Air-gapped backup is becoming increasingly popular in the backup and disaster recovery (DR) industry. Most backup and DR vendors are already offering it as an integrated feature or in the process of including it in their solution(s). The biggest driver for air-gapping is the increasing number of cyber threats such as ransomware. Ransomware attacks have […]
What to Know Before Crafting a Cloud Disaster Recovery Plan
Click to learn more about author George Williams. In order to effectively back up all of data and resources with cloud disaster recovery, organizations need to craft a disaster recovery (DR) plan beforehand. This way, they will know exactly what to do and what to back up, and will save a lot of time and […]
Traditional SAN and Virtual SAN (vSAN): What to Choose?
Click to learn more about author George Williams. Whether it’s time to deploy a platform for new projects, set up a CRM server, or build a data center suitable for an industry-standard hypervisor, there comes a time in every IT manager or storage administrator’s career when they’re confronted with this question: “Should I use a […]
vSAN: Answering the What’s, How’s, and Why’s
Click to learn more about author George Williams. vSAN or virtual SAN has become an integral part of most enterprise IT infrastructures. It’s the next step for organizations that relied primarily on SAN appliances. In this blog post, I’ll discuss the basics of virtual SANs and attempt to answer the what’s, how’s, and why’s for […]
Storage Management 101: Tiering is Necessary
Click to learn more about author George Williams. This is the third article in a series of articles that focus on data storage management. In this article series, we’re discussing tips and insights on making life easier for data center owners. This article is focused on the necessity of tiering. The first article was about […]
Storage Management 101: Centralized Helps
Click to learn more about author George Williams. This is the second article in a series of articles that focus on data storage management. In this article series, we’re discussing tips and insights on making life easier for data center owners. This article is focused on centralized data storage management. The first article in the […]
Storage Management 101: Flexibility Matters
Click to learn more about author George Williams. This is the first in a series of articles that will focus on the basics of data storage management. This series of articles will share useful insights and tips to facilitate the data storage management journey for data center administrators and owners. Part 2 is: Storage Management […]
Ransomware Attacks: How to Defend Your Data
Click to learn more about author George Williams. Ransomware attacks are a common occurrence in the news nowadays. Baltimore city, Atlanta, Florida Lake city are some of the recent victims of disruptive ransomware attacks. In other news, QNAP and Synology NAS users are being targeted by ransomware attacks too. Whether you’re a professional working at […]
The Software-Defined Storage Approach to Hyperconvergence
Click to learn more about author George Williams. Both Software Defined Storage (SDS) and hyperconvergence are storage technologies meant to add flexibility, agility, and ease of use for applications and end users. While the technologies are the same, in this article we look at how useful they are for enterprises when they cross paths. Before […]