Tips

Tips

• Comparing the variety of all-flash storage arrays available today

  Leah Schoeb of Evaluator Group outlines the all-flash storage arrays on the market, from traditional array retrofits to purpose-built flash offerings.  Continue Reading

• Improve all-flash storage array efficiency with thin provisioning

  George Crump discusses how an all-flash storage array benefits from thin provisioning and what to look for when evaluating a system's thin provisioning capability.  Continue Reading

• Switching cloud storage service providers comes at a cost

  Analyst George Crump explains the best way to deal with the upfront costs and security issues that come with switching cloud storage providers.  Continue Reading

• Four lessons enterprises can take from a cloud storage provider

  Analyst George Crump explains how storage professionals can take notes from cloud providers when it comes to building their own private clouds.  Continue Reading

• Three considerations to ensure data storage efficiency

  Vendors often claim their products cut out storage inefficiency, but administrators can make a difference as well with some planning.  Continue Reading

• Maintaining safe cloud storage for critical production environments

  According to George Crump, as long as storage professionals understand encryption and authentication, the cloud is just as secure as any data center.  Continue Reading

• Effective data management strategies require granularity

  Jon Toigo offers tips to deal with management challenges when it comes to working with different types of data.  Continue Reading

• Use third-party SRM software to improve monitoring and management

  Retrofit your existing infrastructure with third-party storage resource management software to gain more control over monitoring and management.  Continue Reading

• Effective storage service management rests on well-allocated features

  Jon Toigo explains how proper management of value-added storage features can make a data center more efficient.  Continue Reading

• Use virtual volumes vs. SDS in the fight for storage efficiency

  Jon Toigo explains four ways virtualizing storage can lower costs and boost performance, making it a better option than software-defined storage.  Continue Reading

• Overcoming the unpredictable nature of the hybrid flash array

  Eric Slack takes a closer look at what happens when the flash in a hybrid flash array 'misses.'  Continue Reading

• Reap the benefits of multiple hypervisors with backup, replication

  Analyst George Crump explains how to realize the benefits of multi-hypervisor environments, which include cost savings and ease of use.  Continue Reading

• Three cloud storage use cases for primary storage

  In many cases, cloud storage is used as an archive or for backup, but that doesn't mean it isn't useful for primary storage.  Continue Reading

• Value of server-attached storage rests on cost, implementation

  Server-attached storage products are popular for cost savings and simplicity, but analyst George Crump says there are still shortcomings.  Continue Reading

• All-flash storage arrays: Performance vs. function

  George Crump offers criteria to help IT pros decide whether performance or function is most important when choosing all-flash storage arrays.  Continue Reading