<p>Long before the term “cloud” was being used, the lively debate regarding on-premises versus offsite/managed storage raged on with questions such as:</p>
<ul>
<li>Should you be moving all of your data to the cloud?</li>
<li>Should you keep your data on-prem?</li>
<li>Is there a middle ground, and is hybrid cloud storage practical?</li>
</ul>
<p>In this episode of our Brews & Bytes live webcast, David Boland, Wasabi Director of Product Marketing, and Eric Dey, Caringo Director of Product, join host Adrian J Herrera, VP Marketing at Caringo, to discuss these questions. With perspectives as leaders in companies that specialize in cloud storage and on-premise storage and also as technology industry professionals with multiple decades of experience, this is sure to be a lively conversation. You don’t want to miss this one!</p>


Before the term “cloud” was coined, the debate regarding on-prem vs offsite/managed storage raged on. Hear what storage leaders have to say.

Zach Gover

Caringo Brews and Bytes talks offer insight into top storage professionals in technology, storage and common questions which exist in the markets.

Brews and Bytes

Cloud architecture are the components needed for cloud computing. Typically, front-end and back-end platforms, cloud-based delivery and a network.

Cloud Architecture

Object-based storage (e.g., Amazon S3-compliant Caringo Swarm Object Storage) is the basis for all Cloud Storage⏤private, public or hybrid).

Cloud Storage

Swarm Object Storage is a valuable tool in disaster recover (DR) strategy, giving you data resilience and simplifying recovery of data on or off prem.

Disaster Recovery

Object storage (object-based storage) is computer data storage architecture that manages data as objects, as opposed to file storage & block storage.

Object Storage

Wasabi

Wasabi Hot Cloud Storage

On-Premises and Cloud Storage — Friends or Foes?

<p>In recent years, we have seen an increase in the importance of data access directly from the archive, driven by on-demand use cases and global collaboration. As a result, for content-centered workflows, the primary requirement is shifting from being low-cost to being instantly accessible. Why? Because media-centric organizations, research facilities, governments and corporations worldwide want to monetize and use the vast amounts of data being created. Look up “data is the new oil” on Google, and you will see not only the original article but all the spin-off discussions.</p>
<h2>Disaster Recovery Planning in the Past</h2>
<p>Historically, when looking at <a href="https://searchdisasterrecovery.techtarget.com/definition/disaster-recovery">Disaster Planning</a>, organizations considered ransomware attacks, data or site loss. “I need to be able to recover my data within x hours” or “I need to be able to stand up another site in x days.” These questions are all still very relevant, however, with COVID-19, site quarantines are something IT execs now at a minimum discuss and have a plan for. In these scenarios, staff at sites is dramatically reduced, however, the site itself is still operable. This is where data accessibility becomes important. If your data and archives are still accessible, many media and content-driven organizations can ensure an acceptable level of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_continuity_planning#Business_continuity">business continuity</a> during these events.</p>
<h2>Disaster Recovery Planning in 2020</h2>
<p>On our February 2020 Brews & Bytes episode, StorageDNA CEO Tribid “TC” Chakravarty made some excellent points regarding what IT executives should think about when <a href="https://www.caringo.com/webinars/economical-storage-data-insight-data-movement-storage-options">developing their Disaster Recovery (DR) plan</a> and they all centered around ensuring <em>continued data accessibility</em>, not just the ability to <em>recover</em> data. TC suggested that you should take a 3-2-1-1 approach to Backup and DR; that is, you should keep 3 copies of data on 2 different types of media with 1 offsite and 1 instantly accessible in a private or public cloud (as opposed to the traditional 3-2-1 rule that doesn’t include 1 instantly accessible archived copy). We at Caringo agree with TC.</p>
<h2>How Can You Ensure Continued Data Accessibility?</h2>
<p>There are many technologies and options to ensure remote collaboration and continued data accessibility such as object storage, online meeting platforms, cloud services and collaboration platforms.</p>
<p>At Caringo, we have developed <a href="https://www.caringo.com/partners">a rich ecosystem of technology and business partnerships</a> to enable you to use best-of-breed solutions to keep your data online and accessible. This month, we have two live online events so you can learn more about ensuring and enabling data accessibility for your organization’s Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity plan.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.caringo.com/webinars/managing-data-hpc-research-environments-tech-tuesday"><img src="https://i0.wp.com/www.caringo.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/managing-data-hpc-research-environments-tech-tuesday.png?resize=640%2C360&ssl=1" alt="Managing Data in HPC & Research Environments" width="640" height="360" class="wp-image-15585 size-full aligncenter" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.caringo.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/managing-data-hpc-research-environments-tech-tuesday.png?w=640&ssl=1 640w, https://i0.wp.com/www.caringo.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/managing-data-hpc-research-environments-tech-tuesday.png?resize=480%2C270&ssl=1 480w, https://i0.wp.com/www.caringo.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/managing-data-hpc-research-environments-tech-tuesday.png?resize=320%2C180&ssl=1 320w" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" data-recalc-dims="1" /></a></p>
<h2>Learn How to Manage Data in HPC & Research Environments</h2>
<p>On March 24, join us for our Tech Tuesday webinar featuring Rachana Ananthakrishnan, Globus Head of Product, and Eric Dey, Caringo Director of Product. They will discuss <a href="https://www.caringo.com/webinars/managing-data-hpc-research-environments-tech-tuesday">managing data in HPC and research environments</a>. The Globus platform enables global access to data by distributed research organizations.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.caringo.com/webinars/premises-cloud-storage-friends-foes"><img src="https://i1.wp.com/www.caringo.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/on-prem-cloud-storage-vs-offsite-managed-wasabi-caringo-cloud-solution.jpg?resize=640%2C360&ssl=1" alt="On-Premises & Cloud Storage, Friend or Foes? Caringo and Wasabi Cloud Storage Solution" width="640" height="360" class="wp-image-15651 size-full aligncenter" srcset="https://i1.wp.com/www.caringo.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/on-prem-cloud-storage-vs-offsite-managed-wasabi-caringo-cloud-solution.jpg?w=640&ssl=1 640w, https://i1.wp.com/www.caringo.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/on-prem-cloud-storage-vs-offsite-managed-wasabi-caringo-cloud-solution.jpg?resize=480%2C270&ssl=1 480w, https://i1.wp.com/www.caringo.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/on-prem-cloud-storage-vs-offsite-managed-wasabi-caringo-cloud-solution.jpg?resize=320%2C180&ssl=1 320w" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" data-recalc-dims="1" /></a></p>
<h2>Learn About On-Premises + Cloud Storage</h2>
<p>On March 26, our 3rd episode of Brews & Bytes will hit the airwaves. In this livestream webcast, I’ll host David Boland, Wasabi Hot Cloud Storage’s Director of Product Marketing, and Eric Dey for a lively discussion focused on whether <a href="https://www.caringo.com/webinars/premises-cloud-storage-friends-foes">on-premises and cloud storage</a> can coexist in your workflows.</p>
<p>Caringo and Wasabi will both be at <a href="https://www.caringo.com/events/globusworld-2020-april-29-30">GlobusWorld 2020 April 29-30</a>.</p>


