Data conditioning is the use of data management and optimization techniques which result in the intelligent routing, optimization and protection of data for storage or
data movement in a computer system. Data conditioning features enable enterprise and cloud
data center
A data center (American English) or data centre (British English)See spelling differences. is a building, a dedicated space within a building, or a group of buildings used to house computer systems and associated components, such as telecommunic ...
s to dramatically improve system utilization and increase application performance lowering both
capital expenditures
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and
operating cost
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s.
Data conditioning technologies delivered through a Data Conditioning Platform optimize data as it moves through a computer’s I/O (
Input/Output
In computing, input/output (I/O, or informally io or IO) is the communication between an information processing system, such as a computer, and the outside world, possibly a human or another information processing system. Inputs are the signals ...
) path or I/O bus—the data path between the main processor complex and storage subsystems. The functions of a Data Conditioning Platform typically reside on a storage controller add-in card inserted into the
PCI-e
PCI Express (Peripheral Component Interconnect Express), officially abbreviated as PCIe or PCI-e, is a high-speed serial computer expansion bus standard, designed to replace the older PCI, PCI-X and AGP bus standards. It is the common mot ...
slots of a server. This enables easy integration of new features in a server or a whole data center.
Data conditioning features delivered via a Data Conditioning Platform are designed to simplify system integration, and minimize implementation risks associated with deploying new technologies by ensuring seamless compatibility with all leading server and storage hardware, operating systems and applications, and meeting all current commercial/off-the-shelf (COTS) standards. By delivering optimization features via a Data Conditioning Platform, data center managers can improve system efficiency and reduce cost with minimal disruption and avoid the need to modify existing applications or operating systems, and leverage existing hardware systems.
Summary
Data conditioning builds on existing data storage functionality delivered in the I/O path including
RAID
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Attack
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* Corporate raid, a type of hostile takeover in business
* Panty raid, a prankish raid by male college ...
(Redundant Arrays of Inexpensive Disks), intelligent I/O-base
power management and
SSD
A solid-state drive (SSD) is a solid-state storage device that uses integrated circuit assemblies to store data persistently, typically using flash memory, and functioning as secondary storage in the hierarchy of computer storage. It is ...
(Solid-State Drive) performance caching techniques. Data conditioning is enabled both by advanced
ASIC
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controller technology and intelligent software. New data conditioning capabilities can be designed into and delivered via storage controllers in the I/O path or to achieve the data center’s technical and business goals.
Data Conditioning strategies can also be applied to improving server and storage utilization and for better managing a wide range of hardware and system-level capabilities.
Background and Purpose
Data conditioning principles can be applied to any demanding computing environment to create significant cost, performance and system utilization efficiencies, and are typically deployed by data center managers, system integrators, and storage and server OEMs seeking to optimize hardware and software utilization, simplified, non-intrusive technology integration, and minimal risks and performance hits traditionally associated with incorporating new data center technologies.
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