What if you rented multiple storage units to store holiday decorations, old books and furniture, and things like bicycles and sports equipment—only to find out that while you didn’t need as much space as your holiday decorations, you can’t store your extra furniture in that excess space? You’re stuck with nowhere to park your bicycle and too much extra space for your wreaths and ornaments.
We live in an either/or world. Coffee or tea. Chocolate or vanilla. Right or left. North or south. Day or night.
In such a world of polarizing choices, many data storage companies are used to making a choice, and when this happens, the customers feel the effects—they also have to choose.
So when it comes to data reduction, the question often arises, “Data deduplication or compression?”
Topics: database consolidation, Flash Array, flash storage management
The speed of your system matters. When your users are sending and receiving large volumes of data, slow operations can be a problem.
Topics: flash storage management, IOPS
Imagine your entire storage being managed through your smartphone or tablet of choice. Violin Symphony now makes that a reality.
Topics: flash management, data center management, Flash dashboard, flash storage management, Violin Symphony