How do you plan for Disaster Recovery (DR) and Business Continuity that ensures your data remains accessible at all times?

Adrian "AJ" Herrera has over 20 years of experience bringing innovative storage, cloud and media software and services to market. With an MBA from San Diego State University and a BS in Information Systems from Chapman University, AJ serves as Caringo's VP of Marketing.

Adrian Herrera

Swarm Object Storage continuously monitors data to ensure multiple copies are available at any given time, so you always have a back-up copy.

Backup &amp; Recovery

With Caringo Swarm Object Storage, you get continuous, built-in data protection along with exceptional resilience, recovery, and content integrity. 

Data Protection

As you define your storage strategy, what are the required characteristics for each tier of your storage and what variables affect each storage tier?

Strategy

Data Access

Disaster Recover

Planning for Data Access, Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity

Backup & Recovery

<p>In this new era of social distancing and working remotely, IT execs, storage admins and data center managers find themselves supporting distributed workforces while still maintaining their organization’s infrastructure. And often, they need to do this without being on site.</p>
<p>While storage is only part of the equation, Swarm Object Storage was built from the ground up for the remote management model. Of course, as with any on-premises solution, there are certain elements of Caringo Swarm Object Storage that need to be physically deployed. However, once a network is in place and server infrastructure is racked and stacked, the vast majority of Swarm’s management processes and features are optimized for remote management and use.</p>
<h2>How Can I Manage My IT Infrastructure Remotely?</h2>
<p>Managing your IT Infrastructure remotely can be a challenge, but with the right tools and expertise, it is possible to do so with minimal trips to your data center or office. At Caringo, we’ve supported the remote working concept for years, both in our own operation and for our customers. But, we know that storage is only part of the equation. We have partners that have solved these issues for organizations across various verticals. So, our next two <em>Brews & Bytes</em> episodes will feature two of those partners so they can share their expertise with you.</p>
<h3>M&E and Digital Video Workflows</h3>
<p>In <a href="https://www.caringo.com/webinars/video-production-broadcasting-social-distancing-era-stay">episode 4 of our Brews & Bytes series</a> on April 23, I will host Nicholas Smith, VP of Technology from JB&A Distribution and Ben Canter, Caringo VP Global Sales. The three of us will discuss <a href="https://www.caringo.com/webinars/video-production-broadcasting-social-distancing-era-stay">how Video Production & Broadcasting are evolving in this new era of social distancing</a>. Specifically, how are those in the M&E industry and those who work on Digital Video adapting, what the role of storage is and if these changes are here to stay.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.caringo.com/webinars/video-production-broadcasting-social-distancing-era-stay"><img src="https://i0.wp.com/www.caringo.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/video-production-broadcasting-social-distancing-era-stay.png?resize=640%2C360&ssl=1" alt="Video production and broadcasting, what is here to stay?" width="640" height="360" class="alignnone wp-image-15763 size-full" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.caringo.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/video-production-broadcasting-social-distancing-era-stay.png?w=640&ssl=1 640w, https://i0.wp.com/www.caringo.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/video-production-broadcasting-social-distancing-era-stay.png?resize=480%2C270&ssl=1 480w, https://i0.wp.com/www.caringo.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/video-production-broadcasting-social-distancing-era-stay.png?resize=320%2C180&ssl=1 320w" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" data-recalc-dims="1" /></a></p>
<p><strong><a href="https://www.caringo.com/webinars/video-production-broadcasting-social-distancing-era-stay">Register now to watch episode 4 live or on demand.</a></strong></p>
<h3>Moving and Storing Large Files</h3>
<p>On May 7 in <a href="https://www.caringo.com/webinars/remote-workflows-big-files-big-storagea-big-problem-brews-bytes-ep-5">episode 5 of Brews & Bytes</a>, I will host Robert Browne, Founder of Signiant and VP of Global Technology Alliances, and TW Cook, Caringo VP of Engineering & Support. We will discuss <a href="https://www.caringo.com/webinars/remote-workflows-big-files-big-storagea-big-problem-brews-bytes-ep-5">large files and the role of large capacity storage on remote workflows</a>.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.caringo.com/webinars/remote-workflows-big-files-big-storagea-big-problem-brews-bytes-ep-5"><img src="https://i2.wp.com/www.caringo.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/remote-workflows-big-files-big-storagea-big-problem-brews-bytes-ep-5.png?resize=640%2C360&ssl=1" alt="" width="640" height="360" class="alignnone wp-image-15810 size-full" srcset="https://i2.wp.com/www.caringo.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/remote-workflows-big-files-big-storagea-big-problem-brews-bytes-ep-5.png?w=640&ssl=1 640w, https://i2.wp.com/www.caringo.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/remote-workflows-big-files-big-storagea-big-problem-brews-bytes-ep-5.png?resize=480%2C270&ssl=1 480w, https://i2.wp.com/www.caringo.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/remote-workflows-big-files-big-storagea-big-problem-brews-bytes-ep-5.png?resize=320%2C180&ssl=1 320w" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" data-recalc-dims="1" /></a></p>
<p><strong><a href="https://www.caringo.com/webinars/remote-workflows-big-files-big-storagea-big-problem-brews-bytes-ep-5">Register now to watch episode 5 live or on demand.</a></strong></p>
<h2>How Does Object Storage Facilitate Remote Administration and Workflows?</h2>
<p>Swarm Object Storage facilitates remote administration and workflows with Storage, Tenant, Content Management and Data Protection features that can be managed from anywhere, on any device.</p>
<p>Following is a high-level overview of the capabilities our customers are getting the most value from—considering they can’t always go into the data center.</p>
<h3>Automated Recovery and Protection</h3>
<p>Swarm Object Storage software was designed from the ground up to manage <em>billions of files and petabytes of information</em>. To do this efficiently, Swarm focuses on <strong>automated recovery</strong> and <strong>built-in data protection</strong> that doesn’t require manual intervention.</p>
