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  • August 08, 2008 08 Aug'08

    Clariion array update blurs line between EMC platforms

    A bigger, faster Clariion with advanced features, which first appeared in the Symmetrix line, has industry observers wondering about the increasing overlap between EMC systems.

  • August 08, 2008 08 Aug'08

    Pivot3 consolidates physical servers onto storage arrays

    Pivot3's IP SAN offers Serverless Computing, which eliminates the need for application servers by running them as guests on its storage arrays.

  • July 30, 2008 30 Jul'08

    NetApp dedupes data on rivals' primary storage

    NetApp extends its free data deduplication to its V-Series gateways, making it possible for its customers to dedupe their primary storage. But users say what's missing is a GUI and data dedupe for VTLs.

  • July 28, 2008 28 Jul'08

    3PAR shrinks virtual desktop storage

    3PAR's software package allows users of its high-end disk arrays to store a single "golden image" of virtual desktops and hold that image in cache for better boot performance.

  • July 02, 2008 02 Jul'08

    Friction grows between storage vendors, VMware

    As the booming server virtualisation market spawns new competitors to VMware, how virtual machines connect with storage is becoming a matter of contention among vendors.

  • April 18, 2008 18 Apr'08

    Optimising iSCSI SANs with the right Ethernet switch

    iSCI SANS are now within the reach of many small businesses. Here's how to make sure the SAN works best, by optimising the supporting network.

  • April 08, 2008 08 Apr'08

    SNW Roundup: Sun adds data deduplication to VTL

    Sun comes out with VTL Prime, a virtual tape library with FalconStor's data deduplication; Attune gets into file archiving; and SGI, Fujitsu and Dot Hill launch storage systems.

  • April 07, 2008 07 Apr'08

    Isilon reveals turnaround plan

    Clustered storage vendor vows to continue to spend on product development, sales and marketing, despite losing nearly $27 million (£13.5m) in its first year as public company.

  • March 14, 2008 14 Mar'08

    EMC gives Centera a software refresh

    EMC has tweaked the software for its Centera archiving system with an emphasis on handling more pieces of data rather than sheer bulk of information stored.

  • March 13, 2008 13 Mar'08

    NetApp says flagging economy could boost its sales

    The current economic downturn may actually help boost NetApp's appeal to storage users, according to company officials at its US Analyst Day

  • March 09, 2008 09 Mar'08

    Hot Spots: A new level of backup reporting

    A bumper crop of backup reporting tools can provide invaluable insight into backup operations for you and the boss.

  • February 18, 2008 18 Feb'08

    Data Domain makes remote office data deduplication push

    Data Domain launches its smallest data deduplication appliance specifically built to reduce and back up data at remote offices.

  • February 17, 2008 17 Feb'08

    NAS product specifications

    NAS is so easy to install and manage that NAS sprawl is a common problem. This is why NAS is often a prime candidate for consolidation initiatives. Learn how to purchase NAS appliances with an eye toward NAS storage consolidation.

  • February 17, 2008 17 Feb'08

    VMware, LeftHand offer iSCSI SAN as virtual machine

    Channel partners will bundle LeftHand's virtual SAN appliance with VMware licenses for an ESX infrastructure that can run on one piece of physical hardware.

  • February 13, 2008 13 Feb'08

    HP exec: Storage blades may replace disk arrays in data center

    An HP storage executive predicts that storage blades -- storage devices using the form factor and plug-and-play philosophy of blade servers - may replace disk arrays in the next 18 months

  • January 30, 2008 30 Jan'08

    WAN/WAFS and remote offices

    This overview of WAFS and remote offices looks into the role of cache and file limitations, and WAN optimisation.

  • January 09, 2008 09 Jan'08

    Archiving software purchase considerations

    Archiving software must be able to support a wide range of file types, as well as quickly search through vast quantities of data.

  • January 08, 2008 08 Jan'08

    Archiving software product specifications

    Archive software provides many of the features we take for granted in modern archive systems, including index and search, data classification and migration, retention and deletion, litigation hold and even data reduction technologies, such as data ...

  • January 06, 2008 06 Jan'08

    Forestry firm picks Riverbed WAFS over Cisco

    Cisco shop picks Riverbed after head-to-head performance testing between Riverbed's Steelhead appliance and Cisco's wide area application services card.

  • November 12, 2007 12 Nov'07

    How to integrate iSCSI and Fibre Channel, and make it work

    Learn about eight best practices for integrating iSCSI into a Fibre Channel SAN, as well as best deployment practices for iSCSI.

  • November 06, 2007 06 Nov'07

    LeftHand adds hardware to iSCSI SANs

    LeftHand makes its iSCSI SAN software available on two prepackaged appliances; sources indicate the hardware comes from Dell.

  • October 29, 2007 29 Oct'07

    NetApp releases $3K iSCSI SAN

    NetApp is continuing a push down-market with the release of the S300, the latest SMB iSCSI SAN in its StoreVault line.

  • October 29, 2007 29 Oct'07

    Virtual appliance lets users convert DAS to iSCSI SAN

    NetApp is continuing a push down-market with the release of the S300, the latest SMB iSCSI SAN in its StoreVault line.

