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• • Special Supplement: iSCSI: Low-cost alternative to FC

    Based on the familiar TCP/IP networking protocol, iSCSI arrays are easy to implement and manage, and cheaper than Fibre Channel (FC)-based systems. They're also becoming a popular alternative to NAS and DAS for SMBs and remote office locations.

  • Special Supplement: Small office SANs

    Leading vendors are offering entry-level Fibre Channel and iSCSI SANs at record low prices. And you can get a lot for your money.

  • Snapshot: Do you use capacity-planning tools?

  • Virtualization: Tales from the trenches

    We profile five companies that have deployed, or are currently testing, storage virtualization and analyze their implementation experiences. The storage pros behind these efforts tell us how the products they chose are working in their production environments.

  • A step-by-step approach to data classification

    The most common shortcoming of a data classification project is the perception that it can be completed through technical analysis at the storage layer without engaging business users. While discovering and analyzing storage is part of the process, good classification requires engaging business users or their IT representatives.

  • Choosing the right VTL

    Disk is increasingly a key part of the backup process, and many companies are taking the virtual tape library (VTL) route to disk-based backup. But all VTLs aren't the same. Find out the key differences among VTL products, and how they might work in your shop.

  • Automate data recovery

    Policy-based storage management can automate the data recovery process. But you need to know what types of policies various products support, where the policy manager resides and what it's capable of doing.

  • Data migration: Proceed with caution

    This first of a three-part series on data migration products focuses on host-level data migration products. Data migration apps can automate, centralize and simplify data migrations while ensuring data integrity.

  • Log files grow unabated

• • High-end storage on an SMB budget

  • Special Supplement: 10 ways to trim storage costs

    Despite tight budgets, the demand for storage continues to grow. Here are some tips to cut some of the fat out of your storage systems and save a few dollars in the process.

  • Archiving alone won't shrink Exchange

  • New CAS players avoid hash lock-in

  • Large shops tackling chargeback

  • Survey Says: Archiving concerns on the rise

  • NetApp spins out Ontap GX

  • Rising power prices inspire energy-efficient storage

• Columns

  • Getting started with database archiving

    E-mail archiving gets a lot of the attention these days, but databases shouldn't be overlooked. Database administrators end up managing old and unchanging data within their production databases, so backups are constantly protecting data that hasn't changed.

  • Standards efforts undermined

    Standards efforts undermined

  • More than 50% of the time electronic discovery requests aren't satisfied.

    Storage Bin: In the last year, 91% of large corporations have been through an electronic discovery request. Thirty-three percent of these companies go through one or more requests per month, while 66% of midmarket companies have the same issue. And more than 50% of the time, the requests aren't satisfied.

  • How to count the cost of storage by Stephen Foskett

    The cost of each gigabyte of storage is declining rapidly in every segment of the market. Enterprise storage today costs what desktop storage did less than a decade ago. So why are overall costs increasing?

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