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Thin provisioning
Implementing thin provisioning at customer sites can save big money by improving storage utilization rates. To deliver those savings to customers, storage VARs need to understand the benefits and limitations of thin provisioning, its impact on VARs a... IT Channel Explained
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How does thin provisioning impact capacity planning?
Thin provisioning allows your customers to provision more storage than is physically available. But it is not to be implemented without caution. Learn about the risks and determine whether it's right for your customer. FAQ
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Storage provisioning
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Storage Capacity Fast Guide: Storage technologies
Storage capacity must be carefully planned. Get your clients' storage growth under control with these storage technologies, including tiered storage, storage compression and data deduplication. Fast Guide
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Thin provisioning driven by technology advances, best practices
Headlines: Thin provisioning gains in popularity as tech advances help alleviate de-allocation and reclamation issues; admins say best practices key to ensuring thin volumes remain thin. Article | 05 Jan 2011
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VMworld 2009: Vendors showcase new vSphere4 products; Admins grapple with growing VMware deployments
Headlines: Storage vendors are adding support for VMware's new vSphere 4, disaster recovery with Site Recovery Manager, as well as converged data center networks at VMworld 2009; as VMware server virtualization penetrates further into the data center... Article | 02 Sep 2009
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Hitachi expands thin provisioning; DataDirect challenges EMC in the cloud
Headlines: Hitachi's thin provisioning now supports midrange disk arrays, an HDS Storage Reclamation Service feature and a new Hitachi Dynamic Provisioning assessment service; DataDirect claims its Web Object Scaler (WOS) object-based scale-out cloud... Article | 24 Jun 2009
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Network-attached storage file virtualization appliances
Network-attached storage (NAS) file virtualization appliances can help customers reduce NAS server sprawl while providing insight into customers network file structure. Column | 18 Dec 2006
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Avnet expands server evaluation service to include storage for HP VARs
By expanding its consolidation impact analysis to include storage for the end customers of Hewlett-Packard resellers, Avnet hopes to drive sales through its distribution channel. Article | 05 Dec 2006
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'Big data' technologies to address retention, performance and capacity requirements
Read up on how ‘big data’ technologies from companies such as RainStor, GridIron and Quantum are addressing challenges around retention, performance and capacity. Tip
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Hyper-V storage provisioning tools
Hyper-V storage provisioning presents challenges compared with a physical server environment and compared with a VMware environment. Find out what tools are available to help. Tip
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Beyond thin provisioning: The burden of keeping thin volumes thin
While thin provisioning can bring efficiencies in storage capacity, keeping thin-provisioned volumes thin can require considerable memory and CPU resources. Channel Impact
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How to address thin provisioning problems, perceptions during customer evaluation process
Thin provisioning definitely can help customers looking to save money on storage hardware, but it does present problems and perceptions that need to be addressed. Find out about the challenges to thin provisioning and how to tackle them. Tip
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Efficient storage provisioning: Capex and opex savings
Find out how efficient storage provisioning techniques through the use of storage virtualization, thin provisioning and storage domains can cut capital expenses (capex) and operating expenses (opex) for customers. Tip
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Thin provisioning risks vs. rewards
If the risk of running out of space on a thin-provisioned system has turned you off to the technology, it's time to rethink that stance, build expertise in it and add value for your customers. Tip
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Matching provisioning tool to customer for greater efficiency
Improving your customers' storage efficiency will bring benefits to both you and them. Find out how you can benefit, as well as how to match customers with the right provisioning tools. Tip
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Data management tools heading toward integration
Four data management tools that are now standalone are headed for integration in one comprehensive solution. By sharing metadata information among file auditing and retention, version control and data leak prevention products, a combined "data superv... Tip
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Data storage management software offers solutions
Data storage management software enables resellers to offer customers more control over their storage arrays. Learn more about different software and potential solutions in this tip. Tip
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Data management systems vendors add thin provisioning, resellers capitalize
As data management systems vendors add thin-provisioning software to their feature sets, resellers are capitalizing on the value-add storage management tool. Tip
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File area network (FAN) podcast -- trends in content management and delivery
Online content is proliferating at unprecedented rates. Get advice from industry analyst Brad O'Neil in this podcast, brought to you by Gear 6. Podcast
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'Big data' technologies to address retention, performance and capacity requirements
Read up on how ‘big data’ technologies from companies such as RainStor, GridIron and Quantum are addressing challenges around retention, performance and capacity. Tip
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Hyper-V storage provisioning tools
Hyper-V storage provisioning presents challenges compared with a physical server environment and compared with a VMware environment. Find out what tools are available to help. Tip
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Beyond thin provisioning: The burden of keeping thin volumes thin
While thin provisioning can bring efficiencies in storage capacity, keeping thin-provisioned volumes thin can require considerable memory and CPU resources. Channel Impact
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Thin provisioning driven by technology advances, best practices
Headlines: Thin provisioning gains in popularity as tech advances help alleviate de-allocation and reclamation issues; admins say best practices key to ensuring thin volumes remain thin. Article
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How to address thin provisioning problems, perceptions during customer evaluation process
Thin provisioning definitely can help customers looking to save money on storage hardware, but it does present problems and perceptions that need to be addressed. Find out about the challenges to thin provisioning and how to tackle them. Tip
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Efficient storage provisioning: Capex and opex savings
Find out how efficient storage provisioning techniques through the use of storage virtualization, thin provisioning and storage domains can cut capital expenses (capex) and operating expenses (opex) for customers. Tip
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VMworld 2009: Vendors showcase new vSphere4 products; Admins grapple with growing VMware deployments
Headlines: Storage vendors are adding support for VMware's new vSphere 4, disaster recovery with Site Recovery Manager, as well as converged data center networks at VMworld 2009; as VMware server virtualization penetrates further into the data center... Article
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Thin provisioning risks vs. rewards
If the risk of running out of space on a thin-provisioned system has turned you off to the technology, it's time to rethink that stance, build expertise in it and add value for your customers. Tip
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Hitachi expands thin provisioning; DataDirect challenges EMC in the cloud
Headlines: Hitachi's thin provisioning now supports midrange disk arrays, an HDS Storage Reclamation Service feature and a new Hitachi Dynamic Provisioning assessment service; DataDirect claims its Web Object Scaler (WOS) object-based scale-out cloud... Article
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Matching provisioning tool to customer for greater efficiency
Improving your customers' storage efficiency will bring benefits to both you and them. Find out how you can benefit, as well as how to match customers with the right provisioning tools. Tip
- See More: All on Data Provisioning Tools
About Data Provisioning Tools
Read tips and best practices on data provisioning tools for storage service providers, value-added resellers (VARs) and consultants helping customers choose and implement data provisioning solutions. This section includes information on thin provisioning (such as how thin provisioning affects capacity planning, its advantages and disadvantages, and cost savings offered by thin provisioning), advice on storage compression and data deduplication technologies and other data provisioning services.