Organisations Can Improve Storage Utilisation
OpinionWire Articles
Sue Clarke - Published 29/10/2007
There is much organisations can do to improve their storage utilisation, which will at the same time, make them greener. Organisations that still use direct attached storage typically have very low utilisation levels, and these can be as low as between 5% and 15% for individual applications. Even organisations with more efficient storage systems have a tendency to buy too much storage at a time, often purchasing up-front the storage resource that they estimate will be required for the entire lifetime o