Data storage technology and management

Data storage technology and management

Storage Magazine

Archives: December 2011

VIEW OTHER ISSUES FROM 2011:

JAN | FEB | MAR | APR | MAY | JUN

JUL | AUG | SEP | OCT | NOV | DEC

Features
- Mobile backup: There’s an app for that
  
  Users may be carrying a significant amount of their company’s intellectual property on their smartphones, tablets and other ultraportable devices -- and that data needs to be protected.
- Quality Awards: Big and small Quantum tape libraries lead the field
  
  After finishing well but never winning in past Quality Awards surveys, Quantum tape libraries romped through both the enterprise and midrange categories this time around.
- Hot storage technologies for 2012
  
  These six cutting-edge storage technologies are ready for prime time, and can help transform your data center.
- 4 Gig FC, 1 Gig Ethernet dominate storage networking
  
  In our latest Snapshot survey, a majority of respondents use networked storage. But the number of firms already using 10 Gbps Ethernet and 8 Gbps Fibre Channel may be surprising.
- Storage magazine's December 2011 PDF
  
  Download Storage magazine's all-digital issue. This month: Hot technologies for 2012, mobile backup and Quality Awards for tape libraries.
Columns
- Replication technology for day-to-day recovery
  
  It’s not just for disaster recovery anymore: Replication technology is finding a place in the more common, but just as crucial, recovery of systems and data in ordinary operations.
- Determining the real cost of storage
  
  Vendors tout dollars per gigabyte per I/O, but figuring out what a data storage system will really cost your company is a much more complicated process.
- Occupy Storage!
  
  by Jon William Toigo
  
  Data storage technologies keep getting better, but storage vendors may just be up to their old tricks.
- “Big data” conspiracy theories abound
  
  Could the latest and greatest buzzword in the storage biz be killing off some of the most useful storage technologies around?
- Coming in the January 2012 issue of Storage magazine
  
  A sneak peek at Storage magazine's Jan. 2012 issue: Explore ROBO backup, get the results of our Quality Awards for NAS systems and learn what kind of DR site is best for your firm.

Storage Magazine

Subscribe to Storage Magazine

More from Related TechTarget Sites

Solid State Storage
Virtual Storage
Cloud Storage
Disaster Recovery
Data Backup
Storage UK
Storage Channel

searchSolidStateStorage
- Understanding data movement in Tier 0 storage
  
  Knowing how SSD tiering software works will help storage managers match data access characteristics of applications.
- EMC sees bright future for hybrid SSD, cloud models
  
  When it comes to flash technology and storage clouds, EMC is counting on hybrid SSD and public-private cloud models to shine.
- Pure Storage unveils FlashArray upgrade, customers
  
  Solid-state storage startup Pure Storage goes GA with its FlashArrays, upgrades software and reveals customers in its limited access program.
Virtual Storage
- Vblock architecture gains new configuration; VCE integrates EMC data protection apps
  
  At EMC World 2012 in Las Vegas, VCE announces a new Vblock architecture package, the Series 700 Model LX, as well as integration with EMC’s Avamar, Data Domain and RecoverPoint products.
- vSphere file systems: VMFS 5 plus VMFS vs. NFS
  
  Learn what makes VMFS unique among file systems, what VMFS 5 brings to the table and how to configure it. Plus, get info on VMFS vs. NFS.
- Atlantis Computing unveils Atlantis ILIO Diskless VDI 3.2; more news
  
  In virtual storage news, Atlantis launches ILIO Diskless VDI 3.2, and Tiger Technology releases storage clustering software cluStore.
CloudStorage
- Syncplicity customers hope for enterprise cloud file sharing features from EMC
  
  Syncplicity customers say they welcome EMC’s acquisition of the online file sharing vendor, although they’re watching EMC’s pricing plans.
- Public cloud architecture, TwinStrata help one company avoid upgrade
  
  TwinStrata’s CloudArray public cloud architecture helped the Russell Lands development company avoid an expensive storage upgrade.
- Creating a private cloud environment offers cost savings, scalability
  
  Creating a private cloud can bring cost savings, scalability and self-service, but the transformation may involve moving to object storage.
searchDisasterRecovery
- Financial firm replicates way to lower recovery time objective
  
  Financial services firm overhauls data protection to meet recover time objectives and recovery point objectives.
- Recovery planning inches forward, according to recent DR research
  
  This tip examines several examples of DR research from independent sources and DR vendors.
- Leverage government cybersecurity programs
  
  This tip examines some key government cybersecurity initiatives and their relevance to the private sector.
searchDataBackup
- EMC Data Domain backup – addition by subtraction?
  
  EMC rolls out bigger, faster Data Domain system, discontinues separate global dedupe and archiving products, and adds tape support for Avamar.
- SAN backup and recovery
  
  Moving data can complicate your backup efforts. In this tip, you’ll learn backup goals for SAN environments and backup methods to achieve those goals.
- Execs talk Backup Exec 2012, integrated appliances at Symantec Vision
  
  Our senior news director Dave Raffo attended Symantec Vision last week, and we have compiled his reporting for your convenience.
searchStorageUK
- Syncplicity customers hope for enterprise cloud file sharing features from EMC
  
  Syncplicity customers say they welcome EMC’s acquisition of the online file sharing vendor, although they’re watching EMC’s pricing plans.
- Vblock architecture gains new configuration; VCE integrates EMC data protection apps
  
  At EMC World 2012 in Las Vegas, VCE announces a new Vblock architecture package, the Series 700 Model LX, as well as integration with EMC’s Avamar, Data Domain and RecoverPoint products.
- Public cloud architecture, TwinStrata help one company avoid upgrade
  
  TwinStrata’s CloudArray public cloud architecture helped the Russell Lands development company avoid an expensive storage upgrade.
searchStorageChannel
- Selling customers on enterprise cloud backup services benefits
  
  To sell enterprise cloud backup services, storage VARs and MSPs need to focus on the business benefits -- mainly, risk mitigation and cost reduction -- rather than the technology itself.
- Distributor Condre offers Caringo object storage software; more news
  
  In our channel news roundup, object storage provider Caringo partners with distributor Condre for object storage, Active Archive Alliance launches a VAR certification program, and more news.
- Financial firm replicates way to lower recovery time objective
  
  Headlines: Financial services firm overhauls data protection to meet recovery time objectives and recovery point objectives.

All Rights Reserved, Copyright 2000 - 2012, TechTarget