The newest entry into the data reduction field is real-time data compression, Storwize was one of the first, and it looks as if it will be joined soon by others. These solutions are interesting in that they compress everything -- active storage, secondary storage and backup storage. They are complementary to de-duplication: Compressing the data before de-duplication has actually shown better results. Most impressive is how well these solutions perform, with almost no effect on the performance of the application accessing them.
Suppliers need to call their data reduction solutions by what they are and what they do, not after the hottest marketing term. The above is a helpful guide for them to do so.
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George Crump is founder of Storage Switzerland , which provides strategic consulting and analysis to storage users, suppliers, and integrators. Prior to Storage Switzerland, he was CTO at one of the nation's largest integrators.
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