Archive: Bits & Bytes column library

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TABLE OF CONTENTS Storage management Backup/recovery Availability/security Consolidation/SAN architecture Expert blogs   Storage management Return to Table of Contents 12/20/04: How much hard drive space should I use? 12/13/04: Calculating available disk space 12/6/04: HSM solutions for Windows 11/29/04: Tools that analyze Fibre Channel frames 11/22/04: Troubleshooting IDE drives 11/15/04: Managing DAS 11/8/04: Does Ethernet track requests sent to the server? 11/1/04: How to explain the SAN to your manager 10/25/04: Expanding a four-disk RAID array 10/18/04: Connecting an AIX TSM server directly to the SAN 10/11/04: Making a LUN accessible from two servers 10/4/04: Retrieving data from multiple IDE drives 9/27/04: SMSS: Lesson seven -- Building a storage management group 9/20/04: SMSS: Lesson six -- Services architecture, a new approach to an old concept 9/13/04: SMSS: Lesson five -- Tiered storage 8/30/04: SMSS: Lesson four -- Taming the e-mail beast 8/23/04: Is out-of-band storage virtualization the answer? 8/16/04: What is an intelligent switch? 8/9/04: Migrating data from CDs to other media 8/2/04: SMSS: Lesson one -- where on Earth do I begin storage planning 7/26/04: What is a LUN, and why do we need one? 7/19/04: Fibre hubs vs. Fibre switches 7/12/04: How to choose the right disk subsystem 6/28/04: Breaking down subsystem vendors 6/21/04: Can you trust a smaller vendor? 6/14/04: Does each server require a separate OS? 6/7/04: Searching for the Holy Grail of management software 5/24/04: Automation tools grow up 5/17/04: Calculating availability 5/3/04: Centralizing backups the right way 4/26/04: Evaluating clustering software 4/19/04: Five questions for your SRM vendor 4/12/04: Do backup software products support WORM devices? 4/5/04: SOX and how it applies to e-mail archiving 3/29/04: Are disk servers a viable consolidation option? 3/22/04: Unlock the benefits of e-mail archiving 3/15/04: Faster, cheaper and simpler clustering 3/8/04: Lesson 14: Troubleshooting your SAN 3/1/04: Backup software: What to consider when upgrading 2/23/04: Tactical vs. functional storage management 2/16/04: Lesson 12: Approaches to SAN management 2/9/04: Can secure document shredding be used for compliance? 2/2/04: How to get management to accept HIPAA compliance 1/26/04: Don't believe the ILM hype 1/19/04: Spotlight on SAN/NAS convergence 1/12/04: 2004 predictions: Management tools proliferate 1/5/04: 2004 predictions: Storage prices continue to be slashed 12/29/03: How to get management to accept HIPAA compliance 12/22/03: Watch out for those consolidation pitfalls 12/15/03: How SOX will affect privately held companies 12/8/03: Learning guide to zoning 12/1/03: How virtualization can work for you 11/24/03: How to set up a poor man's SAN 11/17/03: Too many SAN islands 11/10/03: Best practices: Provisioning 11/3/03: Tools for a storage assessment 10/27/03: The pros and cons of a single vendor environment 10/20/03: What are the best SRM tools for your environment? 10/13/03: Webcast: Improve your actual storage utilization 10/6/03: How to build a storage management practice 9/29/03: A growing concern amid storage consolidation 9/22/03: Analyze that: Computer Associates 9/15/03: