NAS or Object Storage: Make the Best Backup Target Decision

Twenty years ago, organizations started to choose between disk and tape as their primary backup target. Now that disk has become the primary backup target for many organizations, they face a new choice. They must choose the most appropriate storage networking protocols or S3 APIs for their backup target to use. This choice often boils down to selecting one which supports file storage networking protocols or object storage S3-compliant APIs. How We Got Here The impetus to use disk in lieu of tape as a backup target first gained momentum in the early 2000s. Disk-based backup targets almost always shortened…