Storage Management Strategies for the CIO- Data storage compliance and archiving
- Primary storage capacity optimization
- Data management tools
- Tiered storage
- Remote and offsite data storage
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Linear Tape File System (LTFS) products seen as archiving boon
Linear Tape File System (LTFS) for LTO-5 is starting to gain support in tape libraries and other archiving products that are expected to simplify data archiving.News | Tue Jul 05 00:00:00 EDT 2011
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Quantum launches StorNext storage file system on appliance
Quantum ships StorNext storage file system on bundled appliance to serve as metadata controller; indicates more appliances coming so users don’t have to build their own systems.News | Mon Jun 20 00:00:00 EDT 2011
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Small business email archiving solutions explained
Follow these tips and experts advice to help you choose the best small business email archiving solution.Tip
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IBM adds Linear Tape File System support, larger drives to tape libraries
IBM becomes the first vendor to add Linear Tape File System (LTFS) support for tape libraries, and expands its TS3550 library to 2.7 exabytes of compressed data capacity.News | Mon May 09 00:00:00 EDT 2011
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Capacity and the law drive email archiving
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.Magazine
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Enterprise Vault data archiving software comes to cloud, social media
Enterprise Vault 10 data archiving software supports social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn; Symantec to offer EnterpriseVault.cloud service for email archiving.News | Wed May 04 00:00:00 EDT 2011
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Quantum adds data verification for tape with StorNext archiving software
Quantum is following Spectra Logic’s lead by adding data verification for data stored on tape for long-term archiving.News | Tue Apr 12 00:00:00 EDT 2011
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SGI puts a Copan spin on data archiving system
SGI packages Copan Systems' MAID disk spin-down technology into an ArcFiniti file data archiving system with separate tiers and disk protection capabilitiesArticle | Wed Mar 09 00:00:00 EST 2011
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Data management guidelines: Four records retention issues to address
These data management guidelines will help you to determine what you should keep when implementing records retention for e-discovery and litigation purposes.Misc
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Tape storage systems continue to evolve with long-term data archiving functionality
As more and more organizations turn to disk backup, tape continues to evolve with data archiving specific functionality.News | Thu Feb 24 00:00:00 EST 2011
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Steady march toward storage virtualization
Fifty-six percent of our readers have virtualized at least some of their installed storage. Those who have cite easier management of storage systems and data as a key benefit.Magazine
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The pros and cons of using data reduction systems
Analyst Stephen Foskett outlines the pros and cons of using data reduction systems to slim down your data center footprint.Feature
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Jon Toigo's top tips on IOPS performance in the data center
Jon Toigo suggests IOPS performance boosts through the use of SSD technology, automated storage tiering and virtualization components.Podcast
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2011 Storage Products of the Year
These 18 enterprise data storage products rank as the best of 2011 and stand out because of their innovation, practicality and good value.Magazine
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Three key VDI storage challenges
Virtual desktops offer some attractive benefits, but storage systems that aren’t up to the task can make it hard to realize those benefits.Magazine
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Fusion-io Inc. ioTurbine
Fusion-io ioTurbine is caching software that targets virtual server environments, redirecting the I/O to enable VMs running on a VMware server to share flash storage.2011 Products of the Year
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Nevex Virtual Technologies Inc. CacheWorks 1.0
Nevex Virtual Technologies CacheWorks 1.0 offers file-based cache, and has the ability to selectively accelerate I/O by app, file type and location with admin-controlled policies.2011 Products of the Year
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2011 Products of the Year finalists
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Primary storage deduplication options expanding
Primary storage dedupe seems to be on the rise as startups and major vendors extend the technology to arrays, appliances and solid-state storage.Tip
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iWave Software adds quick provisioning to Storage Automator
iWave Software upgrades its Storage Automator software, adding the ability to automatically and quickly provision storage to the correct tier.News | Mon May 21 10:58:00 EDT 2012
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Cloud storage for archiving
Cloud archiving services can offer accessibility and data preservation at a fraction of the cost of building an on-site archive infrastructure.Magazine
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Dealing with big data: The storage implications
Whether it’s defining “big data,” understanding Hadoop or assessing the impact of large data stores, storage pros need a clear understanding of the big data trend.Magazine
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Managing storage for virtual servers
It can still be a struggle at times, but managing storage in virtual server environments is better understood today, with tighter integration and more effective management tools.Magazine
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Storage for big data
Big data analytics will place new burdens on data storage systems. Here are some of the key features those systems will need to meet the challenges of big data.Magazine
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Data center upgrade saves ICF International millions
Professional services firm ICF’s data center upgrade saved nearly $2 million with the help of a public cloud and server virtualization.News | Fri Apr 06 10:56:35 EDT 2012
