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Issue 19: Discover the Benefits of an Open-Source Storage Server

Discover the Benefits of an Open-Source Storage Server

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Issue #19

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■ NEW ON THE BIG SCREEN ————————

Discover the Benefits of an Open-Source Storage Server

This week, Ashley talks about our public webinar offerings here at 45Drives. Spoiler alert: We are now offering a brand new webinar focusing on single servers!

Storage users can join us to discover the benefits of using an open-source storage server. Find out why this webinar is perfect for anyone who knows they need data storage but doesn't know where to start.

Check out the video below!

Watch here!

■ WHAT'S HAPPENING AT 45DRIVES—————

Learn How To Scale Your Data Storage

Webinar Thursday, October 28th, at 2 PM EST.

Want to learn more about open source? In particular, do you want to learn more about scaling out your data storage, so you never run out? Then, this is the perfect opportunity, and it's FREE!

Join our 45Drives team and other IT professionals for an overview of Ceph open source software and learn all the benefits of a Ceph storage cluster solution. In this webinar, we dive into how Ceph works and show you how with a Ceph storage cluster – your organization will never run out of storage. Sign up below!

Details: Thursday, October 28th at 2 PM EST! (3 PM AST)

Click here to register

■ FROM THE BLOG —————————————

Is it time to cluster?

If you have a lot of data, expect to grow your data, or need it to be highly available - it might be time to consider clustering.

With companies being required to store and retain more and more data every year - it's no wonder why clustering is such a hot topic these days.

Clustering allows you to scale your data easily and ensures your data is available at all times - taking away any single point of failure. So whether you're a company with under 50TB of storage or one preparing for 10PB of storage - check out this blog post to see if clustering is your next step.

Keep reading.

■ BITS & BYTES ———————————————

Clustered Solutions not only ensure you never run out of storage, they ensure your data is always available and easy to access.

Our hugely successful webinar inspired many great questions from our customers. Our R & D team worked hard to provide expert answers to your questions.

Read our Q & A below!

Visit the Ceph Q&A.

■ HOW TO —————————————————

Here's a quick "how-to" article from our engineers! This guide will detail the process of adding storage drives to a cluster. Although not necessary, it is best practice to add the same amount of drives to each node and drives of the same capacity.

Learn more here.

■ RESOURCES —————————————

Clustering Digital Guide

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