Reading Time-approximately: 2 minutesA terabyte comprises more than 1 trillion bytes. Discover how the storage measurement scale was created and where a terabyte stands among other units of measurement today. By Erin Sullivan and James Alan Miller As the amount of data we generate continues to grow, so does the list of units to measure it. The humble byte is now attached to
Reading Time-approximately: 2 minutesA ransomware attack on cloud storage can have catastrophic effects. Cloud storage is still online, which means it is susceptible to some cyberattacks, so users must be careful. By Brien Posey Ransomware has been a persistent threat to organizations of all sizes. As companies increasingly transition to cloud-based platforms, they must consider how ransomware can attack cloud storage. There are
Reading Time-approximately: 2 minutesWhile Microsoft 365 users face storage limits across the platform, there are ways to increase capacity. It’s also important to understand the limits in the first place. By Brien Posey Microsoft 365 is one of the world’s most popular SaaS applications, and organizations of all sizes store vast amounts of data in its cloud. However, it is important to know
Reading Time-approximately: 2 minutesDecentralized storage technology can be confusing and complicated. These best practices, however, can help with implementation in enterprise IT infrastructure. By Brien Posey Decentralization is one of the hottest trends in cloud storage. Rather than storing all of an organization’s data in a single location, decentralization breaks the data up into fragments and scatters them across many cloud storage devices.
Reading Time-approximately: 7 minutesWhy choose between public cloud and private systems when you can have both? With hybrid cloud, enterprises can address workload requirements, business demands and budgetary needs. By Stephen J. Bigelow Organizations are migrating workloads to the public cloud, as well as implementing private clouds in-house. As these forms of cloud computing take hold, large and small businesses are focused on
Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesWhen evaluating archiving services, you must determine what you need to archive, requirements around that data and how to make the most cost-effective selection. By Paul Kirvan Long-term data archiving can and should be an important piece of an organization’s data storage strategy and policy. If it’s too costly to manage a brick-and-mortar data archive, consider using one or more
Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesCloud NAS (network attached storage) is remote storage that is accessed over the internet as if it is local. By Paul Kirvan The storage is usually hosted by a third-party service provider, who charges the customer a fee based on capacity and bandwidth. Many enterprises use a similar chargeback method for their off-site storage. Cloud NAS is often used for backup and
Reading Time-approximately: 6 minutesEffective data storage management is more important than ever, as security and regulatory compliance have become even more challenging and complex over time. By Paul Crocetti Enterprise data volumes continue to grow exponentially. So how can organizations effectively store it all? That’s where data storage management comes in. Effective management is key to ensuring organizations use storage resources effectively, and
Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesHardware-assisted virtualization is the use of a computer’s physical components to support the software that creates and manages virtual machines (VMs). Virtualization is an idea that traces its roots back to legacy mainframe system designs of the 1960s. By Stephen J. Bigelow Early mainframes used the Control Program/Conversational Monitor System operating system and were adept at provisioning the mainframe’s available computing resources into isolated environments
Reading Time-approximately: 2 minutesVeeam Backup & Replication is a software product developed by Veeam Software to back up, restore and replicate data on virtual machines (VMs). It was first released in 2008 and is part of the Veeam Availability Suite. By Erin Sullivan Veeam was among the first vendors to develop backup software tailored to VMs. Before Veeam, backup applications failed to recognize the difference between
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