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Storage Decisions University
Storage Decisions University is a new always-on learning environment designed to provide learning content to you, the storage decision maker, affected by daily storage and backup challenges.Storage Decisions
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Symantec aims Data Insight 3.0 at unstructured data management
Symantec representatives say Data Insight 3.0 can facilitate unstructured data management by showing who owns and can access file data.News | Tue Mar 13 11:06:22 EDT 2012
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Steady march toward storage virtualization
Fifty-six percent of our readers have virtualized at least some of their installed storage. Those who have cite easier management of storage systems and data as a key benefit.Magazine
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Buying and managing online file collaboration tools
IT departments can endorse a single offering that best balances collaboration and file sharing needs with their security and control requirements.Magazine
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Jon Toigo's top tips on IOPS performance in the data center
Jon Toigo suggests IOPS performance boosts through the use of SSD technology, automated storage tiering and virtualization components.Podcast
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Week in review podcast: Tegile launches hybrid SSD arrays, Starboard offers new storage system
Join SearchStorage.com Executive Editor Ellen O’Brien and Senior News Director Dave Raffo as they give you the inside scoop during our weekly podcast from TechTarget’s Storage Media Group.News | Fri Feb 17 08:30:52 EST 2012
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Tiered storage model becomes more sophisticated
Explore some of our popular content on the tiered storage model and tiered storage technologies such as automated storage and sub-LUN tiering.Feature
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IBM adds Storwize V7000 Unified array for multiprotocol storage
With the Storwize V7000 Unified array, IBM enters the multiprotocol storage market; Big Blue also improves its auto-tiering software capabilities across arrays and data centers.News | Tue Oct 11 10:51:18 EDT 2011
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Storage tiering gets more sophisticated and automated
The number of organizations doing storage tiering today is approximately the same as three years ago, but tiering practices are becoming more sophisticated.Magazine
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Automatic storage tiering making its mark
Automatic storage tiering has been around for a while now, but now the technology seems to be hitting its stride.Article | Wed Sep 07 09:38:05 EDT 2011
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New trends in storage
Storage technologies may sometimes seem a little stodgy and out of date, but there’s plenty of technical development going on at both the big storage vendors and smaller upstarts.Magazine
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automated storage tiering (AST)
Automated storage tiering (AST) is a storage software management feature that dynamically moves information between different disk types and RAID levels to meet space, performance and cost requirements.Definition
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Tiering storage primer: Data classification, archiving key
Ashish Nadkarni discusses strategies and tools when tiering storage, and how data migration tools and dynamic storage tiering products tier storage.Podcast
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Automated storage tiering strategy: Inter-array tiering
Learn about the different vendors that offer inter-array tiering in their products, and determine if it is the right automated storage tiering strategy for your environment.Tip
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Cloud storage for archiving
Cloud archiving services can offer accessibility and data preservation at a fraction of the cost of building an on-site archive infrastructure.Magazine
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Riverbed Technology debuts Riverbed Granite remote storage appliance
Riverbed Technology introduces Riverbed Granite, a new iSCSI appliance for remote storage performance, and splits Steelhead into CX and EX storage models.News | Wed Feb 01 11:46:42 EST 2012
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Back up remote site data
With plenty of viable options available, backing up remote offices and branch offices (ROBOs) shouldn’t be neglected any longer.Magazine
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Quality Awards: Big and small Quantum tape libraries lead the field
After finishing well but never winning in past Quality Awards surveys, Quantum tape libraries romped through both the enterprise and midrange categories this time around.Magazine
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Getting real about the cloud
You’ll need to look past the “irrational exuberance” of the cloud storage market to get a real handle on how it might fit into your data storage environment.Magazine
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Tape still plays a role in the data center
In our latest Snapshot survey, 58% of Storage readers say they’re using tape as much or more than they did three years ago and only 16% have banished tape entirely.Magazine
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Disaster recovery readiness monitoring applications
Planning, developing and implementing disaster recovery plans can be complex, but a new class of apps can help you determine if DR plans are synchronized with your IT operations.Magazine
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Data protection implications with cloud services
More companies are moving to a cloud model that lets them outsource the underlying cloud infrastructure, and that model has widespread implications for users and data protection.Magazine
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High satisfaction among cloud backup users
One-quarter of our Storage magazine survey respondents use cloud backup, and are pleased enough to keep a big chunk of their backup data stored in the cloud.Magazine
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Cloud backup is ready for the enterprise
Cloud backup services have seen increased adoption by SMBs, but with a choice of methods and tighter controls, cloud backup is now also a viable enterprise alternative.Magazine
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