- Data storage compliance and archiving
- Primary storage capacity optimization
- Data management tools
- Tiered storage
- Remote and offsite data storage
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Dell DX Object Storage Platform dumped in favor of software-only model
Dell no longer selling its DX Object Storage Platform as integrated bundle; will make Caringo CAStor object software available as download.News | 22 Apr 2013
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Data archiving best practices: Policies, planning and products
Primary storage can be expensive and has a finite capacity. These data archiving best practices will help you decide what data to move to an archive.Feature
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EMC pushes Data Domain for backup and archiving
EMC tweaks Data Domain OS to ingest archived data faster, and pushes its dedupe staple as a consolidation play for backup and archiving on one box.News | 16 Apr 2013
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Scality Ring Digital Media Storage app targets object storage
The Scality Ring Digital Media Storage app adds support for content delivery networks and media asset management on top of an object storage base.News | 08 Apr 2013
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Object-based storage draws praise, objections
SNW verdict on object storage: it doesn't have to be difficult to implement, but when is it necessary?News | 04 Apr 2013
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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.News | 02 Apr 2013
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Archiving stays active with LTFS and the cloud
While the concept of data archiving has existed for decades, archiving practices that were once considered standard are becoming inadequate. Factors such as exponentially growing data sets and federal regulations pertaining to data retention have made the once simple task of data archiving much more complex. Fortunately, there are new technologies and techniques for implementing and managing archives -- from improvements in tape media offerings to more effective archiving policies and cloud-based services. In an age of increased data retention and e-discovery requests, implementing an efficient data archiving system is more crucial than ever, and the IT managers responsible for protecting these files face dire consequences if data is lost or not easily recoverable. Learn how to create an effective archive policy, or reevaluate the one you have and may have been depending on for too long.E-Handbook
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HydraStor adds hybrid nodes to scale enterprise archiving box
NEC adds hybrid nodes to its HydraStor enterprise archiving and backup system, allowing it to scale higher for performance and capacity.News | 15 Mar 2013
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Riverbed Whitewater adds Glacier support, virtual appliances
Riverbed Whitewater cloud backup platform adds support for Amazon Glacier and Google Cloud Storage, as well as two larger capacity virtual appliances.News | 21 Feb 2013
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HP's storage VP David Scott discusses data storage trends for 2013
HP's storage VP David Scott says data storage trends call for single architectures for primary storage, data protection, and retention and analysis.News | 08 Jan 2013
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Storage thin provisioning: Comparing implementation types
Analyst Erick Slack explains how to create a thin volume, migrate from thick to thin provisioning and determine when to use thin provisioning.Answer
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Object technology comes to storage: What's all the fuss about?
Object technology has received a lot of attention lately, so there should be plenty of use cases for it. But object storage might be the answer to a problem not yet discovered.Column
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Hitachi NAS Platform adds primary deduplication
Hitachi Data Systems gives its HNAS product primary deduplication -- after years of tweaks to avoid performance impact.News | 03 May 2013
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erasure coding
Erasure coding (EC) is a method of data protection in which data is broken into fragments, expanded and encoded with redundant data pieces, and stored across a set of different locations, such as disks, storage nodes or geographic locations.Definition
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FlexPod vs. Vblock: Comparing integrated stacks
Explore definitions, product comparisons and market statistics to understand and determine which integrated stack is right for your environment.guide
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New storage capacity management tools can make efficiency a reality
Poor provisioning and a lack of effective capacity management tools leads to underused storage systems. New tools and improved processes can make storage efficiency a reality.Feature
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New storage capacity management tools can make efficiency a reality
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VM-aware, hyper-converged storage to make room for more hypervisors
VM-aware and hyper-converged systems for VM storage mainly support VMware now, but wider support for other hypervisors is coming.News | 29 Mar 2013
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Pros and cons of different deduping methods
Marc Staimer outlines three major types of deduping -- file, block or blocklet, and content-aware -- and describes the pros and cons of each method.Video
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VMware linked clones: Making the most of the snapshot feature
In this tip, VMware expert David Davis explains how the VMware linked clones feature works and how to optimize it with free add-ons.Tip
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Startup CloudFounders builds open storage for VMs
CloudFounders promises an open storage version of software-defined storage that supports OpenStack, Amazon S3 and VMware.News | 14 May 2013
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data migration
Data migration is the process of transferring data between data storage systems, data formats or computer systems.Definition
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Storage Radio: EMC software-defined storage gets serious with ViPR
Senior news director Dave Raffo discusses the new ViPR EMC software-defined storage product and other EMC World 2013 conference news.Podcast
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What is software-defined storage and what can I do with it?
