The Object Storage Buyer’s Guide
The technical and financial benefits of object storage and how to evaluate the technology for your environment
This comprehensive eBook details how hyperscale object storage can help you reap the maximum ROI from your storage investment.
Chapters include:
- How Does Object Storage Work?
- Technical Benefits
- Financial Benefits
- Object Storage and the Cloud
- Use Cases
Datasheets
PRODUCT
- Cloudian HyperStore Datasheet
- Cloudian HyperStore Xtreme Datasheet
- Cloudian HyperStore Software Datasheet
- Cloudian HyperFile NAS Controller Datasheet
- Cloudian HyperIQ Datasheet
SUPPORT
TECHNOLOGY
- Public Cloud vs On-Prem Storage By the Numbers
- Object Storage vs File Storage
- Object Storage vs Block Storage
TOP REASONS
- 4 Reasons to Back Up Microsoft Office 365 Data
- 8 Reasons Why Cloudian + Veeam for Healthcare Data
- Top 4 Ways to Save with Object Storage
- Ten Reasons to Consider Object Storage for Video Surveillance
- Eight Tips for Better Email Archives with Veritas Enterprise Vault
- 8 Storage Requirements for AI and Deep Learning
- 5 Reasons to Adopt Hybrid Cloud Storage
- 10 Top Reasons Why Customers Choose Cloudian HyperStore
- Data Tiering Done Right: 8 Reasons Why Cloudian is Ideal for Your Quantum StorNext Environment
- 10 Reasons to Choose Cloudian for Healthcare Workloads
- 7 Reasons Why Cloudian + Rubrik for Healthcare Data/Apps
SPLUNK
7 Benefits of Using Cloudian Object Storage with Splunk SmartStore
With Splunk SmartStore, warm and cold indexes can be moved to low-cost object storage. Because Cloudian object storage can be scaled to an exabyte — and expanded without interrupting workflows — it allows more data to be ingested more cost-effectively.
Download this short paper to learn more about this and the rest of the seven benefits.
Whitepapers
CLOUDIAN HYPERSTORE
- Cloudian HyperStore Technical Whitepaper
- Modern Enterprise Data Protection with Cloudian
- Cloudian HyperStore Multi-Cloud Technical Guide
MANAGED SERVICE PROVIDERS (MSPs)
- Profitable MSP Business Models for Backup and Storage-as-a-Service
- Multi-Tenanted Storage for Service Providers
SPLUNK
VMWARE
- Cloudian Install Guide for the VMware vCloud Director vOSE Plugin
- Cloudian Install Guide: vOSE Plugin for HyperStore 7.1.6 and VMware vCloud Director
- Best Practices Guide: Virtualized Cloudian HyperStore on VMware vSphere and ESXi
VERITAS
- Cloudian HyperStore Streamer and Storage Migrator for Veritas Enterprise Vault
- NetBackup 7.7.1 and Cloudian HyperStore Backup Evaluation Build-up Guide
- Configuring Veritas NetBackup 7.7 with Cloudian HyperStore
FILE SYNC & SHARE
AMAZON S3 API
GOOGLE CLOUD PLATFORM
FEATURED WHITEPAPER
Cloudian HyperStore Multi-Cloud Technical Guide
Download this in-depth, 40-page technical whitepaper to learn how Cloudian HyperStore® can help overcome the challenges of moving to public and multi-cloud environments.
MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT
VEEAM PERFORMANCE TUNING GUIDE
QUANTUM STORNEXT REFERENCE ARCHITECTURE
COMMVAULT PERFORMANCE GUIDE
CISCO UCS REFERENCE DESIGN
Reports
ANALYST REPORTS
- Evaluator Group: Enterprise Guide to Next-Gen Cloud-Native Flash Storage
- ESG: How a Private Cloud Addresses the Kubernetes Storage Challenge
- Storage Switzerland: Creating a Data Privacy Architecture
- Forrester Report: Four Technologies Combine to Protect You From Ransomware Attacks
- ESG: Redefine IT with Hyperscale Enterprise Storage
- IDC Report: Customer Insights and Best Practices
TCO REPORTS
- Traditional Splunk Environment vs Splunk SmartStore
- On-Prem vs. Public Cloud Storage for Data Protection
- Tape vs Object Storage for Active Archives & Backup
- On-Prem Object Storage vs. Public Cloud Storage
- NAS File Tiering
- Cloudian HyperFile
CLOUD STORAGE
CLOUD SERVICES
SECURITY & COMPLIANCE
- eBook: Tackling Data Security and Compliance Challenges
- Cohasset Associates: SEC 17a-4(f), FINRA 4511(c), and CFTC 1.31(c)-(d) Compliance Assessment
- GDPR Compliance Guide for Data Storage
TCO CALCULATOR
INFOGRAPHICS
Ransomware
Buyer’s Guides
- The Object Storage Buyer’s Guide
- Ransomware Protection Buyer’s Guide
- Tape: Does it Measure Up? An Insider’s Guide to Data Center Modernization
- The Hybrid Cloud Buyer’s Guide
Financial Services
Case Studies
MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT
- WGBH Boston Builds a Hybrid Cloud Active Archive Around Cloudian HyperStore
- Vox Media Automates Archive Process and Accelerates Workflow 10x
VIDEO SURVEILLANCE / DIGITAL EVIDENCE
- New Video Surveillance Puts Montebello Bus Lines on Route to Cost Savings
- Calcasieu Parish Sheriff Deploys Cloudian Hybrid Cloud for Digital Evidence Data
- Artificial Intelligence for 94% Effective Targeting of Advertising Content – Intel, Cloudian, Dentsu, others
BIG DATA
- Cloudian Enables Leading Swiss Financial Institution PostFinance to Retain and Analyze More Big Data
HIGHER EDUCATION
- University of Leicester Adopts Cloudian Object Storage for Backup
- Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
FINANCE
- Cloudian Enables Leading Swiss Financial Institution PostFinance to Retain and Analyze More Big Data
- Indonesian Financial Services Company Valbury Group Replaces NAS With Cloudian Object Storage
PUBLIC SECTOR
- milCloud® 2.0 has standardized on Cloudian object storage
- State of California Selects Storage-as-a-Service Offering Powered by Cloudian
- Utah State Agencies Cut Storage Costs By Up to 70% with Cloudian
RETAIL
HEALTHCARE
MANUFACTURING
SERVICE PROVIDERS
- IT Service Provider Veristor Drives Business Growth with Cloudian-based Offerings
- Finnish IT Service Provider 2M-IT Reduces Data Archiving Costs by 50%
- Eagle Technologies Meets Evolving Customer Backup Demands with Cloudian
- Canadian Cloud Services Provider HostedBizz Delivers S3-Based Sovereign Data Storage and Backup with Cloudian
- Green Cloud Technologies Expands Product Offering with Cloudian
- VMware Cloud Provider AUCloud Builds Business on Cloudian Platform
- NTT Australia Builds Cloudian/HPE-Based Storage Platform
- Systemec Deploys Cloudian for Backup Scalability
- ProfitBricks Chooses Cloudian for S3-Compatible Object Storage Service
- Cloudian S3-Compatible Object Storage is a Perfect Match for Assured Data Protection’s Rubrik-based Services
- Cloudian Gives ThinkOn the Tools to Grow Its Cloud Storage Business
- HIAG Data Deploys Cloudian to Deliver Scalable S3-compatible Storage Service
- Calligo Deploys Cloudian S3-based Storage-as-a-Service (STaaS) Solution
- NTT Communications Delivers Object Storage to Enterprise Cloud Services with Cloudian HyperStore
- Federal Hill Solutions Delivers World-Class Backup-as-a-Service with Lenovo/Cloudian
- rediCloud Adds Storage Offering to Cloud Services Portfolio
COLLABORATION
FEATURED CASE STUDY
Cloudian Enables Leading Swiss Financial Institution to Retain and Analyze More Big Data
PostFinance, a digital innovation leader in the Swiss banking world, wanted a robust data archive and state-of-the-art storage solution for its big data platform. After evaluating the top storage vendors, the company chose Cloudian’s HyperStore object storage solution for its scalability and cost advantages and has continued to expand the use cases it serves. Most recently, PostFinance capitalized on the integration of HyperStore with Splunk SmartStore, enabling the company to index, store and analyze more of its big data at a lower cost.
