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May 24, 2012

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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 … Definition continues below.
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Big Data for the Predictive Organization sponsored by EMC Corporation PRESENTATION: Big Data presents opportunities to achieve unprecedented business advantages. However, leveraging big data to fully realize its benefits requires a new approach to IT infrastructure and a different way of thinking about the way business and IT work together. Check out this quick slideshow to learn how. Posted: 23 May 2012 \| Published: 23 May 2012 TOPICS: Cloud Archive \| Cloud Backup \| Cloud Security \| Cloud Storage \| Storage Best Practices \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Management \| Storage Optimization \| Storage Provisioning \| Storage Security \| Storage Strategy for Virtual Data Centers

Implementing Cloud Storage Metrics to Improve IT Efficiency and Capacity Management sponsored by Intel WHITE PAPER: Storage capacity utilization metrics provide a framework you can use to analyze and manage SAN storage use across a diverse IT environment. Check out this white paper to explore how capacity metrics can help your organization with efficiency, capacity management, and risk management. Posted: 22 May 2012 \| Published: 22 May 2012 TOPICS: Data Deduplication \| Private Cloud \| Private cloud computing \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Efficiency \| Storage Management \| Storage Optimization \| Storage Provisioning \| Storage Service Providers

Enterprise Storage Trends: SSDs, Capacity Optimization, Auto Tiering sponsored by Starboard Storage EGUIDE: This SearchStorage.com E-Guide dives deep emerging storage trends in 2012, including SSD, capacity optimization tools and unified storage. Read on to see what these technologies can do for your storage environment. Posted: 17 May 2012 \| Published: 17 May 2012 TOPICS: Solid State Disks \| Solid State Storage \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Consolidation \| Storage Industry \| Storage Optimization \| Storage Provisioning \| Storage Security \| Storage Spending

Storage Gossip: Tips & Updates on 2 of the Hottest Technologies sponsored by EMC Corporation EGUIDE: Check out this E-Guide to learn how a leading storage vendor recently upgraded their storage resource management software to support automated storage tiering, where exactly you should be deduping your data and the various benefits of deduplication. Posted: 09 May 2012 \| Published: 09 May 2012 TOPICS: Backups \| Data Deduplication \| Storage Best Practices \| Storage Optimization \| Storage Provisioning \| Storage Replication \| Storage Security \| Storage Spending \| Tiered Storage \| Vendor Selection \| Vendors

Hitachi’s Approach to Storage Capacity Efficiency sponsored by Hitachi Data Systems WHITE PAPER: Storage capacity efficiency through virtualization platforms can provide greater capacity in a more sustainable way than traditional storage methods. Posted: 09 May 2012 \| Published: 09 May 2012 TOPICS: Data Center Management \| Data Management \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Efficiency \| Storage for Virtualized Servers \| Storage Management \| Storage Provisioning \| Storage Service Providers \| Storage Virtualization

Storage Virtualization For Today and Tomorrow sponsored by Hitachi Data Systems WHITE PAPER: Discover how to get a free Hitachi Base Operating System by taking advantage of this offer. Posted: 09 May 2012 \| Published: 09 May 2012 TOPICS: Content Management \| Data Security \| Data Storage \| Storage Devices \| Storage for Virtualized Servers \| Storage Management \| Storage Provisioning \| Storage Virtualization \| Tiered Storage

EMC Unified Storage Speeds VDI Rollout While Boosting Performance up to 30% sponsored by EMC Data Storage Systems (India) Private Limited WHITE PAPER: Scentsy, Inc. is a rapidly growing party goods company. Explosive growth presented them with challenges in scaling their IT infrastructure quickly and efficiently. To address these challenges, Scentsy deplopyed EMC VNX unified storage to manage its virtualized infrastructure. Check out this 3-page case study to learn more. Posted: 08 May 2012 \| Published: 08 May 2012 TOPICS: Backup for Virtualized Servers \| Backups \| Storage Best Practices \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Consolidation \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Optimization \| Storage Provisioning \| Storage Strategy for Virtual Data Centers

Oracle E-Business Suite Deployment Agility Enabled by EMC Unified Storage and VMware sponsored by EMC Data Storage Systems (India) Private Limited WHITE PAPER: This white paper describes a unified storage solution for Oracle EBS R12 applications deployed on VNX5700 storage in a virtualized environment. Read now to learn more. Posted: 08 May 2012 \| Published: 08 May 2012 TOPICS: NAS \| Oracle (Product) \| SAN \| SAN and Virtualization \| Storage Best Practices \| Storage Capacity \| Storage for Virtualized Servers \| Storage Management \| Storage Optimization \| Storage Provisioning \| Storage Replication \| Storage Spending \| Storage Strategy for Virtual Data Centers

