Storage
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E-Zine
13 Apr 2023
CW EMEA: Under attack and stressed out
In this month's CW EMEA, we look at how cyber attacks are taking a toll on security professionals, damaging their mental health and forcing some to quit. We also look at Finland's allure for tech entrepreneurs, how software is enabling a new business model for a Swedish car manufacturer, and the importance of backup testing. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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E-Zine
09 Mar 2023
CW EMEA: How Sweden is accelerating digitisation
Large conglomerates with diverse business portfolios face challenges when digitally transforming because one size cer-tainly doesn’t fit all. In this month’s CW EMEA, we find out how Richard Ventre, group CIO at Dutch company SHV Holdings, goes about ensuring his IT department pro-vides the foundations for a wide variety of businesses to thrive digitally. We also find out how to make the most of a composable enterprise architecture and how green storage can deliver savings if done right. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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Answer
02 Aug 2010
Do all drives in a RAID 10 array need to be the same specification?
We tell you the one requirement when matching drive specs in a RAID 10 array. But will mixing drives of various performance levels compromise your RAID level? Continue Reading
By- Steve Pinder, GlassHouse Technologies
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Answer
12 Jul 2010
RAID 10 vs RAID 50: What is the best way to configure a storage array with 16 1 TB drives?
Learn the characteristics of RAID 10 and RAID 50, as well as which RAID level is appropriate for your applications. I/O and protection needs contribute to your RAID choice. Continue Reading
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Feature
07 May 2010
Data migration projects: Avoid data migration errors with automation, orphaned storage remediation
Learn the top three things users should do when planning a data migration project, what data migration tools you should have, describe some of the most common data migration errors, and describe some storage environment challenges when migrating data. Continue Reading
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News
23 Apr 2010
Small storage devices a hit at big hotel
Riverbed working to optimise iSCSI performance over wide area networks, to boost storage systems’ performance in cloud computing rigs. Continue Reading
By- Simon Sharwood, Contributor
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News
22 Apr 2010
HDS and EMC's unified plans ridiculed by 3Par, Pillar, NetApp labelled "NotApp"
The storage blogosphere has adopted some wonderfully plain speech to describe the current mania for "unified storage" as EMC, HDS, NetApp, Pillar and 3Par sound off. Continue Reading
By- Simon Sharwood
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News
05 Apr 2010
Geoscience Australia selects IBM 3592 cartridges as its tape migration extends beyond ten years
Geoscience Australia selects IBM 3592 cartridges as its tape migration extends beyond ten years Continue Reading
By- Simon Sharwood
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Answer
15 Feb 2010
Fibre Channel SAN zoning: Pros and cons of WWN zoning and port zoning
Learn the difference between World Wide Name zoning (WWN zoning) and port zoning, as well as the pros and cons of each on a Fibre Channel storage-area network (Fibre Channel SAN). Continue Reading
By- Steve Pinder, GlassHouse Technologies
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News
05 Jan 2010
Evolving cloud storage market has users weighing their enterprise data storage options
This series takes an in-depth look at the evolving concepts of cloud storage and all of its subtypes, such as internal, external, private and public clouds. Continue Reading
By- Beth Pariseau, Senior News Writer
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Tip
18 Nov 2009
Performance metrics: Evaluating your data storage efficiency
Learn how performance metrics can evaluate the efficiency of your enterprise data storage resources in terms of capacity utilization, performance and data protection. Continue Reading
By- Greg Schulz, The Server and StorageIO Group
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News
11 Nov 2009
Data asset inventory key to disaster recovery planning and design
A disaster recovery plan should include a data asset inventory and business impact analysis, define the company's DR levels and explore DR site options (hot, warm or cold site). Continue Reading
By - Tutorial 10 Nov 2009
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Tip
26 Aug 2009
How to evaluate and purchase a SAN
The Royal Horticultural Society's network manager Martin Taylor guides users through the process of evaluating and purchasing a SAN. Continue Reading
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News
17 Aug 2009
Hard disk drive specifications guide: What to look for when buying disk storage
Seek times, latency, data transfer rates, error correction codes and cache are important hard disk drive specifications. Learn the key features of hard disks drives so you can specify the right one for your data centre. Continue Reading
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10 Aug 2009
RAID 10 vs. RAID 1: Mirrored drives matter
While RAID 10 and RAID 1 are both mirroring technologies that utilise half the available drives for data, a crucial difference is the number of drives they can use in a RAID group. Continue Reading
By- Steve Pinder, GlassHouse Technologies
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Feature
30 Jul 2009
A guide to storage virtualization
Few technologies are more confusing than storage virtualization. Without a guide to explain the different storage virtualization solutions, storage administrators who want to deploy this technology will be lost. Continue Reading
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News
27 Jul 2009
Managing enterprise data storage more efficiently: Part 1
Storage managers must learn to improve storage efficiency though smarter spending, while taking steps to reduce operating expenditures during budget crunches. Continue Reading
By- Beth Pariseau, Senior News Writer
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Answer
27 Jul 2009
RAID 10: How many disk drives should you use?