Analyst George Crump explains what software-defined storage is, and how it's able to drive down costs and tie into an existing virtual infrastructure.Ask the Expert
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Storage considerations for a Hadoop implementation
Storage Switzerland analyst Colm Keegan explains how to determine whether a SAN or NAS should be used as primary storage with Hadoop.Answer
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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.News | 09 May 2013
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Expert video: What is EMC's new worldview?
ESG analyst Mark Peters says the latest EMC storage products related to ViPR, Pivotal technology show the firm's ability to change with the times.Misc
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Expert video: Kerns drills into ViPR
Randy Kerns, a senior analyst at Evaluator Group, discusses some of EMC ViPR's details and prospects in this SearchStorage video.Misc
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ViPR drill-down: Data plane and control plane
Randy Kerns, a senior analyst at Evaluator Group, discusses some of EMC ViPR's details and prospects in this SearchStorage video.Video
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EMC storage products related to ViPR, Pivotal represent new worldview
ESG analyst Mark Peters says the latest EMC storage products related to ViPR, Pivotal technology show the firm's ability to change with the times.Video
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data migration
Data migration is the process of transferring data between data storage systems, data formats or computer systems.Definition
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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.News | 02 Apr 2013
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Archiving stays active with LTFS and the cloud
While the concept of data archiving has existed for decades, archiving practices that were once considered standard are becoming inadequate. Factors such as exponentially growing data sets and federal regulations pertaining to data retention have made the once simple task of data archiving much more complex. Fortunately, there are new technologies and techniques for implementing and managing archives -- from improvements in tape media offerings to more effective archiving policies and cloud-based services. In an age of increased data retention and e-discovery requests, implementing an efficient data archiving system is more crucial than ever, and the IT managers responsible for protecting these files face dire consequences if data is lost or not easily recoverable. Learn how to create an effective archive policy, or reevaluate the one you have and may have been depending on for too long.E-Handbook
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Using hybrid storage
There's more than one way to build a hybrid storage array, writes Jon Toigo.Tip
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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.Tip
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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.News | 14 Mar 2013
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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.Feature
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Taking QoS implementation to a new level
An effective QoS implementation helps tunes data storage to meet the specific needs of applications. New tools that offer more automation are emerging to help.Column
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Tiered data storage: State of the art
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Storage tiering gets more automated
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Amazon ElastiCache
Amazon ElastiCache is a fully managed caching service. ElastiCache is protocol-compliant with Memcached, an open source, high-performance, distributed memory object caching for system speeding up dynamic web applications by alleviating database load.Definition
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What is cloud-integrated storage and when should it be used?
Cloud-integrated storage can implement one or more cloud storage repositories into the data center. Find out how it differs from a cloud storage gateway.Ask the Expert
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Expert video: Cloud strategies evolving
Enterprise Strategy Group senior analyst Wayne Pauley discusses the current cloud storage market and evolving cloud storage strategies.Video
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Hybrid cloud technology projects popular among storage pros
ESG senior analyst Wayne Pauley offers decision criteria for hybrid cloud technology projects. He also provides tips on reviewing cloud SLAs.Video
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Storing data in the cloud: Primary storage and near-line data
Wayne Pauley, a senior analyst at Enterprise Strategy Group, explores storing data in the cloud, such as primary storage and near-line data, and how to evaluate gateways.Video
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Archiving in the cloud with Amazon Glacier storage
Analyst Wayne Pauley discusses the pros and cons of archiving in the cloud, specifically with Amazon Glacier storage, and online file sharing.Video
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Nirvanix Inc. Cloud Storage Network, CloudNAS focus on enterprise users
Nirvanix Cloud Storage Network and public, private, hybrid and CloudNAS offerings focus on enterprise use for backup, archive and content delivery.Feature
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Microsoft cloud storage mounts challenge with Windows Azure
Microsoft's cloud storage strategy relies on the Windows Azure service, while the Microsoft StorSimple gateway appliance helps with cloud integration.Feature
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IBM SmartCloud Enterprise–Object Storage cloud plans expansion
IBM SmartCloud Enterprise–Object Storage cloud service plans to expand and offer customers 99.999% availability with three or more copies of data.Feature
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Google Cloud Storage service expands with features, price options
Developer-oriented Google Cloud Storage offers reduced pricing options; adds experimental Durable Reduced Availability feature for backup, batch jobs.Feature
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