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Scaling storage networks - buying guide

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  • Date: 25 April 2007
In the Fibre Channel world, scaling often means adding more and faster switch ports to extend the fabric's bandwidth and connectivity. But IP storage (mainly iSCSI) is a growing area of SAN expansion, using ubiquitous Ethernet network technology to pass storage data between storage devices. This requires the use of IP switches and routers, and can involve the deployment of iSCSI TOE host adapters to offload iSCSI traffic from the local server's CPU. This Buying Guide is intended to help clarify the principle considerations involved scaling storage networks and each chapter offers a set of buying points and product specifications that can help readers identify prospective new scaling products.

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.

Storage consolidation: Disks and disk subsystems overview

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  • Date: 18 April 2007
Any storage consolidation effort must involve a serious consideration of disk subsystems and the specific disk types that those systems will contain

Emulex releases FC-SATA switch

Emulex has released an embedded storage switch based on the newly approved FC-SATA standard, but it's unclear if any other companies in the industry are on the bandwagon.

Capacity planning software specifications

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  • Date: 11 April 2007
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.

Weekly compilation of storage news: AmeriVault, NetApp, Omega and more

A new lifecycle service automatically migrates older backup files to cheaper storage at AmeriVault facilities.

Storage vendors propose FC over Ethernet standard

A group of nine storage vendors led by Emulex is proposing a Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) standard .

Quantum leaps into file virtualization with StorNext

Quantum is trying to bring ADIC's StorNext SAN file system out of the HPC market with new features for file virtualisation and data deduplication with version 3.0.
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