The minimum number of drives required for RAID 10 is four. RAID 10 should not be confused with RAID 0+1, which involves creating two RAID 0 stripe sets and then mirroring them. Continue Reading
By- Steve Pinder, GlassHouse Technologies
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News
13 Jul 2009
Which RAID level has the best price-to-performance comparison?
Configuring disk in RAID arrays brings a variety of benefits, most notably data protection and I/O performance. But which RAID level wins in terms of price vs. performance? Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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News
07 Jul 2009
BlueArc challenges NetApp in the enterprise with Mercury 50, Mercury 100 network-attached storage (N
With NetApp distracted by Data Domain and late delivering Ontap with clustered NAS capabilities, BlueArc targets the enterprise NAS market with Mercury 50, Mercury 100 NAS systems. Continue Reading
By- Beth Pariseau, Senior News Writer
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Tip
30 Jun 2009
Green storage best practices control costs, increase energy efficiency
Green storage best practices control power and cooling costs, and increase energy efficiency in your data center. Tiered storage, consolidating storage arrays, solid-state drives (SSDs) and MAID can help. Continue Reading
By- James Damoulakis, GlassHouse Technologies
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Answer
27 Apr 2009
RAID 5 configuration: How to calculate disk space for data storage and parity storage
Find out how to calculate the disk space available for data storage and how much disk space is utilised for parity storage in a RAID 5 configuration. Continue Reading
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News
04 Mar 2009
LUN storage and its role in SAN management
Explore logical unit number (LUN) storage and its role in SAN management. Learn how to create a LUN, how to share a LUN, and find out about LUN provisioning and LUN masking. Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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News
03 Mar 2009
Make IT change management part of your disaster recovery plan
All the disaster recovery technology in the world won't help without the right culture and process, writes Burton analyst Richard Jones. Continue Reading
By- Richard Jones
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News
12 Feb 2009
Incremental vs. differential backup: A comparison
In this Storage Basics on incremental vs differential backup, we explore the benefits and drawbacks of each of these backup strategies Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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News
10 Feb 2009
Sectors - NetApp says EMC Centera loses data, gets slapped by blogosphere
NetApp has tried to smear EMC, starting a blogosphere brawl which embroiled Symantec but may have left egg on its face. Continue Reading
By- Simon Sharwood
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Feature
02 Feb 2009
Thin provisioning FAQ
Tony Lock, programme director at analyst group Freeform Dynamics, answers common questions on thin provisioning. Continue Reading
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News
19 Nov 2008
How to evaluate and purchase a SAN
The Royal Horticultural Society's network manager Martin Taylor guides users through the process of evaluating and purchasing a SAN. Continue Reading
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Podcast
23 Oct 2008
Podcast: Data deduplication on primary storage
What should a storage administrator know before using data deduplication on primary storage? Eric Burgener, senior analyst and consultant at the Taneja Group, discusses the impact data deduplication on primary storage will have and the things to consider before using it. Continue Reading
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News
08 Aug 2008
Pivot3 consolidates physical servers onto storage arrays
Pivot3's IP SAN offers Serverless Computing, which eliminates the need for application servers by running them as guests on its storage arrays. Continue Reading
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08 Aug 2008
Clariion array update blurs line between EMC platforms
A bigger, faster Clariion with advanced features, which first appeared in the Symmetrix line, has industry observers wondering about the increasing overlap between EMC systems. Continue Reading
By- Beth Pariseau, Senior News Writer
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Feature
31 Jul 2008
NAS virtualization explained