  • October 16, 2007 16 Oct'07

    Download NAS Upgrades Buying Guide: Chapter 2 -- NAS management software

    You asked for it, so here it is -- a printable version of our NAS Buying Guide.

  • October 11, 2007 11 Oct'07

    Archiving vendors beef up integration

    CA, Autonomy and Prostor look to differentiate products in a sea of archiving and e-discovery compliance players.

  • October 08, 2007 08 Oct'07

    Happy Birthday to TechTarget ANZ

    It's our first birthday and we offer you the rather small present of a roundup of the most-read stories across our sites over the last month.

  • October 03, 2007 03 Oct'07

    Storage Basics Part 3: Getting the most out of iSCSI

    The Storage Basics series continues, with a look at how to get the most out of iSCSI.

  • October 02, 2007 02 Oct'07

    Storage Basics Part 2: What is iSCSI?

    Day two of our storage basics special explains iSCSI.

  • September 25, 2007 25 Sep'07

    Archive integration woes dog healthcare providers

    Healthcare providers are getting up to speed with networked storage, but say integration of new storage systems with medical applications is still rocky.

  • August 08, 2007 08 Aug'07

    New iSCSI SAN/NAS box touts better performance

    Agami's new low-end iSCSI SAN/NAS box is pricier than other scaled-down offerings, but has a few more high-end features

  • July 30, 2007 30 Jul'07

    Users make iSCSI SANs with USB keys

    Users say that Open-E's iSCSI SAN software, which is delivered on a USB stick, is more affordable than prepackaged systems and has more support than free iSCSI target products.

  • July 26, 2007 26 Jul'07

    Riverbed extends WAFS to laptops

    Steelhead Mobile installs on workstations without an onsite appliance. Users say they'd like to see better integration between the mobile and data centre versions of the product.

  • July 23, 2007 23 Jul'07

    LeftHand refreshes iSCSI SAN software

    Version 7.0 of LeftHand's iSCSI SAN software contains dozens of new features, including support for four-way replication and brushed-up thin provisioning.

  • July 16, 2007 16 Jul'07

    EMC upgrades hardware range, goes green - UPDATE

    EMC has upgraded its five main hardware lines, introduced power-saving technology and hinted at enhancements to its data de-duplication tools.

  • July 16, 2007 16 Jul'07

    Sun reveals open appliances

    EMC has upgraded its five main hardware lines, introduced power-saving technology and hinted at enhancements to its data de-duplication tools.

  • June 28, 2007 28 Jun'07

    Temp agency moves hundreds of terabytes to iSCSI SAN

    Adecco replaces 120 TB of Fibre Channel storage with an iSCSI SAN from LeftHand, including storage for large production databases; Exanet adds search; NetApp unleashes Topio.

  • June 24, 2007 24 Jun'07

    First in, best dressed?

    Telephony company Link Communications Group bought storage from EqualLogic before the vendor had opened its doors in Australia. The company's Vice-President of Global Engineering explains why the organisation took this risky-looking move.

  • June 12, 2007 12 Jun'07

    LUN management at the heart of SAN configuration

    Disk drives are the foundation of modern data storage, but operating systems cannot use physical storage directly. The physical drive must be translated into a logical space that an operating system sees as a linear address space comprised of ...

  • May 08, 2007 08 May'07

    ISCSI TCP/IP TOE card specifications

    One means of improving iSCSI traffic performance is to include TOE (TCI/IP Offload Engine) capability on the Ethernet card itself. An iSCSI TOE allows the network adapter to process iSCSI traffic (often all Ethernet LAN traffic) locally -- relieving...

  • 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 utilization of storage resources, and even perform predictive ...

  • April 10, 2007 10 Apr'07

    Capacity planning tools require serious purchase consideration

    Capacity costs money, and new disk acquisitions stand out as a notable part of every IT budget. The trick is to match new capacity with actual storage needs. Gauging storage needs over time is one of the biggest challenges faced by IT administrators...

  • February 18, 2007 18 Feb'07

    CDP platform purchase considerations

    Busy IT organizations are employing continuous data protection (CDP) technologies to guard data on the fly, essentially eliminating the backup window and allowing granular file and system restoration -- sometimes down to the individual disk write ...

  • February 11, 2007 11 Feb'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 ...

  • December 17, 2006 17 Dec'06

    NAS gateway purchase considerations

    NAS gateways overcome the inherent limitations of scale and flexibility by utilizing externally connected storage as external standalone disk arrays. NAS storage capacity is typically expanded by simply adding more disks to the appliance, but this ...

  • December 14, 2006 14 Dec'06

    NAS gateway specifications

    A NAS gateway offers file-based accesses to external storage on a disk array -- or a SAN, where users can take advantage of superior performance and reliability while maintaining a level of simplicity. Since storage is moved off of the NAS device, ...

  • December 07, 2006 07 Dec'06

    NAS management software specifications

    Network attached storage (NAS) appliances and gateways must be configured and managed using NAS management software that allows administrators to allocate space, manage RAID and storage behaviors, perform routine maintenance, and other tasks. ...

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