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Object Storage vs Tape and Object
An object storage system is a perfect place to keep data that needs storage for a long time. It also works in concert with a tape system if a customer wishes to do so. Why and how you might do…
Tagged with: Compression, Deduplication, Dell, Disk, EMC, Metadata, Object Storage, Replication, Tape
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New Scalar Storage Platform meets Unstructured Data Challenge
Quantum Scalar Briefing Note Organizations today face two major issues in dealing with the ever-rising tide of unstructured data. First, where to cost effectively store it. Second, how to ensure proper protection of data from loss and threats such as…
Tagged with: Capacity, Cloud, Malware, Metadata, Migration, Quantum, Ransomware, Tape, Unstructured data
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What Exactly is Object Storage?
Object storage is a method to store data. Most IT professionals are familiar with the more traditional Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX) file system approach. Both are a way of organizing and storing data on a storage system. POSIX mimics…
Tagged with: Dell, EMC, Metadata, Object Storage, POSIX, Redundancy, Tape, Unstructured data
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Putting the P Back in Disaster Recovery Planning
It seems that sometimes we forget the third letter in the acronym “DRP” (Disaster Recovery Planning). The “P” stands for “planning” and it is something that busy data center administrators replace with “make it up as you go along”. The…
Flash can’t Flatten Storage
At the FujiFilm Global IT Executive Summit there was a lot of discussion about data management and making sure the right data is on the right storage tier at the right time. Data management has been a core IT function…
Global IT Executive Summit – Blending Tape into Your Archive Strategy
It comes as no surprise to IT professionals that data is growing and 90 percent of that growth is unstructured data. Users will not access 80 percent of that unstructured data after 90 days. It simply does not make sense…
Tagged with: Archive, Flash, Fujifilm annual Global IT Summit, HPE, LTFS, LTO, NAS, Object Storage, ROI, Tape, Unstructured data
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Global IT Executive Summit – Overcoming The Tape Negatives
Each year FujiFilm sponsors the Global IT Executive Summit. This year’s event is in Boston. The focus is, of course, tape, and its goal is to convince IT professionals that tape is alive and well. Let’s be clear, Storage Switzerland’s…
Spectra Logic Takes on Glacier
Spectra Logic is taking on Glacier (Amazon’s product for cold storage) in both senses of that term. Another way to say it is they are in “coopetitiion” with Glacier. First, BlackPearl is Spectra Logic’s object storage system that supports both…
MeetTheCEO: Spectra Logic’s CEO Nathan Thompson
Spectra Logic’s Nathan Thompson is our guest on this MeetTheCEO podcast with Storage Swiss’ George Crump and Charlie Hodges. The team discusses Nathan’s new book “Society’s Genome: Genetic Diversity’s Role in Digital Preservation” and how enterprises can overcome the challenge…
Tagged with: Archive, Data Protection, Disk, Hard disk, MeetTheCEO, NAS, Object Storage, SpectraLogic, Tape
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