IsEnterpriseCloudBackupatEconomyPricesforReal?THEREWASPLENTY
?ofchatterlastweekfollowingAmazon’sintroductionoftheirne
wclouddataarchivalservice,?https://www.wired.com/insights/201
2/08/amazon-glacier/Glacier.Nowonder.InSiliconValleywespen
dalotoftimesortingthrough“brightshinyobject”technologie
s,butintheendit’sfrequentlyaboutvalue,and$.01/GB/month
soundsprettygood.Ifyou’relookingforconsumergradestorage
withsomewhatrelaxedretrievaltimesandsecurityrequirementsG
lacier’shardtobeatforinfrequentlyaccesseddata.Butcompanie
swithenterprise-classbackupandrestorerequirementsdon’thav
ehourstoaccesstheirdata,theyhaveseconds.Maybethey’relo
okingforadisasterrecoverysolutionthattakesadvantageofcl
oudresources.Forenterprise-classcustomersconsideringclouds
olutionsfortheirdataprotection,oneofthefirstquestionsto
askis,“Howeasilycanwerecoverourdata?”Untilrecentlythe
choicehasbeenbetweenhighendprivateclouddataprotectionle
veragingarray-basedreplicationorlow-endpubliccloudoffering
s.Forlargercompaniesarray-basedreplicationmaysuffice,but
it’sexpensiveandnotcosteffectivetomostbusinesses.Current
publiccloudoptionsarealsooutofthequestionwithlaxsecur
ityandnostrictSLAs.Whatdoesittaketodeliverabusinesscl
asscloudbackupanddisasterrecovery?solutionthat’scomparable
totheeconomyclassvalueAmazonnowoffersconsumers?BeSeriou
sAboutSecurityIfyou’relookingtosaveabuck,datasecurityi
sthewrongplacetostart.Withouttheassurancethatdataisse
curedbyencryption—bothinmotionandatrest—Enterpriseswi
llhaveahardtimeentrustingtheirdataassetstothecloud.Ma
intainingalocalcopyonpremiseisperhapsthebestwaytoensu
redataisavailablequickly,leveragingthecloudfortheoff-si
tecopy.DeduplicateWithoutMercyThebestwaytokeepbackupcost
sdownistominimizeyourstoragefootprint—period!Deduplicat
ioniswhatenablesanenterprisetotake1PBofdataandbacki
tuptolessthan72TBofstorage.Withthe15:1datareduction
ratiothatdedupeuserstypicallysee,networkbandwidthconstrai
nts—andexpenses—becomefarlessproblematic.Deduplicationt
rulyholdsthepotentialtorevolutionizetheeconomicsofcloud-
basedstorageforbackupandrecovery.It’sonlythroughdeduplic
ationthatcloudbasedbackupanddisasterrecovery?becomesfeasi
ble.Ithinkit’safairassumptionthateverycloudbackupprovi
derisutilizingdeduplicationtosomedegree.Whetherthey’repa
ssingalongthesavingstotheircustomersisanothermatter.Prov
ideIron-CladInvestmentProtectionEnterprisesarebestservedby
asolutionthatisdesignedfromtheoutsettoprovidebackwards
compatibilityandfuture-proofflexibility.Withouttheinherent
abilitytoscalefromafewterabytestopetabytesofprimaryda
ta,manyorganizationscouldquicklyfindthemselvesoutgrowingt
heirsystem.Perhapsmoreimportant,thetypicalenterprisehasa
lreadymadeasignificantbetontheirapproachtodataprotectio
nwiththeirbackupapplication.Anyapproachtocloudbackupand
disasterrecovery?thatcan’tutilizepopulardatamoverssuchas
BackupExec,CommVault,DataProtector,NetBackup,vRanger,Tivo
liStorageManagerandVeeamwouldbeliabletocauseasignifica
ntdisruptiontobusiness.Enterprisesshouldlookforacloudpr
oviderthatcandeliverapplication-specificservice-levelagreem
ents(SLAs)forfailoverandcontinuedoperationofvirtualmachi
nesdisasterrecoveryasaservice(DRaaS).Withtheemergenceof
hybridapproachessuchas?http://www.quantum.com/Products/CloudSe
rvices/Q-Cloud/index.aspxQuantum’sQ-Cloud,Enterprisesarenowinabetterpositiontosee$.01/GB/monthvaluewithoutsacrificingtheperformanceandsecuritythatbusiness-classsolutionsprovide.Haveyoursay:Isahybridapproachinherentlybetter? |
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