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Storage explained
Our Storage Explained series of articles will give you an in-depth understanding of leading-edge storage technologies in order to help you leverage these technologies in your storage infrastructure.
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Data storage and wide-area networks in 2009
Special Report - Data storage spending patterns show disaster recovery (DR) is becoming the key driver for using wide-area networks (WANs). This four-part Special Report outlines the changing relationship between storage and the WAN, and offers practical tips for...
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Virtual server backup using traditional techniques and specialized tools
(presented by SearchVirtualStorage.com)
Virtual Server Backup Exp - Ideally, server virtualization provides a reliable means of increasing hardware utilization. But as more "logical" servers are consolidated onto fewer "physical" computer systems, it's important to protect each virtual machine's data against failure or...
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LUN management at the heart of SAN configuration
LUNs Explained - LUNs are the basic vehicle for delivering storage, but provisioning SAN storage isn't just a matter of creating LUNs or volumes; the SAN fabric itself must be configured so that disks and their LUNs are matched to the appropriate servers. Proper...
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iSCSI SANs grow in midmarket, enterprise
iSCSI SAN Explained - Because transporting "SCSI over IP" leverages ubiquitous Ethernet networks, that translates to lower cost, easier maintenance and simpler management, which makes SAN deployment more attractive for SMEs.
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NAS tackles enterprise storage
NAS Explained - NAS technology is filling the gap between file servers and SANs, providing powerful file serving capability with high storage capacity and a growing number of enterprise-class features. NAS has emerged as a primary storage resource in SMBs and has proven...
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Tutorial - Find out what tiered storage is, the key technologies behind it, and how tiered storage can lower operational costs while improving application performance.
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Application-aware storage promises intelligence and automation
Application-aware Storage - Storage professionals overbuy both performance and capacity in an effort to forestall potential storage problems. Tiered storage was one way to address this problem -- matching storage resources and costs with the value of data. Today, storage is poised...
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Data storage compliance's impact on storage product choices
Data Storage Compliance E - Data storage compliance is having a tremendous impact on the storage organization, as well as the management practices employed to retain, search, certify and destroy data. It's not just regulations like SOX or HIPAA that influence storage -- there are...
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Buying storage capacity in 2009
Special Report - Market research shows data growing while budgets shrink in tough economic times, leading storage administrators to look at new technologies to cope. The global economic downturn has users delaying top-tier capacity purchases and moving whatever data they...
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Unified storage solutions and a look at multiprotocol arrays
Storage Technologies Expl - How multiprotocol arrays solve the types of storage problems that arise when a storage infrastructure includes both SAN and NAS. A look at where they outperform traditional single-protocol arrays. . .and where they don't.