It depends on the existing IT infrastructure setup, what to restore (file, db, application, virtual, physical, etc.), the size of the backup, the backup/restore media, and the link between the backup source and restore destination. Instant restore might not be possible if…

Over 2 years ago

Answered a question: Which All-Flash Storage solution do you prefer and why?

I will recommend NetApp AFF as they claim and prove unmatched storage efficiency, security protection and the best business value. It is very simple to deploy and maintain.Data Security: Autonomous Ransomware ProtectionNetApp Volume EncryptionTrusted Platform Module…

Over 2 years ago

Answered a question: How can I add new applications without having to buy more storage?

It depends on the remaining storage space and how much disk space you need to add your new application. Generally, at least you should have 20% of disk space available as of overall storage disk space utilization for smooth storage operations with seamless performance and…

Over 2 years ago

Answered a question: Which Backup and Disaster Recovery solution is best for a medium-sized company?

Data backup and Disaster Recovery solutions (DRS) work differently. Vendors provide two different products/solutions, one for data backup and the other for DRS. I will also recommend using a separate product. In most of customer use cases, this will effectively provide…

Over 2 years ago

Contributed a review of Fujitsu: A cost-effective storage solution with SAN solutions but doesn’t offer unified storage

Over 2 years ago

Contributed a review of NetApp E-Series: A very cost-effective and reliable product for Big Data Analytics, Technical Computing, Video Surveillance, and Backup and Recovery

Almost 3 years ago

Contributed a review of NetApp FAS Series: Provides good scalability and has an easy initial setup process

Almost 3 years ago

Contributed a review of Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform: High availability and performance are key advantages, but configuration flexibility and pricing are drawbacks

About 3 years ago

Contributed a review of SolidFire: Has seamless performance for the nodes and extensions

Almost 4 years ago

Contributed a review of Hitachi Content Platform: Provides storage space for customers in sectors that require a large volume of data

Almost 4 years ago

Contributed a review of NetApp StorageGRID: Great at meeting object storage challenges, very cost-effective

Over 4 years ago

Answered a question: Which virtualization platform would you recommend to a healthcare company with 1000-5000 employees?

Well, need more details, however... If you're only concerned about a Server-based Virtualization selection then VMware is recommended For VMware Lic selection & count, make a right-sized hardware selection. This is very critical to get a collectively cost-effective…

Over 4 years ago

Answered a question: When evaluating File and Object Storage, what aspect do you think is the most important to look for?

In basics, Object Storage is used for a massively scalable and flexible infrastructure, where a single very large storage name-space is required. Traditional storage may not work for you in that scenario; on the other hand, object storage is not fit for the transactional…

Over 4 years ago

Answered a question: What advice do you have for others considering NetApp StorageGRID?

Traditional Storage systems have limitations to create a larger namespace; NetApp StorageGRID is a good fit for that use.

Over 4 years ago

Answered a question: What are the advantages of all-flash storage over other types of storage?

The best benefit what I think is the step towards "Green-IT", as All-Flash has less weight, consumes low power, needs less conditioning/cooling and you can get more performance in a small foot-print (saves rack space) It's still on the expensive side (referring to SAS-based…

Over 4 years ago

Answered a question: What advice do you have for others considering Amazon AWS?

For most of the customers looking for any public cloud service provider; as per my understandings, public cloud services should be acquired based on two basic going forward blocks/zero points/starting points to understand your needs 1) The scale of business requirements and…

Almost 5 years ago

Answered a question: Open Banking Platforms - Mainframe migration to Cloud Based Data

Q1. What is the most important first step for a company to take when moving towards mainframe migration Ans> The central approving/regulatory authorities (like a State Bank). Q2. Where should evaluation of potential solutions begin in a large financial organization? Ans>…

Almost 5 years ago

Answered a question: What are some smart ways to streamline AWS data transfer costs?

This question requires more information to respond effectively However, the response, for now, would be that you should use/buy/ storage solution from that vendor who has their SDS (Software-Defined Storage facility) with built-in an efficient data de-duplication feature…

Almost 5 years ago

Answered a question: Can you recommend a platform capable of virtualising Sun Enterprise 450 (E450) hardware?

