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Tiered storage: The importance of data migration in storage tiering
We examine data migration and its role in a successful tiered storage strategy. Learn how to implement tiered storage and some of the business drivers behind storage tiering. FAQ
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Data migration tools take SMBs to the next tier: Data migration and tiered storage tutorial
SMBs can use inexpensive and easily available migration tools and virtualization platforms to tier storage data, save money, and increase performance. Tutorial
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Podcast: How file virtualization can benefit your storage infrastructure
Taneja Group's Jeff Boles discusses file virtualization technologies, how file virtualization affects replication or migration, and which products enable file virtualization. FAQ
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Maximizing your enterprise data storage capacity: Improve efficiency and utilization
Learn how to maximize your enterprise data storage capacity by improving efficiency and increasing utilization of storage systems using a tiered storage approach; storage resource management (SRM), data classification and data migration tools; and te... Tutorial
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The expanding tiered storage model
The tiered storage model is growing, with solid-state drives (SSDs) at the top and cloud backup at the bottom. Find out how these two storage tiers can fit into your storage infrastructure, and learn about changes within the other tiers of storage. Tutorial
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Storage Decisions Session Downloads: Storage Systems & Storage Management Track (Chicago 2009)
With spiraling capacities the norm, managing storage systems has become a challenging task. Traditional SRM tools are often adept on keeping tabs on the state of your storage infrastructure, but more focused applications are becoming increasingly ava... Storage Decisions
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The state of MAID in data centers
MAID and spin-down storage systems are playing into green IT and consolidation trends. Regulations mandating more power savings will drive the technology, as will persistent data. Special Report
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Data classification fueled by e-discovery, storage tiering
Today's data classification products allow storage professionals more automation and the ability to take action on the information they tag and index. Tutorial
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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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Buying storage capacity in 2009
Market research shows data growing while budgets shrink in tough economic times, leading storage administrators to look at new technologies to cope. The global economic downturn has users delaying top-tier capacity purchases and moving whatever data ... Special Report
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IBM adds Storwize V7000 Unified array for multiprotocol storage
With the Storwize V7000 Unified array, IBM enters the multiprotocol storage market; Big Blue also improves its auto-tiering software capabilities across arrays and data centers. News | 11 Oct 2011
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Automatic storage tiering making its mark
Automatic storage tiering has been around for a while now, but now the technology seems to be hitting its stride. Article | 07 Sep 2011
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Quantum launches StorNext storage file system on appliance
Quantum ships StorNext storage file system on bundled appliance to serve as metadata controller; indicates more appliances coming so users don’t have to build their own systems. News | 20 Jun 2011
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Thin provisioning storage benefits
Thin provisioning is a relatively recent technology for the allocation (or provisioning) of disk storage to systems. This technical tip provides an overview of storage thin provisioning, some of its benefits and potential downsides. News | 28 Feb 2011
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Data storage trends 2011: Predictions of hot data storage technologies
Explore this expert FAQ as three analysts weight in and tell us what they think are the hottest data storage technologies and data storage trends for 2011. News | 14 Dec 2010
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UMHS uses tiered data archiving system to manage medical records
University of Michigan Health System uses a tiered archiving system of disk and tape instead of backup to protect and access critical large-image patient medical files stored on Picture Archiving Communications Systems (PACS). Article | 22 Nov 2010
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EMC ships primary data reduction, FAST for solid-state drives (SSDs), unified management
EMC rolls out bevy of products previewed in May, including EMC FAST upgrade, Unisiphere and block compression for primary data reduction; promises native Fibre Channel over Ethernet by end of year. Article | 24 Aug 2010
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TTX picks EMC SSDs, but still waiting for automated storage tiering
Freight car management organization picks EMC SSDs over Compellent; hopes EMC FAST 2 matches Compellent Data Progression automated storage tiering software. Article | 05 Aug 2010
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Dell EqualLogic PS6000XVS adds automated tiered storage
Customers can mix and match SSDs and SAS drives within EqualLogic's new PS6000XVS; Dell adds greater VMware integration and automated tiered storage software. Article | 09 Jun 2010
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Tiered storage alive and well, even for NetApp customers
NetApp CEO predicts flash SSDs and SATA hard disk drives will make tiered storage a thing of the past, but NetApp customers manage growth with inventive tiered storage architectures that include heterogeneous storage and file virtualization. Article | 17 May 2010
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Automated storage tiering strategy: Inter-array tiering
Learn about the different vendors that offer inter-array tiering in their products, and determine if it is the right automated storage tiering strategy for your environment. Tip
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Automated storage tiering options for your environment
Automated storage tiering (AST) is an integrated feature in many appliances, but there are several different options to choose from. Tip
