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Storage magazine - Vol. 10 Num. 7 September 2011In the September 2011 cover story of Storage magazine, Eric Siebert clears up some of the confusion as he looks at the characteristics of Fibre Channel, iSCSI and NAS and reviews the pros and cons of each for virtual environments. Access >>>
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High satisfaction among cloud backup users
by Rich Castagna, Editorial Director
One-quarter of our Storage magazine survey respondents use cloud backup, and are pleased enough to keep a big chunk of their backup data stored in the cloud.
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Cloud backup is ready for the enterprise
by Jacob Gsoedl, Contributor
Cloud backup services have seen increased adoption by SMBs, but with a choice of methods and tighter controls, cloud backup is now also a viable enterprise alternative.
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High satisfaction among cloud backup users
by Rich Castagna, Editorial Director
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Quality Awards VI: NetApp nudges Dell for top midrange array spot
by Rich Castagna, Editorial Director
Dell plus Compellent proved to be a strong combination, but not quite strong enough to overtake NetApp on our sixth Quality Awards survey for midrange arrays.
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Best storage for virtual servers: Pros and cons of FC, iSCSI and NAS
by Eric Siebert, Contributor
Virtual servers need a good shared data storage system. All major networked storage protocols work with virtual machines, but some are better than others in certain environments.
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Quality Awards VI: NetApp nudges Dell for top midrange array spot
by Rich Castagna, Editorial Director
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Columns
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I/O: The next frontier
by Arun Taneja, Contributor
Processors get faster, networking tech takes it up a notch and bus designs keep up the pace, but they may all be dragged down if we can’t find a fix for slow I/O performance.
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Curious about cloud? Consider these simple, safe ways to get started
by Terri McClure, Contributor
Cloud-enabled storage arrays are among the ways that cautious end users are testing the cloud without the worry.
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The impact of virtual storage appliances
by Tony Asaro, Contributor
Software-only storage controllers running in virtual machines are an easy, economical way to get shared storage. But current products aren’t up to enterprise standards . . . yet.
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Let’s get real about the cloud
by Rich Castagna, Editorial Director
Cloud storage is really a pretty simple concept, so how the heck did it get so complicated?
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I/O: The next frontier
by Arun Taneja, Contributor
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