Enterprise hard drives can't beat SSDs for performance, so future hard disk drive development is focused on higher density using bit-pattern media and heat-assisted writes
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What ever happened to file virtualization?:
File virtualization was once seen as the cure-all for NAS sprawl, but it hasn't caught on in that capacity. Is the market in transition or decline? (ARTICLE)
DR made easier with server virtualisation:
Disaster recovery is easier in a virtualised server environment because VMs and data can be restored to secondary site hardware that's not a replica of your primary environment. (TIP)
Tiered storage strategies and best practices:
Learn about available internal and external tiered storage models, data classification best practices for tiered storage, and some tiered backup and recovery strategies. (SPECIAL REPORT)
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