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Why is IT lifecycle management important?
This chapter excerpt from "Data Lifecycles: Managing Data for Strategic Advantage" makes a case for why ILM/DLM should be implemented, for reasons ranging from security to smart business practice to compliance. It also projects storage trends through... Chapter Excerpt
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What does data lifecycle management mean?
IT lifecycle management is a policy-based approach to managing data that automates processes and organizes data into tiers. This excerpt from "Data Lifecycles: Managing Data for Strategic Advantage" provides a comprehensive description of the technol... Chapter Excerpt
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Data lifecycle management: What are the things organizations need to consider?
This excerpt from "Data Lifecycles: Managing Data for Strategic Advantage" outlines the storage problems that organizations face today and considerations businesses need to make when assessing solutions. Chapter Excerpt
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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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Set up effective storage strategies
Prepare customers to properly handle ongoing storage capacity issues by setting them up with solid, well-tested storage strategies. This guide will help you address potential business concerns, identify storage needs and develop strategies. Rescue Guide
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IBM adds Storwize V7000 Unified array for multiprotocol storage
Headlines: With the Storwize V7000 Unified array, IBM enters the multiprotocol storage market; Big Blue also improves its auto-tiering software capabilities across arrays and data centers. News | 12 Oct 2011
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Automatic storage tiering making its mark
Headlines: Automatic storage tiering has been around for a while now, but now the technology seems to be hitting its stride. News | 14 Sep 2011
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Symantec merges SRM products; Dell EqualLogic adds automated tiered storage
Headlines: Symantec set to merge storage resource management (SRM) products and work more closely with VMware; SSDs and SAS drives can now be combined within EqualLogic's PS6000XVS, with greater VMware integration. Article | 10 Jun 2010
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NetApp customers and tiered storage; Neuxpower releases primary storage data reduction software
Headlines: NetApp customers say the company's arrays are still vital to their tiered storage strategies; Neuxpower releases a server version of its primary storage data reduction software that cuts the size of JPEG and Office files. Article | 19 May 2010
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EMC releases FAST for automated tiered storage; Symantec has solid-state drive auto-discovery
Headlines: EMC's FAST automates the migration of LUNs between tiers of Flash, Fibre Channel and SATA disk, but sub-LUN level migration and support for thin provisioning are at least six months out; Symantec Veritas Storage Foundation V5.1 includes so... Article | 10 Dec 2009
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IBM to replicate data for disaster recovery; Managing enterprise data storage more efficiently
Headlines: IBM ProtectTier data deduplication customers can now replicate deduplicated data across the WAN to remote sites for disaster recovery- a feature commonly found in other deduplication devices; Storage managers must learn to improve storage ... Article | 30 Jul 2009
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Storage management vendor Adaptec launches first-time partner program
Adaptec provides storage management training, complete data on products and deal registration to support an informal network of storage solutions providers. Article | 25 Jun 2007
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Data storage management overview: Chapter 3 - Tiered storage
This chapter of the All-In-One Guide explains the basic concepts and strategies of tiered storage. You'll also learn about the costs and implementation issues involved in tiering, see how data classification fits into the scheme of storage tiers, exa... Article | 24 Jul 2006
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Automated storage tiering for VARs: Intra-array vs. inter-array
Learn about the differences between intra-array and inter-array automated storage tiering products and find out which one holds more opportunity for VARs. Channel Impact
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Storage array-based automated tiered storage products: Pros and cons
Find out how implementing an automated tiered storage system in a storage arrays can cut costs, how it works and what the advantages and disadvantages are. Tip
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Enterprise hard drives: Will new drive technologies relegate them to the middle tier?
Find out about the mechanical limitations of enterprise hard drive technology, how solid-state storage is pushing hard drives out of their Tier 1 position and why high-capacity SATA drives will be the dominant enterprise hard drive of the future. Tip
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Using storage tiering to control customers' data growth
Get one consultant's perspective on how data growth caused headaches for a customer during a data migration project and how to control that data growth with storage tiering. Tip
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Affordable tiered storage via data deduplication services
Data deduplication and disk-based archiving can be combined to achieve affordable tiered storage, with multiple service entry points for service providers. Tip
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Tiered storage gone wrong
Avoid these common tiered storage mistakes. Contributor Brian Peterson also offers guidelines for determining an appropriate number of storage tiers. Tip
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IBM adds Storwize V7000 Unified array for multiprotocol storage
Headlines: With the Storwize V7000 Unified array, IBM enters the multiprotocol storage market; Big Blue also improves its auto-tiering software capabilities across arrays and data centers. News
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Automatic storage tiering making its mark
Headlines: Automatic storage tiering has been around for a while now, but now the technology seems to be hitting its stride. News
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Automated storage tiering for VARs: Intra-array vs. inter-array
Learn about the differences between intra-array and inter-array automated storage tiering products and find out which one holds more opportunity for VARs. Channel Impact
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Storage array-based automated tiered storage products: Pros and cons
Find out how implementing an automated tiered storage system in a storage arrays can cut costs, how it works and what the advantages and disadvantages are. Tip
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Symantec merges SRM products; Dell EqualLogic adds automated tiered storage
Headlines: Symantec set to merge storage resource management (SRM) products and work more closely with VMware; SSDs and SAS drives can now be combined within EqualLogic's PS6000XVS, with greater VMware integration. Article
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Enterprise hard drives: Will new drive technologies relegate them to the middle tier?
Find out about the mechanical limitations of enterprise hard drive technology, how solid-state storage is pushing hard drives out of their Tier 1 position and why high-capacity SATA drives will be the dominant enterprise hard drive of the future. Tip
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NetApp customers and tiered storage; Neuxpower releases primary storage data reduction software
Headlines: NetApp customers say the company's arrays are still vital to their tiered storage strategies; Neuxpower releases a server version of its primary storage data reduction software that cuts the size of JPEG and Office files. Article
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EMC releases FAST for automated tiered storage; Symantec has solid-state drive auto-discovery
Headlines: EMC's FAST automates the migration of LUNs between tiers of Flash, Fibre Channel and SATA disk, but sub-LUN level migration and support for thin provisioning are at least six months out; Symantec Veritas Storage Foundation V5.1 includes so... Article
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Using storage tiering to control customers' data growth
Get one consultant's perspective on how data growth caused headaches for a customer during a data migration project and how to control that data growth with storage tiering. Tip
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IBM to replicate data for disaster recovery; Managing enterprise data storage more efficiently
Headlines: IBM ProtectTier data deduplication customers can now replicate deduplicated data across the WAN to remote sites for disaster recovery- a feature commonly found in other deduplication devices; Storage managers must learn to improve storage ... Article
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