Data storage technology and management

Archives: August 2011


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  • Features

    • Storage virtualization: It’s ready, are you?

      Adoption of storage virtualization picks up as early obstacles to implementation are overcome. Mature products exist to deploy storage virtualization at the array or in the network

    • New trends in storage

      Storage technologies may sometimes seem a little stodgy and out of date, but there’s plenty of technical development going on at both the big storage vendors and smaller upstarts.

    • Storage magazine's August 2011 PDF

      Download Storage magazine's all-digital issue. This month: the state of backup dedupe, new trends in storage and a look at storage virtualization.

    • Users get upper hand over remote site backup

      Our survey finds more firms are relying on automated processes to back up their remote offices, and more backup data is making it back to the main data center than ever before.

    • The state of backup dedupe

      In a relatively short time, data deduplication has revolutionized disk-based backup, but the technology is still evolving with new applications and more choices than ever.

  • Columns

    • The need for speed

      Servers and networks have the pedal to the metal, but storage is struggling to keep up. With apps craving more performance, vendors have to figure out how to meet those needs.

    • No excuse for lax laptop backup

      Too expensive, too much extra work and not enough integration were legitimate complaints about laptop backup a few years ago. But those excuses just don’t cut it anymore.

    • Coming in the September 2011 issue of Storage magazine

      A sneak peek at Storage magazine's Sept. 2011 issue: matching virtualized servers to storage, the results of our midrange arrays Quality Awards survey and backing up the cloud.

    • Hybrid clouds on the horizon

      A few notable glitches have soured some users on cloud storage services, but a hybrid approach that integrates public and private storage may ultimately convince cloud skeptics.

    • Options for ROBOs: Choose a backup method for the ages

      Satellite offices and workers are changing the look of companies of all sizes, and backup technology is changing to keep pace.