Storage Management Strategies for the CIO
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This article is part of the Vol. 5 No. 9 November 2006 issue of Salary survey reveals storage skills are in demand
"It's beyond daunting," says Gary Grider, computer scientist at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, of the challenge facing the new Petascale Data Storage Institute (PDSI). The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded a five-year, $11 million grant to the PDSI to find ways to manage the torrent of data produced by next-generation supercomputers, modeling phenomena such as global weather and nuclear stockpile safety. "They'll require up to hundreds of thousands of magnetic hard disks to handle the data required to run these simulations," says Garth Gibson, associate professor at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. But to get meaningful results, the supercomputers must run for months without downtime, says Grider. The PDSI is working with vendors to develop "self-star" systems--software-based techniques for automatically managing relationships between supercomputers and storage. "Think of computers fixing computers," says Gibson. --Jo Maitland Access >>>
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Big pay for storage jobs
Storage professionals report the highest average salaries in the four years that Storage magazine has conducted its Storage Salary Survey. See how industry, location, education, company size and management responsibilities can affect the size of your paycheck.
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Apps to classify and find data
Data classification may seem like an arcane art, but a growing set of information classification and management products make sorting through your company's data easier than ever. These tools provide the foundation for litigation discovery, cost reduction, record management and retention, archiving, deduplication and usage control.
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Rough going for Exchange replication
by Trina MacDonald, Trends associate editor
Replicating databases for disaster recovery isn't easy, and Microsoft Exchange is no exception.
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Automate data migration
Moving seldom-accessed data from primary storage to less-costly storage not only saves money, but can also improve the performance of applications. Hierarchical storage management (HSM) software can help automate the migration of files, but HSM products vary in the way they approach the task. So it's important to identify the requirements of an HSM product before making a choice.
- Snapshot: Will you add iSCSI?
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Big pay for storage jobs
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- HP unveils storage blade
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Quality Awards II: Surprise Winner--BakBone NetVault is leader of the backup pack
BakBone Software Inc.'s NetVault, which ranked near the bottom in our 2005 survey, is this year's enterprise-class backup and recovery software winner. We'll tell you how BakBone pulled off this stunning turnaround.
- Survey Says: Storage grows unabated
- New frameworks give users more choices
- Security for your security appliances
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Tape encryption strategies
by Jon Oltsik
Companies need to take a more strategic approach to tape encryption by building a services-based architecture that can meet today's needs and scale to accommodate future needs.
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A new startup promises recordless e-mail
Storage Bin: A new startup promises recordless e-mail. Is this a stroke of genius that will reward the company with billions of Internet bucks, or is it the end of the world as we know it?
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How to better connect storage to the business
by James Damoulakis
We can learn from manufacturing processes and use a supply chain to storage to better align it with strategic business goals. To implement this model, a storage services plan needs to be multidimensional and encompass performance, availability, data protection, data movement and migration, and data retention.
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All-in-one backup
All-in-one backup
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Tape encryption strategies
by Jon Oltsik
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