Can You Manage at Petabyte Scale?

Stored data growth within the data center now averages 50-80% on a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) basis. However, it is anticipated that storage administrators will experience accelerating growth rates over the next three to five years. Acceleration will be driven by a number of factors we can identify now including mobile devices, analytics applications, and a growing list of data sources that are external to the data center. The cost of acquiring, managing and maintaining data center storage is already the largest line item in the IT hardware budget. But, with an accelerating demand for added capacity, IT management must now develop new and more sustainable practices and processes to adequately manage data growth. This presentation will review the storage-based technologies and best practices for managing at petabyte scale.

Learning Objectives

Understand the factors the will be driving accelerating demand for additional storage capacity in the next three to five years.
Learn what storage system-based technologies can be used to manage storage at petabyte scale
Learn a few best practices for managing accelerating storage growth.