Disaster Recovery Journal Winter 2024

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NAS or Object Storage: Make the Best Backup Target Decision By JEROME WENDT T wenty years ago, orga nizations started to choose between disk and tape as their pri mary backup target. storage networking protocols or S3 APIs for their backup target to use. This choice often boils down to selecting one which supports file storage networking protocols or object storage S3-compliant APIs. How We Got Here The impetus to use disk in lieu of tape as a backup target first gained momentum in the early 2000s. Disk-based backup targets almost always shortened backup windows, increased backup success rates, and improved the overall backup experience. The introduction of data reduction algorithms such as compression and deduplication Now that disk has become the primary backup target for many organizations, they face a new choice. They must choose the most appropriate

into disk-based backup targets further drove this trend. These algorithms could, and still do achieve 20:1 or greater backup data reduction ratios. These algorithms contributed to making disk as cost-effective as tape and solidifying disk’s role as a backup target. Introducing disk-based backup target welcomed a new risk into IT infrastruc tures organizations have only recently begun to quantify. When ransomware first came on the scene, it primarily attacked data residing on pro duction systems. To deal with

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