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Cloud Storage Performance: The Metrics That Matter
Availability, time to first byte, throughput, durability—there are plenty of ways to measure “performance” when it comes to cloud storage. But, which measure is best and how should performance factor...
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Cloud Storage for Higher Education: Benefits & Best Practices
Universities and colleges lead the way in educating future professionals and conducting ground-breaking research. Altogether, higher education generates hundreds of terabytes—even petabytes—of data....
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Object Lock 101: Protecting Data From Ransomware
2023 was a record-breaking year for ransomware, with threat actors targeting higher ed institutions, schools, governments, and hospitals, amongst other targets. And, a study by cybersecurity firm...
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Three Surprising Factors that Affect Cloud Performance
When you think about cloud performance, metrics like latency and throughput are probably the first things that come to mind. We covered those metrics pretty extensively here and here. So, today, I’m...
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The Fine Print: How Minimum Data Retention Fees Affect Cloud Costs
You probably won’t notice a little asterisked footnote tucked at the bottom of the page the first time you read through a cloud storage vendor’s pricing tables. You probably won’t notice it the second...
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Troubleshooting Disaster Recovery Scenarios: 10 Mistakes to Avoid
When it comes to disaster recovery (DR), hope isn’t a plan. Yet I’ve seen the same story play out too many times: Companies find themselves scrambling when the unthinkable happens, discovering that...
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Disaster Recovery 101: Navigating Backup and Archive Infrastructure
Aging infrastructure, strained budgets, and exponential data growth create unique challenges for disaster recovery (DR) planning. When assessing your backup and archive infrastructure, you’re probably...
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Disaster Recovery 101: Hot vs. Warm vs. Cold DR Sites
It goes without saying (but I will say it anyway) that having a disaster recovery (DR) site is essential to protecting business continuity (BC) in the face of disasters both big and small. However,...
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12 Best Practices for Disaster Recovery
If there’s one thing I’ve learned from working with enterprise customers on their cyber resilience postures, it’s this: Downtime caused by disasters can be costly, and every organization should have a...
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