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capacity sprawl
Capacity sprawl, in a storage context, is a situation in which multiple, under-utilized or badly managed storage media occupy more overall space than can be justified by actual need. Definition
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shared storage
Shared storage is a medium accessible by all of the subscribers in a network, intended for file storage and allowing simultaneous access by multiple subscribers without the need to duplicate files to their computers. Definition
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clustered storage
Clustered storage is the use of two or more storage servers working together to increase performance, capacity, or reliability. Clustering distributes work loads to each server, manages the transfer of workloads between servers, and provides access t... Definition
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Linear tape file systems play different role in health care, media
Linear tape file systems have the potential to reduce costs and improve efficiency in health care and media IT operations. Cloud Provider Spotlight
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Silver Peak WAN acceleration software, VXOA, expands hypervisor support
Silver Peak moves ahead with its strategy to make its WAN optimization software accessible to storage administrators. News
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ViaWest chooses SolidFire flash array for performance, storage QoS
Cloud services provider ViaWest deployed SolidFire's pure SSD array in its data center for its storage quality of service (QoS). News
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An expert's guide to big data storage architecture
In this Ask the Expert guide, analyst John Webster answers six questions regarding storage architectures for today's big data applications. guide
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LSI Syncro pools shared server storage
The LSI Syncro platform includes a boot appliance that adds reliability and availability to server farms in storage clouds and large data centers. News
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What to expect when using HDFS in Hadoop architecture
Analyst John Webster details issues with Hadoop architecture and what users can expect from Hadoop Version 2.0. ATE
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Understanding big data analytics and data warehousing
Understanding big data analytics, and how it differs from data warehousing, depends on time to information, content complexity and cost. ATE