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Dynamic storage tiering options
Find out why you should deploy dynamic storage tiering, and learn about the various DST product categories and how to choose the right one for your environment. Tip
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Tiered storage: A look at internal and external tiered storage models
Tiered storage tools can help organizations meet information lifecycle management (ILM) goals. Learn about the internal and external tiered storage tools available from 3PAR, EMC, HDS and IBM. Tip
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Archiving data to cloud storage: How to choose the right cloud storage provider
Before archiving data to the cloud, learn the five questions you should ask to ensure that your choice of a public or private cloud storage provider will meet your requirements. Tip
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Data classification best practices for tiered storage
Classifying data for tiered storage may sound simple, but it's not. Learn best practices for effective tiered storage, including capacity planning and data archiving technology. Tip
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Green storage best practices control costs, increase energy efficiency
Green storage best practices control power and cooling costs, and increase energy efficiency in your data center. Tiered storage, consolidating storage arrays, solid-state drives (SSDs) and MAID can help. Tip
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Tutorial: Creating a tiered SAN architecture
This tip offers the pros and cons of a tiered SAN architecture, as well as a number of points to consider before creating a tiered SAN. Tip
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Why you should perform data classification
Regardless of how daunting a task it may be, understanding the data we store is the first step in addressing data management issues. This tip outlines some of the main reasons why data classification is essential. Tip
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Using SAS and SATA for tiered storage
This podcast offers detailed information about SAS and SATA so you can strike the right balance between SAS and SATA in a tiered storage environment. Tip
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Tiered storage options
A reader asks: "If you use a combination of Fibre Channel (FC) and FATA drives is the configuration one tier?" Ask the Expert
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How can I set up a cost-effective tiered storage strategy?
A reader asks: "I'm looking to set up a cost-effective tiered storage strategy in my data center. How can I go about starting to plan this out?" Ask the Expert
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Centralized backup solution
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The best secondary storage options
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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
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Tiering storage primer: Data classification, archiving key
Ashish Nadkarni discusses strategies and tools when tiering storage, and how data migration tools and dynamic storage tiering products tier storage. Podcast
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Automated tiering primer: How to implement auto tiering
In this podcast, Ashish Nadkarni discusses the ins and outs of automated storage tiering. Learn how to choose between manual tiering and auto tiering in your storage environment. Podcast
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Auto tiering crucial to storage efficiency
Auto tiering is a key technology for today’s storage professionals to understand, especially if you have SSDs. Find out what auto tiering does and why it’s important. Podcast
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Tiered storage model becomes more sophisticated
Explore some of our popular content on the tiered storage model and tiered storage technologies such as automated storage and sub-LUN tiering. Feature
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IBM adds Storwize V7000 Unified array for multiprotocol storage
With the Storwize V7000 Unified array, IBM enters the multiprotocol storage market; Big Blue also improves its auto-tiering software capabilities across arrays and data centers. News
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Automatic storage tiering making its mark
Automatic storage tiering has been around for a while now, but now the technology seems to be hitting its stride. Article
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Tiering storage primer: Data classification, archiving key
Ashish Nadkarni discusses strategies and tools when tiering storage, and how data migration tools and dynamic storage tiering products tier storage. Podcast
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Automated storage tiering strategy: Inter-array tiering
Learn about the different vendors that offer inter-array tiering in their products, and determine if it is the right automated storage tiering strategy for your environment. Tip
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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
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Automated storage tiering options for your environment
Automated storage tiering (AST) is an integrated feature in many appliances, but there are several different options to choose from. Tip
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Quantum launches StorNext storage file system on appliance
Quantum ships StorNext storage file system on bundled appliance to serve as metadata controller; indicates more appliances coming so users don’t have to build their own systems. News
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Automated tiering primer: How to implement auto tiering
In this podcast, Ashish Nadkarni discusses the ins and outs of automated storage tiering. Learn how to choose between manual tiering and auto tiering in your storage environment. Podcast
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Auto tiering crucial to storage efficiency
Auto tiering is a key technology for today’s storage professionals to understand, especially if you have SSDs. Find out what auto tiering does and why it’s important. Podcast
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About Tiered storage
Tiered storage can reduce the overall cost of storage through data classification -- the process of assigning different categories of data to different types of storage media. Find news and resources about tiered storage on this topic page.