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December 2005

DECEMBER COVER STORY
Hot technologies for 2006
by Alan Radding
Storage's editors considered a wide range of technologies before settling on the five that we feel will be the hottest storage technologies for 2006. Among the many technologies available to storage shops, we see e-mail archiving, midrange arrays, virtual tape and disk-based backup, SAS/SATA drives and remote office support emerging as the technologies that will be most in demand next year.
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November 2005

NOVEMBER COVER STORY
Storage salaries increase
by Alan Radding
The results for Storage's annual salary survey are in and storage professionals report salary growth. While the increases over last year are modest, they do represent the third straight year that our exclusive survey has shown an increase in storage salaries.
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October 2005

OCTOBER COVER STORY
Will your disaster recovery plan work?
by Alan Radding
No matter how many checklists a company creates, the number of disaster scenarios it considers or even how assiduously it backs up data, managers can't be confident in their firm's ability to recover data unless the systems have been tested thoroughly.
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September 2005

SEPTEMBER COVER STORY
10 basic steps for better backup
by Jim Damoulakis
The most evident common denominator in well-functioning backup infrastructures is effective process and control. This checklist highlights 10 areas you should focus on to build a better backup practice.
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September 2005

SEPTEMBER COVER STORY
Data migration: Preparation equals success
by Richard Harsell
Moving data from one array to another is becoming more commonplace for reasons such as implementing new or upgraded systems, tiering storage or archiving older data. Data migration is a complex and painful process, but these steps can help ease the pain.
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August 2005

AUGUST COVER STORY
Quality awards: Enterprise arrays
by Rich Castagna and Phil Goodwin
We present the results of the first-ever Diogenes Labs-Storage magazine Quality Awards. In the inaugural product category, enterprise arrays, see how users rated the major array vendors and which vendor came out on top.
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July 2005

JULY COVER STORY
HP reassures the faithful
by Rich Castagna
With a bevy of new products, including a long-awaited refresh of its EVA arrays, Hewlett-Packard is trying to convince its users and critics that the company really is committed to storage.
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June 2005

JUNE COVER STORY
New backup strategies
by W. Curtis Preston
In the final installment of his series on disk-based data protection,
W. Curtis Preston describes how options such as snapshots, replication, continuous data protection and data reduction backup can improve the backup process.
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May 2005

MAY COVER STORY
Real-world DR
by Marc Staimer
Disaster recovery (DR) is an ongoing issue for every storage shop. Building a plan that works and is cost-effective is a challenge. Here's how six companies met their DR challenges.
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April 2005

APRIL COVER STORY
Clustering storage
by Rich Castagna
Clustered servers have become a mainstay of the data center, and now clustering is quickly becoming the preferred technology for making
storage more scalable, reliable and easier to manage.
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March 2005

MARCH COVER STORY
Spotlight on midrange arrays
Midrange arrays can handle most jobs traditionally associated with costly monolithic arrays at a far lower price. Our Special Report describes the benefits of these modular storage systems, profiles 14 of the leading midrange arrays and offers a look at what's coming.
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February 2005

FEBRUARY COVER STORY
Tale of the tape
by Rich Castagna
Storage magazine's first tape reliability survey reveals that despite its low media cost and portability, many storage pros consider tape a weak link in the backup chain.
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January 2005

JANUARY COVER STORY
Best storage products of 2004
Our third annual Products of the Year presents 15 products that could transform the way you manage storage. The editors of Storage and SearchStorage.com, along with a panel of industry experts, selected these standout products based on innovation and value, among other criteria.
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