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How to Choose the Right Data Storage Solution for Your SMB
A primer on physical data storage
Inside you’ll learn how to:
Determine how much data storage you need:
Usage, longevity, scalability
Choose where to store your data:
HDD vs. SSD
Identify the best methods to access business data:
DAS vs. NAS
Select your storage configuration:
JBOD vs. RAID
Why do you need a data storage strategy for your SMB?
Identifying the right data storage solution for your business can make or break your ability to recover after a disaster and respond to changing customer demands, and it can limit the data your organization can use down the road.
Some SMBs with insufficient storage capacity are choosing to delete data, but it’s difficult to know what data you will need tomorrow. Other SMBs, especially those subject to regulatory requirements, continually purchase devices as data grows and watch storage costs pile up.
To prepare for future data needs and potential crises, SMB leaders must understand the key physical storage technologies available today and what makes each one offers for different business environments.
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of employees have access to too much data¹
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of companies don’t know where their data is located²
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