Data storage strategy
Regardless of your organizations’ primary storage, big data, cloud storage, backup or disaster recovery needs, you’ll need a strategy for buying, managing, provisioning and maintaining data storage. Plotting that strategy requires knowledge of trends and technologies, such as solid-state storage, cloud storage, and converged and hyper-converged infrastructure.
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Download: Navigating the All-Flash Array Buying Process
All-flash storage is taking over as the first choice to store mission-critical workloads. But all-flash array (AFA) storage products are not all the same, as they vary by capacity, performance, reliability, and price. Allow this expert buyer’s guide to help you through the all-flash array evaluation and purchasing process.
Data storage strategy News
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March 22, 2019
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Mar'19
7 storage questions ahead of Dell Technologies World
We'd like to know where Dell EMC stands on midrange storage, NVMe over fabrics, data protection, hyper-convergence, cloud and containers, among other things.
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March 04, 2019
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Mar'19
Jon Toigo, data storage analyst and author remembered
Editors and colleagues pay tribute to the respected data storage analyst, pundit and author, who was a longtime Storage magazine columnist and TechTarget contributor and speaker.
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February 14, 2019
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Feb'19
HPE InfoSight to add support for partners' storage products
HPE GM of storage Milan Shetti outlines plans to add support for partners' storage products in its InfoSight predictive analytics platform and talks up its AI operations-centric strategy.
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February 07, 2019
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Feb'19
Top Dell EMC storage technologists talk NVMe, SCM and containers
Podcast: Dell EMC technologists discuss their 2019 expectations for the growth of storage class memory, NVMe-oF, multi-cloud, container and smart storage technologies.
Data storage strategy Get Started
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Predictive storage analytics, AI deliver smarter storage
Predictive analytics, AI and machine learning are coming together to create more intelligent data storage. Find out how your organization could benefit. Continue Reading
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How blockchain storage could benefit the enterprise
Whether your organization is a potential buyer or seller of blockchain data storage, the technology could change how you look at storage. Discover where blockchain is headed. Continue Reading
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data deduplication
Data deduplication -- often called intelligent compression or single-instance storage -- is a process that eliminates redundant copies of data and reduces storage overhead. Continue Reading
Evaluate Data storage strategy Vendors & Products
Weigh the pros and cons of technologies, products and projects you are considering.
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Formulus Black software stores data in persistent memory
Formulus Black has resurrected Symbolic IO technology to store data from database and analytics workloads in ultrafast system memory without changing the application code. Continue Reading
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Predictive analytics for storage: Benefits and product options
The advantages of using predictive analytics in storage include less downtime and better resource utilization. It's no wonder more storage vendors are making it an option. Continue Reading
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What you need to know about blockchain storage
Using blockchain for data storage is growing in popularity. Here, we answer five frequently asked questions about this emerging technology to help you get started. Continue Reading
Manage Data storage strategy
Learn to apply best practices and optimize your operations.
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Using snapshot backups for your data backup system
The quick and simple nature of snapshot backup systems can be a big win for your data protection platform. However, there are elements of snapshots that aren't great for backup. Continue Reading
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Effective multi-cloud storage strategies and management techniques
Is storage in a multi-cloud environment right for your organization? See what you need to do to deploy, manage and effectively use multi-cloud for data storage. Continue Reading
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The top enterprise data storage products of 2018
Problem Solve Data storage strategy Issues
We’ve gathered up expert advice and tips from professionals like you so that the answers you need are always available.
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7 NVMe storage gotchas to avoid
Avoiding common deployment errors when implementing NVMe technology will save you time, money and professional embarrassment. Here's what to look out for. Continue Reading
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Disaster avoidance requirements ensure business continuity
Include disaster recovery and avoidance requirements as design goals when creating storage and production environments to ensure business continuity during weather events. Continue Reading
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The future of flash storage: Is NVMe right for your enterprise?
Cracks in the SAS and SATA protocols started to appear with the rise of SSDs and the exponential performance improvements they delivered over HDD technology. This led to the development of the nonvolatile memory express protocol to exploit flash's ... Continue Reading