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Thin Provisioning Key Feature Of Storage Virtualization

George Crump

August 12, 2011

Thin provisioning can convince an application that is has more storage available than is actually allocated to the app.

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Storage Hardware: Is The End Near?

George Crump

July 15, 2011

It increasingly looks like applications, operating systems, and hypervisors will provide the features and functions we've come to expect from our storage hardware.

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Storage: The Best Way To Connect?

George Crump

July 13, 2011

Here are some tips to help you decide which of the many options for connecting to storage you should use.

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Storage: How To Start Your Decision Process Wisely

George Crump

July 11, 2011

You know the broad use case--server virtualization, Exchange environment, or a database environment perhaps--but knowing the underlying needs is the key.

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Solid State Storage: A Keep It Simple Strategy

George Crump

July 07, 2011

If you just need to fix a particular performance problem, here's why you should consider PCIe SSD.

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How To Pick The Right SMB Storage System

George Crump

July 01, 2011

Ignore the vendors, they all claim their system is the best. Analyze your needs and ensure that you have the flexibility to grow and change as needs change.

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When Is SSD The Right Storage Choice?

George Crump

June 28, 2011

Solid State Storage has arrived; in the right circumstances, it is more cost effective than mechanical hard drives.

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5 Questions To Ask Storage Vendor References

George Crump

June 22, 2011

Focus on getting crucial information so you can change the conversation from a love fest reference call to one that provides important details.

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What To Look For In SMB NAS

George Crump

June 21, 2011

When small and midsize businesses go shopping for servers, one of the first they're going to buy is a network-attached storage system. And there are a lot to chose from.

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How To Manage The Collaborative Cloud

George Crump

June 17, 2011

Cloud storage can be very useful for collaboration and document sharing, but it poses challenges for storage managers.

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How To Boost Lifespan Of Solid-State Storage

George Crump

June 02, 2011

The challenge for IT managers is to pick the right type of SSS for the task, which will help keep the storage system running longer.

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How To Manage Primary Cloud Storage

George Crump

May 26, 2011

Cloud storage is often thought of as a secondary storage area, a place to hold backup's or archives, but for an increasing number of organizations it is also becoming a primary storage area.

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How To Tune Apps For Solid State Storage

George Crump

May 24, 2011

Just because you put a race car engine inside your storage system does not mean that your application will instantly go faster.

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Solid-State Disk Or Solid-State Storage?

George Crump

May 20, 2011

SSD, or solid-state disk, is a term that gets overused when we talk about solid-state storage. SSD is incorrectly applied to seemingly everything related to memory-based storage.

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Technology Can Extend Solid-State Storage's Life

George Crump

May 12, 2011

While the way solid-state storage is used can impact its longevity, storage vendors have techniques that can help prolong SSS life expectancy.

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