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Top enterprise data storage acquisitions of 2009
EMC spent $2.1 billion on data deduplication market leader Data Domain, but other companies weren't so successful with their acquisition plans in the storage industry in 2009.29 Dec 2009
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An introduction to data compression
Learn the basics of data compression: how to do it, what data should be compressed, the differences between deduplication and compression, and how to define a compression ratio.29 Dec 2009
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Top 10 enterprise data storage tips of 2009
Our top 10 enterprise data storage tips of 2009 cover easy-to-use SANs, capacity management tools, SSDs, storage encryption technologies, cloud storage and more.28 Dec 2009
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EDRM: Best practices when preparing for an e-discovery request
We list the nine stages of the Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM), and tell you why the preservation and collection stage is so important to data storage pros.28 Dec 2009
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Enterprise data storage beyond 2010: What's cooking in academic R&D labs
Storage vendors have partnerships with universities for early research on the next decade's technology. EMC, NetApp and LSI give us a peek inside their academic research programs.23 Dec 2009
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Top 10 enterprise data storage news stories of 2009
Top storage news this year ranged from mergers and acquisitions to data storage virtualization, NAS and object-based systems, data deduplication and solid-state drives.21 Dec 2009
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What to buy a geek for the holidays, 2009 edition
It's that time of year again, when a geek's thoughts turn to toys: the Kindle, Droid and Drobo are popular in 2009 although the iPhone and other old standards remain on the list.18 Dec 2009
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Storage roundup: CommVault teams with Informatica on data archiving
CommVault and Informatica combine on database archiving; Unitrends launches backup/replication appliances; LSI samples 6 Gbps SAS Raid-on-Chip cards; Data Robotics gets new CEO.17 Dec 2009
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EMC upgrades Symmetrix V-Max arrays, thin provisioning
EMC's Symmetrix V-Max updates include 8 Gbps FC and FICON support, enhancements to thin provisioning for the arrays and replicated volumes, and new configurations.16 Dec 2009
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SGI brings federated data archive product to the U.S.
SGI introduces software which offers a single view of all digital content within an organization, whether stored in data archive repositories or production applications; ZL federates data in multip...16 Dec 2009
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Building a private storage cloud: Essential components
A NAS cluster, commodity servers and an object/metadata management layer are just some of the essential components needed to build your own private storage cloud.16 Dec 2009
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EMC Celerra: Primary storage data reduction through deduplication, compression
EMC's Celerra takes a hybrid approach to primary storage data reduction, using both compression and data deduplication to achieve about 50% to 60% space savings.15 Dec 2009
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Ocarina ECOsystem deconstructs before compression, deduplication for primary storage data reduction
Ocarina's ECOsystem appliance achieves its primary storage data reduction through a combination of post-process compression and data deduplication, though critics say its performance impact is too ...15 Dec 2009
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NetApp: Post-process deduplication limits performance hit in primary storage data deduplication
NetApp's post-process deduplication approach to primary storage data deduplication limits the performance penalty to about 20% percent, and the company claims its deduplication on VMDK files delive...15 Dec 2009
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Storwize claims good data compression rates, no performance degradation on STN-6000 appliance
Storwize's STN-6000 inline appliance acts on primary storage using real-time compression; the company claims data reduction ratios as high as 15:1 and no performance degradation.15 Dec 2009
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Gartner analyst on data deduplication for primary storage
Primary storage data deduplication will take hold first with network-attached storage (NAS) and then block-based options over the next 18 months, says Gartner analyst, who advises users to architec...15 Dec 2009
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Primary storage data reduction: Data deduplication and compression tools
Learn about the current primary storage data reduction marketplace -- including tools that handle data deduplication and compression for primary storage data reduction -- and find out where the mar...15 Dec 2009
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Primary storage data reduction advancing via data deduplication, compression
Primary storage data reduction is becoming more practical as hardware to support performance-impacting data deduplication and compression techniques matures.15 Dec 2009
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EMC adds replication support to Data Protection Advisor
Expanded Data Protection Manager goes beyond backup reporting with support for EMC's replication applications, as well as handling data deduplication and integrating with VMware's vCenter.14 Dec 2009
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theBDevent information page
Learn more about theBDevent -- an affordable venue to raise awareness of this unique event to members of the storage vendor, reseller, VC and analyst community.10 Dec 2009
Storage Management Strategies for the CIO