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ALSO CALLED:
COD,
Capacity-on-Demand,
On/Off Capacity on Demand
DEFINITION: Capacity on demand (COD) is a purchasing option that allows companies to receive equipment with more computer processing, storage, or other capacity than the company needs at the time of purchase, and have that extra capacity remain unused and unpaid for until the company actually requires it. Vendors are promoting capacity on demand as a cost-effective and time-saving alternative to more traditional
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Capacity on Demand Reports
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Network by Subscription: A Flexible, Scalable Option for Today's Fluid Markets
sponsored by Brocade
WHITE PAPER:
Explore how network by subscription can help you eliminate the risks and uncertainties of capacity management by providing a pay-for-what-you-use approach to network capacity.
Posted: 21 May 2013 | Published: 21 May 2013
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High Performing Virtualized Workloads Require a New Storage Protocol
sponsored by Coraid
WHITE PAPER:
Access this Storage Switzerland paper by Senior Analyst George Crump to learn why today's high-performing virtualized workloads demand a new storage protocol, and learn how virtualization workloads differ from traditional ones in terms of performance, scalability and cost.
Posted: 19 Mar 2013 | Published: 19 Mar 2013
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Does your NAS perform for physical and virtual setups?
sponsored by Red Hat
PODCAST:
In this 2013 podcast, Sid Wilroy, solution architect for Red Hat, will go over how Red Hat Storage fits in an enterprise at the petabyte scale - for a fraction of the typical storage cost.
Posted: 29 Jan 2013 | Premiered: Jan 17, 2013
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Red Hat Storage Network Attached Storage (NAS) solutions
sponsored by Red Hat
WEBCAST:
In this webcast, Sid Wilroy, solution architect for Red Hat, will go over how Red Hat Storage fits in an enterprise at the petabyte scale - for a fraction of the typical storage cost.
Posted: 29 Jan 2013 | Premiered: Jan 17, 2013
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The Era of Collosal Content Arrives
sponsored by Oracle Corporation UK Ltd
WHITE PAPER:
In this paper, explore tier-3 archive challenges and how to beat them, learn about the impending "era of colossal content," find 12 comparisons between tape and HDD, and get the scoop on modern tiered storage approach that optimizes the storage infrastructure through a combination of SSD, disk and tape.
Posted: 18 Dec 2012 | Published: 24 Dec 2012
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Forrester: Datacentre Transformation
sponsored by ComputerWeekly.com
PRESENTATION:
John Rakowski, advisor and analyst at Forrester, offers five tips on optimising and managing company datacentres.
Posted: 29 May 2012 | Published: 29 May 2012
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Presentation Transcript: Scale-Out Storage: File and Block Explained
sponsored by NetApp
PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT:
Take a minute to glance over this two-page presentation transcript to learn about scale-out storage. Let Evaluator Group Senior Strategist Randy Kerns walk you through the benefits of scale-out and the differences between scale-out block and file storage, and get a glimpse into the vendors in both spaces.
Posted: 12 Dec 2012 | Published: 12 Dec 2012
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Cloud Capacity Planning: A Must-Have
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
EGUIDE:
This expert e-guide discusses the necessity of implementing effective capacity planning for your cloud environment. Discover tips that can help you master this task so you can ensure sustainable success.
Posted: 13 Jun 2012 | Published: 13 Jun 2012
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Implementing Cloud Storage Metrics to Improve Efficiency
sponsored by Intel
WHITE PAPER:
When moving to the cloud, storage metrics can significantly help to improve efficiency and capacity management, optimizing your SAN environment. Access this white paper to learn how these metrics can help you effectively manage your computing and traditional environments.
Posted: 04 Oct 2011 | Published: 04 Oct 2011
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Streamlining Storage Management With Virtualization-Aware EMC Navisphere Manager On Dell/EMC CX4 Arrays
sponsored by Dell | EMC
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By providing automatic end-to-end mapping of virtual machines to the physical servers and storage supporting them, virtualization-aware EMC Navisphere Manager software on Dell/EMC CX4 Series storage arrays helps dramatically increase resource efficiency and simplify storage administration tasks such as problem diagnosis and change management.
Posted: 29 Jan 2010 | Published: 29 Jan 2010
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Digital Intermediate: Content-Aware Compression and Data Deduplication for Online Storage for Media/Entertainment and Post-Production
sponsored by Ocarina Networks
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This application paper provides an overview of Ocarina technology, describes a typical media workflow, specifically citing a 2K/4K film and Digital Intermediate (DI) environment.
Posted: 23 Jan 2009 | Published: 23 Jan 2009
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The Benefits Of Virtualizing Citrix XenApp with Citrix XenServer
sponsored by Citrix
PODCAST:
Virtualization is now generally recognized as one of the key enablers of these objectives. As organizations explore virtualization solutions, the challenge is to select the right strategic vendor with the best solution set for their business.
Posted: 20 Aug 2008 | Premiered: Aug 20, 2008
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CAPACITY ON DEMAND DEFINITION (continued): … methods of upgrading. With COD, a vendor might provide a company with a fully-configured 24-processor computer server but only charge the company for the number of processors they actually use. The vendor provides the additional capacity hoping that when the company expands and needs more capacity, they will not look around elsewhere but will simply take advantage of the extra capacity the vendor had already provided. In this scenario, the company would contact the vendor to have the extra processors activated, and the vendor would bill them accordingly. Critics of COD compare the service with … Capacity on Demand definition sponsored by SearchDataCenter.com, powered by WhatIs.com an online computer dictionary
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