While there is certainly more to 3PAR than block storage, all the fuss may lead you to ask what makes block storage so desirable in customer data centers […]
by Greg Roody Deduplication is an advanced data reduction technique which can have a large impact on the amount of storage space required for data. In the case of backup, it is especially effective because typically the same data will be repeatedly sent to the backup store. Almost every backup product on the market today offers [...] […]
By Greg Roody. News wise, this week has been a bloggers paradise. Not so much for vendor bloggers like me (though I am sneaking this one in – ), but if anyone doubts that Cloud computing and Cloud Storage have arrived, are viable, and will become a real force in the market, they haven’t [...] […]
by Greg Roody Everything about Computing is a trade off. The old joke is “Speed, Capacity, or Cost”, you can control 2. Cloud Computing and Storage are no exception. How you configure your environment can have a direct impact on your performance levels, but it can also have a direct impact on your budget. More after the fold…. One [...] […]
By Greg Roody Once you cut through all the hype surrounding the benefits of Cloud Storage, specifically the economics of Public Cloud Storage, it becomes clear that there are use cases that do shine. At the heart of the analysis are tried and true factors effecting storage costs like OPEX and CAPEX, deduplication, thin provisioning, compression, utilization, […]
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