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How to Predict Changes in Variable Capacity Arrays
“All Flash” storage arrays (like Pure Storage's) are popular in the enterprise storage marketplace. Thanks to space reduction technologies like compression and deduplication, customers can buy 20TB of storage while actually storing 80TB of data. Customers love these arrays because they improve the cost-effectiveness of all-flash storage, delivering excellent performance over time (with a simple [...]
Introducing: Capacity Planning as a Service
DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In conjunction with Clear Technologies, a leading solution provider of IT consulting, server, storage, and software products, Visual Storage Intelligence is proud to unveil a new service offering, Capacity Planning-as-a-Service. The Capacity Planning-as-a-Service (CPaaS) solution is a significant advancement in the future of storage optimization. “We created Visual Storage Intelligence as a client-driven tool [...]
Managing A Mixed Storage Infrastructure
There are lots of storage manufacturers in the market – and just about all of them have dedicated tools for managing their storage. These vendor-specific tools usually supply necessary utilization, performance, and health and information. How many data centers, however, use only one storage manufacturer? Vendor-specific tools are exactly that: specific to the vendor. They [...]
The Storage Capacity Design Dilemma
Designing effective and efficient storage environments may feel akin to a balancing act. On the one hand, inadequate planning can lead to unplanned downtime and bottlenecks, while on the other, over-provisioning can result in overspending and unnecessary costs. This can result in IT leaders finding themselves trying to juggle capacity management, performance, and operating within [...]
Ransomware Can Be Devastating: Protect Your Business with Smarter Infrastructure Monitoring
Storage managers can be the unexpected heroes who detect ransomware before it strikes. Ransomware cyberattacks are on the rise, with thousands of companies being targeted each year. According to reporting from the FBI, ransomware attacks rose by 62 percent between 2019 and 2020 - making them the fastest-growing cybercrime threat for businesses. No company, big [...]
SRM-as-a-Service: a Strong Defense Against Ransomware
Even more than in recent years, ransomware is one of the top threats facing organizations. An organization is significantly more likely to suffer a ransomware attack than the natural disasters they typically plan for like earthquakes, hurricanes, fires, and floods. Ransomware, unlike traditional disasters, can impact any organization, any place, and at any time. More [...]