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Published: 11 May 2005
If you're looking for resources on low-cost networking, iSCSI, SATA and IP storage, you've come to the right place. SearchStorage.com's editors have put together a stockpile of the latest news, expert advice and tips to help you stay on top of what's going on in the world of low-cost storage. From beginners to experts, there's something for everyone here.
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ATA, SATA and SAS -- buzz words you keep hearing when it comes to low-cost storage. Find out about the risk factors, where the technology is headed and how to leverage low-cost solutions.
ATA
Expert tips:
Disk cost busters -- How to leverage low-cost disk solutions
Serial ATA adoption ramping up
The advantages of serial ATA over parallel ATA
Expert Q&As:
Data compatibility between ATA and FC
SATA, Fibre Channel and ATA disks on the same array?
NAS and disk-to-disk backup
Troubleshooting IDE drives
How many devices can be attached to an IDE cable?
Who is winning the SATA/ATA race?
SCSI/FC disks vs. IDE/ATA disks
Advantages of ATA and SATA disk drives
Defending ATA technology
Storage magazine insider:
Deals abound for high-end storage
Killer serial: Is ATA ready for the enterprise?
Spend less on storage
Tune down costs
Remote DR: Faster, farther and cheaper
Desktop-class Fibre Channel to replace ATA and SATA? In the news:
Storage Clips: Hitachi's new hard drives to take on ATA
HDS moves downmarket with ATA-based array
Tape's new love affair with disk
Users dump Fibre Channel for ATA
At 400 GB, Hitachi DeskStar is new heavyweight champ
Deals abound for high-end storage SATA
Expert tips:
Are SATA drives ready for the enterprise?
How to get SCSI reliability on a SATA budget
Cheap SATA spurs D2D
Plan before you implement SATA
How to prevent common problems in SATA drives
Steeling SATA for duty
Should you choose a SATA-based array?
The advantages of SATA II over SATA 1
How SATA drives hook up to a SAN
Where the SATA vs. SCSI race stands
Serial Attached SCSI gains momentum
Backup budgets have it MAID with cheap disk
How to store e-mail on the cheap Expert Q&As:
SATA connectivity issues
SATA, Fibre Channel and ATA disks on the same array?
Who is winning the SATA/ATA race?
How SATA drives hook up to a SAN
SATA to SCSI comparison
The scoop on SATA and SCSI technologies
Advantages of ATA and SATA disk drives
SATA as an alternative to serial storage architecture
Staging older files to the SATA partition
Using NetBackup to backup Serial ATA
The difference between SATA and FATA Storage magazine insider:
SATA arrays on cheap-ish
Steeling for SATA duty
Spend less on storage
Tune down costs
SATA drive challenges SCSI functionality
Serial ATA adoption ramping up
Remote DR: Faster, farther and cheaper
Survey says: Serial ATA will be hot technology of 2004
Desktop-class Fibre Channel to replace ATA and SATA?
Cheap SATA spurs D2D
SATA II doubles disk speed to 3Gb/sec In the news:
Industry debates the role of SATA drives
Snap users get a boost
IBM offers low-cost disk, tamper-proof tape
IBM promises lower bill for remote replication
AMCC aims to cut RAID controller costs
Industry debates the role of SATA drives
Sun recharges its storage line
HP snubs SATA for low-cost Fibre drive
Sun lets SATA plans out of the bag
Serial ATA product handbook
At 400 GB, Hitachi DeskStar is new heavyweight champ
How low-cost storage can change your data center SAS
Expert tips:
Make way for serial-attached SCSI
Where emerging technologies fit into the data center Expert Q&As:
SAS disk drive advantage?
Where SAS will play out Storage magazine insider:
Spend less on storage
No SAS for networked storage
Whys and wherefores of SAS
Hot technologies for 2005 and beyond In the news:
Hitachi drops 2.5-inch SAS drives
Storage Clips: Seagate's SAS drives ready for OEMs
Seagate touts SAS drives as faster alternative to SATA
Low-cost strategies do fit into the SAN and NAS shop. Take a look at NAS vs. iSCSI, iSCSI SAN clusters, how SATA drives hook up to a SAN and more low-cost solutions.
SAN
Expert tips:
Checklist: Zone your SAN in five steps
Learning Guide: SAN
How to choose the best switch for your SAN or LAN
Expand your SAN: No-sweat SAN design tools
SAN road map: How to scale beyond a single fabric
How to design a core/edge SAN
Checklist: Ten steps to troubleshooting SAN/NAS performance problems
SAN-in-a-box: Fibre Channel performance at iSCSI prices?
For compliance, neither SAN nor NAS are a slam dunk
How SATA drives hook up to a SAN
Dueling SAN technologies: NAS vs. iSCSI
How to tweak Ethernet for iSCSI SANs
Microsoft supports iSCSI SAN clusters – kind of
iSCSI and FC tools, where are you?
iSCSI bites into the price of Fibre Channel
Which switches to consider for iSCSI SANS Expert Q&As:
SAN and NAS (heads), together at last
Moving database from SAN to NAS
What do you think about SAN-in-a-box?
How SATA drives hook up to a SAN
What type of switches should I use for pure iSCSI SAN?
