According to "Wikipedia" Storage management usually refers to the management of Computer data storage, which includes memory management.”
It can also refer to specific methods or products for storage management, such as the following:
. Distributed Storage Management
. Automatic Storage Management
. Hierarchical storage management
In other words, storage management is the process of increasing the performance of data storage resources and protect the integrity of data for any media on which it resides.
Storage management is the process of managing data storage which includes four major areas:
1.Capacity
2.Performance
3.Reliability
4.Recoverability
Storage management technology can be implemented as software or it can be included in a hardware device. Storage management techniques can be applied to primary, backup or archived storage. The implementation procedures of data storage management will vary widely depending on the type of storage management selected and the vendor.
The main benefit of storage management is that it is the best application software which can be used to back up the data of a large organization. A storage management software suite may be offered as a part of an integrated software service.
Storage management benefits include many storage management technologies, data management, storage virtualization, data duplication and compression, allow companies to better utilize their existing storage. The benefits of these approaches include lower costs and data security. The one-time capital expenses associated with storage devices and the ongoing operational costs for maintaining those devices can be greatly reduced.
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