Your backups are getting pretty fat, so you decide to try cloud backup.

“Straight out the door and into cloud storage,” you tell your fellow admins. “That way we don’t need to worry about storage space.”

Indeed, your capacity…

Your bank and your cloud storage provider have a similar business model: They’re both happy to hold onto your assets. But the more often you access those assets, the more they charge you.

You can put money into a checking account, although you’ll…

“Working on our long-term storage strategy is the best part of my job.”

“Our cloud-connected storage costs next to nothing and I never have to think about it.”

“Our tape library is my best friend.”

Said no IT administrator…

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