantly get more storage capacity. Likewise, some users may just opt to purchase their own physical storage and keep

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ChalkTalk Video – The right way to the SMB Cloud

The storage cloud is very appealing to small companies for several reasons. It’s easy to get started – simply install a piece of software on the user’s computer and you’re ready to go – and thanks to the practice of

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A One-box Upgrade for Small Business IT part 3 – Exploring Windows Storage Spaces

The WD Sentinel DS5100/6100 is a compact file server system from disk drive manufacturer Western Digital (WD), designed for the Small- to Medium-sized Business (SMB). The DS5100/6100 comes with Windows Storage Server 2012 R2 Essentials and has the upgraded hardware

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Panel Discussion – Don’t Let Storage Eat Your Hyper-V Savings

In a competition that many had pronounced over, Microsoft’s Hyper-V is now a viable candidate in both the SMB, the remote office and even the enterprise data center. It brings the key virtualization features that most data centers at a

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Hybrid Cloud Storage for the SMB

It’s time for the SMB data center to come out of the closet. For far too long, many small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) have operated their IT infrastructures on shoestring budgets by resorting to consumer grade systems, like laptops and

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How a NAS can be the IT Upgrade an SMB Needs

When a small company is in a business that leverages online interactions with their customers they’re committing themselves to providing the kind of uptime, accuracy and responsiveness that the general public is used to. For many small to medium-sized businesses

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The Real ROI of SMB Cloud vs. SMB NAS

Small businesses can range in size from a few employees to a few hundred and the IT needs of these organizations are similarly varied. As they climb their way up from “small” and into “medium” those IT needs evolve, one

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The New Storage Center for SMBs – Podcast

Small to medium-sized businesses have special needs for their data centers. I recently sat down with Storage Switzerland Senior Analyst Eric Slack and WD Senior Product Line Manager Paul Chen to talk about how SMBs can use the cloud. Click

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