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A decade ago, the Cloud and Infrastructure Services team explored migrating CIT’s on-premises VMware virtual machine environment to a hyper-converged solution. The prohibitive costs of the new hyper-converged infrastructures, combined with Cornell’s high disk I/O requirements, made that transition…
For decades, Cornell servers relied on EZ-Backup, a service established in 1994 on IBM technology. The service delivered consistent and reliable performance, but as Cornell’s IT landscape evolved, it became clear that the legacy solution no longer aligned with modern needs. After a thorough…
The Server Backup service utilizes the Cohesity platform for efficient and reliable backup of servers and other devices with static IP addresses. The service is appropriate for teams of IT professionals who manage data backups for servers and/or their users with servers requiring data protection.…
Like the transition of music media from vinyl to streaming, data storage and backup solutions also evolved with advances in technology. Once dependent on tape libraries and legacy processes, Cornell's server backup service, EZ-Backup, has transitioned to Cohesity. The final sweep of servers…
Cornell University server backup -- generally known as EZ-Backup – began migrating to Cohesity in 2023. The transition project, called EZ-Backup Modernization, will continue through November 2024.
“The two big changes that are key drivers in our transition to Cohesity are server virtualization and…
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This article is part of a series about storage options at Cornell.
If you’ve ever felt overwhelmed by the volume of folders in your Cornell Box account, it may be a good time for a cleanup. Here’s one approach you can use by visiting cornell.box.com.
Protect Your DataAs you select a storage option, keep in mind the kind of data you have, and the best way to protect it. Depending on the content, you may need to comply with state and federal laws such as FERPA.
Cornell's Strategic Storage Initiative was prompted by storage vendors' 2021 announcements that they were ending unlimited storage. The effort is managed by CIT and works in partnership with a campus advisory group and the IT Governance Council.
If you would like cloud document storage integrated with familiar Office apps like Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, and ready to be accessed by communication tools like Outlook email and Teams chat, Microsoft offers choices. The one that's right for you depends on…
Keep all your files in your back pocket! Think of OneDrive as an extension of your computer hard drive, giving you access to your files anytime, anywhere, and always up-to-date. It doesn’t matter if you use Windows, Android, macOS, iOS or the web – or even a combination of operating…
Cloudification is the conversion of applications, data storage, and compute cycles to take advantage of cloud computing. CIT offers a Cloudification service to help the Cornell community move to powerful, low-cost cloud infrastructure services. Cornell has enterprise agreements with …
Shared File Services (SFS) provide file storage which enables sharing of files between groups of users and computers.