Storage Management Strategies for the CIO
Storage Data storage hardware:
Data storage hardware
Data storage components are at the core of any enterprise storage system. This chapter starts at the roots, taking a closer look at the pieces of the storage puzzle -- disk drives, arrays, clustering and networked storage.
Data storage arrays:
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Sharing a LUN between windows and making it a cluster
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Midrange storage array specifications
Buying Guide - The key for many smaller organizations is to meet their storage needs without adding personnel or increasing the workload on IT professionals that are already overworked. Scalability and data protection are certainly important, and data migration between...
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SATA, Fibre Channel and ATA disks on the same array?
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Networked storage:
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Scaling storage networks demands careful consideration
Buying Guide - In the Fibre Channel world, scaling often means adding more and faster switch ports to extend the fabric's bandwidth and connectivity. But IP storage (mainly iSCSI) is a growing area of SAN expansion, using ubiquitous Ethernet network technology to pass...
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The difference between IP storage and iSCSI
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How do I connect a Fibre Channel switch to a router?
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Overview:
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From disk drives to arrays: A primer on enterprise data storage
08 Jun 2007
Article - Learn about the data storage components that go into an enterprise storage environment, from the basic hard disk drive to RAID, JBOD, disk arrays, clustering and SAN and NAS networked storage.
RAID technology:
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RAID-53: RAID by any other name
Tip - RAID 53 has a much higher transaction rate than RAID 3, which is achieved by striping the data across multiple RAID 3 arrays.
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How to choose the correct RAID level
Tip - This tip offers nine things to consider when deciding which RAID level is right for your organization's needs.
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Storage disk drives:
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Tip - Learn more about SATA II, its features and how to leverage its capabilities for your storage environment.
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Disk drive failure rates: Fact or fiction?
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Ask the Expert - Storage expert Greg Schulz offers advice to a reader who asked a question regarding FC and SCSI drive resiliency.