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• February 10, 2009 10 Feb'09

  Added critical data protection for SMBs

  New technology aiming to solve small and medium size businesses’ perennial problems with protecting business critical data

• October 30, 2007 30 Oct'07

  Riverbed posts profit, but stock slips

  Riverbed reports higher sales, but its stock fell 25% on a poor rating from financial analysts.

• October 21, 2007 21 Oct'07

  DreamWorks draws on storage for animation

  DreamWorks' senior technologist says it takes a lot of emerging storage technologies to make an animation movie.

• October 14, 2007 14 Oct'07

  VMware takes on data migration

  VMware supports migrating data between disc arrays with Storage VMotion, changing the equation between server and storage virtualisation devices.

• October 04, 2007 04 Oct'07

  Pillar announces support for 1 TB SATA drives

  Pillar is one of the earliest to announce 1 TB SATA drives in an enterprise array. IBM's SVC becomes the first storage virtualization product certified with VMware.

• September 16, 2007 16 Sep'07

  3PAR adds tiered storage management tool

  The new version of the System Reporter management tool for 3PAR's high-end arrays now includes monitoring for tiered storage environments.

• August 28, 2007 28 Aug'07

  Data archives overview

  When a file is lost due to user error, or data is corrupted because of system problems, the affected data can be restored from a backup. An archive is different from a backup because the data may not be used for months, even years, but must be ...

• August 17, 2007 17 Aug'07

  HDS, HP simplify high-end disk array pricing

  Users of the new USP-V disk array from HDS and the XP24000 disk array from HP will now pay less for attaching external storage, as well as capacity.

• August 13, 2007 13 Aug'07

  Data backup copies overview

  How do you choose a storage copy technology? The best choices usually involve need and cost, vendor support, and technological compatibility/longevity.

• August 09, 2007 09 Aug'07

  Buying Guide for NAS management software

  Learn the key evaluation factors for purchasing NAS management software in this Buying Guide.

• August 09, 2007 09 Aug'07

  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 ...

• August 09, 2007 09 Aug'07

  Sun adds virtual tape library to Thumper

  Analysts say the combo of FalconStor's software, Solaris and Thumper is a good sign of integration from Sun after a disorganised year, but it's unclear if users will be convinced.

• August 08, 2007 08 Aug'07

  NAS appliance specifications

  NAS appliances are noted for their convenience, offering dedicated internal storage that is relatively straightforward to identify and manage. The biggest issue for NAS appliances is avoiding network bottlenecks and supporting expansion without ...

• August 07, 2007 07 Aug'07

  Application-aware storage promises intelligence and automation

  Storage professionals overbuy both performance and capacity in an effort to forestall potential storage problems. Tiered storage was one way to address this problem -- matching storage resources and costs with the value of data. Today, storage is ...

• July 31, 2007 31 Jul'07

  Fixed-content data archiving products get a boost

  Caringo, EMC and HDS spruce up their fixed-content data archiving products as buzz around compliance and legal discovery continues.

• July 25, 2007 25 Jul'07

  EMC reports Clariion surge, data archiving slump

  EMC's revenues are up this quarter, attributed in part to a big boost in Clariion sales, but CEO Joe Tucci is critical of the company's execution in data archiving.

• July 24, 2007 24 Jul'07

  Hifn buys Siafu for storage security, data reduction

  Chipmaker Hifn is looking to get into storage systems. It says OEMs are already lined up for encrypted iSCSI SAN and primary storage data reduction products.

• July 24, 2007 24 Jul'07

  XenSource embeds Symantec storage software

  Server virtualisation firm XenSource embeds Symantec's storage management software into its hypervisor

• July 03, 2007 03 Jul'07

  Data storage startups emerge from stealth

  Three new storage firms have come out of stealth mode this June. Analysts predict the next new crop of startups will focus on wireless storage, reporting and alternatives to RAID.

• May 24, 2007 24 May'07

  Symantec, Huawei form joint storage, security company

  Symantec has formed a joint venture with storage and networking hardware company Huawei and indicated jointly developed products are coming to the US

• May 21, 2007 21 May'07

  EMC users push for better power consumption

  EMC announces a 1.8 PB VTL, deduplication for VMware and bare-metal restore for servers as users caution the company to stay focused on everyday problems, such as power consumption.

• May 10, 2007 10 May'07

  EMC buys Indigo Stone for bare-metal restore

  EMC has been hush-hush about adding Indigo Stone, a bare-metal restore software company, to its stack of acquisitions.

• May 07, 2007 07 May'07

  Is RAID in general an obsolete technology today?

  This is a technology that is so commonly used, so transparent, that we really don't even think about it...

• April 25, 2007 25 Apr'07

  NetApp VP says storage virtualization overrated

  NetApp's vice president of emerging products, Jay Kidd, discusses storage virtualization, competition with Isilon and NetApp's current identity crisis.

• April 24, 2007 24 Apr'07

  Scaling storage networks demands careful consideration

  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 ...

• 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.