GlassHouse Technologies Blog

 
EMC’s VPLEX can integrate with VBlocks and leverage VMware, Cisco, and EMC packages which provide a solution for computing, network, storage, and management.
VPLEX is a pay as you grow module, starts small and grow as you need. The VPLEX comes in two configurations:
• VPLEX Local – allows data mobility across arrays in a local data center [...]

Nowadays, the economic situation globally is not quite stable. Enterprises are looking for ways to reduce costs and increase efficiency – optimization technologies are considered to be the most important and significant. Enterprise industries are facing a two-sided challenge: store and manage increasing amounts of data while simultaneously reducing the carbon footprint — they are [...]

Is CLARiiON a 5×9s Box?
Often I find myself engaged in projects where I am asked to document current storage tiers and develop future state tiers of storage. In characterizing each tier, performance and availability are among the key metrics that define each tier. There is the perception with some IT professionals that CLARiiON is [...]

And a few parting thoughts when considering a new backup solution, in general:
We strongly encourage customers to explore reference architecture design alternatives before choosing a specific product for deduplication. In most cases, backup architecture redesign is the best way to maximize re-use of existing backup assets and take full advantage of next generation backup technologies, [...]

Tape Elimination (VTL and encryption)
Many of our customers are modernizing backup architecture, with the goal of minimizing or even eliminating tape. Mitigating media loss risk, simplifying operations, and improving disaster recovery are key drivers for tape reduction in core and remote backup environments. Many customers are embracing VTL and deduplication/replication as an outright alternative [...]

Archiving
Should backup and archive be the same service? The GlassHouse general position is ‘no’, however every environment faces need for long term retention of data, and in lieu of a true enterprise archiving platform, backup data retention is the only option for many enterprises. In general, we see tape playing a valuable role for long [...]

Data replication and DR solutions
The impact of disk based replication of deduplicated data has a profound impact on backup architectures and their role in disaster recovery. The traditional backup environment today uses offsite vaulting for tape, and disk or host based replication for more aggressive disaster recovery capabilities. The role of backup in disaster recovery [...]

When I discuss storage with senior IT managers and executives, invariably topping the list of concerns – not surprisingly in this economic environment – is “cost”. There seems to be a sense that ever more precious budget dollars/pounds/euros/or shekels are not being invested as wisely or effectively as they should be. Surprisingly, there is often [...]

Continued from part 2 – click here to view

Now each consumer in this supply chain must be able to clearly and concisely articulate their requirements (demand) in service terms, not in technology requirements or technology specifications. This is one of the key differences between “techno centric” and “service centric” approach. The service catalog will provide service [...]

Continued from part 1 – click here to view

Now each consumer in this supply chain must be able to clearly and concisely articulate their requirements (demand) in service terms, not in technology requirements or technology specifications. This is one of the key differences between “techno centric” and “service centric” approach. The service catalog will provide [...]