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Rick Terry, IBM UK Storage Leader, offers several tips on doing more with less.
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1. Get rid of what versioning levels and unnecessary provisioning of systems. Leverage
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you don’t need. backup copies through space virtualisation to unlock under used
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Start with efficient copying, single instance storage.
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unwanted files and repositories and incremental-
the private data of users, things forever style backups. 5. Use intelligent acquisition: Look
like unnecessary video and MPeg to acquire newer systems that cost
files, jpeg and bmp images. Next 3. Unlock unused, unallocated, less to run, less to manage over
delete files that are no longer in under-utilised storage. In recent time as a gradual transformation of
use as well as databases and data IBM surveys of customers, a typical your existing estate.
sources no longer accessed by Open Systems storage environment
legacy systems and expired files is around 30% properly utilised, the 6. Cut power consumption: For
that are no longer required. rest is wasted. example, use high capacity, slower
speed SATA drives for less-active
2. Reduce the things that you do 4. Only buy more storage when you data and use Tape for deep archive.
need: deduplication of primary and actually need it. Use “over-
secondary data sources. Reduce allocation” through thin 7. Take control of all of this TODAY
Faced with unprecedented requirements to justify every spending decision, IT directors are
increasingly turning to optimisation technology, which allows for more efficient collaboration and
deployment of the IT infrastructure, explains David Galton-Fenzi, Zycko’s Group Sales Director.
A good example of this is WAN more on satellite connections. saving measures are
optimisation, such as Riverbed’s usually also the
Steelhead appliances. These Organisations are also turning to most environmentally friendly.
products have been selling like technologies such as virtualisation,
hotcakes this year, primarily because which enables them to maximise Another technology that has
of their ability to reduce capital existing assets. For instance, received increased attention recently
expenditure through consolidation Hitachi’s Storage Economics is videoconferencing. These facilities
and increase productivity through presents a major shift in the way have fast become a corporate
application acceleration. As Riverbed companies assess their storage necessity as financial directors cut or
technology offers organisations the requirements and investment freeze travel budgets.
opportunity to defer bandwidth returns, from one focused on capital Videoconferencing is an obvious
spending by up to five years, expenditure to the true ownership way in which to reduce costs, and
financial directors can avoid cost. These technologies bring with also results in increased staff
committing to these upgrades until them the ability to drive down costs satisfaction and productivity, as well
the business environment has even further than the initial as keeping carbon emissions down
stabilised. technology pioneers, making by dramatically reducing air and
innovations like virtualisation road travel requirements. Demand
A recent oil drilling company that available to a wider customer base. for Lifesize HD videoconference and
adopted the Riverbed appliances on By moderating sprawl and in turn telepresence solutions has
their rigs, made an instant return of reducing power and cooling skyrocketed, as public and private
around £8,840 per month/per rig, as requirements, companies will save sector organisations adopt this
they fully utilised their existing money on their energy bills, once technology to limit travel expenses
bandwidth as opposed to spending again proving that the best cost and improve business performance.
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