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Self-service storage -- do-it-yourself provisioning gains ground
One of the biggest burdens for storage administrators today is provisioning storage. Self-service storage allows storage administrators to take advantage of virtualized storage and respond to user needs for storage volumes faster than ever. Feature
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A new wrinkle: VMware over NFS
Even as NetApp continues to increase support for VMware, organizations are migrating VMware storage to industry-standard NFS to simplify management. Users who combine VMware with NFS are still in the minority, but that minority is growing steadily. Special Report
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The politics of VMware deployments
There are many reasons that storage administrators lean towards deploying VMware. Many are technical, but there are also political and emotional reasons too. Special Report
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Storage Decisions Session Downloads: Data Retention & Retrieval Track (Chicago 2008)
Call it regulatory compliance, legal vigilance, good disk management or just plain common sense -- regardless of your company's motivation, a sound system for retaining and disposing of data is one of the modern requirements of storage management.... Storage Decisions
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Storage Decisions Session Downloads: Executive/Management Track (Chicago 2008)
Sometimes technology alone won't solve storage-related issues. You also need to be adept about the business of acquiring storage systems. As a storage manager, you will be called on to develop storage solutions to satisfy evolving business needs -... Storage Decisions
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The enterprise archive of tomorrow
Regulatory compliance, litigation and corporate governance, which all mandate that data be secured for years, if not decades, are responsible for creating a new approach to archiving. Archives are no longer just a place to store old data. The enterpr... Feature
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Green storage quiz
The concept of green storage is steadily gaining momentum in the industry. With energy costs on the rise, storage administrators are looking to green storage technologies to help run their data centers more efficiently. But how much do you really kn... Quiz
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Chargeback applies real values to actual storage utilization
Users demand unlimited growth and peak performance for all of their data because they're not the ones that foot the bill. This is changing with the use of chargeback storage techniques. By employing chargeback storage tools, IT departments can assign... Chargeback Storage Explai
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Storage Decisions Session Downloads: Data Protection and Backup Track (San Francisco 2007)
Making the backup process seamless and reliable is critical. This track covers the staple backup technologies such as disk and tape, but also has an eye on the litany of new technologies set to drastically alter the data protection landscape. Speaker... Storage Decisions
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Storage Decisions Downloads: Data Classification Track (S.F. 2007)
Data classification is at the core of nearly all modern storage management techniques and tools. Treating data as information with a specific, classified value to the company will allow storage professionals to manage storage systems more efficiently... Storage Decisions
Storage Management Strategies for the CIO