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Five storage strategies to save money

Filed in archive Planning/Strategy on August 1, 2008

IT continues to use more and more storage. With uncontrolled growth comes uncontrolled spending. But for the frugal storage shope there are ways to save a dime. A report titled "Five Key Storage Strategies for a Down Economy," Forrester analyst Andrew Reichman offers suggestions on how to purchase storage intelligently while still maximizing resources.




Here are the top 5 categories.

  • Play hardball with vendors



  • Avoid new purchases by reclaiming what you have



  • Audit backup and replication configurations to cut waste



  • Rethink storage network decisions



  • Use a tiering methodology that delivers results simply





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