Tackle Explosive Data Growth on a Tight Storage Budget

Most businesses face unprecedented data growth. Simply purchasing more raw storage capacity is not an affordable option in the long term.
Vendor noise is incredibly prevalent in the storage space. Cut though this noise and close your storage affordability gap through use of best practices identified by Info-Tech.

Our Advice

Critical Insight

Think in terms of data growth, not storage growth. Harness thorough capacity planning and analysis as the important first step towards enabling affordable data growth.
Cut through the vendor rhetoric; there is no such thing as a one-size-fits-all-approach to affordable storage. Only after your organization’s unique requirements and constraints are considered can appropriate processes and technologies be applied.
Mitigate storage growth with the “one-two punch” of policy and technology. Addressing storage with only one of these approaches is like boxing with one hand tied behind your back.

Impact and Result

Fight data growth at the source by assessing storage processes and efficiency improvements before considering expanding capacity.
Shift storage from being a financial burden to a source of competitive advantage.

Tackle Explosive Data Growth on a Tight Storage Budget Research & Tools

1. Understand the data growth challenge

Build foundational knowledge about key trends, motivators, and the project's approach.

2. Conduct the evolution of storage assessment

Understand the magnitude of any required storage expansion, select affordable growth solutions, and develop optimization and expansion shortlists.

3. Identify Storage Processes and Priorities

Document existing storage optimization approaches in use at your organization.

4. Assess and Select Storage Optimization Solutions

Ensure storage growth will occur in an environment with strong underlying processes.

5. Assess and Select Storage Expansion Approaches

Define your priority expansion scenarios.

6. Create the storage growth plan

Prepare the storage growth plan and executive summary document for key stakeholders.

Get a grip on storage capacity requirements and take action to ensure that every dollar spent buys maximum value.

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