Storage Management Strategies for the CIO
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This article is part of the Vol. 4 No. 5 July 2005 issue of How HP is reloading its storage strategy
You're on the way to a kickoff meeting for a new CRM project that requires back-end storage which, as the storage administrator, you must supply. You recall conversations with some of the database administrators (DBAs) about the requirements--approximately 2TB--which you feel can be done without breaking your budget. The meeting is attended by several DBAs, the project manger (PM), a few DBA/software contractors representing the vendor and a sales representative you've never seen before. Before you can say "ambush," the DBAs bombard you with unrealistic disk requirements and configurations, and the PM scratches your name on the Gantt chart, but quickly adds that there are no additional funds in the budget for storage hardware. On your way out, you're reminded that the progress of this project will be monitored at the highest levels in the company. If this fictional scenario touches a nerve, there's a reason. As technology progresses, storage allocation is becoming less of a mystery. Advances in software allow groups outside the storage team, such as DBAs, to... Access >>>
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- Definition: Short stroking
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HP reassures the faithful
With a bevy of new products, including a long-awaited refresh of its EVA arrays, Hewlett-Packard is trying to convince its users and critics that the company really is committed to storage.
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How DBAs view storage
Storage magazine's exclusive poll gives you the lowdown on how DBAs and storage pros view storage. We detail each group's areas of concern, spotlight their differences and find some common ground.
- Survey Says: iSCSI will erode Fibre Channel sales
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Traffic to remote offices eases up
Brighter days are ahead for remote office workers
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Tape is not about to go away
Tape gets an image boost
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- Half-terabyte drives on tap
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Data classification: Getting started
by Karl Langdon and John Merryman
Classifying data and knowing how its value changes over time will improve service levels, create a better working relationship with business units and reduce costs. (This tip is part of our Storage 101 tip series.)
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Clustering comes to NAS
by Alex Barrett, Trends Editor
Fed up with monolithic NAS boxes that don't scale? Clustering provides a way out of the management headache that's being perpetuated by some industry players.
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Switching storage vendors
Many storage managers would rather push their existing storage to the max rather than install a new vendor's equipment. Three companies describe how they changed vendors with as little pain as possible.
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Object-based backup
Object-based backup products back up only the data that has changed, reducing storage and bandwidth issues.
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Big storage in small packages
IT departments thirsty for storage capacity
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Columns
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Adopting an internal service provider or utility model
by James Damoulakis
Aligning policies and processes is a significant stride toward building a consolidated service provider model.
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When consolidation doesn't bring integration
by Mark Schlack
When consolidation doesn't bring integration
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Storage Bin: The new vendor conundrum
Security and privacy are giant data issues. Vendors who speak the new "solutions" language, and deliver products that offer encryption functionality, will steal market share from those who don't.
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Snapshot: Disaster recovery plan development
Do you have a DR plan?
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Storage security basics
Is your firm focusing on performance and availability instead of security? Do you consider security "someone else's job"? If you answered "Yes" to these questions, you need a storage security wake-up call.
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Adopting an internal service provider or utility model
by James Damoulakis
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