The 3-2-1 rule states that an organization should have three copies of data on two different types of media, with IT storing one copy off-site and preferably offline. Traditionally, organizations count on the backup process to meet the 3-2-1 rule’s…
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Building a Better Backup Appliance – iXsystems Briefing Note
When it comes to storing backup data, IT professionals have a lot of options from which to choose. Dedicated backup appliances tend to be the most popular selection. Another option is using the backup software’s built-in storage capabilities and building…
Tagged with: Asigra, Backup, iXSystems, NAS, Object Storage, Ransomware, Replication, Snapshots, Unstructured data
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The Challenges of After-The-Fact Encryption
Encryption is a foundational component of a cyber-secure storage system. The problem is that most organizations implement encryption after-the-fact, months if not years after the initial implementation. When IT is considering a new storage system, they tend to focus on…
Tagged with: Archive, Cloud, Cyber Security, Encryption, RackTop, Replication, Retention, SED, Snapshots
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ChalkTalk Video: Ransomware Attacks Backups
Is 3-2-1 for Backup Enough to Protect Against Ransomware? Because many organizations continue to pay ransoms to unlock their data, ransomware continues to become more sophisticated. The malware now attacks backup applications themselves and is infiltrating backup data. In this…
Tagged with: Asigra, Backup, Cloud, Cyber Attack, Encryption, GDPR, Malware, Ransomware, Snapshots, VMworld2018
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The Importance of Consolidation for Secure Storage
The Security Problems with Multi-Vendor Data Storage One of the most common data center trends is storage system sprawl. In today’s data center, every environment or workload has a unique storage architecture. While dispersed storage does allow IT to target…
Tagged with: Cloud, Cyber Security, Encryption, Flash, Hybrid, RackTop, Snapshots, Software Defined
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What are Ransomware Attack Loops and How to Prevent Them – Asigra Briefing Note
Ransomware is the “new” disaster with which every data center, regardless of location, needs to be concerned. IT must take steps to protect the organization’s data, and even its brand from ransomware. A successful defense against ransomware requires user training…
Tagged with: Asigra, Backup, Cloud, Cyber Attack, Encryption, GDPR, Malware, Ransomware, Snapshots
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How to Protect the Entire Hybrid Cloud – Druva Briefing Note
Most organizations use the cloud in a hybrid manner. Some applications and workloads remain on-premises, while some are transitory between on-premises and the cloud, and still others are cloud only. The distributed IT model puts a new strain on the…
Rethinking the Role of Enterprise Data Protection – IBM Briefing Note
Enterprise backup is at times a behemoth. While it does provide the data center a foundational level of protection, the solutions tend to be slow to adopt new environments and too heavy-handed to solve specific feature requests. As a result,…
Tagged with: Analytics, Data recovery, Data Reuse, IBM, Snapshots, Test/Dev, Virtualization, VM
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Webinar: Five Steps To Lowering Your Storage Costs Without Sacrificing Performance
Storage today, especially high performance production storage, costs too much. The cost of production storage forces customers to make compromises with their data so that the purchase will fit into their budget. The cost problem defies reality. Storage, both in…
Tagged with: Capacity, HDD, NVMe, performance, ROIQ, SDS, Snapshots, Software Defined, SSD, StorONE, Virtualization
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Hyperconvergence is NOT Backup
One of the riskiest claims a vendor ever makes is “we’ve eliminated the need for backup” and hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) vendors make this claim frequently. Good data resiliency is not good backup, and in fact, some of the work that…
Tagged with: Cloud, Commvault, Data Sprawl, Deduplication, Erasure Coding, HCI, Hybrid, NFS, Redundancy, Replication, Snapshots
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