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Tiered storage
volume manager
A volume manager is software within an operating system (OS) that controls capacity allocation for storage arrays. Continue Reading
A cure for secondary data storage services blues
Effective user-centric data storage management eases copy data management and object storage uptake while enabling secondary storage services to evolve. Continue Reading
The data storage capacity growth survival guide
You can keep your storage investments in place, allow for capacity increases, and solve performance and application problems, while gathering data to plan for new growth. Continue Reading
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Flash storage caching, tiering or both? Consider the workload
If you're using a flash-based storage system, you're familiar with caching and tiering to accelerate data. Storage tiering is used in hybrid flash storage systems to separate active and inactive data. Active data is kept on the flash tier, while ... Continue Reading
Improve storage I/O with caching, tiering technology
Storage systems are often perceived as performance bottlenecks, with virtualized environments contributing to higher I/O demands and with high-end apps that cannot tolerate latency. To a great degree, solid-state storage devices address many of ... Continue Reading
Five top new Windows Server 2012 R2 features for storage management
The latest version of Microsoft's flagship server OS offers a bevy of new storage management features.Continue Reading
Data archiving system selection dependent on features, capabilities
Once you've determined the specific data archiving needs of your organization, you'll have to sift through existing products to find the best fit.Continue Reading
How to create a successful data archiving strategy
A good archiving process provides the automation needed to deliver the necessary application granularity while minimizing the impact to IT operations.Continue Reading
Is there a difference between traditional tiering and sub-LUN tiering?
Sub-LUN tiering can help with performance in some environments, but according to analyst Jon Toigo, it can also get complicated with growing capacity.Continue Reading
How Windows Server 2012 R2 will change storage management
Microsoft MVP Brien Posey explains how new features in Windows Server 2012 R2, such as native tiering and deduplication, affect storage management.Continue Reading
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Tiering storage: Best practices to promote efficiency
Storage expert Jon Toigo explains how to effectively use storage tiering to boost efficiency and ultimately cut storage costs.Continue Reading
Will your disaster recovery plan work?
Information lifecycle management
Ignore the information lifecycle management hype
Forging a long-term retention plan