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• • Your worst nightmares ... and how to avoid them by Jon William Toigo

    It's 10 p.m. Do you know where your data is?

  • Centralized Storage No Fad

  • InfiniBand Marches on Despite Intel Retreat

    Intel has put the brakes on some of its InfiniBand activities.

  • Are You a SAN Guru?

    Take these sample exam questions to see if you could pass SNIA's FC certification programs.

  • IFCP and FCIP by Marc Farley

  • Where hard drives are headed by Eric Knorr

    Bigger used to be better, but get ready for smaller, faster.

  • Taxonomy of Storage Management Software Providers

    There's no lack of vendors who will sell you tools to help you regain control of your storage resources.

  • Will .NET server make Windows storage friendly? by David Braue

    Here's how the next version of Windows will change storage managers' lives.

  • Storage managers plan more SANs by Mark Schlack and Karen Bannan

    Our extensive survey of 2003 spending plans documents continuing networked storage growth and selective adoption of new technology.

  • Will disk replace tape?

• • Tape Spins Right Round

    Tape vendors continue to put out products at dizzying speeds.

  • Solid State Disk: Coming Soon to a SAN Near You

    It's commonplace to find disk subsystems and tape drives on the SAN, but that's not always the case for solid state disk (SSD).

  • USB Drives Make Small Work of Large File Transfers

    The market has seen a flood of small plug-and-play USB storage devices that have ample capacity.

  • What's the best network storage for databases? by Marc Farley

    Conventional wisdom says SANs, but that depends what you're doing with your database.

  • With SANs, Street Price Bears Little Resemblance to List

    If you're not getting deep discounts on your storage networking equipment, you need to hone your bargaining skills.

  • Windows backup: avoid the landmines by W. Curtis Preston

    Backing up in Windows may be tricky, but there are shortcuts.

  • Managing a SAN the old-fashioned way by Benjamin Kuo

    With automation largely a fantasy, you'll need to know how to do it the hard way.

  • ASK THE EXPERT: by Randy Kerns

    Why doesn't my mail client software create a lock for e-mail files if it's reading it off a NAS device? Which non-EMC NAS devices provide a gateway to connect to an EMC Symmetrix SAN?

  • The price of independence by David Braue

    As storage has become more strategic, so has the need for focused professionals. Here's how some companies are working that out.

• Columns

  • Introducing new data storage technologies by Stephen Foskett

    Introducing new technology to your department isn't as easy as it sounds.

  • Snapshot: Using multiple storage array vendors

    How many array vendors are in your shop?

  • Where in the world is iSCSI?

    Storage Bin: Where in the world is iSCSI?

  • Avoiding failure in the SAN is easy, back your switch up by Darryl Brooks

    Avoiding failure in the SAN is easy - back your switch up.

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