Enterprise 450 is a too old system; either you can buy another one and migrate the data, or use the path to go to the new hardware would be that you need to migrate your App/DB to the O/S compatible with newer hardware. The nearest SPARC-based system to E450 is the Ultra…

Almost 5 years ago

Answered a question: What is the difference between thick and thin provisioning?

What I would like to say here that thin provisioning in All-flash arrays should not be used because these boxes come with far better features regarding space usage; One of the relevant is built-in compression Almost all storage manufacturers provide guaranteed compression…

Over 5 years ago

Answered a question: Which should I choose: HPE 3PAR StoreServ or Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform F Series?

I would like to advise in general 1). Make your choice/selection based on your requirements; not based on product. 2). Find product(s) that best fit those requirements. 3). There are lot of features which are selling points for All-Flash Storage manufacturers; you will find…

Over 5 years ago

Answered a question: Is all flash storage SSD?

Flash drives may be made of SSDs/Solid state drives but All SSDs may not be Flash SSDs: Solid State Drives No seek time=Higher permanence than SAS/SATA Not Fragile as SAS or SATA Also offered in servers and some of storage systems as: Read Optimized Write Optimized Mix…

Over 5 years ago

Answered a question: What is the difference between thick and thin provisioning?

Option 1). Thick provisioning is "provisioning storage space(100GB) now" Option 2). Thin provisioning is" provisioning storage space(100GB) on demand" For 1). Disk space of 100GB will be immediately reduced from storage/back-end disk If your data now is 1 GB and you can go…

Over 5 years ago

Answered a question: What is VDI?

If a customer needs to eliminate physical desktops and their maintenance with a requirement of not less than 40-50 desktops then Virtual desktops would be a good option collectively VDI is also being used where clients need to access their "application any where" or…

Over 5 years ago

Answered a question: What are the advantages of all-flash storage over other types of storage?

The selection of All-Flash Storage Solutions depends on requirements and the goal any customer is looking to achieve at the end All-Flash is not a fit for all requirements...... "If a customer needs a storage solution with high to extreme performance, Rack-space efficient,…

Over 5 years ago

Contributed a review of SolidFire: Simple to deploy and has good stability

Projects

Over 2 years ago

NetApp Data Availability Solution

Business Requirements The basic purpose and use of the proposed solution is to provide a storage data availability solution. Followings are the key business requirements accordingly listed as per discussion with customer's personals. >>Customer is already using NetApp…

Product Leaderboard Rank

Hitachi NAS Platform

12 Reviews

NetApp AFF

314 Reviews

Oracle Private Cloud Appliance

6 Reviews

NetApp Snapshot

26 Reviews

NetApp SnapCenter

28 Reviews

Fujitsu Eternus DX Series

1 Review

Hitachi VSP E Series

6 Reviews

NetApp E-Series

6 Reviews

VMware vCenter

38 Reviews

VMware ESXi

34 Reviews

Category Leaderboard Rank

Backup and Recovery (2nd)

Deduplication Software (1st)

Data Replication (1st)

NAS (1st)

Modular SAN (Storage Area Netw... (1st)

Frame-Based Disk Arrays (1st)

BI (Business Intelligence) Tools (2nd)

Converged Infrastructure (2nd)

Server Monitoring (1st)

Server Virtualization Software (2nd)

Cloud Operations Analytics (1st)

All-Flash Storage (1st)

Reporting (3rd)

File and Object Storage (3rd)

NVMe All-Flash Storage Arrays (1st)

Currently Researching

Experience

Reviews

Over 5 years ago

SolidFire

Simple to deploy and has good stability

Almost 4 years ago

NetApp StorageGRID

Great at meeting object storage challenges, very cost-effective

Almost 4 years ago

Hitachi Content Platform

Provides storage space for customers in sectors that require a large volume of data

About 3 years ago

SolidFire

Has seamless performance for the nodes and extensions

Almost 3 years ago

Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform

High availability and performance are key advantages, but configuration flexibility and pricing are drawbacks

Almost 3 years ago

NetApp FAS Series

Provides good scalability and has an easy initial setup process

Over 2 years ago

NetApp E-Series

A very cost-effective and reliable product for Big Data Analytics, Technical Computing, Video Surveillance, and Backup and Recovery

