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HPE introduced simplified hybrid cloud data protection with solutions from its Nimble Storage and 3PAR acquisitions. Here is a short outline of their announcements. The HPE Recovery Manager Central (RMC) 6.0, now extends integrated data protection and copy data management to HPE Nimble Storage. HPE StoreOnce with Commvault software integration, enablies seamless backup to the cloud. HPE GreenLake Backup is enhanced with next-generation HPE StoreOnce and Commvault software integration.

StoreOnce with Cloud Bank Backup is meant to improve the performance and agility of hybrid cloud data protection, including Amazon S3 and Microsoft Azure by copying only unique data to the cloud and storing encrypted, self-describing backup data for simple could disaster recovery. The StoreOnce family uses flash memory to help speed data protection in the data center and archive and disaster recovery in the cloud.

Image from HPE Announcement

The HPE Recovery Manager Central delivers a centralized copy data management solution that had been available for HPE 3PAR and extending it to HPE Nimble Storage. According to the company, “Using RMC 6.0 for direct backup from HPE storage arrays to HPE StoreOnce now delivers approximately 23X2 faster backup and about 15X faster3 recovery with less cost and complexity than competing solutions.”

The integration of Commvault Complete Backup and Recovery software with HPE StoreOnce is meant to provide efficient and seamless backup to the cloud. The company also says that “The consumption based IT models and HPE GreenLake Flex Capacity planning strategies with HPE GreenLake Backup will be enhanced with the next generation HPE StoreOnce and the new Commvault integration, delivering 30% savings with HPE GreenLake Flex Capacity6. The complete backup solution is designed, operated and implemented by HPE Pointnext.”

HPE StoreOnce is now available starting at $4,800 for a HPE StoreOnce virtual storage appliance. RMC 6.0 will be available December 2018 and comes standard with every HPE 3PAR and HPE Nimble Storage array. Commvault integration with HPE StoreOnce is currently available. HPE GreenLake Backup is currently available.

Google Cloud Storage introduced new replication and transfer options. These changes give customers more control over how and where their data is stored, including a new option for EU customers to transfer data. In particular dual region storage is available as an option with geo-replication available across these two regions. Google says that this is especially beneficial for analytics or big data workloads as it allows putting data and compute resources closer together. The company also says this is useful for a content delivery network (CDN) to co-locate content closer to customers.

Google also said it is allowing nearline and coldline storage tiers that are geo-redundant in multi-regional locations, increasing the availability of archival data and letting customers use lower cost storage tiers more effectively. According to the company, “With multi-regional Nearline and Coldline storage, you can access your data with millisecond latency, it’s distributed redundantly across a multi-region (U.S., EU or Asia), and you pay archival prices. This is helpful when you have data that won’t be accessed very often, but still needs to be protected with geographically dispersed copies, like media archives or regulated content. It also simplifies management.“

Google says that it is reducing the complexity of its cloud storage options. According to Google, “You will soon have just two dimensions to choose from for Cloud Storage: Redundancy type: Multi-regional, dual-regional or regional and Access tier: Standard, Nearline and Coldline. Your tier choice will be based primarily on how frequently you are accessing that data. Your choice of redundancy type will be driven by your business continuity goals, as well as the desire to co-locate storage and compute for best performance. With these new options, you can now assign data to a lower tier to save costs while maintaining consistency in API, performance and redundancy. ”

Following is information on Google new Cloud Storage Options:

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Hitachi Vantara had its Hitachi NEXT event with several digital storage announcements. The company announced that it has partnered with Aqua Security that the company says will, “add comprehensive security capabilities to the HEC Container Platform service that enable customers to safely move their mission-critical applications to an agile, cloud-native platform.” The company also said that, “HEC Container Platform also adds support for multi-cloud management to deliver transparent visibility through a single cloud management interface, reducing risks, costs and time to value by helping customers manage multiple cloud implementations simultaneously. Customers get improved visibility of private, hybrid and public cloud deployments with the ability to run application workloads in these disparate environments without the need to adapt applications to proprietary public cloud APIs, interfaces and methods, reducing lock-in concerns.”

Hitachi said that it was extending data governance to reduce risks in multi-cloud environments. According to Hitachi Vantara, the latest innovations in the HCP include:

• Cloud-native compatibility: HCP now adds even stronger compatibility with the industry-standard Amazon S3 API. This allows HCP to support new application requirements and an expanding ISV application ecosystem. Organizations can now use HCP with leading big data applications to deliver significant cost savings by offloading content from tier-one storage.

• Flexible deployment options: In addition to software-only and appliance models, new support for VMware vSAN allows HCP to be run in hyperconverged environments such as Hitachi Vantara’s Unified Compute Platform (UCP) to ensure availability, performance and reliability.

• Enhanced performance monitoring: With Hitachi Content Monitor, organizations can aggregate and visualize system metrics from multiple HCP clusters into customizable dashboards. This is essential to organizations when managing and governing data at scale and using the delivered insights to maintain optimal performance.

Hitachi also announced a Hitachi Unified Compute Platform HC, a Unified Compute Platform Advisor, a Unified Compute Platform CI and a Unified Compute Platform RS. It also said that it made enhancements to its Smart Data Center Solution to increase the use of AI and real-time analytics to increase automation and self-optimizing data centers.

Cloud storage is a part of almost all enterprise storage plans and implentations. A growing number of solutions make it easier to create hybrid cloud as well as hybrid and multi-cloud storage to further your digital transformation.

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