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This article is part of the Vol. 9 Num. 6 September 2010 issue of Why NAS virtualization is on the rise
The fifth edition of our service and reliability survey for midrange arrays shows that users of midrange storage systems are pretty darned satisfied with their purchases. Midrange storage array vendors seem to be doing a lot of things right. On our latest Quality Awards survey of midrange arrays, all of the finalists scored so well that it's hard to find fault with any of their product lines. This is the fifth time we've canvassed users about the service and reliability of their midrange storage arrays, and these users showed the highest level of satisfaction with this product class to date. With a record overall score of 7.12 for midrange systems, Compellent Technologies Inc. has regained the crown that Dell Inc. snagged in our previous survey. Compellent's win was earned with a consistent performance, garnering the top scores in all five of our rating categories -- sales-force competence, initial product quality, product features, product reliability and technical support. In winning all of the categories, the company's Storage Center products picked up ... Access >>>
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Aging RAID still an effective protection technology
RAID has taken criticism that it can't stand up to the rigors of a modern data storage environment. But 96% of the respondents to our survey said they rely on some form of RAID.
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Quality Awards V: Compellent regains top midrange arrays spot
The fifth edition of our service and reliability survey for midrange arrays shows that users of midrange storage systems are pretty darned satisfied with thier purchases.
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Aging RAID still an effective protection technology
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Top 10 tips for tuning your storage network
by George Crump
Storage performance issues are often not related to the storage system at all, but rather to the storage network that links servers to disk arrays. These 10 tips will help you find and fix the bottlenecks in your storage network infrastructure.
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Virtualizing NAS
Companies of all sizes are being inundated with unstructured data that's straining the limits of traditional file storage. File virtualization can pool those strained resources and provide for future growth.
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Top 10 tips for tuning your storage network
by George Crump
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Storage vendors stacking the deck
by Arun Taneja
Storage vendors have been busy creating server-to-application product stacks. It looks like the type of ploy that will give them more leverage, and take it away from you.
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Primary storage dedupe: Requisite for the future
by Tony Asaro
Tools like automated tiering and thin provisioning help users cope with growing capacity demands; but more drastic measures, like primary storage data reduction, are needed.
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Getting in front of backup
by Lauren Whitehouse
Learn about a handful of key technologies that can help storage managers meet their backup recovery time objectives (RTOs) by making the first steps -- data capture and transfer -- simpler and more efficient.
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ILM lives again!
Information lifecycle management faded into oblivion without getting serious notice. But it's back now, with a new name and more realistic goals.
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Storage vendors stacking the deck
by Arun Taneja
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