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Storage thin provisioning benefits and challenges
Storage thin provisioning requires transparency into your storage environment and an understanding of how the technology works. We detail the benefits and challenges.31 May 2011
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IBM launches high-performance computing system; other storage news
IBM brings out HPC storage system based on hardware from OEM partner NetApp; Xiotech launches turnkey system for Citrix VDI storage; Dell adds QLogic converged adapters; more news.27 May 2011
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Auto tiering crucial to storage efficiency
Auto tiering is a key technology for today’s storage professionals to understand, especially if you have SSDs. Find out what auto tiering does and why it’s important.24 May 2011
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Dell uses LSI CacheCade SSD technology in PowerEdge; more storage news
Dell adopts LSI CacheCade technology to accelerate I/O performance; Intel extends limited SSD warranty; Addonics NAS adapter plugs into private cloud storage; more storage news.20 May 2011
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SAN booting alternatives for data storage managers
SAN booting and server virtualization are fueling the trend toward diskless servers. Learn about the move from internal to external storage, as well as other booting alternatives.17 May 2011
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logical unit number (LUN)
A logical unit number (LUN) is a unique identifier used to differentiate separate devices (each of which is a logical unit) as addressed by a SCSI, iSCSI or Fibre Channel (FC) protocol.16 May 2011
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disk mirroring (RAID 1)
Disk mirroring, also known as RAID 1, is the replication of data to two or more disks. Disk mirroring is a good choice for applications that require high performance and high availability such as t...13 May 2011
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Tandberg Data acquires ProStor RDX removable disk business; more news
ProStor sells RDX removable disk business to Tandberg; BridgeSTOR adds data reduction appliances for Microsoft DPM; Nexsan E-Series supports 3 TB SATA drives; more storage news.13 May 2011
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iSCSI (Internet Small Computer System Interface)
iSCSI is Internet SCSI (Small Computer System Interface), an Internet Protocol (IP)-based storage networking standard for linking data storage facilities, developed by the Internet Engineering Task...12 May 2011
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Isilon clustered NAS customers talk big data challenges at EMC World
Big data implementations could run into the petabytes and grow by terabytes a day, often requiring clustered NAS, analytics and possibly the cloud to manage.12 May 2011
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EMC Vplex expanded for active-active storage at EMC World 2011
The EMC Vplex active-active storage platform adds a Geo version that moves data non-disruptively over thousands of miles; also adds data moving capabilities to VNX and VMAX.11 May 2011
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virtual storage area network (VSAN)
A virtual storage area network (VSAN) is a logical partition in a storage area network (SAN). VSANs allow traffic to be isolated within specific portions of a storage area network.10 May 2011
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EMC's Project Lightning embraces server-side flash SSDs
The opening day of EMC World Las Vegas 2011 featured a surprising launch of flash solid state on a PCIe card for servers from the world’s largest storage vendor.10 May 2011
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FCoE SAN multi-hop technology primer
FCoE SAN is growing in popularity, but the lack of multi-hop switching support remains a problem. Find out what vendors and users are doing to improve FCoE performance.10 May 2011
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Storage magazine May 2011 PDF
Download Storage magazine's all-digital issue at no cost. This month: The benefits, functions, future outlook and buying considerations for automated tiered storage technologies.06 May 2011
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Every cloud has a green virtual lining
Buzzwords are taking over the data storage industry, so it’s probably asking way too much of storage vendors to just tell us what their products can -- and can’t -- do.06 May 2011
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Reinventing file storage protection and recovery
As file data growth surges, traditional backup just won’t cut it anymore; we need some new thinking and an updated approach to replication.06 May 2011
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Automated storage tiering: Higher performance AND lower cost?
Automated storage tiering is an effective way to make efficient use of installed data storage resources, and to take advantage of the high performance of solid-state storage.06 May 2011
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Storage budget recovery on a roll
Data storage budgets are recovering from their recessionary pounding. But while storage managers might have more money to spend, they’ll need yet more capacity to meet new demands.06 May 2011
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Virtualization, cloud shine spotlight on unified storage
Unified storage adoption is starting to ramp up as data storage pros see the need for simplifying storage so it can be powered, cooled and managed in one pool.06 May 2011
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