Top 10 Reasons To Deploy Virtualized Oracle Environments on EMC Unified Storage sponsored by EMC Data Storage Systems (India) Private Limited WHITE PAPER: This 1-page white paper provides a snapshot of the top 10 reasons why customers deploy virtualized Oracle applications on EMC Unified Storage. Read now to learn more. Posted: 08 May 2012 \| Published: 08 May 2012 TOPICS: NAS \| Oracle (Product) \| SAN \| SAN and Virtualization \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Optimization \| Storage Provisioning \| Storage Spending \| Storage Strategy for Virtual Data Centers \| Tiered Storage

Optimizing the Storage Infrastructure for the Private Cloud and Beyond sponsored by Dell, Inc. WHITE PAPER: Dell and VMware have teamed up to integrate the infrastructure needed to implement private cloud computing. Together they have collaboratively developed a broad array of capabilities that administrators can utilize to protect data, streamline management and control costs. Check out this brief white paper to learn more. Posted: 03 May 2012 \| Published: 03 May 2012 TOPICS: Cloud Backup \| Cloud Disaster Recovery \| Cloud Storage \| Private Cloud \| Storage Best Practices \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Optimization \| Storage Provisioning \| Storage Spending \| Storage Strategy for Virtual Data Centers

Reducing your Data Footprint sponsored by Dell, Inc. PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: In this presentation transcript, founder and senior analyst at StorageIO Group Greg Shulz discusses the best ways storage managers today can reduce their data footprint and cut their costs. Read now to learn more. Posted: 03 May 2012 \| Published: 03 May 2012 TOPICS: Data Compression \| Data Deduplication \| Storage Capacity \| Storage for Virtualized Servers \| Storage Optimization \| Storage Provisioning \| Storage Spending \| Storage Strategy for Virtual Data Centers

Adopt a Unified Approach to Data Management sponsored by Hitachi Data Systems WHITE PAPER: This IDC white paper explains why unified storage management solutions are best for today and tomorrow's data avalanches. Posted: 01 May 2012 \| Published: 01 May 2012 TOPICS: Content Management \| Data Storage \| Storage Best Practices \| Storage Efficiency \| Storage Management \| Storage Provisioning \| Storage Virtualization

Storage Efficiency Best Practices: Tiering and Energy Efficiency sponsored by Dell, Inc. EGUIDE: You need modern storage that is simpler, more agile, and grows along with your business. Check out this expert E-Guide to explore 8 green storage best practices that increase energy efficiency while reducing your costs. Posted: 01 May 2012 \| Published: 01 May 2012 TOPICS: RAID \| Solid State Disks \| Storage Best Practices \| Storage Efficiency \| Storage Optimization \| Storage Provisioning

Enabling Data Footprint Reduction: Storage Capacity Optimization sponsored by Dell, Inc. WHITE PAPER: This white paper explores different data reduction techniques and their characteristics, caveats, and benefits to address your various data growth challenges. Read now to learn more. Posted: 01 May 2012 \| Published: 01 May 2012 TOPICS: Compliance Best Practices \| Data Compression \| Data Deduplication \| Data Recovery \| Data Replication \| Data Security \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Provisioning

Understanding Windows Azure Storage Billing – Bandwidth, Transactions, and Capacity sponsored by Microsoft PRODUCT LITERATURE: View the helpful blog post to learn how to build the most cost-effective applications using Windows Azure Storage (WAS) by understanding how bandwidth, transactions, and capacity are billed. Posted: 25 Apr 2012 \| Published: 25 Apr 2012 TOPICS: Cloud Storage \| Cloud Storage Services \| Cloud Storage Strategy \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Management \| Storage Provisioning \| Storage Resource Management \| Storage Service Providers \| Storage Spending \| Windows Azure

Windows Azure Storage Abstractions and their Scalability Targets sponsored by Microsoft TECHNICAL ARTICLE: View this post to learn about the four types of data abstractions that Windows Azure Storage (WAS) offers for applications developers: blobs, tables, queues, and drives. Then learn about how they are partitioned, the URIs for each, and their scalability targets. Posted: 25 Apr 2012 \| Published: 25 Apr 2012 TOPICS: Application Development \| Cloud Storage \| Cloud Storage Services \| Cloud Storage Strategy \| Storage Provisioning \| Storage Resource Management \| Windows Azure

Brien Posey: The Latest Advancements in Backup, Continuous Data Protection, and Cloud Backup sponsored by Dell, Inc. WHITE PAPER: In this E-Brief, backup expert Brien Posey explores the latest advancements in backup, continuous data protection, and cloud-based backup to help you evaluate the various strategies available today and determine which is best for your IT environment. Posted: 24 Apr 2012 \| Published: 24 Apr 2012 TOPICS: Backup for Virtualized Servers \| Backups \| Cloud Backup \| Cloud Security \| Data Recovery \| Data Security \| Storage Provisioning \| Storage Replication \| Storage Security \| VMware