<p>The Swarm ecosystem heals itself, so you can leave failed drives in servers until you can go onsite to replace them. This is enabled by Fast Volume Recovery. <strong>Fast Volume Recovery</strong> is based on a distributed algorithm with performance that scales with cluster size. It is automatically applied to volumes that are lost or retired to ensure adequate replication and preservation of segments of objects that were on the lost/retired volume. Thus, when a damaged object is identified, it is actively rebuilt (as opposed to being passively rebuilt, which is the case in most other storage solutions).</p>
<h3>Health Processor</h3>
<p>A single System Administrator can manage 50+ Petabytes of data in a Swarm cluster, largely due to the Health Processor, which virtually eliminates manual infrastructure management. The Health Processor:</p>
<ul>
<li>Periodically examines health of object checking
<ul>
<li>Data integrity</li>
<li>Replication</li>
<li>EC data and parity</li>
<li>Volume IDs of other replicas</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Automates space reclamation</li>
<li>Continuously redistributes content among nodes to avoid hotspots</li>
</ul>
<h3>Policy-Driven Data Lifecycle Management with Lifepoints</h3>
<p>In Swarm, storage utilization and data lifecycle can be automatically managed with Lifepoints. Policies, and triggers stored as metadata automatically manage the content lifecycle from creation to expiration. This includes protection scheme, deletion and delete protection. With Lifepoints, you can:</p>
<ul>
<li>Move from replication to erasure coding to significantly reduce capacity needed</li>
<li>Move from erasure coding to replication to increase file performance</li>
</ul>
<p><a href="https://www.caringo.com/whitepapers/replication-and-erasure-coding-explained">To learn more about replication and erasure coding, read the Caringo Elastic Content Protection whitepaper.</a></p>
<h3>Remote Storage Management</h3>
<p>The highly responsive HTML5-based Swarm Storage User Interface (UI) allows you to manage hardware and configuration of the Object Storage cluster from anywhere using a laptop, tablet or phone. The Swarm Storage UI provides:</p>
<ul>
<li>Dashboard for at-a-glance health overview</li>
<li>Trend reports for capacity planning</li>
<li>Operational counters</li>
<li>Configuration of dynamic settings without requiring SNMP</li>
</ul>
<p><img src="https://i2.wp.com/www.caringo.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Caringo-Swarm-Cluster-Dashboard.png?resize=512%2C257&ssl=1" alt="" width="512" height="257" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-15828" srcset="https://i2.wp.com/www.caringo.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Caringo-Swarm-Cluster-Dashboard.png?w=512&ssl=1 512w, https://i2.wp.com/www.caringo.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Caringo-Swarm-Cluster-Dashboard.png?resize=480%2C241&ssl=1 480w, https://i2.wp.com/www.caringo.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Caringo-Swarm-Cluster-Dashboard.png?resize=320%2C161&ssl=1 320w" sizes="(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px" data-recalc-dims="1" /></p>
<h3>Proactive Alerting for Remote Administration</h3>
<p>In addition to the management dashboard, Swarm provides a number of ways to monitor the status of your Swarm cluster. These include:</p>
<ul>
<li>Phone home reports that give you an ad hoc view of the health of your cluster</li>
<li>The ability to view detailed system status via Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)</li>
<li>The capability to <a href="https://www.caringo.com/webinars/techtuesday-monitoring-swarm-object-storage-using-prometheus-exporter-grafana">export detailed system status information via Prometheus and visualization using Grafana</a></li>
<li>Alerting of issues via email or Slack</li>
</ul>
<h3>Remote Tenant & Content Management</h3>
<p>It should come as no surprise that most enterprise Object Storage platforms include advanced storage management abilities. However, very few include tenant and content management. These features are critical when enabling remote workflows and remote data access.</p>
<ul>
<li>Tenant management features include:</li>
<li>The ability to easily create domains and buckets setting bandwidth and capacity limits</li>
<li>Data protection policy management</li>
<li>Management of authorization and access policies via Active Directory, LDAP or tokens</li>
</ul>
<p><img src="https://i2.wp.com/www.caringo.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Caringo-Swarm-Remote-Content-and-Tenant-Management.png?resize=480%2C188&ssl=1" alt="" width="480" height="188" class="size-full wp-image-15826 alignnone" srcset="https://i2.wp.com/www.caringo.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Caringo-Swarm-Remote-Content-and-Tenant-Management.png?w=480&ssl=1 480w, https://i2.wp.com/www.caringo.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Caringo-Swarm-Remote-Content-and-Tenant-Management.png?resize=320%2C125&ssl=1 320w" sizes="(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px" data-recalc-dims="1" /></p>
<p>Content management features are available in Swarm via the Content Portal or API. A few features that are delivering value from a remote workflow perspective are:</p>
<ul>
<li>The ability to add customizable metadata and search for and view assets</li>
<li>Partial file restore and clipping, enabling server-side clipping of large video files for more efficient video transfer</li>
</ul>
<p><img src="https://i0.wp.com/www.caringo.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Caringo-Swarm-Partial-File-Restore-and-Clipping.png?resize=508%2C466&ssl=1" alt="" width="508" height="466" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-15829" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.caringo.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Caringo-Swarm-Partial-File-Restore-and-Clipping.png?w=508&ssl=1 508w, https://i0.wp.com/www.caringo.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Caringo-Swarm-Partial-File-Restore-and-Clipping.png?resize=392%2C360&ssl=1 392w, https://i0.wp.com/www.caringo.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Caringo-Swarm-Partial-File-Restore-and-Clipping.png?resize=262%2C240&ssl=1 262w" sizes="(max-width: 508px) 100vw, 508px" data-recalc-dims="1" /></p>
<ul>
<li>Parallel file uploading via any HTML 5 enabled browser for rapid ingest of content regardless of location</li>
<li>The ability to securely share/stream internally or externally</li>
<li>Instant distributed protection with <a href="https://www.caringo.com/whitepapers/streamlining-object-storage-backup-process">backup and Disaster Recovery (DR) to S3</a></li>
</ul>
<p>While this is by no means an exhaustive list, it should give you a good, high-level overview of how you can transition to remote administrative tasks while enabling remote workflows and providing secure remote data access.</p>
<h2>Need to Speak with a Storage Expert?</h2>
<p>As always, our storage experts are here to help you. Feel free to <a href="https://www.caringo.com/company/contact">contact us to schedule a more in-depth overview/demo</a> to learn how Swarm can help you enable remote administration, workflows and secure access to content or to <a href="mailto:info@caringo.com">email us with questions</a>.</p>


