One of the biggest challenges users face, and the cause for significant productivity losses, is finding those files later. Where did they store it? What was the file name? The problem is bad enough if they store all their data…
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Answering the “Where’s That File Question?”
Tagged with: Cloud, DaaS, DAS, File Sharing, FileShadow, NAS, VDI, Virtualization
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Scale Computing Addresses the Edge, Unveils VDI-in-a-Box
Autonomous HCI that Removes the Need for Infrastructure Expertise IT teams are pressured to oversee a larger amount of data center infrastructure. Enterprises are becoming more distributed and they are embracing a growing number of edge locations that oftentimes do…
Tagged with: All-Flash, Disaster recovery, HCI, Hybrid, Hyper-converged, Replication, Scale Computing, VDI
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Is it Time for Application-Focused Storage?
Service level agreements (SLAs) for application availability for business continuity, and for performance, are more demanding than ever before. Each application often has specific SLA requirements, which results in multi-vendor, heterogeneous IT infrastructures that are challenging to manage. As a…
Data Protection Versus Hyperconverged Data Protection
As applications’ data protection requirements become more unique, many enterprises are considering a hyperconverged data protection solution so they can “just drop in” a node to meet expansion needs. While at the surface this sounds like an agile and simple…
Tagged with: Container, Data Protection, Data Sprawl, HCI, Hyperconvergence, Retention, VDI, Veritas, Virtualization
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Bringing the Cloud Model to On-Premises Flash Storage – StorPool Briefing Note
Legacy storage-area network (SAN) architectures are notoriously expensive and complex, leading many enterprises to consider migrating workloads off-premises. However, the public cloud model carries recurring costs that add up over time; with the growing petabytes of data that need to…
Hyperconverged 101 – The Importance of SDN in HCI
An often overlooked yet crucial component of an HCI environment is the network, especially as the environment scales. Each additional node consumes network ports and needs IT to logically connect it to the HCI cluster. In many HCI environments, the…
Tagged with: Axellio, Cloud, HCI, Hybrid, Hybrid Cloud, Hyper-converged, Hyperconverged, Hypervisor, SDN, SSD, VDI, Virtualization, VM
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More Efficient Enterprise File Data Storage and Collaboration – CTERA Briefing Note
The modern enterprise is highly distributed geographically, employs a range of in-office and remote workers, and is generating and using file data at an unprecedented pace. Legacy network-attached storage (NAS), or “filer” arrays were not designed to provide the levels…
Tagged with: Cloud, Consolidation, CTERA, NAS, Replication, VDI, Virtualization, VM, VMware
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Taking Hyperconverged Infrastructure Beyond Point Application Hosting – Pivot3 Briefing Note
As we enter the next phase of hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) market maturity, it is important for storage managers to be discerning when it comes to infrastructure architecture as well as intelligent management capabilities. The first generation of HCI stands to…
Tagged with: All-Flash, Encryption, Flash, HCI, Hybrid, Hyperconverged, IoT, NVMe, Pivot3, QOS, Replication, ROI, SLA, VDI, VM
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Making NVMe and NVMeoF Testing Accessible for the Enterprise – SANBlaze Briefing Note
Non-volatile memory express (NVMe) storage media and NVMe-over Fabrics (NVMeoF) storage network protocols open the door for new levels of performance and latency demanded by intensive, modern workloads such as big data analytics and artificial intelligence. However, the higher price…
Tagged with: Compression, Deduplication, NVMe, NVMeoF, SAN, SANBlaze, VDI, Virtual Instruments
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The Future of HCI: 2019 Edition
The hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) market has entered a new phase of maturity, as evidenced by recent technology developments as well as vendor consolidation. For IT professionals, this maturity has two significant takeaways. From a technology perspective, HCI brings a compelling…
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