Brian Zaugg Information Technology Consultant

The expanded simulation requirement imposed by RMS’ customers has driven the company to analyze next generation NAS solutions for the organization’s high performance computing environments. Before the simulation requirements, the RMS storage strategy emphasized a single vendor NAS solution. The challenges presented by adding thousands of cores of high performance compute capability per quarter has caused the company to adapt the storage strategy to include a next generation NAS solutions that provide more scalable performance.

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The modern world creates and stores digital information at an accelerating and large rate. The exponential growth of stored digital information presents cost and management challenges. Several modern technologies, including data de-duplication, hierarchical storage management, and grid storage offer potential solutions to information management challenges by improving the efficiency of underlying storage devices. A review of the literature is conducted to provide a summary of current research regarding information and storage management strategies and technologies.

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Careful analysis and evaluation of systems is crucial for a smooth and pain free deployment. Systems analysts must ensure that new technologies integrate with existing systems. While bypassing the work required to conduct integration testing may seem like a viable option, the decision carries significant risk.

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As computers and other digital technologies have grown in popularity over the last several decades, the volume of information stored in digital formats has grown. The growth of digital information is accelerating and information storage is a key challenge for businesses.

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