Object Storage can help IT Pros who find themselves supporting distributed workforces and maintaining data center infrastructure remotely.

Caringo revolutionized data storage and changed the economics of storage in 2006 by launching the first Object Storage product in the marketplace. 

Data Storage

Caringo Swarm Object Storage protects digital assets, keeping them online & accessible for production workflows, active archive & on-demand streaming.

Media &amp; Entertainment

With Partial File Restore, Caringo Swarm lets you clip large video files for rapid turnaround of a specific portion directly from the archive layer.

Partial File Restore

Swarm Storage provides a complete S3-compliant platform for data protection, management, organization & search at massive scale for unstructured data.

Swarm Storage

file transfer

remote working

Signiant

social distancing

How Does Object Storage Facilitate Remote Administration and Workflows?

Media & Entertainment

<p>Each of us globally has been impacted on a personal and/or professional level by the Covid-19 pandemic. And, while we are socially distancing ourselves and more people than ever are working remotely, companies still need to find a way to create revenue. In conversations I have had with many clients, they are looking to monetize existing data as a new revenue stream. But just as often, the challenge they are facing is how to keep operational costs down. By leveraging modern data protection like Elastic Content Protection or Cloud Disaster Recovery (DR), customers are able to protect data more efficiently and at a lower cost than traditional data durability schemes like RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) or replication. And in many cases, the data with the most potential for monetization is unstructured data, that is, digital video, sound and image files.</p>
<h2>How Can I Monetize My Existing Data?</h2>
<p>The key to <a href="https://www.caringo.com/blog/monetizing-your-data-archive">monetizing your existing data</a> lies in taking control of your archived content, and making sure you can easily retrieve and deliver digital assets. New production of digital assets has come to a standstill for many organizations. And while most, if not all, companies backup or archive data in some way, many of those companies don’t have quick and easy access to their data. It may be on old tapes or devices requiring aging technology for playback, or on tapes needing to be digitized to new LTO technology. Perhaps restoring the data itself is an issue. In all of these scenarios, data is not available in a timely manner. Maybe it’s been moved into a public cloud, but with a long SLA for retrieval to help keep costs down. Even if those files are online, retrieval can be quite costly when considering ingress/egress charges from public cloud services.</p>
<h2>How Can You Streamline Storage Backup and Content Delivery?</h2>
<p><a href="https://www.caringo.com/whitepapers/streamlining-object-storage-backup-process">You can streamline your backup</a> as well as your content delivery with object storage. In fact, archiving and delivering content are our top use cases. <a href="https://www.caringo.com/webinars/tech-tuesday-using-metadata-object-storage">With Swarm object storage, data or content is quickly available via metadata search.</a> And, with Caringo’s patented Darkive technology, a policy can be set to spin down/spin up drives. This can keep costs down while not leaving drives completely idle. When metadata is searched, the drive containing the data will spin right back up in seconds.</p>
<h2>What about Traditional Data Protection?</h2>
<p>In a traditional data protection solution that is reliant on RAID, a drive failure results in a need to replace that failed drive…as quickly as possible. While data can be remotely accessed, drive failures in a traditional RAID scenario require onsite replacement in the event of a drive failure. Let’s face it, all drives die—it’s just a matter of when. This can be a drive lying on the shelf, or it may be that someone from your hardware vendor’s company comes in to make replacements. And, in the reality of 2020, the process of just changing out a drive presents a whole new level of complications.</p>
<p>RAID provides a maximum of two parity drives per RAID group in a common RAID 6 scenario. Two parity drives also usually includes two hot spares for data protection. If one parity drive fails, the other parity drive takes the load of the work and is the next most likely drive to fail. If both drives die, there goes both hot spares. Now we have a data protection issue, and possibly a performance issue depending on the configuration.</p>
<h2>Does Object Storage Provide a Modern Data Protection?</h2>
<p><a href="https://www.caringo.com/whitepapers/replication-and-erasure-coding-explained">Object storage utilizes replicas (copies) or erasure coding for data protection</a>, which can certainly be thought of as a more modern data protection strategy. Think of erasure coding like software RAID for a specific object. You can have data segments on multiple drives and parity segments on multiple drives. The cluster can be configured to meet any requirements for uptime.</p>
<p>While replicas are fairly self explanatory, erasure coding is uniquely beneficial in the age we now live in. With erasure coding, data is quickly copied to available space on any drive(s) in the object store. There could be hundreds or thousands of drives in the object store, with available capacity, depending on how large the object store is.</p>
<p>Caringo Swarm object storage technology also analyzes the health of the drive(s) to see if there’s any issue to ensure data is copied and protected. This process can detect potential issues before a drive fails. We have some customers who actually replace failed drives just once a month. They do this as it isn’t a “red light” issue requiring immediate response. This is quite efficient when everyone is working remotely.</p>
<h2>Disaster Recovery with On-Prem or Private S3-Compatible Cloud</h2>
<p>An S3-compliant object store can be deployed on prem or in a private cloud to provide for disaster recovery (DR). An on-prem object store can also be backed up to the public cloud for a hybrid solution. Whether it’s audio, video, or image-based, this content is protected, available, and accessible for its target audience. With massive scalability starting on day one and storage that never needs a forklift upgrade, object storage can easily grow as your business does!</p>
<p><a href="https://www.caringo.com/webinars/premises-cloud-storage-friends-foes"><img src="https://i0.wp.com/www.caringo.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/on-prem-cloud-storage-vs-offsite-managed-wasabi-caringo-cloud-solution-1.jpg?resize=640%2C360&ssl=1" alt="On-Premises & Cloud Storage -- Friends or Foes? Brews & Bytes webcast" width="640" height="360" class="wp-image-15662 size-full aligncenter" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.caringo.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/on-prem-cloud-storage-vs-offsite-managed-wasabi-caringo-cloud-solution-1.jpg?w=640&ssl=1 640w, https://i0.wp.com/www.caringo.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/on-prem-cloud-storage-vs-offsite-managed-wasabi-caringo-cloud-solution-1.jpg?resize=480%2C270&ssl=1 480w, https://i0.wp.com/www.caringo.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/on-prem-cloud-storage-vs-offsite-managed-wasabi-caringo-cloud-solution-1.jpg?resize=320%2C180&ssl=1 320w" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" data-recalc-dims="1" /></a></p>
<h2>On-Premises and Cloud Storage — Friends or Foes?</h2>
<p><a href="https://www.caringo.com/webinars/premises-cloud-storage-friends-foes">Join our March 26 Brews & Bytes live webcast</a> to learn more about on-premises and cloud storage. David Boland, Wasabi Director of Product Marketing, and Eric Dey, Caringo Director of Product, join host Adrian J Herrera, VP Marketing at Caringo, to discuss this topic and answer question such as:</p>
<ul>
<li>Should you be moving all of your data to the cloud?</li>
<li>Should you keep your data on-prem?</li>
<li>Is there a middle ground, and is hybrid cloud storage practical?</li>
</ul>
<p>With perspectives as leaders in companies that specialize in cloud storage and on-premise storage and also as technology industry professionals with multiple decades of experience, this is sure to be a lively conversation. You don’t want to miss this one!</p>
<p><a href="https://www.caringo.com/webinars/premises-cloud-storage-friends-foes">Register now to watch live or on demand.</a></p>
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In this era of social distancing and remote working, businesses are looking for new ways to monetize existing data. Can object storage help?

