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Storage area network connectivity overview
Each switch and storage system on the storage area network (SAN) must be interconnected -- usually through optical fiber or copper cabling -- and the physical interconnections must support bandwidt...31 Mar 2008
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NetApp slips storage management into XenServer
Citrix and NetApp have co-developed a free adapter module for XenServer 4.1 to manage and provision NetApp storage systems from the Xen management console.31 Mar 2008
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Storage area network management overview
If you're new to storage area network technology, or just need to refresh the basics, this guide covers the essential concepts of configuration, provisioning, performance and capacity management, a...31 Mar 2008
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Fujifilm launches LoJack for tape
The car-theft prevention system is under the covers of Fujifilm's new tape tracker, which tracks the location and status of removable media cartridges in transit.28 Mar 2008
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Nonprofit taps SaaS to tame email storage sprawl
The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society consolidates email disaster recovery and access for thousands of mailboxes in 103 locations using Fortiva's hosted service.28 Mar 2008
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SearchStorage.com Expert Videocast: Building a DR plan
This videocast with GlassHouse's Bill Peldzus covers the intricacies of a DR plan. Bill looks at replication, RTO vs. RPO and how to test your plan.27 Mar 2008
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Silver Peak claims AutoCAD advantage over Riverbed
Silver Peak says its WAN optimization product has fewer problems deduplicating AutoCAD 2007 files than Riverbed's, but more testing will be needed to validate the comparison.27 Mar 2008
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How to purchase SAN upgrades
Every storage area network will inevitably grow to keep pace with the changing needs of enterprise storage. Growth implies more storage capacity, but raw capacity is just the beginning. Growth also...25 Mar 2008
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Email archiving product specifications
Product specifications for email and file/document management tools can help storage administrators evaluating email archiving products quickly and compare them.25 Mar 2008
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Purchasing email archiving products for compliance and litigation
The growing value of email in compliance and litigation is emphasizing the importance of email retention and efficient email access. No longer is the objective of email archiving just to move aging...25 Mar 2008
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No-maintenance disk array aims to eliminate hard drive swapping
Startup Atrato Inc. is basing its new disk array on a concept called SAID (Sealed Array of Identical Disks) to bridge the gap between performance and high capacity. The idea is to offer an array th...25 Mar 2008
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Packeteer to stockholders: Take no action
Packeteer tells stockholders to wait while it weighs a hostile takeover bid; Sun and MySQL to offer open source data backup.21 Mar 2008
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Storage managers explain their different paths to data archiving
Storage managers who use disk-based, tape-based and hosted data archive products discuss the pros and cons of each approach.20 Mar 2008
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EMC, Quantum form deduplication tag team against Data Domain
EMC picks Quantum data deduplication software over its own Avamar dedupe technology, as well as software from its VTL partner FalconStor.18 Mar 2008
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Hewlett-Packard tries new storage automation focus
Hewlett-Packard Co. is replacing its OpenView software framework with new software called Operations Orchestration, and is integrating its Storage Essentials storage management software with Operat...18 Mar 2008
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Storage scalability prompts Web firm to deploy Sun Thumper, ZFS over Dell iSCSI AX
A need for greater storage scalability led online desktop service provider Sapotek to replace its Dell AX100i system with Sun's Thumper server and ZFS file system.18 Mar 2008
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Selecting an archiving product
Some data archives are little more than "dumb" disk arrays, but the more sophisticated archives provide data deduplication for single-instance storage, robust power conservation features and immuta...17 Mar 2008
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Purchasing criteria for CAS archives
Content-addressed storage (CAS) is a specialized type of archive that provides the inexpensive and high-capacity storage needed to retain data that, although accessed infrequently, still has long-t...17 Mar 2008
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Gear6 launches pared-down NAS caching appliance
Gear6's scaled-down version of its caching appliance is still expensive, but analysts say some shops could find it more cost effective than adding disk or clustered NAS nodes.17 Mar 2008
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EMC revs up interest in Iomega
EMC sweetens its bid for Iomega, increasing its offer to $205.5 million for consumer storage vendor.17 Mar 2008
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