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• • Utility Storage-What's the Use?

    Buzzword alert: the latest word to loom from storage marketers' lexicon is utility.

  • Delete old data ... really by Alan Joch

    Sometimes the delete key isn't enough - you need the electronic equivalent of a shredder.

  • Non-blocking architecture

    Non-blocking architecture

  • Snapshots save time and data by Julie Ryan

    This powerful technology comes in several flavors - find out which one is right for you.

  • Making Sense of EMC's Centera

    April's unveiling by EMC of Centera, has people thinking how best to pigeonhole this decidedly different array.

  • Surprise! cheap disks cure slow backup by W. Curtis Preston

    Why new ATA/IDE arrays, which are cheaper than tape libraries, might be a better bet for backup.

  • Veritas Broadens Offerings

    The company is actively moving to try to parlay its dominant market positions onto even higher ground.

  • Compaq Clarifies WideSky Position

    "We are not a member of the WideSky program, we never have been, and we do not believe it is in the best interest of our customers," Sorenson says.

  • Midrange NAS Gains Functionality

    Slowly but surely, the features found in high-end NAS boxes are finding their way to cheaper devices.

  • Now, That's a Cluster!

    Lawrence Livermore National Labs is pushing the envelope with a new storage cluster that mates 115TB of networked disk with a massive cluster of 600 dual Pentium 4 servers.

• • Honestly, do you really know what storage virtualization is? by Charles T. Clark

    Confused by the virtualization hype? We decode the marketspeak.

  • First Storage Benchmark Released

  • Virtualization has a credibility problem by Michael Desmond

    Although virtualization has found its way into some corners of enterprise computing, storage managers are not rushing to implement it. Here's why.

  • Tape Automation for the Masses

    For most IT shops, backup still happens the old-fashioned way: from the host to a direct-attached standalone tape drive.

  • DLT Cartridges

    What kind of DLT tape cartridge to purchase?

  • Will SAN File Systems Play Larger Management Role?

    Typical SAN file systems are being positioned to play a more prominent storage management role.

  • Recovering from the WTC: a personal account by Darryl Brooks

    A first-hand look at what one company at the World Trade Center went through to restore operations.

  • SAN switches get smarter by Charles T. Clark

    As storage networks become larger and more complex, smarter switches are one way to manage that complexity.

  • Tape libraries automate backup by Sam Green

    Everything you need to know about tape libraries.

• Columns

  • Real problems, virtual solutions by Mark Schlack

    Real problems, virtual solutions

  • Security - from a storage perspective

    Storage Bin - Security - from a storage perspective.

  • A further look at business continuance volumes by Stephen Foskett

    A further look at business continuance volumes.

  • Scalable SANs start with good switch links by Darryl Brooks

    Scalable SANs start with good switch links

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