David Fabrizio joined Caringo in 2016 as the Western US Regional Manager and is currently our Business Development Manager. With 19 years in data storage and backup sales. David enjoys helping customers solve their storage challenges and meet their business goals. David loves spending time with family, listening to music and traveling.

David Fabrizio

Caringo uses Amazon S3 protocol for seamless policy-based tiering of data from primary storage to private Swarm cloud to public cloud.

Amazon S3

Content Distribution is a key capability for Media & Entertainment, Social Discovery and all sites that provide content to customers and end users.

Content Distribution

Caringo Swarm Object Storage uses both replication and erasure coding for flexible choice and automatic, adaptive transition between protection forms.

Erasure Coding

Metadata is "data about data" and can be descriptive, structural, administrative, reference or statistical metadata that is auto- or user-generated.

Metadata

Tape storage refers to storage medium that reads and writes data on a magnetic tape, typically for an inexpensive offline, archival data store. 

Tape Storage

Brews &amp; Bytes

Brews & Bytes

How to Protect & Monetize Data in a Socially Distanced World

<p><img src="https://i1.wp.com/www.caringo.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/are-you-ready-storm.jpg?w=300&ssl=1" alt="Are you ready for the storm graphic" class="alignright size-full wp-image-9454" data-recalc-dims="1">Hurricane Harvey reminds us just how much predictive capabilities and warning systems have progressed over the past few decades, in no small part because of the availability of past data and the capabilities we now have with instrumentation, detailed data sets and high-performance computing (<a href="https://www.caringo.com/solutions/hpc/" target="_blank" title="High-Performance Computing Solution Brief" rel="noopener noreferrer">HPC</a>).</p>
<p>Meteorologists do two types of predictions: seasonal probabilities and the track of a current hurricane. Ahead of and during each hurricane season, multiple national <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Atlantic_hurricane_season" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">meteorological services and scientific agencies predict</a> how many named storms, hurricanes and major (Category 3 or higher on the Saffir–Simpson scale) hurricanes will form during a particular season and/or how many tropical cyclones will affect a particular geographic region.</p>
<p>Once the storm is underway, meteorologists work around the clock to track these often unpredictable storms. These forecasts, along with advanced warning and communications, help to put people out of harm’s way. But, there is still a severe risk to people, property, and to businesses and organizations, and the value of preparedness and a solid disaster recovery (DR) plan cannot be underestimated. CNN <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/23/us/hurricane-katrina-statistics-fast-facts/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">reports that with over 1800 deaths</a>, Hurricane Katrina in 2005 was the single most catastrophic and costliest natural disaster in US history according to FEMA.</p>
<p>In Information Technology, DR (disaster recovery) is a critical element of any business continuity plan. And, the scenarios that result from flooded data centers are the nightmares that keep IT and Storage Admins awake at night. This is one of the reasons object storage, and particularly Caringo Swarm, is a valuable tool in the data center. Our Director of Swarm Engineering Don Baker details how object storage protects data in the <a href="https://www.caringo.com/whitepapers/protecting-data-cloud-age-caringo-swarm-object-storage/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Protecting Data in the Cloud Age with Caringo Swarm Object Storage</a> whitepaper. Swarm can even protect different objects with different encoding schemes and different levels of protection all in the same Swarm cluster.</p>
<p>Swarm provides the ability to instantly find data regardless of location, continuously upgrade hardware, mix and match hardware and achieve an unrivaled level of resilience. Even more so, it gives you the benefits and resilience of object storage whether you have an on-premise, off-premise, or hybrid cloud solution.</p>
<p>As Hurricane Harvey rolls onto the Gulf coast, we encourage everyone in the storm’s path to stay safe and to make sure your loved ones know that you are safe. The <a href="https://www.facebook.com/safetycheck/hurricane-harvey-aug24-2017/home/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Facebook Safety Check</a> feature is a simple way to do this. You may also want to download the <a href="https://www.fema.gov/mobile-app">FEMA mobile app</a> for a customizable checklist of emergency supplies, directions to open shelters and recovery centers, disaster survival tips, and weather alerts from the National Weather Service.</p>
<p>If Hurricane Harvey has you thinking about the DR plan for your business, we are here to talk it through with you and can share our upcoming plans to enhance your options for data analysis and DR. Feel free to <a href="https://www.caringo.com/company/contact" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">contact us</a> or visit us at one of <a href="https://www.caringo.com/news-events/events" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">our upcoming events</a>.</p>


