Slack: Decoding common virtual data storage terms

Storage technology has its own language. Marketing departments and product managers invent words and vitiate common phrases to describe how storage technology works and how it advances an organization's goals. Storage virtualization vendors may be guiltier of this than others because the way they decouple hardware and software is often difficult to explain.

Sometimes we get carried away, and many times it's difficult to decipher virtual data storage terms, especially when you are comparing technologies or systems before a big purchasing decision. Just what is a "value-added, impactful solution" anyway?

In this podcast, analyst firm Storage Switzerland LLC's senior analyst Eric Slack breaks down some common virtual data storage terms to help you decode sales and marketing gibberish and determine which technology and product is right for your environment.

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