Storage Management Strategies for the CIO
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Tiered data storage: State of the art
Tiered data storage is now a storage best practice, accelerated by the use of solid-state storage. We survey how major vendors leverage solid-state to implement storage tiering.17 Dec 2012
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Tears of storage
It’s almost taken for granted that “new” storage tiering regimens require tier-zero SSDs, but does that add up to a better way to tier storage or a better way to sell more storage?04 Sep 2012
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Understanding data movement in Tier 0 storage
Knowing how SSD tiering software works will help storage managers match data access characteristics of applications.23 May 2012
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tier 0
Tier 0 (tier zero) is a level of storage that’s faster, and perhaps more expensive, than any other level in the storage hierarchy.08 Feb 2012
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Understanding data movement in Tier 0 storage
Knowing how SSD tiering software works will help storage managers match data access characteristics of applications.23 May 2012
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Dreamworks' storage tiers help animate movie making
Dreamworks uses an eclectic blend of storage tiers and technologies to handle billions of files and petabytes of data required to make its films.02 Apr 2013
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Use a tiered storage model to achieve capacity utilization efficiency
In this tip, Jon Toigo discusses the challenges associated with implementing a tiered storage model and how it can help manage storage capacity demand.18 Mar 2013
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How to add flash to arrays for improved Tier 0 performance
Find out whether adding flash to an existing array will result in a high-performance Tier 0 in this Expert Response from Marc Staimer.27 Sep 2012
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Tiered data storage: State of the art
Tiered data storage is now a storage best practice, accelerated by the use of solid-state storage. We survey how major vendors leverage solid-state to implement storage tiering.17 Dec 2012
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Automated tiering helps digital forensics firm get the most out of SAN
Digital forensics firm D4 extends its storage capability and saves on expensive disks with Dell Compellent's Data Progression automated tiering.14 Mar 2013
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Storage tiering gets more automated
Find out what respondents have to say about the tiered storage practices in their organizations in the latest survey from Storage magazine.05 Oct 2012
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Hyper-V 3.0's virtual Fibre Channel feature explained
Microsoft MVP Brien Posey walks users through the process of establishing virtual Fibre Channel connectivity from a virtual machine to SAN storage.30 Apr 2013
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Dell Inc. vFoglight Storage 2.0
Dell vFoglight Storage 2.0 lets users "rewind" to examine past events in storage devices, apps and servers, to find the source of a performance issue.13 Feb 2013
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Storage tiers: SAS interface, MLC flash rising
SAS vs. SATA battle in enterprise data storage shows hard drives with SAS interface trending up; cheaper MLC SSDs outnumber SLC in enterprise.26 Mar 2013
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How can host-based and array-based data replication techniques be compared?
Learn the benefits and drawbacks to host-based and array-based replication methods to determine which one better suits your environment.15 May 2013
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SSD cache appliances: Pros and cons
Analyst George Crump outlines the benefits and drawbacks of using caching appliances as a method of adding solid-state performance to an environment.14 May 2013
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Synchronous mirroring with DataCore boosts telecom's DR strategy
Great Plains Communications discovered DataCore SANsymphony-V storage and received the synch mirroring needed to beef up its DR strategy.09 May 2013
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Get ready for dedupe 2.0
A few companies are still kicking the tires of deduplication products, but veteran users should be thinking about how they can step up to the next level of backup dedupe.03 Aug 2012
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2013 shaping up to be a 'decent' year for IT data storage spending
IT data storage is always a struggle, but storage managers should have a little more money in 2013 to spend on techs that can help ease the crunch of growing capacity demands.03 May 2013
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Dell Foglight management tools upgraded, rebranded
Dell rebrands and upgrades its Foglight data center management tools, which include VMware View support and virtual-to-physical landscape.03 May 2013