---
title: Diligent Storage is Green Storage
date: 2008-04-25T12:08:19Z
modified: 2008-04-25T12:08:19Z
permalink: "https://redmonk.com/jgovernor/diligent-storage-is-green-storage/"
type: post
status: publish
excerpt: ""
wpid: 1490
categories:
  - Uncategorized
timestamp: 2008-04-25T12:08:19Z
tags:
  - Uncategorized
---

[IBM’s latest acquisition](http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/23929.wss). I’m just sayin…

> Diligent develops in-line data de-duplication software that is integrated with server and storage infrastructures to help organizations significantly reduce the amount and cost of physical storage required in data centers. Enterprise and mid-sized organizations are faced with data centers that are reaching a breaking point of complexity and manageability, while at the same time experiencing explosive demands for storage for new data, transactions, email and back-up files.

Oracle also advises you to [Throw Away Half Your Disk Drives](http://www.oracle.com/ad/images/DB_ThrowAwayHalf_NAS_2037.pdf) (you gotta love the asterisk clause…)

Virtualisation has obvious potential in reducing storage volumes. But de-duplication is also going to be a very big deal. Think how data volumes are exploding. I just bought a new hard drive- 500Gb for less than a hundred quid. wow.