Storage Efficiency Strategies for Microsoft Application Environments

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S torage Efficiency Strategies
for Microsoft Application
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By Brian Babineau December, 2009 © 2009, Enterprise Strategy Group, Inc. All Rights Reserved White Paper: Storage Efficiency Strategies for Microsoft Application Environments 2
Contents
Executive Summary ...................................................................................................................................... 3
Current Microsoft Application Infrastructure Challenges ............................................................................ 3 Resource Chaos ........................................................................................................................................................ 3 Short-sighted Problem Solving ................................................................................................................................. 3 Native Management Tools do not Scale ................................................................................................................... 4 Copies Drive Data Growth ........................................................................................................................................ 4
NetApp Delivers Storage Efficiency Options ................................................................................................ 5 Moving to a Simple Shared Resource Model ........................................................................................................... 5 Performance and Protection Without Tradeoffs...................................................................................................... 5 Control Resource Provisioning ................................................................................................................................. 5 Eliminate Redundant Data ........................................................................................................................................ 6 Frugal, but Useful, Copies ......................................................................................................................................... 6 The End Result .......................................................................................................................................................... 7
Getting Started ............................................................................................................................................. 7 Change for the Better ............................................................................................................................................... 7 Hyper-V is a Catalyst ................................................................................................................................................. 8
The Bigger Truth ........................................................................................................................................... 9 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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Executive Summary A 2008 ESG survey of nearly 400 enterprises revealed that, on average, organizations spend 28% of their IT budgets 1on storage inclus... [download for more]