Archive for: NAS/SAN
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Storage News
We’ve noted before that experts are forecasting 2010 as the year that cloud storage truly arrives, and the industry certainly is growing, as yet another cloud storage option recently went live - the SaaS company OpSource added a pay-as-you-go service. Last week we also picked up a benchmark of another sort: Cloud storage was mentioned in renowned Wall Street Journal writer Walter Mossberg’s Personal Technology column. Granted, it only earned a paragraph in the piece, which explains cloud computing for a general audience, but we took particular interest in his note on security.
April 20, 2010
Open for Business!
Today, the Nasuni Filer officially moves out of its beta period. A free trial of version 1.0 is now available to everyone for download. Trial users can transition into customers and unlock the full power of the Filer, creating multiple cloud volumes and reorganizing their storage with the resources of the cloud behind them.
April 5, 2010
Cloud Storage News: Verizon Joins the Party
Last week was another busy one for cloud storage. Some are touting 2010 as the year that cloud storage will really come into its own as a business solution—here are seven good reasons to make the jump. And here’s another article on why it’s time to take the cloud seriously. In short, we agree. This is the time for cloud storage. For all the potential benefits, though, there are still concerns, including worries about security and reliability. The Filer overcomes these potential weaknesses through strong security and a rigorous testing program.
March 31, 2010
What’s in a Snapshot?
The term “snapshot” can be confusing. When people discuss it in the context of backup and file systems, they’re not always talking about the same thing. So we’re going to clearly define snapshots with regards to the Nasuni Filer—what the term means and what tools you can use to take advantage of snapshots.
March 29, 2010
Online versus Offline Synchronization
Many people have asked us how the Nasuni Filer is different from products like Dropbox and Jungle Disk. Detailing all the differences would require far more than a post. We want to focus here on the difference between their approach to synchronization and ours.
March 24, 2010
Using the Filer as a Backup
One of our beta testers recently came to us with an interesting backup-related question. We figured we would discuss it briefly here, and use it as a good jumping off point to talk about how to use the Filer as a backup system.