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3Par Scores Another First With Enterprise Sub-Volume Optimization: Page 2 of 2

Rob believes that based on the InServ's built-in Adaptive Optimization -- vs. "bolted-on," which he thinks companies such as EMC will attempt with its Fully Automated Storage Tiering (F.A.S.T.) -- and a unique implementation of wide-striping, the new SSDs customers will be able to meet service targets for 30 percent lower cost than with Fibre Channel drives alone.

There is no doubt that fine-grained data movement in response to application I/O requirements is a new battle ground for storage vendors. All indicators point to 3Par being able to take the battle to the high ground - at the enterprise storage level. The competition will be intense in this newly developing battle ground, and it will be highly important for storage administrators to understand each vendor's strategy and look for solutions that are easy to deploy and offer reduced complexity and cost.

2010 promises to be an interesting year in the area of data optimization at the enterprise storage array level - let's see who scores second place at the high end as the year progresses.