HDD over NVMe-oF
HDD over NVMe-oF enables organizations move to NVMe (nonvolatile memory express) over fabric (NVMe-oF) architectures, without struggling with how to leverage hard disk drives (HDD) as part of the transition. Vendors present the NVMe-oF infrastructure as an architecture exclusively for All-Flash Arrays, but organizations know…
Elevate Backup into Business Continuity
Backup software capabilities like block-level incremental backup and instant recovery mean you can elevate backup into business continuity. For the backup process to replace standalone HA solutions and provide business continuance, it needs more than backup software innovation. We’ve also seen innovation in backup hardware, like lower cost, high-density drives. The missing link is that…
The Four Myths of Backup Storage
While vendors often present them as “requirements,” the four myths of backup storage targets need to be exposed, so IT professionals understand how to design an infrastructure that meets the needs of modern backup software. The Four Myths of Backup Storage Are: All Backup Storage Targets Must-Have Deduplication All-Flash Backup Storage is the answer to…
Is Backup Consolidation Broken?
Given the number of backup applications on the market today, “is backup consolidation broken?” is a fair question to ask. At StorONE, we are proponents of consolidation, including consolidating the number of backup applications you have in your data center, even though we are not a backup software vendor. The closer you get to a…
Designing a Built to Last Backup Storage Target
Designing a built to last backup storage target enables IT to store data for the next decade without data migration or disruption of services. The longevity of your backup storage is critical since most organizations use backup storage as a semi-archive. It is responsible for the rapid recovery of mission-critical applications and the long-term retention…
Developing a Standby Storage Strategy
Given the criticality of primary storage and the affordability of alternative solutions, IT must consider developing a standby storage strategy. Standby Storage is a storage solution that can, in the event of a primary storage system failure, (either because of a hardware issue or firmware bug) “stand-in” for the primary storage. IT should look for…
Backup Storage Needs Better RAID
Even though it is a second copy of data, backup storage needs better RAID than production storage systems. Today, most storage systems are at least front-ended with flash media, and many are all-flash. If a drive fails on a flash-based storage system then, while the rebuild process is not as fast as it should be,…
Veeam Needs a Better Backup Storage Target
To fully realize the benefits of its innovations, Veeam needs a better backup storage target. Veeam Backup and Replication was early to market with change block tracking and instant recovery capabilities. Veeam, version 11, continues to innovate with continuous data protection, advanced ransomware protection and expands instant recovery capabilities to include more workload types. Veeam’s innovations…
How to Maximize Backup and Recovery Operations
To contend with shrinking backup and recovery windows while also reducing backup infrastructure costs, IT professionals must understand how to maximize backup and recovery operations. Maximizing backup and recovery operations requires increasing the efficiency of the backup infrastructure. While most organizations focus on the backup software they must also consider the backup storage target. If…
Q3 Update – The State of StorONE
A message from the CEO, Gal Naor A lot of exciting things have been happening at StorONE since my last update. During 2020 and through the beginning of 2021, we scaled our company exponentially. We built a world-class sales team that has penetrated North America, Europe, and Asia, enlarged our already-strong support team, and increased…
How to Backup an All-Flash Array
They can dramatically change how you deploy production applications and virtual machines (VM), but understanding how to backup an All-Flash Array (AFA), is potentially more critical. AFAs are not, technically, harder to protect than a hybrid or hard-disk (HDD) based storage system but the expectations on the speed of the backup and recovery process is…