Storage Management Strategies for the CIO
- Christopher Poelker is the vice president of enterprise solutions at Falconstor Software. Prior to working at Falconstor he was a storage architect at Hitachi Data Systems. Also, Chris has worked as a lead storage architect/senior systems architect for Compaq Computer, Inc., in New York. While at Compaq, Chris built the sales/service engagement model for Compaq StorageWorks, and trained most of the company's VAR's, Channel's and Compaq ES/PS contacts on StorageWorks. Chris' certifications include: MCSE, MCT (Microsoft Trainer), MASE (Compaq Master ASE Storage Architect), and A+ certified (PC Technician).
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Contributions from Christopher Poelker
- The difference between SCSI and FC protocols
- Looking beyond the data you store
- What about D2D with iSCSI SANs?
- Part 1: When is a server a good SAN candidate?
- A primer for DASD
- Part 2: When is a server a good SAN candidate?
- Looking for basic storage metrics
- Working with third party and extended copy
- Storage acquisition and the decision making process
- The price per managed GB/month for a SAN
- Agentless discovery and SANs
- The current state of tape SAN failover
- Compatibility issue when adding tape capacity to a SAN
- SANs, distance and the speed of light
- Looking at the cost of purchasing SAN/NAS storage
- How to save money on SAN backup
- Pooled SAN storage for NAS
- I consolidated my storage...now what?
- Eight warning signs you may need to consolidate your data
- Seven steps to data replication