5 Types of Data Storage Efficiency Explained sponsored by Dell, Inc. VIDEO: In this expert webcast, SearchStorage.com contributor and veteran storage industry expert Jon Toigo delves into the top 5 practices for achieving a cost-effective and efficient storage operation. Watch now to get all the information you'll need to keep your storage infrastructure running smoothly. Posted: 23 Apr 2012 \| Premiered: 23 Apr 2012 TOPICS: Data Center Power Management \| Data Security \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Efficiency \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Management \| Storage Optimization \| Storage Provisioning

Virtual Desktop Storage Basics: Storage Allocation for VDI sponsored by Dell, Inc. WHITE PAPER: Virtual desktops may make management easier, but you have to make sure you have the right storage in place. Check out this 2-page white paper for an overview of storage-allocation tactics and technologies that will help you fully reap the cost and efficiency benefits that VDI promises. Posted: 19 Apr 2012 \| Published: 19 Apr 2012 TOPICS: Data Compression \| Data Deduplication \| Disk Storage Systems \| RAID \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Consolidation \| Storage Provisioning \| VDI \| Virtual Desktop Infrastructure

Top 3 Windows Storage Server Use Cases sponsored by Dell and Microsoft WHITE PAPER: Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 running on Dell PowerVault NX3100 NAS devices are allowing IT departments to cost-eﬀectively expand capacity and improve performance while simplifying and streamlining storage infrastructures. Read now to learn more. Posted: 13 Apr 2012 \| Published: 13 Apr 2012 TOPICS: iSCSI SAN \| NAS \| Storage Capacity \| Storage for File Virtualization/NAS Virtualization \| Storage Optimization \| Storage Provisioning \| Storage Strategy for Virtual Data Centers \| WAN \| Windows

Tools and Techniques for Reducing Your Data Storage Footprint sponsored by Dell, Inc. EGUIDE: In this expert E-Guide, founder and senior analyst at StorageIO Group Greg Shulz discusses how storage managers can reduce their data footprint. Posted: 12 Apr 2012 \| Published: 12 Apr 2012 TOPICS: Data Compression \| Data Deduplication \| Storage Architectures \| Storage Best Practices \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Management \| Storage Optimization \| Storage Provisioning

Integrating Virtualized Storage Into a Fibre Channel Environment sponsored by Dell, Inc. WHITE PAPER: Dell Compellent Storage Center arrays utilize a virtualized architecture. This architecture not only enables technology independence between servers and storage, but it also supports key features such as thin provisioning, automated data tiering, and data protection, all of which enable exceptionally high efficiency in managing data storage. Posted: 11 Apr 2012 \| Published: 11 Apr 2012 TOPICS: Data Security \| Fibre Channel SAN \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Optimization \| Storage Provisioning \| Storage Virtualization \| Tiered Storage

Whiteboard Session: Transform your storage infrastructure with Dell Storage Solutions sponsored by Dell, Inc. WEBCAST: Dell Fluid Data solutions transform your storage, delivering efficiency & agility for the virtual era through intelligent data management, application optimization, data protection, disaster recovery, data retention, archiving & governance solutions. Check out this 3-minute video to learn more. Posted: 11 Apr 2012 \| Premiered: 11 Apr 2012 TOPICS: Disaster Recovery \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Consolidation \| Storage for Virtualized Servers \| Storage Management \| Storage Optimization \| Storage Provisioning \| Storage Security \| Storage Strategy for Virtual Data Centers \| Storage Virtualization

Presentation Transcript: A First Look at Storage in Windows Server 8 sponsored by Dell and Microsoft PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: In this presentation transcript, storage expert Brien Posey explores some of the storage features and changes in Windows Server 8. Read now to learn more. Posted: 09 Apr 2012 \| Published: 09 Apr 2012 TOPICS: Disk Backups \| Disk Drives \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Management \| Storage Optimization \| Storage Provisioning \| Storage Resource Management \| Windows

Presentation Transcript: Command Line Storage Provisioning in Windows Server 2008 sponsored by Dell and Microsoft PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: This presentation transcript demonstrates step-by-step how to manage Windows from the command line, and particularly how to provision storage. Read now to learn more. Posted: 09 Apr 2012 \| Published: 09 Apr 2012 TOPICS: Disk Backups \| Disk Storage Systems \| Storage Devices \| Storage Management \| Storage Management Software \| Storage Provisioning \| Windows

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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.
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