Managing iSCSI/FCIP SANs with SRM/HSM products
Is it possible to SAN boot using an iSCSI adapter? Storage magazine insider:
Slash SAN costs
Hot technologies in 2004
Getting ready for IP SANs In the news:
Firms experiencing more SAN-related disruptions than expected
SAN disk-as-disk
Storage Clips: Microsoft launches simple SAN club
Learning Guide: SAN management
HP kills OpenView SAN manager, OEMs AppIQ
Storage Clips: EqualLogic deploys giant IP SAN
More choices for integrating IP SANs
HP offers low-cost SAN gear
Sub-10,000 SANs become a reality
New player enters the low-cost SAN game NAS
Expert tips:
How to use NAS gateways
How low will RAID costs go?
Dueling SAN technologies: NAS vs. iSCSI Expert Q&As:
NAS box data movers
Windows NAS advice
Security issues in NAS backup
Moving database from SAN to NAS
Is NAS right for our needs?
How do you defrag a hard drive on NAS?
Mysterious formatting on a NAS hard drive
Is NAS a low-end technology?
Are there any reasons to migrate from NAS to iSCSI Storage magazine insider:
NAS nurtures iSCSI growth In the news:
Midrange NAS survey
Storage Clips: Dell, EMC team up on NAS
Storage Clips: EMC adds NAS Acopia switch
NAS boom spells trouble for users
EMC raises the bar for NAS
HDS offers NAS blade, cuts ties with NetApp
Top 10 SAN/NAS trends of 2004
Storage Clips: Iomega updates NAS servers
Cisco to resell EMC Celerra NAS
Storage Clips: BlueArc smashes NAS IOPS record
NAS clustering break 1 GB barrier
Storage Clips: HP offers low-cost NAS iSCSI
IP storage -- what's it all about? Keep on top of iSCSI, FCIP and iFCP technologies as well what's up with Fibre SANs and fiber IP networks.
iSCSI
Expert tips:
MC TOEs the iSCSI line
Five ways to secure iSCSI
Does the midrange market belong to iSCSI?
How to store e-mail on the cheap
Dueling SAN technologies: NAS vs. iSCSI
How to tweak Ethernet for iSCSI SANs
Microsoft supports iSCSI SAN clusters – kind of
Aiming for iSCSI targets
iSCSI and FC tools, where are you?
iSCSI bites into the price of Fibre Channel
Which switches to consider for iSCSI SANS Expert Q&As:
Has iSCSI arrived?
Does Fibre Channel compare with iSCSI? Which one is better?
Data warehousing with iSCSI for SQL Server 2000
When does iSCSI arbitration take place?
Is it cost-effective to implement iSCSI on a tape drive?
Connecting an iSCSI storage solution with a Unix or Windows host
What type of switches should I use for pure iSCSI SAN?
What can iSCSI do that FC can't
Managing iSCSI/FCIP SANs with SRM/HSM products
Are there any reasons to migrate from NAS to iSCSI
Is it possible to SAN boot using an iSCSI adapter?
What will it be, iSCSI or iFCP Storage magazine insider:
NAS nurtures iSCSI growth
Hot technologies in 2004
Tune down costs
User: I want my iSCSI HBA
iSCSI for Unix on the way
Survey says: I want my iSCSI
iSCSI: Are we there yet?
iSCSI waters getting warmer
NAS nurtures iSCSI growth
Do you plan on implementing iSCSI? In the news:
ISCSI goes where FC dares not
Has iSCSI arrived?
IBM gets back to iSCSI with entry-level server
EMC draws battle line with iSCSI
Dirt cheap iSCSI software hits the shelves
Storage Clips: HP offers low-cost NAS iSCSI
Mirroring data over IP IP networks
Expert tips:
Top 10 IP storage tips Expert Q&As:
Should we use CAT 5 cabling to assign and IP?
The difference between IP storage and iSCSI
The differences between iFCP and FCIP
Managing iSCSI/FCIP SANs with SRM/HSM products
Mixing Fibre SANs with fiber IP networks
What will it be, iSCSI or iFCP Storage magazine insider:
Remote DR: Faster, farther and cheaper
IP storage delivers
Getting ready for IP SANs
IP storage delivers In the news:
Crash Course: IP SANs
Strategic Storage: Eyeing IP storage
IP storage: Do you speak geek?
More choices for integrating IP SANs
Below you will find a list of SearchStorage.com's Low-cost alerts that are geared to keep storage professionals ahead of the low-cost knowledge curve. You'll also find low-cost tips and tricks from how to locate low-cost snapshot products to mainframe storage on the cheap.
Low-cost alerts
Where the SATA vs. SCSI race stands
Which switches to consider for iSCSI SANs
iSCSI bites into the price of Fibre Channel
How SATA drives hook up to a SAN
Cut costs with tiered backups
Bargain hunting for NetBackup
Sub-$10,000 SANs become a reality
Is low-cost Fibre Channel finally here? More low-cost tips and tricks
Enterprise-class RAID functions: What they are and when to use them
Webcast: Deploying iSCSI
Webcast: How low-cost storage can change your data center
Usage guide to SATA and other low-cost disk drives
Fast Guide: iSCSI
Help finding low-cost snapshot products
Low-cost storage, standards take shape
Disk vs. tape, for low-cost storage
How to determine what data to store on low-cost disk
Archive storage is more than cheap disk
Mainframe storage on the cheap
Prime time for secondary storage
Tape's new love affair with disk
IBM offers low-cost disk, tamper-proof tape
IBM promises lower bill for remote replication
AMCC aims to cut RAID controller costs
IDC: Fibre Channel switch prices dropping
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