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Alternatives to the Public Cloud

Posted on May 7, 2019 by Krista Macomber

As discussed in our previous blog, cloud computing is commonly heralded as the future, in large part due to the ability to procure and to pay for IT infrastructure resources on demand. The problem is that the cloud does not…

Tagged with: CapEx, Cloud, Composable Storage, Disaster recovery, DRaaS, Kaminario, Scale Right, Scale-Out, Virtualization
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Optimizing Efficiency for the Multi-Cloud World

Posted on May 3, 2019 by Krista Macomber

Dell Technologies World 2019 Primary Storage Updates The storage strategy for the modern enterprise, at its core, centers on getting the right data to the right user at the right time. However, this is a difficult task that requires the…

Tagged with: Cloud, Compression, Deduplication, Dell, Dell World 2019, EMC, Encryption, Flash, Hybrid, MSP, NAS, NVMe, Virtualization, VMware
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The Next Generation of HCI: Intelligent Management and Multi-Cloud Support

Posted on May 3, 2019 by Krista Macomber

Dell Technologies World Hyperconverged Infrastructure Briefing Note Hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) is quickly spreading across core and edge data center environments. As it moves beyond the point use cases like virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) hosting, greater solution flexibility is needed because…

Tagged with: Cloud, Dell, Dell World, Dell World 2019, HCI, Hybrid Cloud, Hypervisor, Hypervisors, ML, SDS, Virtualization, VMware, VSAN
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Webinar: Simplifying the Enterprise Hybrid Cloud with Azure Stack HCI

Posted on May 2, 2019 by George Crump

Many organizations need to continue to run virtualized applications on-premises but are also looking to replace and consolidate aging server infrastructure. At the same time, these organizations want to leverage cloud services for data protection, high availability and disaster recovery…

Tagged with: Axellio, Azure, Cloud, Consolidation, HCI, Hybrid, Hyperconverged, Virtualization
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Cutting Through Multi-Cloud Complexity – Dell Technologies World Cloud Briefing Note

Posted on May 2, 2019 by Krista Macomber

Multi-cloud is a necessity. To meet varying cost and privacy requirements, data and workloads must exist and be able to traverse across on-premises private clouds that exist in core and edge data centers, as well as externally hosted off-premises infrastructure-as-a-service…

Tagged with: as-a-Service, Cloud, Containers, Data Privacy, Dell, Dell World, Dell World 2019, HCI, SLA, Virtualization, VMware
Posted in Briefing Note

More Efficient Enterprise File Data Storage and Collaboration – CTERA Briefing Note

Posted on May 1, 2019 by Krista Macomber

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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Backup-as-a-Service for Legacy and Modern Infrastructure – Tributary Systems Briefing Note

Posted on April 30, 2019 by Krista Macomber

Object storage stands to unlock cost-effective archive and disaster recovery, but most object storage systems can’t keep up with the pace that backup applications can send data to them. Another pain point is that some mission-critical applications may need to…

Tagged with: Archive, Baas, Backup as a Service, Disaster recovery, Object Storage, Replication, Tributary Systems, Virtualization
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Hyperconverged 101 – Understanding the Components of HCI – Server Nodes

Posted on April 23, 2019 by George Crump

A hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI) is made up of servers, storage media, storage software as well as networking software and hardware. Of these components, the servers are often the most overlooked. The assumption is that a server is a server. In…

Tagged with: Axellio, Cloud, HCI, Hybrid, Hybrid Cloud, Hyper-converged, Hyperconverged, Hypervisor, SDN, SSD, Virtualization, VM, VMware, VSAN
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How to Make Storage Consolidation Work in the Modern Data Center

Posted on April 22, 2019 by George Crump

Most data centers give up on their storage consolidation projects. The storage mainframe approach described in blog 2 is too costly and too restrictive, and the traditional software-defined storage approach described in blog 3 doesn’t support broad enough use cases.…

Tagged with: Deduplication, Hypervisor, Migration, NFS, NVMe, Object Storage, SDN, SDS, SMB, Software Defined Storage, SSD, StorONE, Virtualization
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Will Your Workload Really Benefit from NVMe?

Posted on April 18, 2019 by Krista Macomber

Non-volatile memory express (NVMe) is arguably one of the most important new technologies to make its way into the data center, because it is capable of delivering the ultra-fast levels of performance that are required by a growing number of…