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Technical Paper
Using the F5 Acopia ARX for
Automated Storage Tiering
Keeping skyrocketing amounts of file data on a single, general purpose storage tier is a costly, inefficient solution that makes backup and recovery windows unmanageable. There is a way to free tier 1 disk, reduce storage costs and simplify backups: intelligent file virtualization.
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Processor
Storage prices keep dropping, and companies keep buying. But when that strategy eventually hits a wall - and it will -- tiered storage may cut costs and reduce the management burden.
Computerworld
The number and variations of storage choices have grown in the past few years and no vendor offers all of the technologies. And should you be making these decisions based on your company's needs, not on your vendor's product portfolio?
storage.itworld.com
IDC predicts managers looking to boost storage efficiency will embrace online storage services, push de-duplication in the data center and adopt solid-state disk drives to help fuel hardware consolidation strategies and green initiatives.
NetworkWorld
With power being on of the top five expenses for IT organizations, everyone is looking for ways to save. Not all these suggestions are flashy, but every penny helps.
vnunet.com
According to a new study by Osterman Research, more than 65 percent of US companies are unprepared to meet the strict requirements set forth by the revised Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.
Computerworld
Haven't been promoted since the Clinton administration? Does your desk keep inching farther away from the action? If you feel you career is stagnating, maybe it is time to move on.
Copyright 2008 Promethean Data Solutions, Inc. All articles in the Storage Newsletter are copyright of their respective owners and are referenced with the permission of the publishers.
Promethean Data Solutions, Inc 602-463-6558 www.PrometheanDataSolutions.com
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PacificSource Health Plans Selects F5 Acopia ARX to Streamline, Automate Data Movement
PacificSource Health Plans, one of the largest independent, non-profit health plans serving the Pacific Northwest, has deployed an F5® Acopia ARX® file storage virtualization solution as the underpinning of its file storage management strategy. The new system allows PacificSource to perform non-disruptive migration of file data with zero down time, yielding significant operational and capital savings.
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Storage Tiering Case Study: Foster and Partners Reduces Costs, Improves Operational Efficiencies
By implementing the F5 Acopia solution, international architecture and design firm Foster and Partners easily accomplished its goals:
-- Make the transition from Windows file servers to NAS simple for IT and seamless to users;
-- Implement policy-based storage tiering to minimize storage costs while ensuring data availability.
Read this case study - and many others - in our Resource Library >
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