Storage Management Strategies for the CIO
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CIFS benchmarks, please
Learn more about why there isn't a good benchmark tool to measure CIFS performance in a meaningful manner like IOPS over the network and what currently is being done to develop CIFS benchmarks.
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Tiered storage with SATA
Planning is the most important step when setting up a tiered-storage system using lower-cost disk.
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Oracle replication for failover
This advice explains the process of replicating Oracle data between a primary and secondary site.
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EMC Celerra: virtual file system vs. file system group?
A virtual file system allows you to consolidate multiple individual file systems within Celerra to a single namespace. File system groups are logical entities without the single namespace.
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Data recovery on home network
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SCSI vs. iSCSI -- features, functionality and architecture
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Replication to a dormant disaster recovery site
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NFS vs. CIFS
What is the difference between Network File System (NFS) and Common Internet File System (CIFS)?
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Replicating a SQL2000 cluster
Disaster recovery expert Pierre Dorion offers advice on replicating a SQL2000 cluster.
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Retrieving data from a USB stick
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FC or iSCSI for SAN-based backups?
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Host-based or SAN solution for DR
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Top five security questions to ask storage vendors
Security expert Vijay Ahuja outlines the top five security questions to ask storage vendors before making a purchase.
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SATA reliability and performance
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SATA disk drive duty cycle
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Technology lifecycle and archiving
Business continuity expert Pierre Dorion outlines what you need to consider about the lifecycle of technology when setting up your archiving strategy.
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FC and SCSI drive resiliency
Storage expert Greg Schulz offers advice to a reader who asked a question regarding FC and SCSI drive resiliency.
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RAID-1 vs. RAID-5
Can I install an operating system (OS) and put data in different partitions of RAID-5, or is RAID-1 (hardware-based RAID) a better solution? Is it ok if we divide a RAID into two partitions? Does R...
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Hot-hot replication with EMC's SRDF?
Storage expert Evan Marcus offers an answer to the question: "Is hot-hot replication possible with EMC's SRDF?"
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What is NAS gateway?
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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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