Over 2 years ago

Fujitsu

A cost-effective storage solution with SAN solutions but doesn’t offer unified storage

Over 2 years ago

Pentaho Business Analytics

Excels in handling unstructured data, helping organizations navigate through different storage systems

Over 2 years ago

NetApp AFF

Good storage with ransomware protection and increased performance

Over 2 years ago

NetApp EF-Series All Flash Arrays

Ideal for applications, databases, and scenarios requiring good performance and easy to setup

Over 2 years ago

NetApp StorageGRID

Object-based storage and offers intuitive management tools, making it easy to configure and maintain

5 months ago

NetApp AFF

Unified storage has delivered efficient AI analytics and low latency for critical workloads

5 months ago

NetApp E-Series

High-throughput storage has supported real-time video surveillance and long-term archiving needs

About 1 year ago

Oracle Private Cloud Appliance

Offers comprehensive support and performance but initial deployment requires expertise

About 1 year ago

VMware vCenter

Enables seamless monitoring and management across multiple environments with high availability

About 1 year ago

Hitachi NAS Platform

Needs standalone functionality but provides a robust NAS solution for existing SAN environments

Over 1 year ago

VMware ESXi

Has a simplified deployment and monitoring abilities

Over 1 year ago

Hitachi VSP E Series

Achieves high performance and availability with a reliable and flexible storage solution

Over 2 years ago

Hitachi Content Platform

Integrates well with existing systems but technical support for the platform needs improvement

Almost 2 years ago

Fujitsu Eternus DX Series

Offer reliable storage and servers, and their libraries are also very reliable

About 2 years ago

NetApp SnapCenter

Integrates well with various applications , provides a cloning feature for creating snapshots or clones of volume and a centralized command

Almost 2 years ago

NetApp Snapshot

Offers point-in-time copy functionality, restore process is very fast, and the resources are easy to configure

Questions

Answers

Over 5 years ago

All-Flash Storage

What are the advantages of all-flash storage over other types of storage?

Over 5 years ago

All-Flash Storage

What is VDI?

Over 5 years ago

All-Flash Storage

What is the difference between thick and thin provisioning?

Over 5 years ago

SSD

Is all flash storage SSD?

Over 5 years ago

All-Flash Storage

Which should I choose: HPE 3PAR StoreServ or Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform F Series?

Almost 5 years ago

All-Flash Storage

What is the difference between thick and thin provisioning?

Almost 5 years ago

Server Virtualization Software

Can you recommend a platform capable of virtualising Sun Enterprise 450 (E450) hardware?

Almost 5 years ago

Cloud Migration

What are some smart ways to streamline AWS data transfer costs?

Almost 5 years ago

Mainframe Management

Open Banking Platforms - Mainframe migration to Cloud Based Data

Over 4 years ago

Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS)

What advice do you have for others considering Amazon AWS?

Over 4 years ago

All-Flash Storage

What are the advantages of all-flash storage over other types of storage?

Over 4 years ago

File and Object Storage

What advice do you have for others considering NetApp StorageGRID?

Over 4 years ago

File and Object Storage

When evaluating File and Object Storage, what aspect do you think is the most important to look for?

Over 4 years ago

User Virtualization

Which virtualization platform would you recommend to a healthcare company with 1000-5000 employees?

Over 2 years ago

Backup and Recovery

Which backup and recovery solutions offer instant recovery?

Over 2 years ago

All-Flash Storage

Which All-Flash Storage solution do you prefer and why?

Over 2 years ago

All-Flash Storage

How can I add new applications without having to buy more storage?

Over 2 years ago

Backup and Recovery

Which Backup and Disaster Recovery solution is best for a medium-sized company?

About me

IT Technical Professional with 20+ years of work experience in challenging and business-critical data systems onsite support, running against time situations.
I like to share knowledge with team members, customers, and peers. Almost doing something like that every day during support activities in Banking, Telco, Oil&Gas sectors, NGOs, and Universities.;
IT verticals are Servers, Storage System Hardware Setup, Staging O/S, and Virtualization.
IT Solution designing and Technical Support; Managing the IT department at SynergyComputers (Pvt) Ltd . Islamabad Pakistan.

Interesting Projects and Accomplishments

Over 2 years ago

NetApp Data Availability Solution