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New @georgeacrump Note: Complexity is Killing Secondary Storage

Most organizations only use their secondary storage infrastructure as protection storage. In some cases, this is because the secondary storage hardware only supports the backup use case. Even if the organization selects more flexible secondary storage hardware, it still primarily uses that hardware only to store backup data. The complexity of adding additional software and hardware discourages…

A hard-coded vulnerability was discovered in WD my Cloud NAS Devices #Hard-coded #Cloud #vulnerability

It’s time to learn how to renew its OS because researcher James Bercegay has found a dozen models possess a hard-coded backdoor.

The backdoor, lets anyone log in as user mydlinkBRionyg with the password abc12345cba.

WD mostly sells the My Cloud range as accommodated for file sharing and backup in domestic environments. But several of the designs with the backdoor is four-disk machines fit for use…

New #ChalkTalk Video - Designing Storage for Social Discovery

There is a lot of storage cost for “social discovery” websites – sites that deliver content based on specific search requirements – to store their petabytes of collected data. The need to provide near instant response to user requests but still architect a fast, scalable storage architecture but they have to deliver that architecture cost effectively. To meet this demand these organizations need…

Latest Article by @georgeacrump "Hybrid Cloud Now - Practical Strategies For Integrating Primary Storage with Cloud Storage"

In the traditional data center, leveraging the cloud for anything more than backup seems like a futuristic pipe dream. While some data centers may be using a cloud service for backups and potentially disaster recovery, the thought of using the cloud for primary storage seems like a risky proposition. The reality is that the technology exists today to allow the cloud to be safely utilized so that…

Upcoming Live Webinar - Five Keys To A Successful Hybrid Cloud Storage Strategy

IT professionals are looking for a way to use cloud storage for more than just a backup repository.

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They want these resources to fully participate in the entire storage infrastructure. The goal of a hybrid cloud storage strategy is to store the most active data on-premise, within the organization’s data center, while migrating the least active data sets to the cloud storage…