NAS virtualization can refer to the ability to virtualise multiple NAS heads into a single virtualised file system or the ability to spawn multiple virtual file servers within a physical file server. Either way, performing NAS virtualisation via a virtualised file system gives a storage administrator greater flexibility in responding to the needs of the enterprise. Continue Reading
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News
30 Jul 2008
NetApp dedupes data on rivals' primary storage
NetApp extends its free data deduplication to its V-Series gateways, making it possible for its customers to dedupe their primary storage. But users say what's missing is a GUI and data dedupe for VTLs. Continue Reading
By- Beth Pariseau, Senior News Writer
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News
28 Jul 2008
3PAR shrinks virtual desktop storage
3PAR's software package allows users of its high-end disk arrays to store a single "golden image" of virtual desktops and hold that image in cache for better boot performance. Continue Reading
By- Beth Pariseau, Senior News Writer
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News
02 Jul 2008
Friction grows between storage vendors, VMware
As the booming server virtualisation market spawns new competitors to VMware, how virtual machines connect with storage is becoming a matter of contention among vendors. Continue Reading
By- Beth Pariseau, Senior News Writer
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Tip
24 Jun 2008
iSCSI SANs getting enterprise boost by shared storage, virtual servers
Enterprises are increasingly considering iSCSI SANs for departmental applications, server workloads that aren't bandwidth-intensive, and virtual servers. In fact, the connection between shared storage and virtualised servers is changing the iSCSI SAN game. Continue Reading
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News
18 Apr 2008
Optimising iSCSI SANs with the right Ethernet switch
iSCI SANS are now within the reach of many small businesses. Here's how to make sure the SAN works best, by optimising the supporting network. Continue Reading
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08 Apr 2008
SNW Roundup: Sun adds data deduplication to VTL
Sun comes out with VTL Prime, a virtual tape library with FalconStor's data deduplication; Attune gets into file archiving; and SGI, Fujitsu and Dot Hill launch storage systems. Continue Reading
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07 Apr 2008
Isilon reveals turnaround plan
Clustered storage vendor vows to continue to spend on product development, sales and marketing, despite losing nearly $27 million (£13.5m) in its first year as public company. Continue Reading
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14 Mar 2008
EMC gives Centera a software refresh
EMC has tweaked the software for its Centera archiving system with an emphasis on handling more pieces of data rather than sheer bulk of information stored. Continue Reading
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13 Mar 2008
NetApp says flagging economy could boost its sales
The current economic downturn may actually help boost NetApp's appeal to storage users, according to company officials at its US Analyst Day Continue Reading
By- Beth Pariseau, Senior News Writer
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News
09 Mar 2008
Hot Spots: A new level of backup reporting
A bumper crop of backup reporting tools can provide invaluable insight into backup operations for you and the boss. Continue Reading
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News
18 Feb 2008
Data Domain makes remote office data deduplication push
Data Domain launches its smallest data deduplication appliance specifically built to reduce and back up data at remote offices. Continue Reading
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17 Feb 2008
VMware, LeftHand offer iSCSI SAN as virtual machine
Channel partners will bundle LeftHand's virtual SAN appliance with VMware licenses for an ESX infrastructure that can run on one piece of physical hardware. Continue Reading
By- Beth Pariseau, Senior News Writer
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News
17 Feb 2008
NAS product specifications
NAS is so easy to install and manage that NAS sprawl is a common problem. This is why NAS is often a prime candidate for consolidation initiatives. Learn how to purchase NAS appliances with an eye toward NAS storage consolidation. Continue Reading
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News
13 Feb 2008
HP exec: Storage blades may replace disk arrays in data center
