When ransomware hits an organization, it is very tempting simply to pay the ransom instead of going through the time and effort to replace the encrypted data by recovering from a backup. After paying the ransom, the hackers give a…
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Ransomware: The Problem with Paying the Ransom
Tagged with: Backup, Cloud, Encryption, Hybrid, Micro Focus, NAS, Ransomware, ROBO, Snapshot
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Creating Enterprise Ready Global File Collaboration – Nasuni Briefing Note
There are several global file collaboration vendors on the market today. These solutions are designed to replace legacy network attached storage (NAS) systems. As the global file collaboration moniker implies, these systems allow the widespread distribution of files. The solutions…
Can HCI Guarantee Application Performance?
Hyperconverged Infrastructures (HCI) promise simplicity; simpler management and simpler scaling. One of the challenges though is that as an organization scales it also starts to expect specific response times from specific applications. Priorities set in, and IT must assure the…
Tagged with: Compression, CPU, Deduplication, HCI, Hyperconvergence, Hypervisor, QOS, Replication, Snapshot, Tintri, Virtualization
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How to Backup Big NAS – Igneous Briefing Note
One of the top use cases for a network attached storage system (NAS) is to be the catchall for unstructured data to make it easy to distribute data to compute in a shared infrastructure for use by many applications. The…
Why Backup is Breaking Hyper-Converged Infrastructures and How to Fix it
The goal of a hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) is to simplify how to apply compute, network and storage resources to applications. Ideally, the data center’s IT needs are consolidated down to a single architecture that automatically scales as the organization needs…
Tagged with: Backup, Comtrade, dr, HCI, Hyper-convergence, Redundancy, Replication, Snapshot, VM
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Why Do Primary Storage Providers Resist the Public Cloud?
Public cloud storage is highly scalable and very cost effective. It also happens to be located next to an almost infinite supply of compute. Why then do most primary storage vendors pretend the resource doesn’t exist? The answer is quite…
More Than Just Drives – A Complete NVMe All-Flash Solution
All-Flash Arrays bring an unprecedented level of performance to applications in the data center. Most of this performance gain comes from the replacement of hard disk drives with flash as the media of choice. The gain in performance was largely…
Tagged with: All-Flash Array, Compression, Deduplication, Encryption, Flash, Kaminario, Latency, NVMe, NVMe-F, Replication, Scale, SCSI, Snapshot, SSD
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How to Design a Self-Protecting NAS
All primary storage systems protect themselves in some way. Most provide protection from media failure by leveraging some form of RAID. They also provide snapshot technology to protect against data corruption or user entry error. Many also provide the ability…
Tagged with: Cloud, Disk, Disk array, NAS, Object Storage, Quantum, Replication, Snapshot, Tape
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Not Every All-Flash Array is the Same – AccelStor Briefing Note
All-Flash arrays are more than just the go-to option for data centers looking to solve performance problems. For many organizations they are becoming the mainstream primary storage system. But not every all-flash array is the same, and their differences impact…
Tagged with: AccelStor, All-Flash Array, Deduplication, DRAM, Flash, Latency, NVMe, RAID, Snapshot, SSD, Thin provisioning, Virtualization
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How to Leverage AWS or Azure Object Storage For Cloud Hosted Applications
Many organizations are looking to move their applications to cloud providers like Amazon Web Services or Microsoft Azure. Part of the challenge is how to integrate the organization’s applications with native cloud storage protocols. Instead of re-writing existing applications from…
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