Storage Management Strategies for the CIO
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This article is part of the Vol. 5 No. 4 June 2006 issue of What to do when storage capacity keeps growing
REMOVING TAPE from the offsite data protection equation is no longer a brazenly reckless act. Some storage professionals are finding that when all is said and done, sending backups offsite electronically is not only easier, more secure and reliable, but just as cost-effective as shipping physical tapes. Sure, users say, tape still has a lower cost-per-gigabyte than disk, but when you add up the number of tapes you'll need in a daily tape-rotation scheme, plus replacement costs for worn or used tapes, tape's cost-per-gigabyte advantage loses ground. Tape's high price tag was one reason Steve Weatherford, IT director at Revenue Science, Bellevue, WA, got rid of it two years ago. Revenue Science analyzes customers' Web site traffic for ways to improve ad revenue and, in doing so, collects several hundred gigabytes of new Web log data daily. For security reasons, the data is kept for only 90 days. "Tape was really expensive because of the turnover of our data," says Weatherford. "Plus, if we had to delete the data for security reasons, that was hard to do." ... Access >>>
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- Virtualization eases file migration
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Scaling storage
"Scalability" is often defined as the ability of a storage system to support more or higher capacity hard drives. But adding capacity is only part of the scalability picture. To address scalability most effectively, you have to consider how additional capacity will affect other elements in the environment, as well as the performance of hosts and their applications.
- Another storage dimension
- Deduplication extends to archives
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Storage growth drives buying plans
The results from our exclusive semi-annual Purchasing Intentions Survey are in. Storage growth is a key concern for storage managers, as additional capacity has a ripple effect that touches many other components in the storage environment.
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What your DR plan should protect
If you have a disaster recovery plan in place, you're a step ahead of many other companies. But you need to assess your plan to ensure critical data is being protected properly and that you're not wasting resources by providing too much protection for less-important data.
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Is encryption enough?
Encrypting data at rest is definitely a reliable security measure, but it should be considered only one component of an effective storage security plan.
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- Survey Says: File virtualization on storage managers' minds
- New modular arrays added to the mix
- Storage architects dare to go tapeless
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Lock up data with fixed-content storage
For most companies, fixed-content storage requirements are simple: Store the data securely, do it cheaply and provide fast access. With more data subject to external and internal audits, content-addressed storage products are becoming the preferred storage medium for long-term protection of fixed content.
- Doing DR the VMware way
- Snapshot: What sort of SAN will you buy?
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Time to think outside the box when it comes to data protection
Storage Bin: The concept of "That's the way we've always done it" isn't going to work anymore, and it sure won't help you build an efficient disaster recovery plan. It's time to think outside the box when it comes to data protection.
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The rise of the ultra-dense array
by Stephen Foskett
Disk drives are getting smaller and smaller even as their capacities rise. Now storage vendors are packing more disks than ever into smaller spaces, which saves costly data center real estate. But the denser arrays also have a downside--higher power consumption and more heat.
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A look at data classification products for e-discovery
New technology products that look inside data can help you classify and manage that data more effectively. But these tools can also be leveraged for e-discovery, allowing specific data to be found and acted upon quickly to satisfy legal requirements.
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The heat is on
The heat is on
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Time to think outside the box when it comes to data protection
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