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Tiered storage model becomes more sophisticated
Explore some of our most popular content on the tiered storage model and tiered storage technologies such as automated storage tiering (AST) and sub-LUN tiering. Feature
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Automated storage tiering product comparison
Automated storage tiering is fast becoming a standard feature of midrange and enterprise SANs, but vendors differ in their implementation of the technology. Feature
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Tiered data storage strategies for your IT shop
Tiered data storage has many benefits, but you need to examine your options before implementing it in your storage system. These four articles help you understand storage tiering. Report
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Efficient data storage: A guide for storage managers
Our efficient data storage guide offers storage managers tips they can use to save money, reduce their data footprint and get more out of their data storage Special Report
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New wave of automated tiering software eases migration, adds control
Learn about sub-LUN tiering, the latest in automated tiering software, and how the major storage vendors are promoting the technology with their SSD options Tutorial
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Auto-tiering software set to boost adoption of SSDs
Discover why auto tiering could make expensive SSDs a more viable option, and about improvements to sub-LUN auto tiering and available auto-tiering options. Storage Trends
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Sub-LUN tiering: Five key questions to consider
IT shops must consider five areas before adopting sub-LUN tiering as offerings vary in number of tiers, block size, analysis period, policies and monitoring Best practices
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Radiology firm uses Compellent Data Progression to cut disk costs
Compellent Data Progression automated tiering software expands data storage through cheaper tier 3 SATA disks; offers tiering and sub-tiering level options. Case Study
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Enterprise SSD implementation guide
Find out which type of enterprise SSD makes sense in your storage infrastructure, how MLC compares to SLC, how PCIe-based SSD works, how to cost-justify SSD and how one London council implemented SAN in its Compellent SAN. Special Report
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Green storage technologies let data centres enable energy-efficient storage
Learn what is driving green storage initiatives, as well as why technologies like server virtualization, spin down and MAID can bring greater energy efficiency to your data centre. FAQ
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IBM adds Storwize V7000 Unified array for multiprotocol storage
With the Storwize V7000 Unified array, IBM enters the multiprotocol storage market; Big Blue also improves its auto-tiering software capabilities across arrays and data centers. News | 11 Oct 2011
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Automatic storage tiering making its mark
Automatic storage tiering has been around for a while now, but now the technology seems to be hitting its stride. News | 07 Sep 2011
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Quantum launches StorNext storage file system on appliance
Quantum ships StorNext storage file system on bundled appliance to serve as metadata controller; indicates more appliances coming so users don’t have to build their own systems. News | 20 Jun 2011
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EMC's Project Lightning embraces server-side flash SSDs
The opening day of EMC World Las Vegas 2011 featured a surprising launch of flash solid state on a PCIe card for servers from the world’s largest storage vendor. News | 10 May 2011
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STEC adds DRAM SSD for appliances; Violin launches MLC device for capacity
STEC and Violin Memory add to their solid state drive (SSD) offerings; STEC brings out ZeusRAM with DRAM and Violin launches 3140 Capacity Flash Memory Array with multi-level cell (MLC) technology. Article | 20 Sep 2010
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Fusion-io drives I/O solid-state storage and memory to the operating system
Fusion-io releases its virtual storage layer (VSL) technology, which combines I/O subsystem block-level reading and writing with virtual memory subsystem virtual addressing. Article | 21 Jul 2010
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Tiered storage tops for smaller budgets, says City IT chief
Ryan Sclanders of CMA talks about why tiered storage helps him get high-performance storage on a budget, and the pain of backup and capacity management. Article | 02 Jun 2010
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Tiered storage alive and well, even for NetApp customers
NetApp CEO predicts flash SSDs and SATA hard disk drives will make tiered storage a thing of the past, but NetApp customers manage growth with inventive tiered storage architectures that include heterogeneous storage and file virtualization. Article | 17 May 2010
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Tiered storage tames data storage growth, says construction IT chief
Steve Shepherd of BAM Nuttall talks about how tiered storage tames data storage growth, the move to shared storage, why he's opting for cloud storage and his approach to working with vendors. Article | 05 May 2010
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Server virtualisation with SAN storage rocks, says Internet group CTO
Forward's Lukas Oberhuber on server virtualisation and SAN storage, the role of capacity and performance in storage, and why his biggest headache is backing up data. Article | 31 Mar 2010
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Automated storage tiering strategy: Inter-array tiering
Learn about the different vendors that offer inter-array tiering in their products, and determine if it is the right automated storage tiering strategy for your environment. Tip
