Better Backup Can Consolidate Storage
Implementing better backup can consolidate storage, not just data protection storage but all storage. Every data center wants to reduce the number of storage systems it supports and eliminate storage migrations. The challenge is finding a solution that can address all workloads and protocols while…
Better Storage Software Beats Dedupe
IT Professionals are learning that when it comes to capacity efficiency, better storage software beats dedupe. The problem with deduplication is that it imposes a significant performance impact and may put data at risk. There are other ways to improve capacity efficiency that work across every workload and data type. Using better storage software enables…
RAID as an Alternative to Deduplication
Better storage software can provide features that deliver superior capacity efficiencies, which offer an alternative to deduplication. In this series we will examine how better storage software, can deliver these efficiencies without negatively impacting performance, raising costs, or placing data at risk. This first article will look at an unexpected source, RAID, as an alternative…
The Inefficiency of Scale-Out Storage
While it seems to solve many storage challenges, the inefficiency of scale-out storage adds cost and complexity to the storage infrastructure. The challenge with scale-out vendors is that they are more concerned with adding storage nodes to the cluster than getting the most out of each node within that cluster. In our on-demand webinar “Showdown…
Hybrid Cloud Eliminates Backup
While snapshots can reduce your dependencies on it, if implemented correctly, Hybrid Cloud eliminates backup. In reality, primary storage solutions should have eliminated backup many years ago. The problem is that the limitations of enterprise-class storage features caused by inefficient software won’t allow the technology to finish the job. Because of these limitations, the features…
The State of StorONE – Q3 2020 Update
A Message from the CEO We are in the fourth quarter of a year like no other. The world around us has undergone profound changes over the past nine months. But, unfortunately, much remains stagnant. The ability to travel remains close to non-existent, and many employees are still working remotely. And, yet, many unknowns remain….
The Total Cost of Storage Replication
The total cost of storage replication keeps customers from realizing the full benefits of this vital feature. As a result, most storage professionals use replication as part of a disaster recovery strategy and only for the most mission-critical applications. Driving down replication costs opens up a world of problem-solving capabilities that IT can leverage every…
Exposing the High Cost of RAID
As drive capacities continue to increase and customer tolerance of data outages decreases, the high cost of RAID impacts how customers buy storage. Vendors hide most of RAID’s cost elements, making it hard to understand the real cost of protection. Exposing these costs and eliminating them is vital to lowering the overall cost of storage….
Better Storage, Better Protection, Better Pricing
Storage shouldn’t be so hard or so expensive. It is time for better storage and better pricing. The StorONE Q3-2020 release continues our assault on storage complexity by delivering critical new features that improve our customer’s ability to protect their data while lowering storage costs. Better Storage Pricing Earlier this year, StorONE put the industry…
Better Hybrid Storage for VMware
Instead of forcing customers to move to all-flash arrays (AFA), vendors need to provide better hybrid storage for VMware. The challenge that any virtual environment presents to a storage system is the workload variability of the virtual machine (VM) population. VMware has proven itself to be a reliable way to get the maximum value out…
Drive Density Kills RAID
While it lowers the cost of storing data, drive density kills RAID as a means of protecting against media failure. Today, both flash and hard disk media technologies are available in ~16TB capacities. These high capacity devices expose various weaknesses in traditional RAID algorithms and make its use suspect today and impractical in the near…