Sunday, November 16, 2008

Perfect Data Storage Solution

There are many business organizations which are concentrating more on their data storage infrastructure than on their businesses. However, intelligent companies will soon shift their emphasis to their core businesses and for hire the services of a professional firm for their data storage needs. Our company chose the Nirvanix Global Storage Delivery Network to meet our vast storage needs.

To date, we have not faced any problem either in storage or delivery of data. Thanks to Nirvanix’s advanced database management software, Nirvanix Cloud NAS, which offers unlimited storage facility, my company can just download and install the simple software on any server on our network and it can be turned into an infinite capacity filer. Also, their patent pending Internet Media File System (IMFS) offers tremendous scale of up to 1000 exabytes under a single globabl name space. Data replication in up to three geographic locations is also possible through IMFS. Unlimited scalability where a service provider can handle any amount of data for storage and delivery purpose is an integral feature of Nirvanix on line data storage service.

You can talk to their technical personnel and get a scalable, customizable, global storage solution in minutes. So, no need to worry about your unlimited data storage needs as long as Nirvanix is there. Nirvanix Competitive analysis is available on their website www.nirvanix.com which gives a clear picture of its superiority over the other major players in this field.

Thursday, July 31, 2008

Online Data Storage By Nirvanix

A while ago my entire network of systems in my office crashed. We couldn’t recover any data despite many attempts. We lost several days of time that should have been devoted to other projects, not data recovery. We also lost all the time, hard work and money we had invested in the work that we couldn’t recover. Unfortunately we learned the data backup lesson the hard way, and have started doing regular online backup of our data. There are a lot of companies that provide online data storage services to help companies and individuals avoid data loss. In our research there are really two general options. Backup software that stores the data online for you or storage services that act as targets for your existing backup software. We already have backup software and archives so we were looking for a storage service.



I read a few articles that said there are basically 2 storage as a service options, Amazon and Nirvanix. Originally I thought they were just developer focused, like Amazon S3, but then I dug a little deeper and saw that they are actually more geared towards businesses. My CTO didn’t want into get into some lengthy contract so the pay-as-you-go model that both offer was a great alternative. I sent both companies a few questions and got NO reply from Amazon but did hear back from Nirvanix. Being responsive is very important for me. I just can’t afford having someone spend all day trying to solve an issue waiting for a customer support rep to get back to them. I’m also not storage savvy, and they gave me the guidance I needed, and you can actually talk to a person over there! I wished I’d discovered them earlier, before my office’s massive data loss, but better late than never.