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Top 5 storage management tips of 2007


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Given the growing deployment of virtualized server environments, it comes as no surprise that storage for virtual servers was a popular topic among readers in 2007. The area of thin provisioning, which promises better utilization of disk resources in large arrays, also grabbed readers' attention.

Three of the top five tips were focused on storage security. One discussed finding storag



e security vulnerabilities and two others focused on encryption. This comes as a surprise in light of a recent Storage magazine survey which indicated that, for many, encryption was not a top priority and another survey indicated that encryption was not a dominant factor influencing the decision to upgrade to LTO-4 tape.

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