Storage Management Strategies for the CIO
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This article is part of the Vol. 2 No. 8 October 2003 issue of Low-cost storage pieces fall into place
If i had a nickel for every storage management software product, I could buy lunch. That's because the last time I counted, there were 114 software products from 30 vendors--all claiming to help you manage your storage. And this doesn't count products in development, waiting to be rescued from bankrupt vendors or products I overlooked. Storage management life cycle A key requirement of business continuity is that there's sufficient distance between data storage locations so that a disaster that wipes out one site is unlikely to wipe out another site. To make this situation worse, these products are often described using the same confusing terms, and claim the same benefits. Storage resource management (SRM) products usually analyze the contents of host storage (the number, type and attributes of files), but not always. Each suite has its own set of functions, but many don't even offer SRM functionality. There are some big gaps in the market, too. While more than a dozen packages offer accounting, device management and SAN management functionality, fewer than... Access >>>
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Lock the back door
by W. Curtis Preston
In the last installment of our three-part security series, this article discusses SAN management interfaces, which can give a stealthy hacker an easy way to sneak in and potentially damage your data.
- Regulatory Compliance: the Next Y2K?
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Low-End NAS is a Backup Mainstay
Low-end NAS for backup?
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Surviving and thriving: facing recession and growth
by Mark Schlack
Don't submit your budget without checking the results of Storage's semiannual purchasing intentions survey of 500 storage managers.
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Searching for seamless consolidation
by Jeff Moad
In this second part of a three-part series featuring organizations in different stages of storage networking, we look at why growth often means abandoning the storage utility notion, at least for the moment.
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Big New Tape Libraries In Smaller Packages
Big tape libraries come in smaller packages.
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Spend less on storage
by Marc Farley
Serial ATA disks can save you big bucks, but there's a bigger story here. By using RAID and a SAN, you can overcome many of its inherent reliability and performance limitations. It's time to rethink many of your assumptions about storage costs.
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Lock the back door
by W. Curtis Preston
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- Can Cheap Fibre Channel HBAs Stave Off iSCSI?
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Scamming for Storage
Storage swindle by e-mail
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Clustering Tapped to Solve Storage Challenges
What can clustering do for you?
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Apple RAID: innovative but limited
by W. Curtis Preston
Surprise! Apple Computer has entered the storage game. Its new storage array, Xserve, has a lot to offer, but mostly for those with Apple servers.
- Ensuring Good Data, Far Away
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The trouble with measuring SAN performance
A common system administrator's nightmare involves the telephone call at 4:oo in the morning from your boss. He's calling to tell you there's a problem with the SAN. Here's how to survive and prevent this from happening again.
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How to pick the right protocol for your SAN
by Darryl Brooks
There are four different protocols for sending long-distance SAN traffic. This article will help you pick the right protocol for your SAN.
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IT people scrambling for a few bucks while they attempt to tackle monumental tasks
Storage Bin: At the beginning of a budgeting cycle, poor IT people begin scrambling for a few bucks while they attempt to tackle monumental tasks.
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Storage and security groups working together
by Jon Oltsik
Get ready to meet your new partner. Over the next few years, storage and security groups will be working more closely together.
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Snapshot: Email archiving
Do You Archive Your E-mail?
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Making sense of data storage management options
by Stephen Foskett
The key to making sense of the the bewildering amount of storage management products offered today is knowing what you need and ignoring the rest.
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How to pick the right protocol for your SAN
by Darryl Brooks
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