Solution Briefs
DATA MANAGEMENT
- Protect and Extend Your Pure Storage FlashArray Environment
- Simplifying Storage for Nutanix Environments
- Optimized Data Storage with Quantum StorNext
- Capacity Optimization with Komprise
- Simplify and Scale Your File Governance and Sync/Share with Storage Made Easy (SME)
- Cisco-Certified Storage Solutions for Capacity-Intensive Application Workloads
DATA PROTECTION
- Cloudian Data Protection Solutions Overview
- Protect Your Microsoft Office 365 Suite with Veeam and Cloudian
- Data Backup with Rubrik
- Catalogic DPX Data Protection with Cloudian
- Rubrik App-Aware Data Management with Pure FlashArray
- Data Backup with Veritas NetBackup and Backup Exec
- Data Archiving with Veritas Enterprise Vault
- Cloudian HyperStore for IBM Spectrum Protect
- Data Backup with Commvault
- Nutanix Backup & Recovery with Comtrade Software HYCU
- Rubrik NAS Direct Archive
RANSOMWARE
BIG DATA
- Data Protection for Elasticsearch Environments with Cloudian HyperStore
- Making Big Data Analytics Smarter with Cloudian and Cloudera
- Reduce Splunk Storage Costs with Cloudian HyperStore
VMware
FILE SYNC & SHARE
KUBERNETES
SERVICE PROVIDERS
- Enable Cloud Services with Veeam and Cloudian
- Managed Service Provider Solutions
- Multi-Tenanted Storage for Service Providers
MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT
- Media-Aware Shared Storage for Collaborative Workflows with Telestream
- Simplify Content Distribution for Media & Entertainment
- Evertz Mediator-X Enterprise CMS/MAM Solution
- FileCatalyst Accelerates File Transfers
- Consolidate Storage Infrastructure for Media Workflows with Vizrt
HEALTHCARE
- Cloudian Healthcare Solutions Overview
- Intelligent Scalable Storage for Acuo by Hyland Vendor Neutral Archive (VNA)
- Epic EHR Data Protection with Rubrik and Cloudian
LIFE SCIENCES
VIDEO SURVEILLANCE / DIGITAL EVIDENCE
- Ten Reasons to Consider Object Storage for Video Surveillance
- Cloudian Storage for Video Surveillance
- Intelligent Video Surveillance with Milestone
SECURITY FEATURES
Demos
HyperFile
HyperStore
- Backup-as-a-Service with VMware and Veeam (5:04)
- Cloudian Object Storage for VMware vCloud Director (5:04)
- How to Configure IBM Spectrum 7.1.7 (TSM) (4:26)
- HyperStore for Microsoft Azure (13:18)
- Commvault Open Data Platform with Cloud Storage (4:41)
- Compliance-Ready File Sync & Share with Storage Made Easy (11:33)
HyperIQ
VEEAM
Commvault
Splunk
Media & Entertainment
Backup & Recovery
1-CLICK SUBSCRIBE
FEATURED DEMO
Backup-as-a-Service with VMware and Veeam
Videos
S3-Compatible Enterprise Storage
Veeam
VMware
CUSTOMERS
- University of Leicester Revamps Backup with Cloudian S3-Compatible Object Storage 2:52
- NTT Communications Delivers Object Storage-based Services 6:21
- WGBH Boston Deploys Cloudian for Video Production, Archiving, and Disaster Recovery 2:30
- Italian Service Provider Zuchetti Informatica Deploys Cloudian for Archive, Storage-as-a-Service 2:45
- City of Montebello Bus Lines Mobile Video Surveillance 3:34
DATA PROTECTION
- Beyond Data Protection: Addressing Governance, Risk, and Compliance 11:14
- Scale-out Storage for Data Protection 11:14
OBJECT STORAGE
- File Sync & Share for Enterprise Collaboration 3:55
- Draw my Cloudian: What is Object Storage? 3:27
- Data Durability on Cloudian HyperStore 5:05 5
- Ways Object Storage Helps Machines Learn More 10:22
- Chalk Talk: Reclaim Tier 1 NAS Capacity with Cloudian and Komprise 5:27
CLOUDIAN PRODUCTS
1-CLICK SUBSCRIBE
FEATURED VIDEO
City of Montebello Bus Lines Mobile Video Surveillance
Montebello Bus Lines solves their mobile video surveillance challenge with Cloudian object storage. With a scalable, S3-compatible object storage platform, this Montebello, CA transit agency addressed the need for real-time video data collection and rapid data search.
On-Demand Webinars
Hybrid Cloud
- Cloudian Object Storage for VMware vSAN and VMware Cloud Foundation with Tanzu
- VMware vSAN and Cloudian Object Storage for Cloud-Native and Traditional IT Applications
- Hyperscale Storage Puts Cloud Economics in Your Data Center
with ESG and Seagate - 3 Reasons to Build a Hybrid Cloud with Rubrik and Cloudian
Analyst
- Object Storage: A Flexible and Sustainable Data Platform for IT Transformation (GigaOM)
- How SPs Can Build Profitable Revenue Streams with Storage Services (IDC with VMware and AUCloud)
- Maximizing Cost Savings in Today’s Uncertain Times (Evaluator Group)
- How to Overcome Enterprise Storage Challenges (Storage IO)
- Waking Up from the Cloud-First Data Hangover (Intellyx)
MythBusters Webinar Series
- #1 – Are All Object Storage Solutions the Same?
- #2 – Are All Ransomware Protection Solutions the Same?
- #3 – Object Storage and Flash Media: Good Fit or Mismatch?
Object Storage / Data Management
- Implementing Resilient IT Infrastructure in Uncertain Times
- Optimizing Storage Economics and Data Placement with InfiniteIO
- Know Your Data, Move Your Data. A Smarter Way with Komprise.
