Want to see how storage customers are now achieving 20x faster offsite replication in 20 minutes or less? Now is your chance. This week at EMC World in Las Vegas, Silver Peak is demonstrating the power of replication acceleration software, which allows storage customers to overcome common network challenges that hamper replication between data centers. By [...]
Storage Pros Get DIY Replication Acceleration
Mar 27, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Most storage professionals understand the importance of offsite data replication, but until now, have been handcuffed by the network when attempting to extend the distance of their replication workloads. In fact, a recent study confirmed that 72% of organizations want to replicate more data to an offsite location, but among those, 66% acknowledge being limited [...]
Embracing Cloud and SDN for Disaster Recovery
Feb 27, 2013 by 1 Comment
The cloud, the cloud! The amount of media hype around cloud is at an all time high. No matter where one goes now you see cloud being pushed on you. The little TV screen in the back of New York cabs, high above us in the United terminal at SFO… it’s all over the place. [...]
72% of IT Pros Want More Offsite Data Replication
Feb 21, 2013 by Leave a Comment
An explosion of data being stored by businesses and the need to protect that data in the wake of recent natural disasters has 72% of organizations wanting to do more off-site data replication. This is according to a commissioned study conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of Silver Peak. So what’s keeping today’s IT organizations [...]
Offsite Data Replication Becoming Mainstream (Video)
Jan 31, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Beyond the day-to-day mobility of data between data centers, branch offices and the cloud, it is also crucial that data be protected and kept secure. This means you need to replicate your data to another site or the cloud. If you look at recent natural disasters, including Hurricane Sandy or the Japan Tsunami and resulting [...]
Is Your WAN Ready for the Next Generation of Backup and Recovery?
Jan 21, 2013 by Leave a Comment
So what did Santa bring your IT department this winter? If it was a shiny new disk-to-disk backup box to help protect your growing data storage estate, as it may have been for many organizations away from the bleeding edge, it is time to sort out how well this is going to fit with the [...]
Mirror, Mirror, On the Wall
Dec 28, 2012 by Leave a Comment
First, let me get rid of a bee in my bonnet. At a recent round table, while many argued that business continuity was just one aspect of disaster recovery, I argued that business continuity and disaster recovery were two completely different things. To me, disaster recovery starts from the premise that a catastrophic failure will [...]
United Drug Meets RPO, Reduces Disaster Recovery Costs (Video)
Dec 12, 2012 by Leave a Comment
When United Drug in Ireland needed to replicate 20 terabytes (TB) of data in a very short time window, they turned to Silver Peak to accelerate their EMC RecoverPoint remote replication. Network issues had prevented the company from meeting its recovery point objectives (RPO) for replicating data between the company’s main site in Dublin, a second production [...]
Raising the Bar on WAN Optimization Performance
Dec 3, 2012 by Leave a Comment
In the WAN optimization market, Silver Peak is recognized for its data center class performance and extensive virtualization support. Today, with the release of Silver Peak’s VXOA 6.O software, that leadership grows to new heights. There are dozens of new features included in 6.0, but four in particular are worth special attention: two related to [...]
How ZLTO met a five minute RPO
Nov 14, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Lots of companies around the globe are deploying Silver Peak with Dell EqualLogic to accelerate their offsite replication workloads. ZLTO in the Netherlands is a perfect example. ZLTO handles national relations for over 18,000 farmers across the Netherlands, but with data volumes on the rise, the association was having difficulty meeting its recovery point objective [...]
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