The process of managing information growth, storage, and retrieval over time, based on its value to the organization. Sometimes referred to as data lifecycle management. 

A method of only backing up files that have changed since the last full or incremental backup. Meaning only the latest changes/data is backed up, not the entirety of all the data within the backup set, allowing quicker backups of less data to be performed.

This is the process of managing and provisioning computer data centers through machine-readable definition files, rather than physical hardware configuration or interactive configuration tools. An IT infrastructure managed by this process comprises both the physical equipment, such as bare-metal servers, as well as virtual machines, and any associated resources

A protocol that enables the transport of block data over IP networks, without the need for specialized network infrastructure, such as Fibre Channel.