Storage Management Strategies for the CIO
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Permabit Technology extends primary data deduplication software
Permabit tries to make its primary deduplication software more palatable to OEMs by adding compression and replication plug-ins. News
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Storage thin provisioning: Comparing implementation types
Analyst Erick Slack explains how to create a thin volume, migrate from thick to thin provisioning and determine when to use thin provisioning. Answer
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Hitachi NAS Platform adds primary deduplication
Hitachi Data Systems gives its HNAS product primary deduplication -- after years of tweaks to avoid performance impact. News
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erasure coding
Erasure coding (EC) is a method of data protection in which data is broken into fragments, expanded and encoded with redundant data pieces, and stored across a set of different locations, such as disks, storage nodes or geographic locations. Definition
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FlexPod vs. Vblock: Comparing integrated stacks
Explore definitions, product comparisons and market statistics to understand and determine which integrated stack is right for your environment. guide
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New storage capacity management tools can make efficiency a reality
Poor provisioning and a lack of effective capacity management tools leads to underused storage systems. New tools and improved processes can make storage efficiency a reality. Feature
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VM-aware, hyper-converged storage to make room for more hypervisors
VM-aware and hyper-converged systems for VM storage mainly support VMware now, but wider support for other hypervisors is coming. News
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Pros and cons of different deduping methods
Marc Staimer outlines three major types of deduping -- file, block or blocklet, and content-aware -- and describes the pros and cons of each method. Video
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VMware linked clones: Making the most of the snapshot feature
In this tip, VMware expert David Davis explains how the VMware linked clones feature works and how to optimize it with free add-ons. Tip
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Data management strategies: Toigo's 5 quick tips for clearing clutter
Jon Toigo talks about the advantages of being proactive with your data management strategies in this 2012 Storage Decisions Chicago presentation. Video