Tag: data storage

Using Microsoft Azure as a Backup Repository
Every year, the amount of data that needs to be backed up increases. There are two ways to store backups – using on-premises facilities or trusting cloud-based solutions. Having an on-premises storage ...

What Should Business Owners Know About SSDs?
Without a doubt, SSDs have become the latest trend in hardware storage, and you can expect their use to increase over time. Implementing SSDs in your business can improve productivity and make ...

How to Select the Right Volume Type/Storage for Your Workload
AWS services are at the top of the cloud services food chain, and a hot topic for nearly every business considering migrating to the cloud. Along any cloud migration journey, many hidden ...

SaaS Data Backup and the API Bottleneck
The need to protect SaaS data has never been greater. A recent global survey from Odaseva found that 51% of ransomware attacks are targeting SaaS data, and they are more likely to ...

Database Observability: How to Circumvent your Weakest Link
Today, IT pros field an increasing number of assets they need to monitor to secure systems and understand what’s happening in their database and applications. This is further complicated as organizations adopt ...

Container Storage for DevOps: New Options With NVMe
The DevOps world is ripe for a storage paradigm change, both in how it operates within the enterprise and how it implements applications. NVMe, especially NVMe-over-fabrics (NVMeoF), is both a tool and ...

SQL Server MDF to NDF Distribution
Do you have massive MDF files on your database? Have you noticed that your SQL Server disk stall metrics for these data files are higher than the storage latency metrics exhibited on ...

Does Your Organization Need a Data Diet?
The scenario is all-too-familiar: There’s a security breach, and afterward, the affected organization asks what it must do to better protect its data. But what if that organization never collected and stored ...

LogicMonitor Introduces Unlimited Log Data Retention
LogicMonitor today announced it will provide an option that allows IT organizations to retain an unlimited amount of log data on its software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform. Tej Redkar, chief product officer at LogicMonitor, ...

Tiering Cold Data to the Cloud Without Tears
The cloud provides inexpensive storage. But like everything else in the cloud, there are hidden costs. Cloud storage providers (CSPs) charge to put data into and retrieve data from the cloud. They ...

Understanding Data Storage: Lakes vs. Warehouses
Now more than ever, companies are looking for new ways to incorporate data analytics into their daily operations and leverage data-driven insights to improve business functions. They are frequently turning to complex ...