An HP storage executive predicts that storage blades -- storage devices using the form factor and plug-and-play philosophy of blade servers - may replace disk arrays in the next 18 months Continue Reading
By- Simon Sharwood, Editor, TechTarget ANZ
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News
30 Jan 2008
WAN/WAFS and remote offices
This overview of WAFS and remote offices looks into the role of cache and file limitations, and WAN optimisation. Continue Reading
By- Stephen J. Bigelow, Senior Technology Editor
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Feature
30 Jan 2008
Learn all about LUNs
A LUN is the unique address for a SCSI device or a virtual hard disk partition in a RAID configuration. This handbook tells how to manage and partition LUNs. Continue Reading
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Answer
10 Jan 2008
Disk-based backup vs. tape
Get advice on choosing disk versus tape for small businesses. Continue Reading
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News
09 Jan 2008
Archiving software purchase considerations
Archiving software must be able to support a wide range of file types, as well as quickly search through vast quantities of data. Continue Reading
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News
08 Jan 2008
Archiving software product specifications
Archive software provides many of the features we take for granted in modern archive systems, including index and search, data classification and migration, retention and deletion, litigation hold and even data reduction technologies, such as data deduplication. Continue Reading
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News
06 Jan 2008
Forestry firm picks Riverbed WAFS over Cisco
Cisco shop picks Riverbed after head-to-head performance testing between Riverbed's Steelhead appliance and Cisco's wide area application services card. Continue Reading
By- Beth Pariseau, Senior News Writer
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News
12 Nov 2007
How to integrate iSCSI and Fibre Channel, and make it work
Learn about eight best practices for integrating iSCSI into a Fibre Channel SAN, as well as best deployment practices for iSCSI. Continue Reading
By- Stephen J. Bigelow, Senior Technology Editor
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News
06 Nov 2007
LeftHand adds hardware to iSCSI SANs
LeftHand makes its iSCSI SAN software available on two prepackaged appliances; sources indicate the hardware comes from Dell. Continue Reading
By- Beth Pariseau, Senior News Writer
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News
29 Oct 2007
NetApp releases $3K iSCSI SAN
NetApp is continuing a push down-market with the release of the S300, the latest SMB iSCSI SAN in its StoreVault line. Continue Reading
By- Beth Pariseau, Senior News Writer
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News
29 Oct 2007
Virtual appliance lets users convert DAS to iSCSI SAN
NetApp is continuing a push down-market with the release of the S300, the latest SMB iSCSI SAN in its StoreVault line. Continue Reading
By- Beth Pariseau, Senior News Writer
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News
16 Oct 2007
Download NAS Upgrades Buying Guide: Chapter 2 -- NAS management software
You asked for it, so here it is -- a printable version of our NAS Buying Guide. Continue Reading
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News
11 Oct 2007
Archiving vendors beef up integration
CA, Autonomy and Prostor look to differentiate products in a sea of archiving and e-discovery compliance players. Continue Reading
By- SearchStorage.com Staff
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Tip
10 Oct 2007
Tape encryption purchases Part Two: LTO-4 considerations
This chapter covers specific considerations for LTO-4 tape drives. After that, you'll find a series of specifications to help compare vendor products. Continue Reading
By- SearchStorage ANZ staff
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News
08 Oct 2007
Happy Birthday to TechTarget ANZ
It's our first birthday and we offer you the rather small present of a roundup of the most-read stories across our sites over the last month. Continue Reading
By- Simon Sharwood
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News
03 Oct 2007
Storage Basics Part 3: Getting the most out of iSCSI
The Storage Basics series continues, with a look at how to get the most out of iSCSI. Continue Reading
By- Stephen J. Bigelow, Senior Technology Editor
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News
02 Oct 2007
Storage Basics Part 2: What is iSCSI?
