Capterra Glossary
Automatic Storage Tiering (Auto-Tiering)
Automatic storage tiering, also known as auto-tiering, is a feature found within storage software management that moves data from one disk type to another or between RAID (redundant array of independent disks) levels. Data storage administrators pre-determine the automatic actions so that the system can carry out these transfers according to the needs of a specific organization. The purpose of automatic storage tiering is to ensure that all space, performance, or cost requirements are met without the data having to be transferred manually, a process that can be time-consuming and labor-intensive.
What Small and Midsize Businesses Need to Know About Automatic Storage Tiering (Auto-Tiering)
The most significant benefits to SMBs that implement automatic storage tiering are that performance can be improved by as much as 150%, and they can see a better ROI than if they were to use a manual system to move data.
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- Identity and Access Management (IAM)
- Managed Service Provider (MSP)
- Haptics
- WAN (Wide-Area Network)
- Service-oriented Architecture (SOA)
- Augmented Reality (AR)
- Chief Information Officer (CIO)
- Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
- Platform as a Service (PaaS)
- Service-Level Agreement (SLA)
- Scalability
- Data Center
- Authorization
- Multitenancy