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Move Data Closer To Apps

George Crump

December 21, 2011

The future of location-based storage tiering will be dependent on vendors being able to orchestrate movement of active data closer to the application.

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Data Tiering By Storage Location

George Crump

December 20, 2011

Tiering systems in the future will move data within storage systems, to different storage systems, and even into the server hosting the application.

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Are Storage Vendors Shopping For SSD Companies?

George Crump

December 15, 2011

This is the beginning of a larger trend where storage systems vendors get serious about integrating solid-state storage companies into their portfolios.

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Will Solid-State Storage Kill Tiering?

George Crump

December 12, 2011

Even when solid-state storage dominates the data center, mechanical storage and tape will still have a major role to play in your storage infrastructure.

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Hard Drives Get Squeezed

George Crump

December 09, 2011

A number of developments are speeding the transition to solid-state storage.

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Must-Have Features In Your Next Storage System

George Crump

December 01, 2011

Storage managers should prioritize capabilities like thin provisioning, snapshots, replication, and cloning--along with price.

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Your Next Storage System

George Crump

November 29, 2011

IT managers should be making plans to update their storage infrastructure in 2012. Consider these tips to sort through all the new features, capabilities, and options.

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Examine The True Cost Of Storage Performance

George Crump

November 23, 2011

Boosting performance in a data center involves more than just adding more hard disks. Here are key factors to consider.

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How To Recover Your Data In Minutes

George Crump

November 21, 2011

One option to speed data recovery: Use a system that can spawn virtual machines and recover the failed host plus its data.

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Storage System Maxed Out? Try Virtualization

George Crump

November 17, 2011

Storage virtualization can let you use multiple storage systems and manage them as if they were one.

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What Is The True Cost Of Storage?

George Crump

November 08, 2011

Physical hardware cost is just the start when you're determining the true cost of a storage system. Let's talk application performance.

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Live Migration Vs. Scale Out Storage

George Crump

November 04, 2011

Live volume migration and scale out storage both improve performance. Which technique is best for your data center?

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Live Migration Brings Flexibility To Storage

George Crump

November 01, 2011

Alternative to replacement or wholesale migration lets you easily add capacity or performance as needed.

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Improve Write Performance With SSD

George Crump

October 28, 2011

Writes are one of the most resource-consuming things that a storage system has to do. During product selection, carefully consider how a technology deals with write I/O.

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SSD Options: Tier Vs. Cache

George Crump

October 25, 2011

Solid state storage can be used as a cache or an automated tier. Both approaches will make sure that the most active data is on the fastest tier, but you need to know the differences.

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