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How to Choose a Hyperconverged Infrastructure Solution – Data Protection, Business Continuity and Management – by Eric Slack

By Eric Slack, Monday, February 13th 2017

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Evaluating products in the IT space is a complex process. A simple “feeds and speeds” comparison isn’t enough as features and functionality proliferate. This is especially true with Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI) products where the evaluation now encompasses compute and management...

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Implementing Direct Backup Technology for Better Data Protection – TechTip by Randy Kerns

By Randy Kerns, Friday, August 12th 2016

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Direct and flat backups are part of a recent change in the data protection model. Explore the issues associated with the technologies and which products are implementing them. Data protection is one of the most basic functions in information technology...

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Holidays are no party time for storage pros, Storage Soup Blog by Randy Kerns

By Randy Kerns, Tuesday, December 4th 2012

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The end of the year is a busy time for storage pros as salesman push to meet year-end quotas and IT plans for year-end operations. Year-end operations can involve beginning the processes required to close the books of a company...

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Why Katie left Tom, and who gets the data? — Storage Soup Blog by Randy Kerns

By Randy Kerns, Monday, July 9th 2012

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Like many people in the high tech world, I don’t usually pay attention to the latest entertainment gossip. But while watching the news recently at a hotel, I found myself barraged with information about Katie Holmes deciding to leave Tom...

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Fundamental changes in data protection underway — Storage Soup Blog by Randy Kerns

By Randy Kerns, Monday, June 18th 2012

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Data protection is probably the most fundamental requirement in Information Technology (IT), and is generally aligned with storage overall. But, data protection is perceived as overhead — a tax on IT operations. Because of that, data protection gets attention (and...

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Data protection in transition — Storage Soup Blog by Randy Kerns

By Randy Kerns, Tuesday, February 28th 2012

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The increase in data capacity demand makes it difficult for Information Technology to continue with existing data protection practices. Many organizations have realized their protection methods are unsustainable, mainly because of the impact of the increased capacity demand and budget...

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Life after RAID – – Storage Soup Blog by Randy Kerns

By Randy Kerns, Thursday, January 5th 2012

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Recent developments point to a change in how we protect the loss of a data element on a failed disk. RAID is the venerable method used to guard against damage from a lost disk, but RAID has limitations – especially...

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