Storage Management Strategies for the CIO
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Tiered storage options
A reader asks: "If you use a combination of Fibre Channel (FC) and FATA drives is the configuration one tier?"
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Connecting a SAN in the DMZ
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SAN performance over distance
SAN expert Chris Poelker discusses speed, distance, latency and signal loss in storage networks.
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FC-AL port protocol for storage
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Migrating from DAS to a SAN
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RAID groups and parity groups
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SATA vs. SCSI performance
Is SATA disk better than SCSI disk? Which has better performance? This reader is given an answer by storage expert Greg Shulz.
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How does a TOE affect performance?
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Sharing a LUN between windows and making it a cluster
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Legato vs. Veritas for backup and replication
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iSCSI vs. FC SANs
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Is a SATA disk appropriate for a Windows file server cluster?
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Outdated disaster recovery system?
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RAID: How safe is your data?
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Replication: Sun vs. Veritas
Evan Marcus compares Sun and Veritas products for replication.
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Memory or hard disk?
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IDE NAS solution for home network
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Guidelines for business continuity planning
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Data migration on IBM FAStT
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iSCSI: What is it good for?
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Can storage hypervisors bring HA to the cloud?
Learn how the advanced functionality of a storage hypervisor provides a cloud infrastructure with high availability.
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What software allows the sharing of PCIe SSD cards?
Learn the different methods to share PCIe SSD cards among multiple servers to improve performance and still keep costs down.
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Can file-based apps be used with object storage?
Learn how to use applications such as Microsoft Exchange or SQL Server with object storage systems on the back end.
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