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The Evolution of QLC Flash Storage

Flash Storage has come a long way since its debut in the ’80s and then later commercialized into NAND-based removable memory card format in the mid-’90s. Unlike other kinds of data storage, flash memory stands out as an “electronically erasable programmable read-only memory form of computer memory,” also known as EEPROM, and does not require…Read More

Best Practices for Setting RAID Levels on the Nexsan E-Series and BEAST Series

The Nexsan E-Series and BEAST enterprise class storage systems are capable of being configured with multiple simultaneous RAID levels. The traditional RAID levels of 0, 1, 1+0, 4, 5 and 6 are supported, as well as the Nexsan unique levels Accelerated RAID 5S and 6S where parity is stored on dedicated SSD(s) to improve random…Read More

Nexsan Integration with VMware vSphere

Nexsan offers a free Nexsan RAID Storage UI plugin which allows IT admins to manage Nexsan’s High Density Storage products in their data center within vSphere, the leading virtualization management solution from VMware. Nexsan RAID Storage UI plugin fully integrates with VMware vCenter to provide end-to-end lifecycle management for virtual machines (VMs) in VMware environments…Read More

March 31: World Backup Day

World Backup Day began in 2011 and was started by a digital consultant named Ismail Jadun. For 10 years now, the day has been celebrated across the globe on March 31st. Why has March 31st been chosen for World Backup Day? As the day before April Fool’s Day, you would be a fool to not…Read More

Nexsan now Veeam Ready – and so much more…

Nexsan is pleased to announce that the latest models of its E-Series P and BEAST P RAID storage products have been qualified as Veeam Ready. Primary backup storage solutions qualify as a Veeam Ready Repository by meeting or exceeding Veeam’s functional and performance tests for backup and restore operations.  Veeam Ready qualifies and tests storage…Read More

Digital Video Surveillance Storage Tackled with E-Series

The global Digital Video Surveillance market was valued at over $47 billion last year and is predicted to grow to $86 billion by 2024*. Nearly half of last year’s revenue spend was in China as it determinedly implements its Xue Liang program of national surveillance, but elsewhere new demands and new DVS technology are driving…Read More

Storage Solutions for Planes, Trains and Ships with Less Than Ideal Data Centers

There are almost as many ways to get around as there are options for enterprise data storage:  from direct-attached, to scalable and highly-flexible NAS, to block storage for databases or Exchange, to highly secure data archives, and the public cloud.  Choosing what data to store, how, where and when can be tricky.   And, some datacenters…Read More

Why a storage enclosure is much more than “Just a Bunch of Disks”

The Enterprise Storage world seems forever abuzz with new technologies claiming to be the new solution to all of the business drivers.  It is often easy to overlook that the humble disk shelf is still a key foundation stone of virtually all enterprise storage solutions. While the latest NVMe SSD technology has its rightful place…Read More

Backup to Protect Your Data

Every IT professional knows they are up against exponential data growth and ever-increasing corporate demands that are pushing traditional data protection methods to their limit. The need to build a backup infrastructure to support unprecedented data growth and increasingly challenging SLAs is more important than ever. Visibility to the backups and control can be challenging.…Read More

E-Series P with Customer Configurable 12 High-Speed Host Interface Ports

The E-Series P now comes with an option for two additional high speed host ports on each of the RAID controllers. The resulting total of 12 high-speed host ports per system delivers industry-leading connectivity to make the Nexsan E-Series P even easier to deploy in your environment. You get the flexibility of customer-configurable ports so…Read More