Day two of our storage basics special explains iSCSI. Continue Reading
By- Stephen Bigelow, Contributor
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News
25 Sep 2007
Archive integration woes dog healthcare providers
Healthcare providers are getting up to speed with networked storage, but say integration of new storage systems with medical applications is still rocky. Continue Reading
By- Beth Pariseau, Senior News Writer
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News
08 Aug 2007
New iSCSI SAN/NAS box touts better performance
Agami's new low-end iSCSI SAN/NAS box is pricier than other scaled-down offerings, but has a few more high-end features Continue Reading
By- Beth Pariseau, Senior News Writer
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News
30 Jul 2007
Users make iSCSI SANs with USB keys
Users say that Open-E's iSCSI SAN software, which is delivered on a USB stick, is more affordable than prepackaged systems and has more support than free iSCSI target products. Continue Reading
By- Beth Pariseau, Senior News Writer
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News
26 Jul 2007
Riverbed extends WAFS to laptops
Steelhead Mobile installs on workstations without an onsite appliance. Users say they'd like to see better integration between the mobile and data centre versions of the product. Continue Reading
By- Beth Pariseau, Senior News Writer
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News
23 Jul 2007
LeftHand refreshes iSCSI SAN software
Version 7.0 of LeftHand's iSCSI SAN software contains dozens of new features, including support for four-way replication and brushed-up thin provisioning. Continue Reading
By- Beth Pariseau, Senior News Writer
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News
16 Jul 2007
EMC upgrades hardware range, goes green - UPDATE
EMC has upgraded its five main hardware lines, introduced power-saving technology and hinted at enhancements to its data de-duplication tools. Continue Reading
By- Simon Sharwood with Beth Pariseau
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News
16 Jul 2007
Sun reveals open appliances
EMC has upgraded its five main hardware lines, introduced power-saving technology and hinted at enhancements to its data de-duplication tools. Continue Reading
By- Simon Sharwood with Beth Pariseau
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News
28 Jun 2007
Temp agency moves hundreds of terabytes to iSCSI SAN
Adecco replaces 120 TB of Fibre Channel storage with an iSCSI SAN from LeftHand, including storage for large production databases; Exanet adds search; NetApp unleashes Topio. Continue Reading
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News
24 Jun 2007
First in, best dressed?
Telephony company Link Communications Group bought storage from EqualLogic before the vendor had opened its doors in Australia. The company's Vice-President of Global Engineering explains why the organisation took this risky-looking move. Continue Reading
By- Simon Sharwood
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News
12 Jun 2007
LUN management at the heart of SAN configuration
Disk drives are the foundation of modern data storage, but operating systems cannot use physical storage directly. The physical drive must be translated into a logical space that an operating system sees as a linear address space comprised of fixed-size blocks. Storage networks must also partition their physical disks into logical entities so that host servers can access storage area network (SAN) storage, and each logical portion is called a logical unit number (LUN). This article explains essential LUN concepts and the role of LUNs in SAN technology. Continue Reading
By- Stephen J. Bigelow, Senior Technology Editor
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News
08 May 2007
ISCSI TCP/IP TOE card specifications
One means of improving iSCSI traffic performance is to include TOE (TCI/IP Offload Engine) capability on the Ethernet card itself. An iSCSI TOE allows the network adapter to process iSCSI traffic (often all Ethernet LAN traffic) locally -- relieving those burdensome processing tasks from the host server or other computers connected to the LAN. To implement this capability, iSCSI servers must be upgraded with Ethernet NICs that include a TOE chip onboard. Although the selection of iSCSI TOE cards is generally limited to just a few manufacturers, it's important to consider the available ports, host interface, and other card characteristics before making a purchase. The product snapshots in this segment highlight key specifications for a cross-section of popular iSCSI TOE cards. Continue Reading
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Tip
11 Apr 2007
ISCSI for beginners
iSCSI is an Internet Protocol (IP)-based storage networking standard for linking data storage facilities. Learns the basics in this fast guide. Continue Reading
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News
10 Apr 2007
Capacity planning software specifications
Gauging storage needs over time is one of the biggest challenges faced by IT administrators, and a new generation of capacity planning tools is emerging to help forecast growth and utilization of storage resources, and even perform predictive modeling of the future storage environment based on historical data collected. The product snapshots in this chapter highlight key specifications for a cross-section of popular capacity planning software products. Continue Reading
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News
10 Apr 2007
