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Ocarina ECOsystem deconstructs before compression, deduplication for primary storage data reduction
Ocarina's ECOsystem appliance achieves its primary storage data reduction through a combination of post-process compression and data deduplication, though critics say its performance impact is too high. Special Report
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NetApp: Post-process deduplication limits performance hit in primary storage data deduplication
NetApp's post-process deduplication approach to primary storage data deduplication limits the performance penalty to about 20% percent, and the company claims its deduplication on VMDK files delivers 70% space savings. Special Report
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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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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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Best practices for solid-state drive storage technology
SSD best practices center on identifying I/O-intensive applications so that data storage technology can provide the greatest benefit to IT organizations. Special Report
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Tiered storage tutorial
Find out what tiered storage is, the key technologies behind it, and how tiered storage can lower operational costs while improving application performance. Tutorial
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FAQ Guide: When to expect solid state drives in the enterprise
How will solid state drives affect enterprise storage in 2009? Storage analyst Mark Peters discusses the future of solid state technology and which applications will drive its enterprise use. FAQ
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Storage vendors debate where SSDs go in storage infrastructure
Tier 1 storage will eventually consist of solid-state disk (SSD) technology. But there's not much solid-state disk in today's enterprise storage infrastructure. Special Report