Storage management tools
Storage management tools include capacity management, monitoring, cloud storage management and other devices and applications to manage SAN and NAS systems. Storage management also includes backup and secondary storage tools such as snapshots and copy data management.
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Storage management tools News
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July 24, 2018
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Jul'18
HPE InfoSight automates customer support on 3PAR
HPE increases the ability of its InfoSight cloud-based predictive analytics to help manage 3PAR storage arrays; HPE picked up InfoSight in its 2017 acquisition of Nimble.
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March 15, 2018
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Mar'18
SolarWinds SRM keeps an eye on new all-flash arrays
SolarWinds updates Storage Resource Monitor to support more all-flash arrays and adds application-dependency functionality to Server & Application Monitor.
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March 01, 2018
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Mar'18
Komprise NAS migration leaves no data behind
Startup Komprise added NAS migration to its list of data management features in the new 2.7 release of its software. Komprise Intelligent Data Management customers can now migrate from one NAS ...
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February 22, 2018
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Feb'18
Virtual Instruments rebrands Load DynamiX as WorkloadWisdom
Virtual Instruments rebrands Load DynamiX Enterprise storage performance validation software, updates its user interface, boosts performance and adds 25 GbE and SMB support.
Storage management tools Get Started
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storage virtualization
Storage virtualization is the pooling of physical storage from multiple storage devices into what appears to be a single storage device -- or pool of available storage capacity -- that is managed from a central console. Continue Reading
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storage medium (storage media)
In computers, a storage medium is any technology -- including devices and materials -- used to place, keep and retrieve electronic data. Continue Reading
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Random Access Memory (RAM)
Random Access Memory (RAM) is the hardware in a computing device where the operating system (OS), application programs and data in current use are kept so they can be quickly reached by the device's processor. Continue Reading
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A data replication strategy for all your disaster recovery needs
Know your IT environment inside and out to choose the right data replication product for your organization's current and future disaster recovery requirements. Continue Reading
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Managing storage for IoT data at the enterprise edge
Edge computing, the cloud and internet of things data are changing the way businesses store, analyze and manage all the information generated at the perimeter of the enterprise. Continue Reading
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Reasons to choose Ceph storage over traditional alternatives
The flexibility and multitude of interfaces available in a Ceph environment make it a tempting option and have some organizations ditching their current storage setup. Continue Reading
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Explosion in unstructured data storage drives modernization
Increasing amounts of unstructured data are a key part of modern secondary storage environments with their distributed file systems and a scale-out object storage design. Continue Reading
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Your enterprise data management strategy needs a superhero
Data management products are the Superman, not the Batman, of storage. They have built-in superpowers that provide the innate power needed to manage data. Continue Reading
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Get control of data storage growth before things go haywire
Companies are collecting and hoarding data like never before. Take control of this out-of-control situation with forward-looking data storage and management practices. Continue Reading
Problem Solve Storage management tools Issues
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RAID levels and benefits explained
RAID can enable better storage performance and higher availability, and there are many different RAID types. Read about the different levels of RAID and where they work best. Continue Reading
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When buying more primary data storage, applications matter
Faster storage -- and more of it -- is important, but that wouldn't matter if new SANs didn't boost application performance and efficiency in the process. Continue Reading
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Navigate the chaos of ephemeral data storage
You may hear chatter that data is too ephemeral to go through the trouble of backing up and archiving it, but Jon Toigo says it's a worthy exercise. Continue Reading