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The evolution of IT is reaching at least one true pinnacle of efficiency with server virtualization: the transformation from the “one application, one server” paradigm to running multiple applications on different operating systems on a single physical machine. While new server strategies have transformed operations, storage implementations can often hinder ...
Organizations are also looking to gain control of the sheer volume of data flooding their data centers. Facing stringent compliance regulations, organizations in many industries are retaining massive amounts of data, and are becoming acutely aware of the problems they will encounter as they attempt to manage such vast quantities ...
There’s an old saying about having your cake and eating it too. It’s something to which we all aspire or gravitate: to avoid compromise. If you can get more goodness rather than less, why wouldn’t you? That’s the essence of the proposition of the all-flash array, a storage system based ...
The purpose of this paper is to define what constitutes “tier-1” storage in the modern IT world and in the data centers and services that support it. The term seems to be implicitly understood when discussing traditional environments, but what constitutes the ...
As new applications and technologies flood the marketplace, organizations are hard-pressed to keep up with the rapidly-changing technological landscape. Companies often find themselves adding newer, more sophisticated applications to their growing arsenal of tools, while continuing to retain redundant or unused ( legacy) applications for fear of losing access to ...
This paper makes the case for extending storage tiering into the “enhanced performance” IO space; the sense of such a move might make one wonder why it hasn’t been done before.
Tiering: What, Why, and Where
In the well known and often discussed “storage hierarchy,” we’ve effectively assumed that all really high ...
In today’s 24/7 global economy, business requires that IT deliver systems that are online and available all of the time. This “Now” culture is pushing real-time operational systems to their limits. While IT organizations need to invest in systems that meet business needs, they also need to be conscientious of ...
Traditional data integration methods are struggling to keep up with demand for actionable information from diverse and growing data sources. Vendors should focus not just on addressing the needs of “big data,” but on data integration platform innovations that provide high performance, agility, and end-user capabilities in today’s service-oriented IT ...
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How Economics Alter the Storage Landscape: The Financial Leverage of Storing Less Will Win
Published on Thursday, May 12th, 2011 at 2:31 pm | 8 Comments »
Authors: Mark Peters | Steve Duplessie |
While it’s tempting to think that technology rules the IT space, the truth is that far more often, it is the financial aspects that really dominate. Sometimes, that’s obvious, other times it’s less so.Technologies can be IT game-changers, but better economics are invariably the root value.
Introduction
IT is About More than ...
Authors: Mark Peters | Steve Duplessie |
This paper makes the case for extending storage tiering into the archive data space; the sense of such a move would make one wonder why it hasn’t been done before. Yet, of course, the obvious isn’t always so obvious until is it pointed out!
Tiering: What, Why, and Where
In the well ...
