Posted on August 25th, 2010
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The lure of cloud computing is multidimensional. Doubtless, it provides a high degree of datacenter agility and helps you extend the value of investments you’ve made in your infrastructure. The cost savings and flexibility, however, can be crucial to startups, where the importance of every dollar is magnified. Traditional cloud computing models may not be sufficient for some startups, though, especially if they are in sensitive or highly regulated industries. In these situations, a hybrid cloud computing model may be most appropriate.
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Posted on August 11th, 2010
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Few storage solutions have benefits as easy to quantify as data deduplication. Further, few are able to deliver such impressive returns, making the business case powerful and somewhat easier for the executive suite to approve.
The premise behind data deduplication is pretty straightforward. You have more data taking up space in your infrastructure than you need to store. Duplicates are all over the place. Find and remove the dupes, and you can defer additional equipment expenses and derive more value from your previous technology investments.
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Tags: Tags: archive, backup, CommVault, datacenter, deduplication, EMC, NetApp, storage, storage virtualization
Posted on March 15th, 2010
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Data is growing rapidly, and even as storage technology rises to the challenge, there are plenty of measures you can take to keep your storage costs and infrastructure under control. So, as you see the need to add equipment to address the archiving needs associated with mission-critical applications, compliance obligations and prudent business practices, take a moment to think about how much of that data you actually need to store. You may have duplicates all over your infrastructure, which is increasing your storage needs rapidly. De-duplication, rather than more equipment, may be the key to streamlining your data storage operation.
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Tags: Tags: Avamar, compliance, deduplication, EMC, ROI, storage, storage virtualization
