TRACK: ARCHITECTUREData
classification is at the core of nearly all modern storage
management techniques and tools. Treating data as information with
a specific, classified value to the company will allow storage
professionals to manage storage systems more efficiently and to
align storage operations with their companies' strategic
directions. Featured in this track will be the popular Tiered
Storage School sessions along with other sessions that can help any
manager set up or administer this new architecture.Downloads included in this track: (click title to download
slides)
Tiered Storage/Data Classification School
I
Speaker: Greg Forest, VP Services Delivery, Contoural
Description: Business needs and compliance requirements
continue to drive frantic data growth. But organisations do not
need to spend their last dollar trying to keep up with data growth,
legal requirements or operational pain. Instead, a sensible and
smart tiered storage infrastructure can help.
For more information:View the Tiered Storage School webcast
series
Tiered Storage/Data Classification School
II
Speakers: Greg Forest, VP Services Delivery, Contoural
Description: By classifying data in the right storage
buckets, companies can substantially reduce storage costs across
the board, while improving business service levels for their most
critical data. In many cases, organisations are able to defer
additional purchases of high-end disk storage for up to three
years.
For more information:Buyer's Guide: Data classification tools
Stanford University's Nas Shootout
Speakers: Dan Stillmaker, Director of Storage Systems,
Stanford University and Brian Babineau, Analyst, Enterprise
Strategy Group
Description: Having been privy to this process, ESG's Brian
Babineau will interview the Director of Stanford Storage Systems
Group to review the major steps of Stanford's Nas Shootout. While
many organisations believe that a 'shootout' solely involves
performance testing -- Stanford focused on manageability, resource
utilisation, and information access.
For more information:Florida city government consolidates Nas with
Siafu's IP San
The Benefits of File Area Networking
(FAN)
Speaker: Brad O'Neill, Senior Analyst, Taneja Group
Description: With the proliferation of file data we have
seen an explosion in the number of ways IT teams can manage
unstructured content. In this session, Brad O'Neill explores the
types of file management technologies that make sense for
particular environments.
For more information:Nas checkpoints for NFS and CIFS file
systems
RAID + 1 -- Grid Storage Advances
Speaker: Presented by Michael Thomas, Storage Architect,
Federal Reserve Bank
Description: What is "grid storage" and how will it affect
the enterprise in the next few years? Michael Thomas from the
Federal Reserve Bank has done extensive research and quantifying
the impact that the adoption could have on his storage
environment.
For more information:Get ready for universal grid storage
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