Protecting Data - Managing Data Growth - Simplifying Structure

Storage Consolidation

Overview

Consolidation is the starting point for any storage transition and is fundamental to achieving infrastructure maturity in the storage environment.

Centralised management and a reduction in the quantity of physical devices is a process that many organisations have already started both in the server and storage environments. However, mid-sized and large organisations are frequently experiencing diminishing returns and operational issues from the first wave of consolidation. This is the result of a number of factors, including:-

Islands of storage created for specific applications that cannot be shared Increasing management time Infrequently accessed or non-critical data residing on high performance disk and fabric Inflexible acquisition model and vendor lock-in Complex and expensive business continuity arrangements Limited physical space and rising power consumption

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