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Storwize claims good data compression rates, no performance degradation on STN-6000 appliance
Storwize's STN-6000 inline appliance acts on primary storage using real-time compression; the company claims data reduction ratios as high as 15:1 and no performance degradation. Special Report
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Primary storage data reduction: Data deduplication and compression tools
Learn about the current primary storage data reduction marketplace -- including tools that handle data deduplication and compression for primary storage data reduction -- and find out where the market is headed. Special Report
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Primary storage data reduction advancing via data deduplication, compression
Primary storage data reduction is becoming more practical as hardware to support performance-impacting data deduplication and compression techniques matures. Special Report
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Gartner analyst on data deduplication for primary storage
Primary storage data deduplication will take hold first with network-attached storage (NAS) and then block-based options over the next 18 months, says Gartner analyst, who advises users to architect with new products in mind. Podcast
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Seagate's Pulsar enters solid-state drive market for servers
Seagate Technology, the world's largest hard drive manufacturer, releases its Pulsar enterprise solid-state drive (SSD) product for servers, and claims SSDs for external storage will follow. Article
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How to add solid-state storage to your enterprise data storage systems
Learn four ways to complement your enterprise storage systems with solid-state storage, including adding solid-state drives (SSDs) instead of disk drives, two ways to effectively use NAND flash and the benefits of using standalone SSD arrays. Tip
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Enterprise data storage technologies rise from the dead
Greg Schulz discusses enterprise data storage technologies that have been declared dead, like RAID and Fibre Channel, but are still productive in storage infrastructures and still produced by vendors. Interview
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Fail-in-place systems: Avoiding hard disk drive failures
Fail-in-place storage systems, such Atrato's V1000 and Xiotech's Emprise 5000 or ISE, can virtually eliminate hard disk drive replacement service calls. Tip
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Dataram enters solid-state storage market with XcelaSAN
Memory controller vendor Dataram wades into the current Flash-as-cache vs. Flash-as-disk debate with its new XcelaSAN storage acceleration device. Article
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Pliant claims up to 180,000 IOPS per drive with new Lightning Enterprise Flash Drive
Pliant's Lightning EFD family is welcomed into an SSD market that needs more competition, analysts say, but the firm has yet to announce channel or OEM partnerships for products. Article