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This article is part of the Vol. 10 Num. 3 May 2011 issue of Why automated storage tiering is on the rise
According to IDC, the amount of new file storage growth between 2009 and 2014 is expected to be about 160.35 exabytes. That’s approximately 300% more than the growth of every other data type combined, including database and email, over the same period of time. That kind of file growth has a number of negative ramifications, not the least of which is protecting it all. Traditional data backup approaches are no longer practical because of the sheer mass of file storage. In many cases, IT professionals don’t create file systems larger than 2 TB because they don’t want backup data sets to be too big. This means that if you have one petabyte of NAS storage, you’ll have at least 500 file systems you have to back up. There are companies with thousands of file systems out there; over time, that kind of situation will become more and more commonplace. Although the market tends to hype and value large file systems, they’re difficult to protect. If you have a file system that’s 100 TB, then backing up the entire file system becomes extremely impractical. This is also ... Access >>>
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Storage budget recovery on a roll
by Rich Castagna, Editorial Director
Data storage budgets are recovering from their recessionary pounding. But while storage managers might have more money to spend, they’ll need yet more capacity to meet new demands.
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Capacity and the law drive email archiving
by Rich Castagna, Editorial Director
In our most recent Snapshot survey, we asked respondents why they were archiving: 28% say they’re doing it for legal issues, while 26% use it for capacity management.
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Storage budget recovery on a roll
by Rich Castagna, Editorial Director
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Blueprint for cloud-based disaster recovery
by Jacob Gsoedl, Contributor
Cloud storage and computing services offer a number of alternatives for cloud-based DR depending on the recovery time and recovery point objectives a company requires.
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Automated storage tiering: Higher performance AND lower cost?
by Phil Goodwin, Contributor
Automated storage tiering is an effective way to make efficient use of installed data storage resources, and to take advantage of the high performance of solid-state storage.
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Blueprint for cloud-based disaster recovery
by Jacob Gsoedl, Contributor
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Reinventing file storage protection and recovery
by Tony Asaro, Contributor
As file data growth surges, traditional backup just won’t cut it anymore; we need some new thinking and an updated approach to replication.
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Every cloud has a green virtual lining
by Rich Castagna, Editorial Director
Buzzwords are taking over the data storage industry, so it’s probably asking way too much of storage vendors to just tell us what their products can -- and can’t -- do.
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Virtualization, cloud shine spotlight on unified storage
by Terri McClure
Unified storage adoption is starting to ramp up as data storage pros see the need for simplifying storage so it can be powered, cooled and managed in one pool.
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Where is the cloud storage market headed?
by Jeff Byrne, Contributor
Break down the cloud storage services market and you’ll find players both big and small jockeying for position in key segments.
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Reinventing file storage protection and recovery
by Tony Asaro, Contributor
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