Mitigate the pain of storage growth with active archiving, data deletion, and data de-duplication

David Hill, Mesabi Group

Estimates of annual storage growth are 60% and annual budget growth around 4-5%. While your storage growth may not be that high, the growth rate of storage is still likely to exceed the annual overall decline in storage prices. Can you afford it? This problem isn't new, nor is it only about how to squeeze out enough dollars to pay the bill. It's also a question of management. Throw in power and cooling requirements, and will you be able to handle the extra environmental demands? ...continue reading 'Mitigate the pain of storage growth'