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  • April 23, 2007 23 Apr'07

    Weekly compilation of storage news:Dell LTO-4 drive, new Sun array

    Dell is first out of the gate with the new LTO-4 drive, which offers native encryption; Sun unveils new array and deepens its relationship with FalconStor.

  • April 17, 2007 17 Apr'07

    Storage consolidation: Disks and disk subsystems overview

    Any storage consolidation effort must involve a serious consideration of disk subsystems and the specific disk types that those systems will contain

  • April 10, 2007 10 Apr'07

    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 utilisation of storage resources.

  • March 27, 2007 27 Mar'07

    Storage newcomers fight uphill battle

    Gresham is newly marketing its VTL product to mixed U.S. reviews, and Australian file management player Moonwalk is inching its way onto U.S. radar screens.

  • March 26, 2007 26 Mar'07

    What are some of the other options available to help manage unstructured data?

    Eliminate unnecessary data from your production storage. This typically involves moving the unnecessary data to a different tier or deleting the data entirely...

  • March 26, 2007 26 Mar'07

    Should I use data deduplication to manage unstructured data?

    Absolutely; there are two areas where data deduplication, or single-instance storage, can help...

  • March 22, 2007 22 Mar'07

    Midrange storage array purchase considerations

    A Buying Guide focusing on specific considerations for midrange disk array systems. Also find a series of specifications to help make on-the-spot product comparisons between v

  • March 22, 2007 22 Mar'07

    Midrange storage array specifications

    Product snapshots highlighting key specifications for a cross section of midrange storage array products.

  • March 14, 2007 14 Mar'07

    Emulex launches storage virtualization appliance

    Emulex has packaged a chip from its Aarohi acquisition into an appliance that could be a lower cost hardware platform for storage virtualization software products.

  • March 13, 2007 13 Mar'07

    NEC reveals HydraStor grid storage

    NEC announces its HydraStor array for secondary storage, touting its grid storage architecture, automated policies for data management and scalable deduplication.

  • February 19, 2007 19 Feb'07

    When security firms merge, some users are losers

    Some users see their services improve when IT security vendors merge with other companies or get acquired. Others say they've been left out in the cold.

  • February 05, 2007 05 Feb'07

    What are the disadvantages of unified storage over independent block and file systems?

    There are some compromises that you'll need to make; there are certainly some control granularity issues. The pattern of access for file-based data and block-based data is significantly different...

  • February 05, 2007 05 Feb'07

    Is there any reliability difference with unified storage?

    There are a few minor differences, but usually not a significant difference...

  • February 05, 2007 05 Feb'07

    What does unified storage really mean?

    This can often be confusing once you read vendors' marketing materials. Simply stated, unified storage [or multiprotocol storage] refers to a single storage system that can support both file and block access...

  • February 05, 2007 05 Feb'07

    What is the advantage of having unified storage?

    There is debate about that. Many customers may prefer to have just one storage system, avoiding specialized storage systems, like NAS for file-based access or a complicated block-based storage system...

  • February 05, 2007 05 Feb'07

    What about the system features, like snapshot and remote replication?

    At this point in time, most customers expect to have these features in both block- and file-based storage products...

  • February 05, 2007 05 Feb'07

    What will be the impact on performance when mixing block and file in the same system?

    Caching difficulties are one concern since caching patterns may not be optimized for block-based storage...

  • February 05, 2007 05 Feb'07

    Do all the vendors offer unified storage?

    No. Some vendors are moving in that direction and others have a limited number of OEM product offerings now. However, several vendors currently offer established products...

  • February 04, 2007 04 Feb'07

    HP fills in gaps with product updates

    HP announced updates to several of its products, but analysts are wondering what its ultimate strategy will be for storage virtualisation.

  • January 29, 2007 29 Jan'07

    Hybrid drives hit NAS boxes

    DNF will be making hybrid drives available in all of its storage products, but it doesn't recommend them for IP SANs.

  • January 08, 2007 08 Jan'07

    What has been the impact of storage virtualization on SAN deployments?

    I really have not seen storage virtualization driving storage area network (SAN) deployment...

