ESG believes that Thin Provisioning is one of the most important yet misunderstood advancements within data storage. This report defines and discusses Thin Provisioning, its economic impact and how it works. Thin Provisioning minimizes the cumbersome task of storage provisioning while improving capacity utilization. The economic impact of Thin Provisioning is substantial, saving potentially hundreds of thousands of dollars, depending on the scope of the environment. Thin Provisioning is just too valuable to ignore and should be at the top of the list for required storage system features.
This report will help you discover:
- The top 8 reasons customers save money with Thin Provisioning
- Technology comparison: Thin Provisioning versus traditional volume expansion
- Objections to using Thin Provisioning and ESG's response
- Real-world customer implementations of Thin Provisioning
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