Overwhelmed by unstructured data, like images, video and files not in a database, enterprises are struggling to keep up with storage capacity needs, especially since budgets are flat. As we discussed in a recent article, “The 3 Problems With Adding…
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StrongBox brings integrated Data Archiving to NetApp, Windows & Linux Storage
Tagged with: Archive, CIFS, Crossroads, Efficiency, LTFS, Metadata, NAS, NFS, Unstructured data
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Next Generation Storage needs integration, scale and performance
Various industry sources estimate that data is doubling approximately every two years and the largest subset of that growth is coming from unstructured data. User files, images, rich multimedia, machine sensor data and anything that lives outside of a database…
Tagged with: Capacity, Cloudian, Hybrid Cloud, Integration, Next Generation, Object Storage, performance, Scale, Software Defined Storage, Unstructured data
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ChalkTalk Video – Why in-place upgrades are essential for Unstructured Data Storage
We’re seeing an enormous growth in unstructured data, especially files that are seldom used but must still be saved. The question is where to put them. An object-based architecture is a widely talked about option, but the question then becomes…
Four NEW requirements for backup – Podcast
Storage Switzerland and Drobo held a webinar on Wednesday, July 11th on four new requirements for backup. Joe Disher from Drobo and George Crump from Storage Switzerland join me to talk about the webinar. Click here to view the webinar on…
Tagged with: Backup, Data Protection, Deduplication, Drobo, Flash, Hard disk drive, NAS, Storage, Unstructured data
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Spectra Logic nTier Verde – simple, affordable Enterprise file storage
Primary storage is being overwhelmed by data growth, much of it unstructured digital content. These are large files that don’t change but must still remain online, often for extended periods of time. Tier-1 storage systems are too expensive, especially over…
Tagged with: CIFS, Data Retention, Enterprise storage, Error Correction Code, NFS, RAID, SpectraLogic, Storage, Unstructured data
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ChalkTalk Video – How To Overcome The NetApp Capacity Gap
Join Storage Switzerland’s Lead Analyst George Crump and Crossroads Systems Executive Vice President of Strategy, David Cerf in this ChalkTalk video as they detail the problems with the growing NetApp Environment and how new solutions are coming to market that…
Tagged with: Archive, Capacity, ChalkTalk, Crossroads, NAS, NetApp, Unstructured data
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ChalkTalk Video – The Hype Around Converged Storage
The hottest trend in storage now is converged storage. In this architecture the physical servers that host virtual machines also provide a shared storage resource by abstracting and aggregating their own internal storage. Like any storage architecture this approach has…
Tagged with: Cloud computing, Cloud storage, Converged Architecture, Converged Storage, Gridstore, Network-attached storage, Unstructured data, Virtual machine
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The Active Archive Alliance Saving You From Unstructured Data Deluge – Podcast
Storage Switzerland Founder and Lead Analyst George Crump and I sit down with Floyd Christofferson, Chairman of the Board for the Active Archive Alliance. Floyd talks about the value of the Alliance and how its work can help the IT…
Tagged with: Active Archive Alliance, Archive, Cloud, Cloud computing, Cloud storage, Data center, online storage, Storage Switzerland, Unstructured data
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Can Data Profiling Solve The Data Epidemic?
It comes as no surprise to any IT professional that unstructured user data is growing. What may surprise them is the rate at which that growth is occurring and the lengths of time that data needs to be retained. The…
Tagged with: Archive, Data Profiling, Index Engines, Metadata, Unstructured data, Virtual machine
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An Index into Unstructured NetApp Data
Catalogic ECX – Enterprise Catalog Management Software Industry pundits continue to chronicle how the deluge of unstructured data (user files, images, PDFs, email, etc.) is overwhelming many data center storage environments. While applying the right storage technology to shore-up data…
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