Natural disasters like hurricanes endanger lives, property, & businesses. How does HPC help predict the weather, and how can your business recover?

Sarah Cook is Caringo's Director of Marketing and brings deep expertise in Technical and Marketing Communications and Product Marketing. Sarah has worked for some of the biggest names in technology including Dell and Cisco. Sarah has a B.A. in English Composition with a minor in Music from the University of North Texas.

Sarah Cook

Elasticsearch is a distributed, multitenant-capable full-text search engine with HTTP web interface; it is fully integrated into Swarm Object Storage.

Elasticsearch

HPC data sets are exploding. Swarm Object Storage streamlines data management/access & reduces storage TCO up to 75% with continuous data protection.

High Performance Computing

disaster recovery

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HPC, DR and Hurricane Harvey

<p><img class="size-medium wp-image-5254 alignright" src="https://i1.wp.com/www.caringo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Got-Your-Back.png?resize=256%2C300&ssl=1" alt="Got-Your-Back" width="256" height="300" srcset="https://i1.wp.com/www.caringo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Got-Your-Back.png?resize=256%2C300&ssl=1 256w, https://i1.wp.com/www.caringo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Got-Your-Back.png?w=498&ssl=1 498w" sizes="(max-width: 256px) 100vw, 256px" data-recalc-dims="1" />It’s an unpleasant reality of many an IT professional: That 3 a.m. phone call that a crucial system is down, its data irretrievable, and the last backup needs to be restored now. Not only can that mean scrambling to find keys amidst unsavory utterances, retrieving the latest backup media from an offsite location, and getting to the data center, but restoring data can take hours for a first-tier filer (and that’s if everything goes well).</p>
<p>As we celebrate <a href="http://www.worldbackupday.com/en/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">World Backup Day</a> this week, wouldn’t it be nice if data could be automatically protected, even in the event of losing an entire rack of hardware? Wouldn’t it also be nice if backups for critical Windows or NetApp filers could be minimized in scope, making your life easier when preparing for and responding to an emergency?</p>
<p><strong>Easier Backups: Preparing for Inevitable Hardware Failures</strong><br />
This is that all-important yet oh-so-mundane part of life as an IT pro. You know things will eventually go wrong, just not when. To be prepared you back up critical data, right? With email servers, databases, home directories, and business-critical files all in the mix, this can be a fairly daunting process. That is, if you’re using conventional backup strategies.</p>
<p>With object storage, however, much of that pain goes away. By nature, an object storage cluster <a href="https://www.caringo.com/whitepapers/protecting-data-cloud-age-caringo-swarm-object-storage/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">protects</a> data internally by either creating multiple copies (replicas) of the files within it or by using a RAID-like erasure coding algorithm to provide similar levels of protection in a smaller footprint. Content that is more immediately important can have a higher level of protection, then after some period of time when it is no longer as actively needed, the protection level can be automatically scaled down to free up resources for newer data. Best-of-breed solutions will even let you mix and match protection schemes as needed to best meet your business and departmental needs.</p>
<p>To get more to the point: When you store files in object storage, no further back up is needed.</p>
<p>Certain types of files and data (rapidly-updated databases come to mind) do not naturally mesh well with object storage, and are still better-suited for residing on a filer. So what about those filers I mentioned earlier? Keep them! They are great for people and applications that require a traditional file system. You may be asking, “How do I move the data from those filers into object storage?” This was a problem we set out to solve, and last year, we launched a groundbreaking new product called FileFly for Swarm to help you do just that. <a href="https://www.caringo.com/filefly/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">FileFly</a> can automatically migrate other files (based on whatever policy you like) into Swarm object storage, allowing you to realize the benefits of automatic protection. This essentially leaves just a slice of your former data backup needs. Less data living on filers = less data to back up = more time for you to focus on other more important (or, let’s face it, fun) tasks.</p>
<p>Check out part 2 of this blog on Thursday, World Backup Day, about how you can get your data back almost instantaneously when disaster strikes!</p>
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Move your data from filers to object storage and get automatic data protection. Store your files in object storage and no further data backup is needed.

Brian Guetzlaff is a software developer with varied interests and a fascination with distributed symmetric systems. As an Engineering Manager at Caringo, Brian helps give a face to Caringo’s technology. He loves time with family, spending time in nature, cooking, and coffee…lots of coffee.

