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 [...]
Archive for the ‘Data Domain’ Category
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 [...]
Online Data Reduction in the Real-World
Posted in Capacity Optimization, Data Domain, Data Reduction, deduplication, EMC, Netapp, primary storage optimization, Storage Optimization, Uncategorized on July 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Dave Vellante wrote a very interesting article on Wikibon.org entitled ‘The Pitfalls of Compressing Online Storage.’ In case you’re not familiar, Wikibon is ’a peer professional community solving technology and business problems through an open source sharing of free advisory knowledge.’ In other words it’s a great place to avoid marketing hype and learn from IT practitioners about the benefits [...]
NetApp to Buy Data Domain — Raising the Bar for Data Reduction
Posted in Capacity Optimization, Data Domain, Data Reduction, deduplication, EMC, Netapp, primary storage optimization, Riverbed, Storage Optimization, Uncategorized on May 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
As we’ve all heard by now Data Domain has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by NetApp for ~$1.5B, a 40% premium over Data Domain’s closing price yesterday. Clearly NetApp sees significant market opportunity but it’s also clear validation that data reduction is not a simple feature that anybody can develop. If it was why would NetApp pay [...]
Let’s Focus on Savings and ROI…Not Technology
Posted in Capacity Optimization, Data Domain, Data Reduction, deduplication, EMC, Netapp, primary storage optimization, Riverbed, Storage Optimization on March 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Since the start of the year there has been considerable coverage in the press, analyst, and blogging community around primary storage optimization and how it helps organizations reduce IT costs by reducing their cost of storage. Most importantly, this is excellent news for customers because their voice is being heard and the vendor community is [...]
