When it comes to today’s data storage needs, storage-attached networks (SANs) and network-attached storage (NAS) can’t quite keep up with business needs that involve Big Data and data analysis. A different approach is needed: object storage. One where all the real-time performance sensitive data is maintained in a single performance tier, where searches can access […]
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OvationData has developed and designed, manages, and monitors an in-house archive system for companies and national repositories. OvationData needs to support a variety of vendors’ media, middle equipment and tape systems for managing, storing, delivering and preserving data. Their customers need fast and frequent access to their current and historical file-based data assets. Read this […]
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At EPFL (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne), the Metamedia Center facilitates technology transfer from research to industry. EPFL had collected over 15,000 hours of audio-visual content from the annual Montreux Jazz Festival over a 50-year time span — and no back-up copies exist. EPFL required a solution capable of digitizing, capturing, and ingesting the festival’s […]
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ScaleMatrix was founded with a vision toward leveraging software-defined architectures, with Data Center 2.0 in mind, and offers a wide portfolio of services, including co-location, cloud hosting, managed services, and data protection. Although the company started small, ScaleMatrix is doubling in size annually and expects similar growth to continue for the foreseeable future. Read this […]
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While the tools and techniques may change over time, IT professionals will continue backing up their systems and data to protect them from the unexpected. While deduplicating backup targets eased the transition from tape to disk, backup object storage systems may be a better solution for today’s large backup users. Now that backup applications support […]
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The burden of data storage continues to be a major challenge for enterprise and midsized organizations. With data growth spiraling out of control and the concurrent need to increase efficiency while reducing costs, organizations are looking for alternatives to traditional SAN and NAS storage appliances. Object storage, along with its associated architecture, provides operational and […]
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