  • November 30, 2006 30 Nov'06

    Symantec blames piracy for Veritas licensing snafu

    Weekly compilation of storage news: Symantec says that software counterfeiting is throwing a wrench in tech support ; FRCP rules take effect.

  • November 26, 2006 26 Nov'06

    Storage management tools get more flexible

    After a decade of proprietary storage management tools, vendors are finally giving users more choices and freeing them up to buy only what they need.

  • November 20, 2006 20 Nov'06

    Backup software: BakBone upsets in Quality Awards

    This year's Diogenes Labs-Storage magazine Quality Awards for backup software had a come-from-behind winner: BakBone's NetVault.

  • November 09, 2006 09 Nov'06

    IBM announces 'bulletproofed' midrange arrays

    New additions to the DS4000 line will feature built-in batteries and sealed enclosures to be in compliance with the telecom industry's NEBS standard.

  • November 08, 2006 08 Nov'06

    Storage virtualization acquisitions need careful consideration

    Storage virtualization alleviates traditional storage growth problems by implementing a layer of abstraction between applications and physical storage, allowing storage to be combined and treated as a ubiquitous resource, regardless of location. ...

  • November 07, 2006 07 Nov'06

    NetApp to acquire Topio

    Six months after EMC acquired heterogeneous replication provider Kashya, NetApp jumps on the bandwagon by announcing plans to acquire Topio for $160M.

  • October 26, 2006 26 Oct'06

    What storage managers are buying and why

    The second installment of the 2006 edition of Storage magazine's exclusive Purchasing Intentions Survey reveals key storage technology purchasing decisions by storage managers across all industries.

  • October 23, 2006 23 Oct'06

    SATA boosts RAID 6 use

    High-capacity SATA disks are driving up the use of RAID 6, which has prompted vendors to create new ways of overcoming the performance hit incurred with dual-parity protection.

  • September 14, 2006 14 Sep'06

    Three ways to create clustered storage

    Clustered storage systems run on storage servers, NAS gateways and hosts. Here's how to determine which clustered file-system architecture is best for your needs and storage environment.

  • September 11, 2006 11 Sep'06

    Data storage compliance's impact on storage product choices

    Data storage compliance is having a tremendous impact on the storage organization, as well as the management practices employed to retain, search, certify and destroy data. It's not just regulations like SOX or HIPAA that influence storage -- there ...

  • August 21, 2006 21 Aug'06

    IBM spruces up storage line

    IBM floated a raft of announcements across its storage line, but analysts say they are still waiting for the updates stuck in the research phase.

  • August 14, 2006 14 Aug'06

    EMC sheds light on RSA integration plans

    As the dust begins to settle on EMC's $2.1 billion acquisition of RSA Security, the hard work of integration begins. What's EMC strategy here?

  • August 02, 2006 02 Aug'06

    SRM tools improve storage planning and deployment

    Why are storage administrators struggling to identify their storage resources and utilise those resources to their best potential?

  • July 24, 2006 24 Jul'06

    Resellers come around to storage virtualization

    Storage virtualisation has been around as a concept for years, but value added resellers are finally finding ways to sell it.

  • October 19, 2005 19 Oct'05

    Elements of a data protection strategy

    In this excerpt from Data Protection and Lifecycle Management, Tom Petrocelli addresses the importance of securing data for regulatory compliance and outlines the five components of a data protection strategy.

  • September 20, 2005 20 Sep'05

    SAS drives product roundup

    Serial-attached SCSI (or SAS) drives offer significant storage capacity at a much lower cost, while maintaining reasonable performance. Find out who the vendors are in this market.

  • July 12, 2005 12 Jul'05

    Tony Asaro: Blogs and more

    Read what Tony Asaro is talking about in this month's blog, and listen to him speak in a number of webcasts.

  • February 22, 2005 22 Feb'05

    Accommodating arrays

    Modern storage arrays offer disk types to meet any need -- costly Fibre Channel (FC) disks for high-end applications requiring superior performance and availability, and lower-priced SATA disks for less-critical data. The arrays also come with mixed...

  • December 09, 2004 09 Dec'04

    Data storage history quiz

    We tend to take storage for granted these days, and expect bigger, better and faster performance out of our hardware and software. But did you know that storage has a long and illustrious history that started out not so big or so fast? Take our data...

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