Reading Time-approximately: 2 minutesReplacing a faulty or dead EMC CX3 / CX4 SPS is crucial to keeping your EMC CX3 series storage system up and running. A faulty SPS can cause all kinds of performance issues and prevent your system from working all together. By Tekmart Enterprise Support Team Learn how to remove an EMC CX3 SPS and how to replace it with
Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesDell EMC VNX is a family of enterprise-grade unified file and block storage systems. The Dell EMC VNX family of storage systems combines data storage scalability and flexibility with industry-leading simplicity and efficiency, reducing the total costs of ownership and operation of the storage system. By Tekmart Enterprise Support Team Dell EMC VNX Storage System Features The Dell EMC VNX family of
Reading Time-approximately: 2 minutesCompanies must now face the security challenges of overseeing a hybrid workforce as employees return to the office. By Ashwin Krishnan As the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic begin to ebb in the United States, the hybrid workforce is fast becoming the primary operating model for many organizations. As a result, establishing a secure hybrid workforce has become top priority.
Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesHere’s what you need to know to pick the NVMe array that provides your organization with the performance improvement it needs and also fits its budget. By George Crump When selecting your first NVMe storage array, it’s important to understand the four basic implementation options to get the system that best meets your enterprise’s performance needs and budget. 1. SAS
Reading Time-approximately: 7 minutesAn all-flash array (AFA), also known as a solid-state storage disk system or a solid-state array, is an external storage array that uses only flash media for persistent storage. By Garry Kranz and Brien Posey Flash memory is used in place of the spinning hard disk drives (HDDs) that have long been associated with networked storage systems. Vendors that sell all-flash arrays usually
Reading Time-approximately: 5 minutesThe Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) and RAID are fundamental concepts for running an efficient data management and storage infrastructure. Learn the AHCI and RAID basics. By Scott D. Lowe and Brien Posey Even in this age of SSDs, IT still works with technologies developed in the last century. These techs include the Advanced Host Controller Interface and redundant arrays
Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesRAID 5 and RAID 6 provide solid data protection, but both have their pros and cons. Find out what to compare when deciding between RAID 5 vs. RAID 6 in this tip. By Brien Posey To provision storage for a workload, IT pros must choose the right storage architecture. This decision may come down to choosing between RAID 5 vs.
Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesTape backup is the practice of periodically copying data from a primary storage device to a tape cartridge so the data can be recovered if there is a hard disk crash or failure. Tape backups can be done manually or be programmed to happen automatically with appropriate software. By Paul Crocetti Tape backup systems exist for needs ranging from backing up the hard disk on a personal computer
Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesStudies show that tape archives are a comparatively cheaper method of long-term data retention. Explore how to use active archive and other storage technologies with a tape system. By Jon Toigo The key advantage of using tape for the lion’s share of storage is its low cost of ownership. Multiple disk archiving vs. tape archiving analyses have been conducted by organizations ranging
Reading Time-approximately: 5 minutesThe quick and simple nature of snapshot backup systems can be a big win for your data protection platform. However, there are elements of snapshots that aren’t great for backup. By Paul Crocetti and W. Curtis Preston Snapshot-based backup systems can change the game for anyone interested in using them as their primary method for backing up and restoring critical data.
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