Disaster recovery tops storage challenges

The top data storage challenge facing organisations is how to implement the right disaster recovery strategy, according to new research carried out on behalf of Storage Expo.

Eighty-three per cent of companies surveyed said that implementing the right disaster recovery strategy was the biggest problem, with the second most important issue ensuring data security for the business (82 per cent), followed by the management of increasing volumes of data (81 per cent).

Centralising data access was a concern for 79 per cent of organisations closely followed by how to store data cost effectively at 77 per cent. Ensuring compliance with the latest data storage legislation and knowing what regulations to comply with are of concern to 68 per cent of organisations, while achieving interoperability across existing storage solutions was an issue for 60 per cent.

The Storage Expo event, which takes place in London in October, will highlight the pressing need for efficient storage architecture, as enterprise storage requirements continue to grow at break-neck pace – currently the volume of data being stored is growing at 50 per cent a year.

The programme includes Graeme Hackland, IT manager for the Renault F1 Team, who will give an insight into modular architecture and growing with clustered storage, as well as keynotes from Dylan Matthias, Unix and storage manager at the Britannia Building Society and Graeme Walker, senior systems engineer at Carlsberg.