Data Storage Management

HIGHLIGHTS

	Special report: Data classification SPECIAL REPORTS - Learn why classifying unstructured data is so hard, whose responsibility it should be to classify that data and how today's trends in classifying data affect your storage tiers.
	The enterprise archive of tomorrow FEATURE - Archives are no longer just a place to store old data. The enterprise archive of the future is going to have a big affect on your storage infrastructure.
	Server virtualization may have big disaster recovery payoff TIP - The biggest impact of server virtualization may be in disaster recovery, specifically in improving the recovery time of applications that you wouldn't dedicate a standby server to.
	How to make your storage greener TIP - Rick Cook explains how to evaluate your storage energy demands and reduce the cost of power consumption.

SUBTOPICS

	Data storage compliance and archiving Data storage compliance and archiving are key tasks for any storage administrator. Find news and resources on data storage compliance and archiving on this topic page.
	Primary storage capacity optimization Primary storage capacity optimization is pushing into the enterprise to help with massive data growth. Experts are questioning, however, if capacity optimization is ready for prime time.
	Server virtualization Server virtualization is part of an overall trend toward virtualization in the enterprise. Find out the benefits of server virtualization, and how and why it's being implemented.
	Data management tools With the right data management tools you can perform data archiving, storage configuration, performance measurement, data migration, storage provisioning, performance monitoring and reporting. Find news and resources on this topic page.
	Tiered storage 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.
	Storage virtualization Storage virtualization alleviates problems related to storage growth by abstracting logical storage from physical storage. Find news and resources about storage virtualization on this topic page.
	Remote and offsite data storage News and resources on remote and offsite data storage and WAN optimization.

	SEE ALSO - Topics Related to Data Storage Management:  Data Protection, Primary Storage or Storage Hardware, SAN (storage area network), Data Backup, NAS (network attached storage), Storage Strategy

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