Storage Management Strategies for the CIO
Storage Network attached storage management:
Network attached storage management
Network attached storage management is the second chapter in our All-in-One Guide to NAS. Here you will find articles, expert advice and tips about backing up NAS, high availability NAS and clustering, and NAS virtualization.
Backing up network attached storage:
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Ask the Expert - Randy Kerns discusses using a Promise SX8000 disk array for backup.
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Disk-based backup for SAN and NAS
Tip - Disk-as-disk backups involve using disk drives behaving as disk drives -- the disks aren't pretending to be tape.
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NAS backup: What are my options?
Ask the Expert - This advice explains how NAS can simplify your backups.
High availability network attached storage clustering:
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Scale capacity with clustered NAS gateways
Tip - Jerome Wendt explains what clustered NAS gateways are, how they work and compares various products on the market today.
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Don't let NAS consolidation impair performance
Tip - Learn how to avoid some common NAS upgrade mistakes.
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The benefits of clustered storage
Feature - Clustered storage combines multiple arrays or controllers to increase their performance, capacity or reliability. But the technology isn't right for every company. We outline what you need to know before deciding to adopt clustered storage.
Network attached storage management overview:
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Network-attached storage management overview
08 Jun 2006
Article - Adding NAS devices to the network will eventually impose a serious level of management overhead for storage managers. Organizations that plan to deploy NAS boxes should make provisions for NAS management.
Network attached storage virtualization:
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Rein in NAS with file virtualization
Feature - NAS filers have sprung up largely unchecked in many companies, creating major management headaches and forcing companies to reevaluate how they handle this critical piece of storage infrastructure. File virtualization appliances can address multiple...
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Product Roundup: File virtualization
(presented by SearchVirtualStorage.com)
Special Report - Some file virtualization products allow storage administrators to manage multiple existing heterogeneous NAS devices from one console. Others provide a virtual file system known as a global namespace.
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File virtualization eliminates NAS sprawl headaches
(presented by SearchVirtualStorage.com)
Special Report - A survey shows that user interest in file virtualization is about to crest because organizations are no longer waiting to encounter the problem of file sprawl to deploy it.