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Automated storage tiering options for your environment
Automated storage tiering (AST) is an integrated feature in many appliances, but there are several different options to choose from. Tip
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Tiered storage: A look at internal and external tiered storage models
Tiered storage tools can help organizations meet information lifecycle management (ILM) goals. Learn about the internal and external tiered storage tools available from 3PAR, EMC, HDS and IBM. Tip
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Tiered data backup storage strategies
Tiered data storage is often neglected in data backup and recovery plans, but tiering your data is crucial to reduce risks and costs. Tip
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Data classification best practices for tiered storage
Classifying data for tiered storage may sound simple, but it's not. Learn best practices for effective tiered storage, including capacity planning and data archiving technology. Tip
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Green storage best practices control costs, increase energy efficiency
Green storage best practices control power and cooling costs, and increase energy efficiency in your data center. Tiered storage, consolidating storage arrays, solid-state drives (SSDs) and MAID can help. Tip
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Tutorial: Creating a tiered SAN architecture
This tip offers the pros and cons of a tiered SAN architecture, as well as a number of points to consider before creating a tiered SAN. Tip
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Why you should perform data classification
Regardless of how daunting a task it may be, understanding the data we store is the first step in addressing data management issues. This tip outlines some of the main reasons why data classification is essential. Tip
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Five tips in five minutes: Tiered storage and ILM
This article offers a collection of expert responses to recent reader queries about tiered storage and ILM. Tip
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Jon Toigo's top tips on IOPS performance in the data center
Jon Toigo suggests IOPS performance boosts through the use of solid-state drive (SSD) technology, automated storage tiering and virtualization components. Podcast
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How to add storage tiering to your data storage environment
In this podcast, GlassHouse Technologies (UK) consultant Darren Janaway discusses the definitions of storage tiering and ways to add storage tiering to an existing storage environment. Podcast
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Tiering storage primer: Data classification, archiving key
Ashish Nadkarni discusses strategies and tools when tiering storage, and how data migration tools and dynamic storage tiering products tier storage. Podcast
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How to purchase and manage your data storage capacity
Learn why storage pros buy more storage capacity than needed and how tiered storage, thin provisioning, and using SATA instead of FC can help you manage data growth and cut costs. Podcast
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Jon Toigo's top tips on IOPS performance in the data center
Jon Toigo suggests IOPS performance boosts through the use of solid-state drive (SSD) technology, automated storage tiering and virtualization components. Podcast
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Tiered storage model becomes more sophisticated
Explore some of our most popular content on the tiered storage model and tiered storage technologies such as automated storage tiering (AST) and sub-LUN tiering. Feature
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IBM adds Storwize V7000 Unified array for multiprotocol storage
With the Storwize V7000 Unified array, IBM enters the multiprotocol storage market; Big Blue also improves its auto-tiering software capabilities across arrays and data centers. News
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How to add storage tiering to your data storage environment
In this podcast, GlassHouse Technologies (UK) consultant Darren Janaway discusses the definitions of storage tiering and ways to add storage tiering to an existing storage environment. Podcast
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Automatic storage tiering making its mark
Automatic storage tiering has been around for a while now, but now the technology seems to be hitting its stride. News
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Tiering storage primer: Data classification, archiving key
Ashish Nadkarni discusses strategies and tools when tiering storage, and how data migration tools and dynamic storage tiering products tier storage. Podcast
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Automated storage tiering strategy: Inter-array tiering
Learn about the different vendors that offer inter-array tiering in their products, and determine if it is the right automated storage tiering strategy for your environment. Tip
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Automated storage tiering options for your environment
Automated storage tiering (AST) is an integrated feature in many appliances, but there are several different options to choose from. Tip
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Quantum launches StorNext storage file system on appliance
Quantum ships StorNext storage file system on bundled appliance to serve as metadata controller; indicates more appliances coming so users don’t have to build their own systems. News
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EMC's Project Lightning embraces server-side flash SSDs
The opening day of EMC World Las Vegas 2011 featured a surprising launch of flash solid state on a PCIe card for servers from the world’s largest storage vendor. News
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About Storage tiers
Tiered storage can reduce the overall cost of storage through data classification -- the process of assigning different categories of data to different types of storage media. Find news and resources about tiered storage on this topic page.