Storage Management Strategies for the CIO
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This article is part of the Vol. 1 No. 7 September 2002 issue of Managing data storage for remote employees
For organizations with existing FC-SAN investments, the lure of IP storage may not be great, but for the Carlson Companies, the Minneapolis-based marketing, travel and hospitality giant, making the move from an all direct-attached storage (DAS) environment to a FC-SAN seemed like more trouble than it was worth. "We don't have any investment in Brocade, or Fibre Channel for that matter," says Gary Johnson, an architectural consultant with Carlson Shared Services, the company's global IT group, freeing them up to look at other ways to network storage. "What we really wanted to do is connect remote office storage over IP, so we can get data anywhere we need it in the world," says Johnson. And while it's possible to send FC data over long distances "if you're going more than 30 miles, you probably need to go to IP anyway," points out Mike Price, enterprise architect. Carlson's solution was to build an IP SAN using Nishan Systems' multiprotocol IPS 4000 switches and redundant Cisco 6509 Gigabit Ethernet switches to connect to the FC interfaces on HP and Sun ... Access >>>
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- Few options for disaster-proof storage
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IBM's Shark stays afloat
Recent enhancements should keep Shark afloat for a while longer.
- Data growth not in vain at NCSA
- Free of Fibre Channel baggage, firm builds IP SAN
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Modular vs. Monolithic
by Julie Ryan
Modular's price is attractive and features have steadily grown, but modular still has advantages for some scenarios.
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EMC takes a stab at storage consulting services
EMC is expanding its professional services group to offer platform-independent consulting.
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The bookshelf
Looking for storage enlightenment?
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Managing storage at the edge
by Eric Knorr
As the amount of off-site workers and data increases, you'll need everything from replicating software to USB drives to keep pace.
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What Will Succeed DDS for the Low-end Tape Throne?
Last year, manufacturers of Digital Data Storage (DDS) tape announced they would discontinue any further development of the 8mm technology.
- Comings, Goings
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Pick the right ATA array for backup
by W. Curtis Preston
Pick the right ATA array for backup
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Penny per megabyte NAS here to stay
Priced in the penny per megabyte range, networked storage is within reach of all but the smallest mom and pops.
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Optimizing LAN-free backup
by Marc Farley
To get the most out of LAN-free backup, zero in on performance capabilities and constraints.
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Seven steps to backup and restore
by Ed Palmer
As backup and recovery becomes increasingly difficult to manage, creating a backup and restore plan is becoming more necessary.
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The road to practical SAN security
by Benjamin Kuo
The spread of SANs has created a growing number of security products that address specific Achilles' heels, from authentication to transmission to encryption.
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What Will Succeed DDS for the Low-end Tape Throne?
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Columns
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How to select and implement a tape library - effectively
by James Damoulakis
Select and implement a tape library - effectively.
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Make your SAN administrator's life easier with Brocade's Fabric Manager
by Darryl Brooks
Make your SAN administrator's life easier with Brocade's Fabric Manager.
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Andiamo: Now you see it, now you don't
Storage Bin - Andiamo: Now you see it, now you don't
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Innovating carefully
by Mark Schlack
Innovating carefully
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Snapshot: What do you want from storage vendors?
What do you want from storage vendors?
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How to select and implement a tape library - effectively
by James Damoulakis
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