All data is not equal. It needs to be stored on different types of medium depending on the use case. Even within the archive dataset, all data is not created equal. Just like there are tiers of storage for primary…
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Creating an Object Storage System that Bridges the gap to Tape
Tagged with: Archive, Data Protection, Hard disk, NAS, Object Storage, SpectraLogic, Tape
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What’s better than Cloud Storage for Cold Data?
The low upfront cost of cloud storage has great appeal. Almost any organization can purchase 100TB of storage instantly and only make the initial payment (month, quarter, and year). However, there is a problem with cloud storage that most cloud…
What is Archive Anyway?
In his column, “What Killed Archive”, my colleague George Crump discussed the complexity of trying to identify inactive or cold data, and move it from the primary storage tier to a less expensive tier. Before we go there though, let…
Is Tape still Viable for Data Protection?
Is tape for data protection really dead? There are more than a few people in the industry who seem to think so. Even the tape industry often positions tape as being for archiving rather than data protection. Moreover, there is…
StorageSwiss sits down with MLB Network’s Asset Management group
Case Study – Major League Baseball’s 24/7 Cable TV Network Pushes IT to Extremes Major League Baseball (MLB) has been around since 1869. The first televised game was in 1939 and 70 years later, MLB Network was launched on January…
Tagged with: Archive, CIFS, Disaster recovery, Disk, LTFS, MLB, NAS, NFS, Tape, Unstructured data
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Briefing Note: Software Defined Storage grows up with FalconStor FreeStor
Software Defined Storage (SDS) is still in its infancy. While there are exceptions, like Atlantis Computing, Nexenta and DataCore, vendors in the space are for the most part startups looking to get their first hundred or so customers. FalconStor’s new…
Tagged with: Cluster, Deduplication, FalconStor, Flash, Infrastructure, Migration, Replication, SDS, Snapshot, Software Defined Storage, Tape, Virtualization
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Briefing Note: Asigra Converges Data Protection without lowering expectations
As we discussed in our article “Service Level Objectives What do RPO, RTO, VRO and GRO Mean?” enterprises need, and now are beginning, to demand a broad spectrum of data protection options to match different use cases. For example, the…
Tagged with: Asigra, Baas, Backup, Backup as a Service, Convergence, Data Protection, Disaster Recovery as a Service, DRaaS, LTFS, NAS, Point-in-Time, Recovery, Replication, RPO, RTO, Tape, VMware
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Quantum’s Q-Cloud Integrates the Cloud into StorNext and DXi Environments
The cloud offers a number of significant benefits for IT organizations, especially flexibility, as it allows companies to expand resource capacity on a moment’s notice. Cloud-based storage and services also provide a way to shift infrastructure costs from upfront, capital…
Tagged with: Archive, Cloud, Data Protection, Disaster recovery, Disk, Efficiency, Hybrid, Metadata, Quantum, Scale-Out, Tape, Unstructured data, Virtual machine
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Briefing Note: Arcserve simplifies Backup with Data Protection Appliance
Backup appliances have become a popular method for backup software vendors to deliver their software. It eliminates much of the hassle of initial installation and makes on-going support easier, since the vendor is now dealing with a more common foundation.…
Tagged with: Archive, Arcserve, Backup, Capacity, Cloud, Compression, Data Protection, Deduplication, Hyper-V, Migration, Replication, Tape, Virtual machine
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The role of Tape in Primary Storage Data Protection
Recently I discussed how primary storage, thanks to the use of replication and snapshots, can take a larger role in the data protection and application recovery process. We call this the “Primary Storage Data Protection Strategy”. But, to be effective,…
Tagged with: Data Protection, Fujifilm, Fujifilm annual Global IT Summit, Primary Storage, Redundancy, Replication, Snapshots, Tape
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