Storage Management

ALSO CALLED: Quota Management, Disk Management, Tape Storage, Disk Quota Management, Storage, Network Storage, Data Storage Management, HSM, Disk Storage, Hierarchical Storage Management, and Managing Storage
DEFINITION: HSM (Hierarchical Storage Management) is policy-based management of file backup and archiving in a way that uses storage devices economically and without the user needing to be aware of when files are being retrieved from backup storage media. Although HSM can  … 
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STORAGE MANAGEMENT DEFINITION (continued): …  be implemented on a standalone system, it is more frequently used in the distributed network of an enterprise. The hierarchy represents different types of storage media, such as redundant array of independent disks systems, optical storage, or tape, each type representing a different level of cost and speed of retrieval when access is needed. For example, as a file ages in an archive, it can be automatically moved to a slower but less expensive form of storage. Using an HSM product, … 
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