Data deduplication has done much to optimize disk backup storage, but can those same efforts be successful in primary storage? Primary storage is, of course, different than secondary storage. Any ...

As IT staffs get stretched even thinner, a challenge is arising in what to do with primary storage. There is still the need for more and more capacity, there are limited dollars to buy more of it, and ...

“Secondary use cases are things like data protection, but also other use cases like test-dev platforms, analytics platforms,” explained IDC analyst Phil Goodwin. “You make a copy of the primary data ...