Brian Guetzlaff

Caringo Swarm Object Storage provides an active archive (limitless & seamless pool of data) with data protection, management and search capabilities.

FileFly

If data security is critical to the success of your business, extend World Backup Day from personal to professional call to examine backup strategy.

World Backup Day

Object Storage: We’ve Got Your Back, Part 1

<p><img class="size-medium wp-image-5288 alignleft" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.caringo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Got-Your-Back-2.png?resize=300%2C172&ssl=1" alt="When Disaster Strikes" width="300" height="172" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.caringo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Got-Your-Back-2.png?resize=300%2C172&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/www.caringo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Got-Your-Back-2.png?w=498&ssl=1 498w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" data-recalc-dims="1" />Earlier this week, I <a href="https://www.caringo.com/blog/object-storage-weve-got-back-part-1/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">talked</a> about how object storage gives you the benefits of automatic protection. Of course, the whole point of backing up is to prepare for the reality that hardware fails at the most inopportune times. IT shops vigilantly prepare for this, but once things go south, there is always the question of what to do to fix the problem.</p>
<p><strong>When Disaster Strikes: Getting Your Data Now</strong><br />
The great thing about keeping your data in object storage is that when a storage volume, chassis, or rack goes down, the rest of the cluster automatically steps in and actively restores the data for you without you having to lift a finger. This protection can even span across multiple data centers, for example to a remote disaster recovery site, so an entire location’s data can be protected in the event of a major calamity.</p>
<p>So, now your backup processes have been streamlined, you’ve got your data automatically replicating to your DR site, and you’re getting the best sleep you’ve had in weeks…then it happens. Something major goes wrong and you need to make sure all the data is there. What do you do?</p>
<p>Well, if you have a <a href="https://www.caringo.com/swarm-technology" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Swarm</a> object storage cluster, all that is needed is to simply replace the failed hardware—AT YOUR LEISURE. The cluster will automatically assimilate it and put it to work. If the failure was large enough to cause data loss in your local cluster, then restoring the lost data is often as simple as telling your disaster recovery cluster to replicate the data back to the primary cluster.</p>
<p>For your filers, recovery is a much faster process than before. Since less data was kept on disk, less data needs to be restored. That means your data is available faster with less downtime, everyone can breathe a huge sigh of relief, and you get to go home a hero (Take the credit, we don’t mind!).</p>
<p>It’s not pessimism, it’s reality: things break, and that will have an impact on your business. But as with other areas of life, it is how you recover that makes the difference. Leveraging the power of Swarm object storage can make that backup and recovery much faster, easier, and more cost effective than ever before.</p>
<p>If you have questions about whether object storage can simplify the backup strategy for your enterprise organization, <a href="https://www.caringo.com/company/contact.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">contact us</a>. We’d be happy to help.</p>
<p>Happy World Backup Day!</p>
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Stop living in fear of a hardware failure, object storage makes data recovery faster, easier and more cost effective. Simplify your backup strategy with Caringo Swarm.

Object Storage: We’ve Got Your Back, Part 2

<p><img class="size-medium wp-image-8395 alignright" src="/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/blog-ME.png" alt="blog-windows-bloat-R6" width="300" />The resolution at which we view content has increased at a staggering rate in recent years. Whether it’s on the big or small screen, smartphone or tablet…the picture is clearer than ever. From cameras to playback devices, technology improvements across the board have made this possible. The storage capacity required to manage, manipulate and playback content has also increased, but it’s not just about increasing resolutions. Consider the raw uncompressed content that is ingested, the need for several editors or artists to be able to access content at once, and additional copies that need to be stored onsite and offsite for backup/disaster recovery (DR) purposes. You now have an environment that can be quite tedious and expensive to manage and support.</p>
<p>In post-production infrastructure, purchases are generally wrapped around a project. The need to remain cost competitive leads many post-production facilities to settle for heterogeneous <a href="https://www.caringo.com/resources/whitepaper-ending-storage-silos">siloed</a> storage environments. Unfortunately, each storage system has to be learned, managed, and supported by engineering. This model quickly becomes outdated and does not scale well. Some of the larger organizations have adopted a single vendor or tiered approach. However, they often have to move into a larger system as capacity or performance is maxed out. When they do, the software is essentially purchased again and hardware is changed out to improve performance and scalability. As a result, it has become difficult for post-production facilities to hold onto content for long-term preservation and re-use. And while clients often expect you to keep the content past the end of the project, they often aren’t willing to pay to maintain that <a href="https://www.caringo.com/solutions/active-archive">active archive</a>.</p>
<p>Post-production facilities of all sizes want to provide active archive access with automated hassle free data protection built in. In addition, many are trying to enable streaming and OTT (Over-the-top content) use cases. These requirements combined with the deficiencies of traditional storage technologies are leading IT decision makers in many post-production houses to take a closer look at <a href="https://www.caringo.com/blog/content-business-models-object-storage/">object storage</a>.</p>
<p>Reasons for the interest in object storage solutions include:</p>
<ul>
<li>Ability to change protection schemes from replicas to <a href="https://www.caringo.com/resources/whitepaper-ec">erasure coding</a></li>
<li>Optimization of performance or storage footprint based upon production needs</li>
<li>Direct access via HTTP with streaming enabled through range read</li>
<li>Support for many users and many parallel sessions</li>
<li>Built-in content management</li>
</ul>
<p>Best-of-breed object storage solutions enable pay-as-you-grow scaling on any mix of standard servers, leading to a 75% reduction in overall storage TCO when compared to traditional storage arrays.</p>
<p>If you are interested in learning more, check out our webcast <a href="https://www.brighttalk.com/webcast/13173/248779" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Real Life Use Cases for Object Storage, M&E</a> on Thursday, March 16 at 10 am PT/1 pm ET with Caringo VP of Marketing Adrian Herrera and VP of Product Tony Barbagallo.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.brighttalk.com/webcast/13173/248779" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img class="wp-image-1973 size-full alignnone" src="https://i1.wp.com/www.caringo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Register-Now.png?resize=248%2C66&ssl=1" alt="Register Now" width="248" height="66" data-recalc-dims="1" /></a></p>
<p>You can also read how <a href="https://www.caringo.com/case-studies/nep/">NEP The Netherlands</a> is using object storage to power their content delivery needs.</p>


The storage capacity required to manage, manipulate and playback content has dramatically increased. Is object storage the answer for M&E IT?

