Low storage utilisation costs money

According to storage industry analyst Steve Duplessie, storage utilisation is at best 50 percent today, leading to higher management and running costs, more complexity involved in locating data, not to mention a stain on the company's green record.

Power consumption

Disk drives are the main power consumer for storage, so having the ability to support growing demands without increasing capacity should be a key objective. Technologies such as virtualisation, thin provisioning and the ability to power down disk drives either on demand or when not being accessed can deliver both cost and environmental advantages by reducing the need for excessive storage capacity and power use.

Choosing the right technology

Trustco has helped many companies to establish and extend their storage facilities and will bring this experience to bear on your project. We can advise on storage expansion, security, network monitoring and reporting requirements. We offer consultative selection, design, implementation and management of your storage systems, drawing on our working knowledge of the issues facing customers from diverse and demanding sectors such as legal and financial .

HP Storage offers great flexibility and value. Read more here
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Read more about IBM's featured storage products here.

NetApp's innovation helps companies save money and improve storage utilisation.
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