Disk-based Backup Targets Up Their Game to Meet Ransomware’s Challenges

Organizations may consider their backup problems solved. Having replaced tape with disk as their primary backup target over the past 20 years, they no longer view backup as a challenge. However, new threats have entered corporate environments which specifically target backups hosted on disk. Disk-based backup targets still need to facilitate fast backups and optimize stored backup data. But these features only represent the baseline functions these appliances must perform. Disk-based backup targets should now accommodate fast and easy storage growth, facilitate fast restores, and protect backups from ransomware attacks. Decades-old Backup Forces Still in Play Many viewed the arrival…