Storage Management Strategies for the CIO
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Jon Toigo's top tips on IOPS performance in the data center
Jon Toigo suggests IOPS performance boosts through the use of SSD technology, automated storage tiering and virtualization components. Podcast
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Fusion-io Inc. ioTurbine
Fusion-io ioTurbine is caching software that targets virtual server environments, redirecting the I/O to enable VMs running on a VMware server to share flash storage. 2011 Products of the Year
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Nevex Virtual Technologies Inc. CacheWorks 1.0
Nevex Virtual Technologies CacheWorks 1.0 offers file-based cache, and has the ability to selectively accelerate I/O by app, file type and location with admin-controlled policies. 2011 Products of the Year
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Storage system software
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2011 Products of the Year finalists
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Primary storage deduplication options expanding
Primary storage dedupe seems to be on the rise as startups and major vendors extend the technology to arrays, appliances and solid-state storage. Tip
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Primary storage deduplication helps with VMs and virtual desktops
Primary storage deduplication can supply dramatic results with server virtual machine images and hosted virtual desktops, but can lead to lock-in. Podcast
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Interest in data reduction methods needs to keep pace with data growth
Data reduction methods aren’t used as often as they should be, experts say. Find out how to utilize these techs in your firm. Tip
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Fast Guide to RAM
Cheat sheet quick look-up for different types of RAM. Reference
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automated storage tiering (AST)
Automated storage tiering (AST) is a storage software management feature that dynamically moves information between different disk types and RAID levels to meet space, performance and cost requirements. Definition