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  • October 04, 2006 04 Oct'06

    Tiered storage becoming tried and true

    Tiered storage matches the value of data with the performance (and expense) of storage. Ideally, tiered storage can save money, while easing the access demands to any single storage tier. While tiered storage has clearly brought storage costs and ...

  • September 25, 2006 25 Sep'06

    ISCSI gets a boost from InfiniBand

    The InfiniBand protocol has already gained popularity in some bleeding-edge storage systems; a new spec will now standardise connection to iSCSI storage.

  • September 14, 2006 14 Sep'06

    Three ways to create clustered storage, page 2

    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 12, 2006 12 Sep'06

    Dell and EMC: Five more years

    Dell leans on EMC for support in the face of an SEC investigation and possible delisting from NASDAQ.

  • August 31, 2006 31 Aug'06

    Emulex acquisition could cloud future of FC-SATA spec

    New Emulex subsidiary Sierra Logic's strength is in FC-SATA bridging technology. Meanwhile, ONStor launches midrange clustered NAS, and Quantum shareholders withhold votes.

  • August 28, 2006 28 Aug'06

    Riverbed update offers users more bandwidth, better reporting

    Riverbed announced a package of hardware and software updates, which some customers say they've been waiting for.

  • August 27, 2006 27 Aug'06

    3PAR adds midrange array for secondary sites

    3PAR has introduced a smaller version of its InServ Storage Server, which it describes as a product-line extension into its existing customer base.

  • August 03, 2006 03 Aug'06

    EMC updates SAN Advisor design tool

    EMC's SAN design tool now recognises zones and allows users to customise rules; HP and EMC sign five-year cross-licensing deal.

  • February 07, 2006 07 Feb'06

    Fast Guide: Storage technologies

    A guide to storage technologies for both SMBs and enterprise users. This will help you sort out the advantages, limitations and applications of each technology.

  • 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.

  • August 29, 2005 29 Aug'05

    Storage area network quiz

    It's all about the storage area network (SAN) -- man. The more you know, the easier it is. Take our SAN quiz and find out where you stand as a SAN guru.

  • 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.

  • September 27, 2004 27 Sep'04

    Fast Guide: iSCSI

    If you need to come up to speed rapidly on iSCSI, you've come to the right place. In this Fast Guide, we touch upon the basics and then we walk you through the pros and cons of iSCSI and Fibre Channel.

  • July 07, 2004 07 Jul'04

    Deals abound for high-end storage

    Think high-end storage is out of your reach? Maybe not. Conversations with several storage buyers recently suggest that vendors are scrambling to give buyers the best possible deals.

  • May 19, 2004 19 May'04

    LAN-free, serverless and domino backups, oh my.

    In case you've missed anything, here's a roundup of some of the best original technical content that appeared on SearchStorage.com the week of May 10-14. Tips and Ask the Experts Q&A's cover LAN-free, serverless and domino backups.

  • April 27, 2004 27 Apr'04

    Backup school: Quiz two, answer six

    Here is the answer to Backup school quiz two, question six.

  • February 15, 2004 15 Feb'04

    Seagate touts SAS drives as faster alternative to SATA

    Seagate is set to demonstrate a 2.5-inch hard drive based on the serial-attached SCSI interface. The company says the product will fill the need for a smaller, faster and more reliable alternative to serial ATA disks.

  • February 09, 2004 09 Feb'04

    More questions and answers from SAN school lesson # 8

    Here are SAN School Professor Chris Poelker's answers to more user submitted questions from SAN School Lesson 8, "Tying your SANs together." Q&A's cover topics ranging from what causes SAN problems, to preventing equipment problems.

  • January 15, 2004 15 Jan'04

    Resource guide to disk-based backup