Storage Management Strategies for the CIO
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This article is part of the Vol. 4 No. 3 May 2005 issue of Tips for real-world disaster recovery planning
In case you were looking for a reason to deploy an iSCSI SAN, here's another: You can boot your servers remotely off the iSCSI target. Today, software initiators for Linux allow you to remote boot from a SAN through PXE (pronounced "pixie") boot support. iSCSI host bus adapters (HBAs) such as Adaptec's 7211 and QLogic's QLA4010 and 4040 families support iSCSI boot, as do Alacritech's new SEN2000 and SES2000 cards. If you're running Windows and want to bypass an HBA, Canadian firm emBoot last month announced netBoot/I, an iSCSI software initiator and network boot suite for Microsoft environments that will sell for less than $100 per client. Why boot from a SAN, you ask? "If I have to install a new server without diskless boot, it takes four hours; but with diskless boot, it takes a couple of minutes," says Bo Christiansen, a consultant with Danish IT consulting firm SDC Udvikling. SDC recently implemented an IP SAN from EqualLogic. Supporting the IT infrastructure of 80 Danish financial institutions, SDC's servers are equipped with Adaptec 7211C HBAs and boot... Access >>>
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- Definition: Perpendicular recording
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Lawyers fan flames of e-mail archiving fire
Legal issues boost e-mail archiving
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First Look: Overland's REO Backup Appliances
Overland's REO works with traditional backup software and eliminates tape from the backup process, simplifying data protection at satellite locations.
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Real-World DR
by Marc Staimer
Storage administrators often ask what their peers are doing to solve DR problems. However, information of this type is usually difficult to make public. These case studies have a central theme: Increasing data levels and stricter compliance regulations are forcing companies to look to newer technologies to solve their growing DR and backup pains.
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Virtualization at your service
New twist on virtualization
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File services frenzy
File services frenzy
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Branch backup goes tapeless
Better way to back up branch offices
- Do or die data restore
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Build a winning storage budget
by Dick Benton
This tip offers advice on taking a business-plan approach to the process of building a storage budget.
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Give local disk the boot
Boot from the SAN with iSCSI
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File services frenzy
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Columns
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Storage Bin: The changing role of tape
Respondents to a recent ESG survey said they've replaced, or will consider replacing, tape with disk.
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Snapshot: Encrypting backup data
Do you encrypt your backup?
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10 reasons why your DR plan could be in trouble
by James Damoulakis
Is your firm's DR plan more talk than action? Here are 10 reasons why your DR plan could be in trouble.
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Moving from tape to disk: A six-step guide
The benefits of disk-based backup are appealing, but moving from tape to disk takes planning. These six tips will help you build a solid game plan to ease your transition.
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Realigning the stars
Realigning the stars
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Storage Bin: The changing role of tape
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