This blog post is a continuation of yesterday’s post about various aspects of Storage Economics as it relates to Hardware Maintenance cost.
Here are a few other components related to storage hardware maintenance services as it fits into a concept of Storage Economics.
Storage Economics – Hardware Maintenance – Part 2
August 11, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Storage Economics – Hardware Maintenance – Part 1
August 10, 2009 By Leave a Comment
So on several occasions, I have written about Storage management and the cost reduction associated with it in terms of CapEx and OpEx. In this blog post we will talk about how your organization may further be able to leverage resources available in the industry to reduce TCO (Total Cost of Ownership) and improve ROA (Return on Assets) for the storage devices you own.
Storage Optimization
July 29, 2009 By Leave a Comment
A lot of new storage technologies are up and coming that have either Storage Virtualization or Thin Provisioning built as its core value. Those technologies can help run your storage in a much efficient manner, but what are your options related to your existing infrastructure that may consist of EMC Symmetrix DMX & above, EMC Clariion CX & above, NetApp FAS series, NetApp G Series, NetApp V Series, HDS USP, HDS USPV, HDS AMS, IBM DS Series, HP Eva’s, LSI’s, SUN branded LSI’s, etc.
Flexible Thinking
July 13, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Hu Yoshida talks about an all too familiar case where storage decisions are made locally by the Business Units and the procurement strategy does not take account of the long-term health of the group; ongoing OpEx costs are not born by individual business units and become the problem of the IT department. The concept and value of shared infrastructure was not really understood by the Business.
Lessons From the Cloud Computing Conference and Expo Prague 2009
May 19, 2009 By Leave a Comment
What is the cloud? What will become of it? I spent May 17 and 18 in Prague at the Sys-Con Cloud Computing Conference and Expo exploring these questions with some of the smartest cloud-focused folks in Europe. The consensus: The IT world is changing and remote managed services are a big part of it. Another discovery: [...]
Storage Resource Analysis (SRA): Part 9
April 29, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Storage Resource Analysis (SRA): Part 8
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Storage Resource Analysis (SRA): Part 7
April 28, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Maintenance Madness
April 24, 2009 By Leave a Comment
We often talk about trying to make capital acquistions cost neutral in less than eighteen months; a reduction in Opex to offset the capital cost. Vendors are often complicit in this, as I mentioned in my previous entry, inflated maintenance costs mean that is often cheaper to refresh and take the bundled maintenance offered with a new system than to continue to pay maintenance on the legacy kit.
Storage Resource Analysis (SRA): Part 6
March 27, 2009 By Leave a Comment