According to research from ESG, more than one-third of all organizations that have implemented server virtualization have seen an increase in the total amount of data they need to store and protect. So, while VMware is a great platform for saving money on server infrastructure, it moves the cost and complexity challenge to storage potentially negating server savings. Storwize solves [...]
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Extending the Benefits of VMware to Storage
Posted in Capacity Optimization, Cloud, Data Domain, Data Reduction, deduplication, real-time compression, Storage Optimization, Uncategorized, VMware on August 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Economics of Scarcity, Or What You Are REALLY Buying with Online Data Reduction
Posted in Capacity Optimization, Cloud, Data Domain, Data Reduction, deduplication, EMC, Netapp, real-time compression, Uncategorized on August 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Steve Duplessie recently wrote in his latest Steve’s IT Rants about Scarcity Imbalances based upon the book ”Free” by Chris Anderson. The point is simple; when things are scarce in terms of supply and demand, value increases. In the context of storage, I’m sure he ruffled some feathers by concluding that the capacity economics of deduplication are no longer [...]
Is Dedupe Right for Online Data?
Posted in Capacity Optimization, Cloud, Data Reduction, deduplication, Migration, primary storage optimization, real-time compression, Replication on July 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In a recent post, Storagebod highlights several use cases where two of today’s ‘hot’ storage management tools, thin provisioning and deduplication, may be more disruptive than beneficial. For the purpose of this blog I’ll focus on deduplication. I’m paraphrasing but here’s the gist of Storagebod’s concerns: How do you handle de-duped primary storage where you [...]
