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This article is part of the Vol. 7 Num. 13 February 2009 issue of Storage magazine's data storage products of the year
The next generation of Ethernet is likely to have a profound effect on storage—pumped-up iSCSI performance may challenge Fibre Channel's tier 1 dominance. By Christine Cignoli It's barely even here yet, but 10Gb Ethernet (10GigE) is going to have a hard time living up to its hype. Hailed as a "game changing" technology by some, it carries the burden of being a cure-all for storage (and network) managers' problems. But when you look beyond the hyperbole surrounding 10GigE, you'll see the technology is, in many ways, still just emerging. That's not to suggest that 10GigE won't deliver on its promise -- perhaps not a cure-all, but certainly destined to give iSCSI storage and Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) topologies a big boost. Still, real products are few and far between at this time, and per-port prices are still at a very un-Ethernet premium. While there have been some early adopters, its first few inroads into the market have been in higher-end implementations such as super-high-performance computing. Switch vendors are starting down the 10GbE road ... Access >>>
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The under-over on DR
One size doesn't fit all, especially when it comes to disaster recovery planning. Learn how to build a multitiered DR services capability.
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Timetable for 10 Gigabit Ethernet
The next generation of Ethernet is likely to have a profound effect on storage; pumped-up iSCSI performance may challenge Fibre Channel's tier 1 dominance.
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The under-over on DR
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Best storage Products of the Year 2008
by Editors of Storage and SearchStorage.com
Scores of excellent storage products were rolled out in the past year, introducing new technologies or adding significant enhancements to tried-and-true storage technologies.
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Storage shops holding up under economic stress
Whether budgets are up or down, most storage managers are doing some belt tightening, ready to forego some features or performance in favor of lower price tags.
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Best storage Products of the Year 2008
by Editors of Storage and SearchStorage.com
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Scale-out NAS poised for growth
by Terri McClure
The compelling economic benefits of deploying scale-out NAS have the technology increasing its footprint in the general storage space.
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Survival guide for storage managers
Extreme circumstances call for extreme measures. We list four ways to trim or hold down storage costs this year.
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Deduping: The rest of the story (Storage Bin 2.0)
Deduplication is great for paring backup data, so it should be even better for primary data. But where does it make the most sense to start dedupe?
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Scale-out NAS poised for growth
by Terri McClure
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