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Decrease Recovery Time for Microsoft SQL Server Disasters with Pure Cloud Block Store in Microsoft Azure

Pure Storage

The capacity listed for each model is effective capacity with a 4:1 data reduction rate. . Higher availability: Synchronous replication can be implemented between two Pure Cloud Block Store instances to ensure that, in the event of an availability zone outage, the storage remains accessible to SQL Server. .

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The British Airways IT Outage – An Alternative View

Plan B Consulting

I have been scouring the internet for any information on why the outage happened, but the only information released so far is that it was due to a power surge. The East Coast Amazon data centre outage a couple of months ago should have taught us that however many backup systems an organisation has, their IT can still fail.

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The British Airways IT Outage – An Alternative View

Plan B Consulting

I have been scouring the internet for any information on why the outage happened, but the only information released so far is that it was due to a power surge. The East Coast Amazon data centre outage a couple of months ago should have taught us that however many backup systems an organisation has, their IT can still fail.

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5 Ways Smart Cities Use Data—and 4 Ways to Keep That Data Secure

Pure Storage

We think of cities as being powered by people, transportation, energy, and buildings—the things we can see with our own eyes as we move around a bustling metropolis. Data program must-have: High-capacity storage that can scale and consolidate both structured data and unstructured sensor data. billion by 2026. Creating Digital Twins.

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Business Continuity 2025 – What Will Future Incidents Look Like?

Plan B Consulting

São Paulo, Brazil’s financial capital and one of the 10 most populated cities, nearly ran out of water in 2015, when the main reservoir fell below 4% capacity. In the 1990s, we had lots of transport and natural disasters, so emergency planning came of age. Over the last few years, two cities have almost run out of water.

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Business Continuity 2025 – What Will Future Incidents Look Like?

Plan B Consulting

São Paulo, Brazil’s financial capital and one of the 10 most populated cities, nearly ran out of water in 2015, when the main reservoir fell below 4% capacity. In the 1990s, we had lots of transport and natural disasters, so emergency planning came of age. Over the last few years, two cities have almost run out of water.

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Non-disruptive DR Drills for Oracle Databases Using Pure Storage ActiveDR?—?Part 1 of 4

Pure Storage

This includes FlashArray//C ™ for capacity-optimized workloads, FlashArray//X ™ for performance-optimized workloads, and the big boy FlashArray//XL ™ for the most demanding low latency, large-scale consolidation workloads. ActiveDR is simple to set up and easy to manage. I already have my production database “ACTDRDBS” configured.