Storage Management Strategies for the CIO
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Storage magazine - Vol. 3 No. 8 October 2004In this issue, learn about five cutting-edge technologies that are ready to take their place in your shop. Also get information on using smart switches, and how to restore with confidence. Access >>>
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Features
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NAS Nurtures iSCSI Growth
NAS fosters iSCSI growth
- A Petabyte of Pics
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SATA II Doubles Disk Speed to 3Gb/sec
SATA doubles disk speed
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Next-gen switches
by Arun Taneja
You can move intelligence to a storage network using intelligent switches or appliances. How the alternatives work, and the pros and cons of each are described.
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Nonstop data protection
by Jerome Wendt
The latest CDP products promise administrators the ability to recover from a point in time on a range of platforms.
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Back Up to the Future
A magic ball to predict tape failures?
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Cheap SATA Spurs D2D
Inexpensive SATA drives D2D
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NAS Nurtures iSCSI Growth
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- Users Need Better Way to Predict Disk Failures
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Better tape restores
by Jeff Harbert and John Merryman
Don't find out the hard way that your tape-based backup system isn't working as planned. Here are some best practices that will increase the odds that your restores will work.
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Hands-On Review: Veritas CommandCentral Storage 4.0
by Darryl Brooks
Veritas Software's upgrade to CommandCentral Storage is a feature-rich program that raises the bar for SRM applications.
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Survey Says: Users Like Site Licenses for SRM Software
How would you like to see SRM software priced?
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First Look: Storability's GSM 4.0
by Robert L. Scheier
Storability Software's Global Storage Management software offers improved reporting capabilities and new exposure analysis reports in its latest version.
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Hot technologies for 2005 and beyond
Storage editors asked industry leaders what new technologies are likely to have the most impact on storage operations. We look at the top five emerging technologies and tell you why they can change how storage gets done in your shop.
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The state of standards
by Johanna Ambrosio
Confused by FAIS, SMI-S, RAID DDF or iSCSI? We make sense out of the alphabet soup of storage standards and help you determine which ones you should consider when purchasing storage gear.
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Columns
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Editorial: Storage stylin's
by Mark Schlack
Storage stylin's
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Snapshot: Implementing iSCSI storage systems
Will you implement iSCSI?
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Hot Spots: Remote control
by Jon Oltsik
Letting remote and branch offices deal with storage security on their own is courting disaster.
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Storage Bin: Einstein was an awful shortstop
Einstein was an awful shortstop
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Best Practices: Get your storage management group up and running
by Stephen Foskett
Follow this methodical plan to build an effective storage management group with clearly defined responsibilities.
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Editorial: Storage stylin's
by Mark Schlack
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