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This article is part of the Vol. 4 No. 12 February 2006 issue of Storage Products of the Year 2005
A toaster oven in the data center Vendors may claim midrange arrays rival enterprise systems feature for feature, but user skepticism threatens to take some of the air out of the hot midrange market. MY TOASTER OVEN will cook a turkey--at least that's what the manufacturer claims. It even came with detailed directions describing how to roast the big bird. According to the specs on the box, the only difference between this little countertop marvel and the conventional oven sitting next to it, apart from physical size and price, is that the big guy requires a special three-phase power outlet. In the storage environment, an analogous situation exists between midrange and enterprise storage arrays, right down to the special electrical outlets. Why does anyone buy a conventional oven or an enterprise storage array? It turns out that folks in general are pretty smart when it comes to the old adage of "you get what you pay for," and they're rapidly becoming disenchanted with midrange storage despite the more modest price tags. Vendors have been adding barely ... Access >>>
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Speed wars: Fibre Channel vs. Ethernet
Just as 4Gb/sec Fibre Channel is poised to make its move into the data center, Ethernet is roaring back with its 10Gb/sec technology. But the lure of pure speed might not be enough for Ethernet to overtake Fibre Channel--at least for now.
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Shopping for storage: One vendor or more?
Buying storage today is more difficult than ever. You need to get the best acquisition price, the lowest long-term TCO and avoid vendor lock-in. On top of it all, you must decide which is best: one vendor or more?
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Best storage products of 2005
Our fourth annual Products of the Year awards spotlight the 15 new or enhanced storage products that stood out from the rest in 2005. The editors of Storage and SearchStorage.com, along with a panel of users and industry experts, selected these winning products based on their innovation and performance, among other criteria.
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- 10Gb Ethernet means more host support
- Survey says: Users opt for appliance-based virtualization
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Not just a big switch
Fibre Channel directors don't just provide lots of ports, they also offer ways to connect disparate SANs, isolate data and devices within a fabric, and configure throughput for specific applications. We look at how the big three directors match up.
- New benchmark measures array throughput
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Marriott's lost tapes are just the latest in a string of high-profile storage snafus
Storage bin: Marriott's lost tapes are just the latest in a string of high-profile storage snafus. But with plenty of viable security solutions available, there's simply no excuse for these very public blunders.
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A toaster oven in the data center
by Stephen Foskett
The midrange array market may still be hot, but storage managers are wary of getting burned. While midrange vendors keep piling on the features, storage pros are becoming disenchanted with midrange systems despite their more modest price tags.
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Startups and standards
Startups and standards
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How safe is your archived data?
by Jon Oltsik
With government regulations like HIPAA and SEC 17a-4, archiving has become a global requirement. But how safe is all that archived data?
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Marriott's lost tapes are just the latest in a string of high-profile storage snafus
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