Capacity planning tools require serious purchase consideration
Capacity costs money, and new disk acquisitions stand out as a notable part of every IT budget. The trick is to match new capacity with actual storage needs. Gauging storage needs over time is one of the biggest challenges faced by IT administrators, and a new generation of capacity planning tools is emerging to help forecast growth and utilization of storage resources. Consequently, the selection of a capacity planning tool must include a thorough consideration of your applications. It is also important to ensure that the tool is interoperable across all of your storage systems, while still meeting all of your analytical and reporting requirements. This chapter covers the specific considerations for dedicated capacity planning software. You'll find a series of specifications to help make on-the-spot product comparisons between vendors. Continue Reading
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News
18 Feb 2007
CDP platform purchase considerations
Busy IT organizations are employing continuous data protection (CDP) technologies to guard data on the fly, essentially eliminating the backup window and allowing granular file and system restoration -- sometimes down to the individual disk write operation. Several CDP appliances are available, but many are implemented in software, and all require careful consideration before purchase. This article focuses on the specific purchase considerations for CDP products. Continue Reading
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News
11 Feb 2007
NAS appliance purchase considerations
NAS appliances are frequently touted for bringing convenience and simplicity to network storage. Appliances include their own dedicated disks for storage and RAID, and most NAS appliances can be upgraded with more or larger disks for additional storage space. However, NAS appliances do pose some disadvantages. Consequently, the choice of NAS appliance requires careful evaluation. Now that you've reviewed the essential issues involved in any NAS product, this guide focuses on specific considerations for dedicated NAS appliances. You'll also find a series of specifications to help make on-the-spot product comparisons between vendors. Continue Reading
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News
17 Dec 2006
NAS gateway purchase considerations
NAS gateways overcome the inherent limitations of scale and flexibility by utilizing externally connected storage as external standalone disk arrays. NAS storage capacity is typically expanded by simply adding more disks to the appliance, but this only allows users to scale up to the capacity limit of the appliance. It's also common for a NAS gateway to share storage through a storage area network (SAN), allowing users to consolidate their NAS data on SAN storage and realize the benefits of high performance and redundancy. Now that you've reviewed the essential issues involved in any NAS product, this Buying Guide focuses on specific considerations for NAS gateway products. Continue Reading
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News
14 Dec 2006
NAS gateway specifications
A NAS gateway offers file-based accesses to external storage on a disk array -- or a SAN, where users can take advantage of superior performance and reliability while maintaining a level of simplicity. Since storage is moved off of the NAS device, interoperability and connectivity are crucial issues, and virtualization is increasingly important for superior scaling and utilization of the storage resources. The product snapshots in this chapter highlight key specifications for a cross section of major NAS gateway products. Continue Reading
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News
07 Dec 2006
NAS management software specifications
Network attached storage (NAS) appliances and gateways must be configured and managed using NAS management software that allows administrators to allocate space, manage RAID and storage behaviors, perform routine maintenance, and other tasks. Management software ideally provides interoperability with a variety of NAS devices from different vendors and can automate many of the routine management tasks that would otherwise demand manual attention. The product snapshots in this chapter highlight key specifications for a cross section of major NAS management software products. Continue Reading
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News
30 Nov 2006
Gartner: Existing business continuity plans will fail in a pandemic
Existing business continuity plans will not protect a company during an avian flu pandemic, says a Gartner analyst. Business continuity plans assume a geographically specific disaster, while a pandemic will strike everywhere nearly simultaneously. Continue Reading
By- Shamus McGillicuddy, Enterprise Management Associates
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News
26 Nov 2006
Virtualisation buying guide [Day Two: Virtualisation software examined]
Deploying software on a server or dedicated appliance is often easier for smaller organisations, but the actual product choice demands careful consideration. Now that you've reviewed the essential issues involved in any virtualisation product, this guide focuses on specific considerations for key virtualisation software products. You'll also find a series of specifications to help make on-the-spot product comparisons between vendors, like DataCore Software Corp., EMC Corp., FalconStor Software Inc. and IBM. Continue Reading
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News
