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Comparing thin provisioning implementations

Analyst Erick Slack explains how to create a thin volume, migrate from thick to thin provisioning and determine when to use thin provisioning.
Object technology comes to storage: Why the fuss?

Object technology has received a lot of attention lately, so there should be plenty of use cases for it. But object storage might be the answer to a problem not yet discovered.
HDS adds primary dedupe to network-attached storage

Hitachi Data Systems gives its HNAS product primary deduplication -- after years of tweaks to avoid performance impact.
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 d...

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How can I reclaim unused space?

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Performance of different NAS and SAN drives

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Buzz on capacity optimization

Here's yet another term to throw in your IT lexicon: Capacity optimization. And this one is useful, I promise! Column
Replication for high availability

When it comes to replication, there are solutions available for every taste and budget. Tip
One system, two problems: Capacity and performance

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Storage Clips: Sun talks up software partners

Sun counters StorageTek acquisition by bolstering its partnerships with AppIQ, Veritas and CA. Article
Should we use TSM and LTO-1 in an AIX environment?

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How much information is 350 terabytes?

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Big Mac attack for storage

Got storage-hungry Mac desktops to feed? Apple Computer Inc.'s Xserve RAID, its 3.5TB RAID array and the Xserve platform running Mac OS X have performed a minor miracle: Together, they seem to have made Mac a legitimate server and storage platform. Article

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