Storage Capacity Planning and Performance

MUST READ Storage capacity assessment FAQS - Check out Kurtis Lindemann's answers to these commonly asked questions about assessing a customer's storage capacity needs. Or, download them as an MP3 file and take them with you. Capacity planning and management tools create service opportunities TIP - Capacity planning and management tools enable service providers to help customers maximize their IT resources. How does thin provisioning impact capacity planning? FAQ - Learn about thin provisioning and whether its storage improvements outweigh its risks. What tools can determine a customer's data growth rate? FAQ - Learn which tools you can use to determine a customer's data growth rate. How should snapshot overhead be determined? FAQ - Learn how much overhead to reserve for storage snapshots.

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	How to address thin provisioning problems, perceptions during customer evaluation process Submitted By: SearchStorageChannel.com | 08 Dec 2009 TIP - Find out about the challenges to thin provisioning and how to address them during a customer's technology evaluation process.

	Primary storage data deduplication and data reduction: Motivators and market landscape Submitted By: SearchStorageChannel.com | 06 Dec 2009 TIP - Find out the two key factors driving customer interest in primary storage data deduplication and data reduction, and get details on the available products.

	How to diagnose and solve customers' storage performance problems Submitted By: SearchStorageChannel.com | 20 Oct 2009 TIP - Find out how to diagnose and solve storage performance problems via monitoring tools, SSD and automated tiering systems.

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	Best practices for storage capacity planning SearchStorageChannel.com | 02 May 2008 FEATURE - Storage capacity planning goes beyond predicting customers' growth. You should also help them curb it with best practices.

	Predicting data storage growth SearchStorageChannel.com | 01 May 2008 FEATURE - If your customers have deep pockets, predicting data storage growth is a simple chore. But for small companies, you'll need to be more creative.

	The benefits of storage capacity planning SearchStorageChannel.com | 15 Apr 2008 FEATURE - Storage capacity planning can deliver benefits by balancing utilization and growth rates with architecture and tolerance for upgrades.

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	SEE ALSO - Topics Related to Storage Capacity Planning and Performance:  Tier Storage, Online Storage Services, Data Provisioning Tools, Data Migration Tools and Strategies, Data Archiving, Information Lifecycle Management (ILM)