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Private Cloud Storage

• Fine-tune your storage-as-a-service approach

  What you need to know about storage-as-a-service options to make them work for your organization. Service levels, data protection and upgrade schedules can be the differentiators. Continue Reading

• Understand pay-as-you-go storage and its challenges

  Consumption-based storage has benefits, but it also has challenges, including what it is, unknowns about its future, and control and cost issues. Here's what you need to know. Continue Reading

• The realities of unstructured data management revealed

  Managing and gleaning business value from unstructured data is of utmost importance to enterprises today. Our infographic outlines the challenges respondents face. Continue Reading

• Cloud migration planning tips: How to move data out of the cloud

  Most people know how to move data and files to the cloud, but what happens when you decide you want your files back? Getting that data back is no easy task. Continue Reading

• Realize the potential of an on-premises cloud

  Building an on-premises cloud offers the potential of storing massive amounts of data in a secure manner without breaking the bank. Continue Reading

• The nuts and bolts of setting up a private cloud

  Private clouds are increasingly becoming a strategy for companies and storage professionals that want to deliver high-availability, low-cost storage through an on-premises cloud service they design and implement themselves. To do so, IT managers ...Continue Reading

• Can software-defined storage be used in a private cloud environment?

  According to Phil Goodwin, SDS may not provide the performance a physical array can, but that doesn't mean it's useless to private clouds.Continue Reading

• Internal cloud toolkit: Ten questions to ask

  Marc Staimer provides storage pros 10 questions they should ask and answer in order to implement a successful private cloud.Continue Reading

• Creating a private cloud: Architecture and building blocks

  Creating a private cloud can lead to considerable benefits. In this tip, learn the important steps to take when building a private cloud architecture.Continue Reading

• Building a private storage cloud: Essential components

  A NAS cluster, commodity servers and an object/metadata management layer are just some of the essential components needed to build your own private storage cloud.Continue Reading