Storage Storage Consolidation:
Storage Consolidation
There are many benefits to storage consolidation. But are there downsides to consolidating your storage environment? If you're thinking about embarking on a storage consolidation project, here's what you need to know about disk subsystems, storage virtualization, storage resource management tools and WAN and WAFS.
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Disk and disk subsystems
Find information about disk and disk subsystems in this chapter of the storage consolidation research guide.
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SRM tools
SRM tools play an important part in storage consolidation by allowing storage professionals to monitor the storage environment and both allocate and organize available storage.
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Storage consolidation overview
This storage consolidation chapter gives you general guidelines and outlines the overarching issues. You'll also find other resources to help in your research.
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Storage virtualization
This chapter focuses on storage virtualization and how it has emerged as an answer to the problem of unused storage.
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WAN acceleration and WAFS technology
WAN acceleration and WAFS technology comes into play in the consolidation of remote office storage. Learn about these technologies in this chapter of our storage consolidation guide.
Storage Management Strategies for the CIO