Scaling from small to 100s of PBs is one of the hallmarks of the Swarm pure object storage approach and a testament to our longstanding installations.

Scalability

Caringo Swarm Object Storage v11 accelerates access to video by giving you easy-to-generate URLs for secure internal or external streaming media.

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Object Storage to Meet the Demands of M&E

<p><picture class="alignright wp-image-13286 size-medium sp-no-webp"><source srcset="https://i1.wp.com/www.caringo.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/object-storage-predictions-2019.webp 480w,https://i1.wp.com/www.caringo.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/object-storage-predictions-2019.webp 320w,https://i1.wp.com/www.caringo.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/object-storage-predictions-2019.webp 768w,https://i1.wp.com/www.caringo.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/object-storage-predictions-2019.webp 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px" type="image/webp"><source srcset="https://i1.wp.com/www.caringo.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/object-storage-predictions-2019.jpg?resize=480%2C274&ssl=1 480w, https://i1.wp.com/www.caringo.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/object-storage-predictions-2019.jpg?resize=320%2C183&ssl=1 320w, https://i1.wp.com/www.caringo.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/object-storage-predictions-2019.jpg?resize=768%2C439&ssl=1 768w, https://i1.wp.com/www.caringo.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/object-storage-predictions-2019.jpg?w=1024&ssl=1 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px"><img src="https://i1.wp.com/www.caringo.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/object-storage-predictions-2019.jpg?resize=480%2C274&ssl=1" class="alignright wp-image-13286 size-medium sp-no-webp" alt="Object Storage Predictions for 2019" height="274" width="480" srcset="https://i1.wp.com/www.caringo.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/object-storage-predictions-2019.jpg?resize=480%2C274&ssl=1 480w, https://i1.wp.com/www.caringo.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/object-storage-predictions-2019.jpg?resize=320%2C183&ssl=1 320w, https://i1.wp.com/www.caringo.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/object-storage-predictions-2019.jpg?resize=768%2C439&ssl=1 768w, https://i1.wp.com/www.caringo.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/object-storage-predictions-2019.jpg?w=1024&ssl=1 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px" data-recalc-dims="1"></picture>Last week, we listed the <span><a href="https://www.caringo.com/blog/9-reasons-you-need-object-storage-in-2019">9 Reasons to Use Object Storage in 2019</a></span>. In this blog, I discuss some macro-market trends we have noticed in 2018 and predict how that will influence object storage use in 2019.</p>
<h4><strong>1.</strong> On-demand will be in demand across many user-driven workflows</h4>
<p>The rise of streaming services, cloud services, mobile devices and ubiquitous broadband are conditioning employees and customers to expect everything from their entertainment to their office documents to be online and accessible. From an IT perspective, there are a few layers of services that enable on-demand workflows, including storage—more specifically, movement of data to the right storage at the right time (aka tiering); search; tenant and identity management; and content delivery. In 2019, IT professionals  will start to understand that the value of object storage isn’t just scale, it is the merging of many of the services needed to enable on-demand workflows into one solution that includes web-based and API accessible management.</p>
<h4><strong>2.</strong> Hybrid cloud will come into focus</h4>
<p>The cloud is here to stay. The investments the big 3 (Amazon, Microsoft and Google) are making in cloud are astounding. This is leading many enterprises to employ a cloud-first or hybrid-cloud policy in an attempt to simplify IT management, reduce data center costs and benefit from advancements in cloud services. However, not all workflows and datasets moved to the cloud will lead to these results. This year, you will start to see more understanding of what workflows and datasets to run in the cloud and which datasets to keep on prem. You will also see the big 3 push on-prem solutions (like Amazon Outpost).</p>
<h4><strong>3.</strong> AI, ML, IoT, AR, VR…did I miss anything?</h4>
<p>Look at just about any IT 2019 prediction list and you will undoubtedly see one of these acronyms. Behind all of these technologies are gobs of data being generated that need to continue to be accessed and searched. The resulting datasets consist of various file formats and file sizes with differing retention and accessibility requirements. The need here is similar to the end-user driven, on-demand needs discussed in prediction #1, but for automated and machine-based processes. The ability to consolidate distributed datasets under a single namespace and provide API-based, multi-protocol access will be key.</p>
<h3><span>Increasing Velocity and Simplifying Data Movement</span></h3>
<p>Underlying these trends is an increase in velocity. Workflows and processes in general are becoming more efficient and are accessed in a distributed fashion via various devices, and the rate of change is increasing. These emerging trends inspired the <span><a href="https://www.caringo.com/products/filefly">Caringo FileFly solution</a></span>, which gives you complete, automated data lifecycle management of all your unstructured data—from creation to preservation. FileFly simplifies migration of secondary data from traditional NAS to the cloud. And now, you can use it with Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud as well as with <span><a href="https://www.caringo.com/products/swarm">Caringo Swarm Hassle-Free, Limitless Object Storage</a></span>.</p>
<p><span><a href="https://www.caringo.com/contact">Contact us</a></span> to learn more about how FileFly can help you simplify your data movement, and to find out if you qualify for our free 25 TB FileFly Community Edition.<span> </span></p>


Read about the macro-market trends we have noticed in 2018 and predictions for how they will influence the use of object storage in 2019.

Caringo Swarm Object Storage can be used as part of a hybrid cloud solution Amazon S3-compliant cloud services such as Microsoft Azure.

Microsoft Azure

Unstructured data refers to digital files with no pre-defined data model or organizational structure (e.g., video, medical imaging & photos).

The Topic