2025 UEN Tech Summit

 Discussion of disk and data storage types, the Resilience, Security, and Efficiency features to consider when making decisions about the various storage solutions that are out on the market for data center storage. Backup requirement evaluation; High Availability evaluation; Disaster Recovery evaluation.

Fundamentals of Data Storage; Efficiency, Resillience, Security - Storage Types -- Local Disk --- Hardware Types and Speeds --- Storage Arrays ---- Erasure Coding ---- Data Deduplication ---- Encryption ---- Compression --- Hybrid Storage Arrays -- Network Attached Storage / File Shares -- Storage Area Network / Block Storage - Storage Presentation -- Software-Defined Storage (SDS) -- Object Storage (HTTPS) -- SMB Share -- NFS Share -- Hyper-Converged Infrastructure (HCI) -- LUN via iSCSI or Fibre Channel - Access Control -- OS Filesystem Controlled --- User Directory Referenced - Data Lose Defence -- Business Continuity Terms -- Ransomware --- Restore Data but Refresh Identity --- Use Immutability if you can afford it -- High Availability -- Disaster Recovery --- Partial (Work to time of recovery) --- Full (Flip the switch on)