If You Do Dedupe on Primary Storage, Do You Have to Expand It to do Backups?
In his comment in the on-going discussion of the CORE formula ( Dedupe Rates Matter…Just Not as Much as You Think ) Steve Kenniston had the following to say about the relationship between...
View ArticleDedupe – The Big News in 2009
It’s been a tough year — a worldwide recession, a sluggish housing market, rising unemployment … and on top of all that, the tarnished image of one of sports’ most squeaky clean players. Well,...
View ArticleGreat Minds Think Together
This week, the New York Times Bits blog reported that a winner has been announced in the $1 million Netflix challenge. The prize went to the team that could come up with a better “predictor” of...
View ArticleStorage News and Views, Sept. 18
Fall is practically upon us. Those of us of the Jewish faith are slicing up the apples and dragging out the honey bears while listening to well-wishes from the prez. And for everyone, it seems that a...
View ArticleIt’s Not Just About Storage Anymore
Bas Raayman, an SAP consultant has a post on StorageMonkeys that questions the emphasis on de-dupe and thin provisioning, when evidence is mounting that storage at many enterprises is largely...
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