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Data storage strategy

• Future of data storage: Addressing traditional architecture problems

  Storage expert Phil Goodwin discusses the main issues with traditional primary storage options and how those issues are being addressed. Continue Reading

• Erasure coding brings trade-off of resilience vs. performance

  IT's decision on using erasure coding in storage rests on data importance, durability more than amount of data, says storage consultant Marc Staimer. Continue Reading

• Advice for IT shops on erasure coding vs. replication in data storage

  Replication is critical for disaster recovery in IT shops. UC Santa Cruz professor evaluates erasure coding versus replication in data storage. Continue Reading

• Do Hadoop benefits outweigh problems with the technology?

  Analyst John Webster discusses some of the criticism surrounding Hadoop technology and why it's still a hot topic. Continue Reading

• Uses for Hadoop: Exploring the storage, appliance and analytics options

  Analyst John Webster describes how data can best be stored with Hadoop and what it will take to drive wider adoption. Continue Reading

• How to choose the right virtual server storage

  Howard Marks discusses performance and storage function changes in a virtual server environment and why flash storage is a good option.Continue Reading

• Big data storage architecture: Categories, strengths and use cases

  We explore distributed nodes, scale-out NAS, all-SSD arrays and object storage as choices for a storage architecture for big data.Continue Reading

• VMworld 2013 storage product launches cover arrays, flash and cloud

  Quantum, Fusion-io, Nimble Storage and Brocade are among the vendors to launch storage products at VMworld 2013.Continue Reading

• Losing my religion with data storage vendors

  Some data storage vendors seem out of touch with the reality of what's going on in data center environments and what kinds of products IT truly needs.Continue Reading

• Enterprise storage management: Virtualizing storage, cloud, top tools

  In this expert podcast, David Davis explains what tools help administrators best manage their virtual storage environments.Continue Reading

• Virtual server backups: How to evaluate available products

  Long-standing vendors and startups have introduced new and better products for virtual server backups. Learn how to evaluate products on the market.Continue Reading

• FlexPod architecture: Top five things you should know

  FlexPods may seem like an easy way to implement storage and a hypervisor at once, but Brien Posey explains there are several things to consider first.Continue Reading

• Can object storage systems be used with file-based apps?

  Learn how to use applications such as Microsoft Exchange or SQL Server with object storage systems on the back end.Continue Reading

• 2013 Storage Needs Assessment and Recommendation Tool

  Use this free assessment tool to determine what your biggest storage needs are right now.Continue Reading

• Data archiving best practices: Policies, planning and products

  Primary storage can be expensive and has a finite capacity. These data archiving best practices will help you decide what data to move to an archive.Continue Reading