Word of the Day: Google Transfer Appliance

Word of the Day Daily updates on the latest technology terms | September 12, 2018 Google Transfer Appliance Google Transfer Appliance is a high-capacity storage server that enables enterprises to transport large volumes of data to Google Cloud Storage. The physical device is designed to reduce the lengthy transfer times, and potential security risks, that come with migrating data over the internet and into the public cloud. To use Transfer Appliance, a customer requests the appliance from Google, who then ships it to the customer's location. The customer then transfers their data onto the appliance and ships it back to Google, who uploads that data into its Google Cloud Storage service. After the process is complete, Google wipes the appliance. The Google Transfer Appliance is available in two sizes: 100 TB and 480 TB. Each appliance can potentially store up to 200 TB and 1 PB, respectively, depending on the deduplication and compression ratio of the customer's data. Enterprises can choose between a rackable or standalone appliance. Google recommends that enterprises use Transfer Appliance in cases where it would take them over a week to upload data to the cloud via the internet, or when an enterprise needs to migrate over 60 TB of data. Quote of the Day "Organizations really aren't all that fired up about migrating core back-end apps to the cloud. It's the time and expense involved that stops them." - Melanie Posey Trending Terms Google Cloud Storage POSIX AWS Import/Export Snowball cloud storage appliance AES cloud seeding Learning Center Resistance to all-in cloud ERP systems is large The big vendors would like customers to become users of cloud ERP systems. The reality is that on premises-to-cloud migrations are difficult, and some companies don't want core data in the cloud. Hybrid may be the path of many. Google cloud features evolve to turn up the heat on AWS Google cloud features evolved significantly in 2017, with new services, such as its sneakernet service and managed instance groups, in an attempt to chase market leader AWS. Google cloud data transfer appliance eases move to public cloud Google has added a physical storage device akin to AWS Snowball to speed cloud data transfer from enterprise data centers to Google's public cloud. Google Cloud Platform services engage corporate IT Google Cloud Platform services expanded in scope this year, but the company's moves to address enterprise IT will make the biggest difference in 2018. Three questions to ask before you migrate apps to public cloud Before you migrate apps from on premises to public cloud, answer these three questions about requirements, migration approaches and popular tools. Quiz Yourself Cloud computing can help a small business launch ________. a. quicker b. more quickly Answer Stay in Touch For feedback about any of our definitions or to suggest a new definition, please contact me at: mrouse@techtarget.com Visit the Word of the Day Archives and catch up on what you've missed! FOLLOW US About This E-Newsletter This e-newsletter is published by the TechTarget network. To unsubscribe from Whatis.com, click here. Please note, this will not affect any other subscriptions you have signed up for. TechTarget, Whatis, 275 Grove Street, Newton, MA 02466. Contact: webmaster@techtarget.com Copyright 2018 TechTarget. All rights reserved.