23 Nov 2006
Commentary: We've never met a "thought follower"
A couple of days back, a vendor tried to convince us that their new security consultancy services should be of interest to you, our readers. Continue Reading
By- Simon Sharwood
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Tip
24 Oct 2006
Capacity planning: Reclaim orphaned storage
This tip takes a look at how to maximize your storage capacity utilization by finding orphaned data and storage that can in turn be re-allocated for another productive use. Continue Reading
By- Greg Shulz
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News
04 Oct 2006
ISCSI gains strength from servers
More powerful servers are helping ease some performance concerns for users considering IP SANs, but others say they still want to see more improvement. Continue Reading
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News
16 Sep 2006
Universities lean on each other for better disaster recovery
As another school year begins, colleges and universities are opening their doors to each other in order to get enterprise-level disaster recovery plans working. Continue Reading
By- Beth Pariseau, Senior News Writer
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Tip
22 Aug 2006
iSCSI network configuration, design and optimization
It's a must to consider more than just cabling when designing an iSCSI-based storage network. Learn to look at the bigger picture when configuring or optimizing an iSCSI-based storage network. Continue Reading
By- Greg Schulz, The Server and StorageIO Group
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News
31 Jul 2006
Real life experiences: Lessons learned in disaster recovery planning
Debbie Schwartz shares the lessons she has learned in keeping disaster recovery implementations up-to-date with new and changing business needs. Continue Reading
By- Debbie Schwartz
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News
24 Jul 2006
Disaster recovery report card: Measuring your company's disaster recovery profile
Disaster recovery planning is challenging because you don't know what you're planning for or how well your disaster recovery plan will hold up in the face of an emergency. Use this report card to measure your disaster recovery plan and identify areas that need improvement. Continue Reading
By- Dennis C. Brewer
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Tip
23 Jul 2006
Testing iSCSI SAN performance with Iometer
Iometer, a performance test tool for tuning Windows environments, can also be used to tune performance in iSCSI SANs. The tool lets you simulate the SAN's performance by setting many of the parameters and running tests. Repeated runs with different parameters such as block sizes will let you tune your system. Continue Reading
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19 Jul 2006
NAS: How does a client access files?
NAS expert Randy Kerns offers advice to a reader who asked: "How does NAS appear to machines accessing files from it?" Continue Reading
By- Randy Kerns, Evaluator Group
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Tip
12 Jul 2006
Remote backup: What are the alternatives to tape?
Archiving expert Bill Tolson offers advice to a reader looking for alternatives to shipping tape offsite, including a graphical representation of the remote replication backup process. Continue Reading
By- Bill Tolson, Tolson Communications
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News
07 Jun 2006
CDP overview
Storage volumes are growing at an alarming pace, and tape-based backups are not always possible within an available backup window. Today's businesses are increasingly focused on tighter RTO and RPO. Faster restorations and more recent recovery points that minimize the threat of lost data. Disk storage technologies are systematically replacing tape, spawning specialized storage systems that bring better performance and reliability to the backup process. One emerging data protection technology that has attracted significant attention is CDP. Continue Reading
By- Stephen J. Bigelow, Senior Technology Editor
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Tip
22 May 2006
NAS: Can you add capacity non-disruptively?
Storage expert Randy Kerns offers advice about adding capacity to a NAS system non-disruptively in this Q&A. Continue Reading
By- Randy Kerns, Evaluator Group
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News
15 May 2006
Tape and disk encryption product roundup
With tape and disk encryption products becoming more popular, storage administrators have more options in how to protect sensitive information at rest in the data center and in flight across public networks. Continue Reading
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Tip
09 Apr 2006
ISCSI SANs: How to alleviate the congestion
Careful configuration of an iSCSI SAN will usually preclude most problems. But for slow network performance, adapter and switch settings can help speed things up. Continue Reading
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01 Sep 2005
Archiving unstructured data
Companies must find ways to automate and simplify the process of archiving files and e-mail messages. ECM software addresses this large pool of unstructured data. Continue Reading
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26 Jun 2005
Remote backup services get affordable
Remote backup services, traditionally reserved for major banks and cash-rich Fortune 500 companies, are now available to small and midsized businesses. Continue Reading
By- Beth Pariseau, Senior News Writer