18 Questions
What is the primary reason businesses are forced to increase their storage capacity according to the text?
Businesses need to accommodate the ever-increasing mountain of data.
What is the typical duration of a storage contract for businesses today compared to the past?
Storage contracts have decreased from 5 years to 3 years.
What is the main cybersecurity threat facing organizations according to the text?
Ransomware attacks targeting backup workloads.
What is the recommended solution for organizations to address the growing cybersecurity threats according to the text?
Adopting secure third-party (offsite) cloud-based backup and recovery.
What is the main challenge with expanding existing backup systems and tape libraries according to the text?
They are too expensive for most organizations to maintain.
What is the key characteristic of today's storage environments according to the text?
They are a tangled, grown-over-time mix of legacy point products.
What is the primary challenge mentioned regarding the growth of data?
The high cost of data storage
How does the text describe the impact of data growth on backups?
Backups become a part of the problem as data grows
What happens as the size of backups grows?
The portions of backups for long-term retention increase
What is the challenge faced by businesses regarding data storage, according to the text?
They need to purchase additional storage or purge data
What is the reason for the 'fear of deletion' among IT decision makers?
All of the above
According to the projected data growth worldwide shown in Figure 1, how many zettabytes of data are forecasted to be created by 2025?
175 zettabytes
What percentage of businesses currently use cloud-based storage according to the survey?
39%
Which storage technology has the highest planned adoption rate over the next two years?
Cloud storage infrastructure
What trend is emerging in the storage industry according to some experts?
A move towards a two-tier model with all-flash for performance and cloud for capacity and archiving
Which statement is true about the adoption of all-flash storage arrays?
The planned adoption rate has doubled compared to previous years
Based on the information provided, what can be inferred about the challenges of data storage?
Businesses are struggling to manage growing data volumes and diverse storage needs
Which storage technology has the highest overall adoption rate among businesses according to the survey?
Hard disk drives (HDD)
Explore the projected data growth worldwide with this quiz. Learn about the total amount of data created worldwide and how it is forecasted to increase dramatically, reaching 175 zettabytes by 2025. Source: Statista 2020.
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