Panel Title: Primary Storage: The New Frontier for Data Deduplication
Moderator: Arun Taneja
Panelists: Jered Floyd, Val Bercovici, Carter George and Peter Smails
Date & Time: Tuesday, October 13 at 2:10 p.m. PT
About this session:
All panel experts of this session have implemented some form of
primary storage capacity and will explain how the technology is used
differently from technology used for backup storage. In addition, the
panelists will address concerns of users when deciding whether or not
to consider primary storage optimization.
Presentation Title: Framing the Main Storage Debate
Speaker: Jered Floyd
Date & Time: Tuesday, October 13, 2009 at 3:05 p.m. PT
About this session:
Storing static data on primary storage, whether it's mainframe disk,
tier 1 SAN, or NAS, represents one of the most costly and inefficient
uses of IT resources, yet not only are the levels of data being stored
this way not dropping at a substantial rate, they are actually growing
in many cases. Recent studies have shown that enterprise storage costs
continue to rise as organizations grapple with how to migrate data
efficiently and safely from older systems to a more cost effective
model. Exacerbating the issue, particularly in the mainframe scenario,
is the dwindling number of qualified engineers. As many industries
look to phase out their mainframe disk and other tier 1 storage
platforms that they have held on to longer than usual due to the
economic climate, they are running against the clock to complete these
migrations before their hardware reaches its end of life, not to
mention the dwindling resources available to perform the actual
migrations.
About Permabit
Permabit delivers next generation disk-based archiving solutions that
dramatically reduce primary storage costs by greater than 10 times. Enabled
by patented storage technology, the Permabit Enterprise Archive™
provides a massively scalable disk archive. The resulting storage costs are
a fraction of what it takes to manage tape or optical storage. Permabit
Enterprise Archive provides advanced data protection and reduction
technologies that offer decades of reliable information access. Permabit
was founded in 2000 by a technical and business team from Massachusetts
Institute of Technology and has been deploying industry leading archive
solutions since 2004. For more information, visit: www.permabit.com.
About SNW
SNW is the world's largest event for IT executives/managers, vendors,
channel partners, press and analysts involved in storage, data center,
infrastructure, and business continuity.
At SNW, attendees can choose from over 150 educational sessions and network
with peers from around the globe, plus visit with top solutions providers
in the world's largest Expo devoted to storage and related technologies.
This event is an opportunity to quickly gather reliable, firsthand,
practical knowledge can be put to work right away. To learn more, please
visit www.snwusa.com.
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