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Storage magazine - Vol. 10 Num. 8 October 2011

In the October 2011 cover story of Storage magazine, Phil Goodwin provides a status update on solid-state storage technology. Learn about the various use cases for solid-state storage and find out the different forms of solid-state technology on the market today.   Access >>>

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    • Solid-state goes mainstream by Rich Castagna, Editorial Director

      If a tech is judged by the products that crop up around it and the techs it spawns, then it’s hard to argue that solid-state storage hasn’t reached a certain level of maturity.

    • Status report: Solid-state storage by Phil Goodwin, Contributor

      Solid-state storage has carved out a niche in the storage ecosystem, establishing itself as a viable alternative for high-performance applications.

    • Storage networking alternatives by Dennis Martin

      All the old standards -- FC, iSCSI and NAS -- are still going strong, but FCoE and virtualized I/O are waiting in the wings to help remake our storage networks.

    • Storage managers poised to tap new technologies by Rich Castagna, Editorial Director

      As budgetary constraints ease, storage shops are looking to emerging techs and cloud services to help deal with virtualized environments, data growth and performance demands.

    • Storage tiering gets more sophisticated and automated by Rich Castagna, Editorial Director

      The number of organizations doing storage tiering today is approximately the same as three years ago, but tiering practices are becoming more sophisticated.

  • Columns
    • Your new storage vendor might be VMware by Arun Taneja, Contributor

      VMware’s latest releases suggest it has serious intentions about encroaching on storage vendors’ turf, which might be a wakeup call for the data storage industry.

    • Data protection implications with cloud services by Lauren Whitehouse, Contributor

      More companies are moving to a cloud model that lets them outsource the underlying cloud infrastructure, and that model has widespread implications for users and data protection.

    • A dialog about VDI and storage by Tony Asaro, Contributor

      A systems integrator on the front lines of virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) implementation offers some solid advice.

    • Solid-state goes mainstream by Rich Castagna, Editorial Director

      If a tech is judged by the products that crop up around it and the techs it spawns, then it’s hard to argue that solid-state storage hasn’t reached a certain level of maturity.

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