As simple as it gets: How to start using HubStor BaaS for VMware vSphere backup
With the recent debut of HubStor BaaS for VMware, I felt it would be ideal to highlight just how easy it is to get started. In our marketing, we talk about a 15-minute setup flow. In this blog post we’ll do a walkthrough of the 15-minute, wizard-driven steps to start...
How pricing works for virtual machine backup with HubStor
Table of Contents: Introduction Virtual machine backup pricing: shared versus dedicated models Cool tier versus archive tier for backup storage in HubStor How are backup storage costs calculated? When does it make sense to go for a dedicated backup instance? Pricing...
Simplifying the 3-2-1 backup rule of data protection with HubStor Backup-as-a-Service (BaaS)
Your expensive backup software writes to secondary storage. Another backup product writes the backup sets to tape. Tape backups are then delivered offsite. Or maybe, instead of tape, you have a fancier disk-based system for offsite replication of your backups, but it...
Backup-as-a-Service: HubStor extends its platform to include SaaS-based VMware virtual machine backup
If you are a long-time Veeam, Veritas, or Commvault customer, take notice: Backup-as-a-Service (BaaS) is an exciting new approach to your virtual machine backup and replication needs, offering a simpler architecture, requiring less of your time, and meeting your...
Tips for working from home
As the world continues to grapple with the Covid-19 coronavirus through physical-isolation, social distancing, shutting down restaurants, businesses, and borders, companies like HubStor and many others must continue to move forward. As a cloud data platform, our...
Office 365 mailbox backup versus email journaling
When IT teams need to satisfy both message journaling and backup of Office 365 mailboxes, we often hear the question, “do I need one or the other, or both… what’s the difference between journaling and mailbox backup?” In short, journaling and backup have key...
Reduce cloud costs with Azure Storage Reserved Capacity and HubStor
In our previous post, When not to use Azure Storage Reserved Capacity, we detailed the carrots and sticks when it comes to purchasing Azure Storage Reserved Capacity. While the benefit is the cost savings possible, ranging from 34% for data on the Hot tier to 17% for...
Which SaaS model is better for backup and archive? Single-tenant vs. multi-tenant
The shift in the market is clear: Companies across all verticals and of all sizes, are stampeding into Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solutions to solve core business needs. It’s easy to see why: SaaS offers over-burdened IT teams with the promise of fewer fire drills,...
Introducing the HubStor MSP program
Today I am happy to announce the launch of HubStor’s innovative new MSP program. Its focus is to deliver to the SMB market the same reliable, enterprise-grade SaaS platform for backup and archiving that our enterprise customers enjoy. So, if you're an MSP take notice,...
Why Azure Blob Storage GRS and RA-GRS are not a backup
There’s a wide-spread understanding held by many IT pros today about the Azure Blob Storage redundancy levels, and how merely selecting the correct redundancy level provides a backup of data stored in Azure Blob Storage. The belief is that by selecting Geo-Redundant...
Guide to getting approval to use HubStor at your organization
Let’s say you fall in love with HubStor as the choice for modern backup and archive in the cloud. Now what? Like most IT pros, your next step is to embark on the mystical journey of navigating your internal decision-making and approval process. In the spirit of...
When not to use Azure Storage Reserved Capacity
For several years now, Azure users have been able to drastically reduce the price of their virtual machines by purchasing reserved instances (RIs). Microsoft reduces Azure compute prices – up to 72% in some cases – in exchange for pre-paying one or three years of...
Why most Office 365 backup solutions suck
If you’re looking for backup of Office 365, you’re not alone. The recent surge of interest in Office 365 backup has come as companies realize that, for all great features included with Office 365, backup isn’t one of them. Whether it is SharePoint Online, Exchange...
Technical tour of EMC Centera migration to HubStor
With EMC Centera having reached its end-of-life, Centera customers are faced with the need to migrate data off aging Centera devices to a new home. Our post Migrating from EMC Centera to the HubStor Cloud – WORM Compliant Storage pointed out that the current options...
Recapping HubStor product developments in late 2019
In the final months of 2019, the development team at HubStor released several major features into the HubStor platform that are worthy of a recapping, as follows: Box integration Multi-tenant SaaS applications typically offer their users little more than a recycle...
Migrate from EMC Centera to the HubStor cloud
If you’re reading this article, you, like many other EMC Centera customers, are looking for a way out. With Centera having reached end-of-life, you’re not alone. And, like many others, you’re probably finding that your options for moving off Centera are both complex...
Managing employee data: What to do with the data when an employee leaves
A generation ago, it wasn’t unusual for workers to stay with an organization from the time they first started working through to retirement. Today, employment longevity is no longer the norm, particularly for younger workers. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor...
How to build mature data management processes in the cloud (Part 2)
Cloud data management is more than just moving data to the cloud. It’s the merger of backup, archive, disaster recovery, compliance, data governance, and data security on a framework that provides scalable data lakes for disparate types of content. It provides a...