How to Put a Price on Storage: The Danger of Cost Per GB

IT Storage Standoff

It is 4:45 in the afternoon on a Friday as John and Travis sit across from each other.  A heavy oak table sits between them, but it may as well be granite wall.  After a series of uncomfortable discussions, they are no closer to agreement than when they began reviewing the . . . → Read More: How to Put a Price on Storage: The Danger of Cost Per GB

Storage Virtualization Showdown: Conclusion

This is the conclusion post of the Storage Virtualization Showdown series.  For the full details of the commentary below, be sure to check out the rest of the series.

Storage virtualization can have a measureable impact in reducing both CAPEX and OPEX spend through giving customers more leverage when purchasing storage hardware and reducing . . . → Read More: Storage Virtualization Showdown: Conclusion

Storage Virtualization Showdown (Part 6): High Availability

In the final part of this Storage Virtualization Series, I’ll be discussing the High Availability (HA) capabilities of each of the products.  This section will be most important to customers who prize maximum uptime above all other considerations—even storage efficiency. 

This post will be broken down into several key HA areas.

Redundancy: Can . . . → Read More: Storage Virtualization Showdown (Part 6): High Availability

Storage Virtualization Showdown (Part 5): Data Protection

In this part of the Storage Virtualization Showdown series I will focus on Data Protection Capabilities between the 4 platforms.  As datasets grow larger and become more difficult to protect and recover with traditional backup means, organizations will need to increasingly deploy array-based data protection.  Array-based data protection, when implemented as part of a . . . → Read More: Storage Virtualization Showdown (Part 5): Data Protection

Storage Virtualization Showdown (Part 4): Storage Efficiency

In this part of the Storage Virtualization Showdown series, I’ll be focusing on Storage Efficiency.  A successful storage virtualization implementation will not only enable the management and simplified movement of storage between external arrays, but also provide a robust set of capabilities that actually maximize the utilization of the back-end equipment.

I’ll be breaking . . . → Read More: Storage Virtualization Showdown (Part 4): Storage Efficiency