- Empowering the Data-Driven Enterprise with Cisco
- Data Management and Protection with Komprise »
- Maximize the Value of Your Data with Cloudian and Quantum StorNext »
- 3 Reasons to Build a Hybrid Cloud with Rubrik and Cloudian »
- How to Delay Your Next NAS Expansion with Komprise »
Service Providers
- New Cloud Services Opportunites: Spotlight on Ransomware Protection-as-a-Service with Insight
- How SPs Can Build Profitable Revenue Streams with Storage Services with IDC, VMware, and AUCloud
- High-Margin S3-Compatible Services for Cloud Service Providers with Veeam
- New Cloud Services Opportunities for Data Protection with Veeam and VMware
- How to Protect Your Customers’ Data from Ransomware
- New, High-Margin Storage Services Opportunities for VCPP Partners
- How AUCloud Succeeds in Cloud Storage Services
- Drive More Revenue with Veeam-Powered Cloud Services
- Driving MSP Business Growth with Cost-Effective, Scalable Storage
- How to Boost Revenue with S3-compatible Object Storage
Data Protection
- Office 365 Backup. It’s Essential. with Veeam and Demo
- Tape vs Object Storage for Today’s Data Protection
- 3 Keys To Stress-Free Data Migration, Retention, and Archiving with Veritas
- Protect Your Data in Uncertain Times with Pure Storage and Cloudian
- Three Steps to Modernizing Backup Storage with Veeam and Cloudian
- How PhoenixNAP Streamlined Data Protection with Veeam and Cloudian
- Nutanix: Data Protection in Hyperconverged Environments
- Commvault: Managing Through the Cloud and Data Chaos
- Transforming Data Protection, with Veritas
- Data Protection for GDPR Compliance, with Demo
- Rubrik: Data Protection in a Multi-Cloud World
Media & Entertainment
- Migrate and Manage Media Assets with EcoDigital DIVA
- Unlock the Value of Your Media Asset Library while Locking Out Ransomware with Square Box
- Media Workflows in the Work-from-Home Era – A Real World Demonstration with SME
- IABM Cloud & Virtualization Live Panel
- Integrated Global Workflows with eMAM
- Hybrid Cloud Media Workflows with Evolphin
- An Interview and Demo with StorageDNA – Entertainment Technology Center at USC
- The Economics of Cloud and Object Storage – Entertainment Technology Center at USC
- Object Storage for Media Workflows – Entertainment Technology Center at USC
- Choosing the Right Storage for Your Content Library (IABM Summit)
- Next-Gen M&E Workflows for Remote Workers with SME
- FileCatalyst: Optimize File Transfers for Large Scale Media Archives
- WGBH: The Advantages of Hybrid Cloud for Media Archives
- Future-proof Your Digital Archive with Cloudian and cloudfirst.io
- Accelerate Your Media Management Workflow with Evolphin
- Overcoming MAM Workflow Challenges, with Komprise
- Accelerate and Simplify Media Asset Collaboration with SME
Life Sciences
LATEST WEBINAR
Lock Ransomware Out. Keep Data Safe with Cloudian and Veeam
View this webinar to learn how new technology from Veeam and Cloudian provides a hardened solution to keep your data safe.
Financial Services
Security
Public Sector
- Splunk, ClearShark, and Cloudian Discuss Federal Industry Storage Trends
- milCloud® 2.0: Powering the Future of Cloud Storage
- Lock Out Ransomware with Veeam and Cloudian
- Data Protection for SLED with Rubrik and ENS
Digital Evidence Data
Video Surveillance
- Scale-out Storage for Video Surveillance with Milestone and Cloudian
- How the City of Montebello Uses Video Surveillance + Analytics to Save Costs & Increase Safety
Ransomware
- Ransomware Today: What’s New & How to Protect Your Organization with Graham Cluley
- The Rise of Ransomware and How it Has Impacted Enterprise Data Security
- Protecting Your Customers’ Data Against Ransomware with Veeam and HostedBizz
- Outsmarting Ransomware Attackers with Veeam and Cloudian Customer PhoenixNAP
- Panel Discussion with VMware, Veeam, and Cloudian: The Beginning of the End of Ransomware
- How to Protect Your Customers’ Data from Ransomware
- Curing the Threat of Ransomware for Healthcare Data with Veeam & Cloudian, with Demo
- Lock Ransomware Out. Keep Data Safe with Veeam & Cloudian
Microsoft Office 365
- Office 365 Backup. It’s Essential. with Veeam and Demo
Retail
Collaboration
Healthcare
- Curing the Threat of Ransomware for Healthcare Data with Veeam & Cloudian, with Demo
- Hyland: Simplifying Healthcare Data Storage While Ensuring Access, Security, and Compliance »