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ALSO CALLED:
Thin Provisioning,
Provisioning
DEFINITION: Fat provisioning (FP) is the conventional storage provisioning model, in which space is allocated beyond current needs, in anticipation of growing need and increased data complexity. As a result, the storage utilization rate is low. Large amounts of storage space are paid for but may never be used. A newer model, known as thin provisioning TP, was developed to optimize the efficient use of available
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Storage Lifecycle Management – Best Practices from First Write to Tertiary Storage
sponsored by Dell, Inc.
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Automated tiered storage and continuous snapshot technologies bring storage efficiency and performance to a new level. Listen to this podcast to learn how combining the two features optimizes data placement and hear best practices for configuring tiering profiles and snapshot schedules for long-term results.
Posted: 22 Dec 2011 | Premiered: 22 Dec 2011
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Storage Lifecycle Management – Best Practices from First Write to Tertiary Storage
sponsored by Dell, Inc.
WEBCAST:
Automated tiered storage and continuous snapshot technologies bring storage efficiency and performance to a new level. Watch now to see how combining the two features optimizes data placement and hear best practices for configuring tiering profiles and snapshot schedules for long-term results.
Posted: 22 Dec 2011 | Premiered: 22 Dec 2011
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Improving Storage Utilization overview
sponsored by Dell Compellent
VIRTUAL SEMINAR:
This classroom covers the use of storage virtualization (in concert with other storage reduction technologies) to improve storage utilization and reduce costs and wasted space.
Posted: 15 Nov 2011 | Premiered: 15 Nov 2011
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Intelligent Data Management: Transform Your IT from the Client to the Cloud
sponsored by Dell, Inc.
PODCAST:
Dell fluid data solutions help automate, optimize, scale, protect and integrate your storage to help easily, cost-effectively, and intelligently manage your data throughout its lifecycle. Please join us and learn how Dell Fluid Data solutions can help transform your IT environment from the client to the cloud.
Posted: 15 Nov 2011 | Premiered: 15 Nov 2011
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Maximize Your Storage Efficiency with Real-time Compression and Deduplication for Compelling Results
sponsored by IBM
WEBCAST:
On this live webinar sponsored by IBM, you'll learn how you can reduce primary storage capacity requirements and how you can decrease backup data by deploying these solutions within your overall storage environment.
Posted: 11 Nov 2011 | Premiered: 11 Nov 2011
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Dell Compellent and Microsoft Integration: Automating and Creating Efficiency for the Dynamic Data Center
sponsored by Dell Compellent
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Dell Compellent storage virtualization can provide the perfect complement to Hyper-V environments. Watch this brief webcast to learn how a PowerShell command set, thin provisioning, free space recovery and VSS integration combine with Windows Server 2008 R2 to deliver a new level of automation and efficiency.
Posted: 19 Oct 2011 | Premiered: 19 Oct 2011
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Podcast: Tools and Techniques for Reducing Your Enterprise Data Storage Footprint
sponsored by Dell Compellent
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In this podcast, Greg Shulz, founder and senior analyst at Stillwater, Minn.-based StorageIO Group, discusses how storage managers can reduce their data footprint, and the various tools for managing your data footprint which include - data archiving, thin provisioning and data deduplication.
Posted: 23 Sep 2011 | Premiered: 23 Sep 2011
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Integrating vCenter into Dell Compellent Enterprise Manager
sponsored by Dell Compellent
WEBCAST:
Watch this concise quickcast to see the simplicity of integrating vCenter into Dell Compellent Enterprise Manager.
Posted: 02 Jun 2011 | Premiered: 02 Jun 2011
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Efficient Management for Dynamic Data Centers
sponsored by Dell, Inc.
WEBCAST:
This interactive webcast explores ways to simplify infrastructure management to achieve the next level in IT efficiency. The hour-long event focuses on how Dell's Advanced Infrastructure Manager eliminates the silos that encumber IT management, enabling IT groups to manage servers, networks and storage as a single pool.
Posted: 18 Feb 2011 | Premiered: 18 Feb 2011
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Data protection FAQ
sponsored by Quantum Corporation
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Watch this expert Podcast to discover how you can confidently manage the explosive data growth and avoid the pitfalls of single server-based backup.
Posted: 29 Jul 2008 | Premiered: 29 Jul 2008
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STORAGE PROVISIONING DEFINITION (continued):
Fat provisioning (FP) is the conventional storage provisioning model, in which space is allocated beyond current needs, in anticipation of growing need and increased data complexity. As a result, the storage utilization rate is low. Large amounts of storage space are paid for but may never be used. A newer model, known as thin provisioning TP, was developed to optimize the efficient use of available space. Storage Provisioning definition sponsored by SearchStorage.com, powered by WhatIs.com an online computer dictionary
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