Driving Storage Efficiency in SAN Environments

White
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D riving Storage Efficiency
in SAN Environments
Focus on NetApp
By Terri McClure November, 2009 © 2009, Enterprise Strategy Group, Inc. All Rights Reserved White Paper: Driving Storage Efficiency in SAN Environments 2
Contents
Introduction .................................................................................................................................................. 3 The Data Growth Challenge...................................................................................................................................... 3 The Data Growth Legacy: Data Center Waste .......................................................................................................... 4
Architecting an Efficient Data Storage Infrastructure .................................................................................. 5
Focus on NetApp ........................................................................................................................................... 7 Architected for Efficiency ......................................................................................................................................... 7 Multiprotocol Unified Storage .................................................................................................................................. 7 Secure, Encapsulated Multi-Tenancy ....................................................................................................................... 7 Data Reduction Technology ...................................................................................................................................... 8 Storage Tiering Incorporating Solid State Technology ............................................................................................. 8 Supporting Legacy Storage with Storage Virtualization ........................................................................................... 9 Availability: Backup, Point-in-Time Copy, and Remote Mirroring ............................................................................ 9 Management ............................................................................................................................................................ 9 Further Driving Efficiency in Virtual Server Environments ..................................................................................... 10 Putting the Pieces Together ................................................................................................................................... 10
The Bigger Truth ......................................................................................................................................... 11 All trademark names are property of their respective companies. Information contained in this publication has been obtained by sources The Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG) considers to be reliable but is not warranted by ESG. This publication may contain opinions of ESG, which are subject to change from time to time. This publication is copyrighted by The Enterprise Strategy Group, Inc. Any reproduction or redistribution of this publication, in whole or in part, whether in hard-copy format, electronically, or otherwise to persons not authorized to receive it, without the express consent of the Enterprise Strategy Group, Inc., is in violation of U.S. copyright law and will be subject to an action for civil damages and, if applicable, criminal prosecution. Should you have any questions, please contact ESG Client Relations at (508) 482-0188. This ESG White Paper was developed with the assistance and funding of NetApp.
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Introduction
The Data Growth Challenge
Time and again, ESG research finds that data growth is cited as a top IT storage challenge. IT organizations large and small are being inundated with data that needs to be stored, managed, and retained (for a period of time that is usually classified as "indefinitely") all while remaining acc... [download for more]