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December 2006
DECEMBER COVER STORY
Hot technologies for 2007
by Alan Radding
Storage magazine's editors reviewed technology developments, product introductions and storage standards to come up with this short list of must-have technologies for 2007. We believe iSCSI SANs, hardware-based tape encryption, high-capacity disk drives, virtualization and thin provisioning will have the greatest impact on enterprise storage environments.
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November 2006
NOVEMBER COVER STORY
Big pay for storage jobs
by Rich Castagna
Storage professionals report the highest average salaries in the four years that Storage magazine has conducted its Storage Salary Survey. See how industry, location, education, company size and management responsibilities can affect the size of your paycheck.
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October 2006
OCTOBER COVER STORY
The right way to provision storage
by Alan Radding
Provisioning storage is still mostly a manual job, but solid planning, including the right interested parties and some improved tools, can help ease the chore. Follow these provisioning best practices to gain greater performance and higher disk utilization.
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September 2006
SEPTEMBER COVER STORY
Backup SLAs: The art of diplomacy
by Stephen Foskett
Negotiating backup service-level agreements (SLAs) can be one of the toughest elements of transitioning IT from a mere technology competence center to a real part of the business. Detailing what a backup service will provide, and figuring out how to measure and report on these promises, will greatly improve enterprise storage operations.
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September 2006
SEPTEMBER COVER STORY
Anatomy of an upgrade: Veritas NetBackup 6.0
by Jo Maitland
Veritas NetBackup 6.0 is a significant revision of the popular backup application but, like many new software versions, it has had its share of bugs. Did Symantec release Version 6.0 too soon, or did users fail to plan properly?
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August 2006
AUGUST COVER STORY
Virtualization: Tales from the trenches
by Ray Lucchesi
We profile five companies that have deployed, or are currently testing, storage virtualization and analyze their implementation experiences. The storage pros behind these efforts tell us how the products they chose are working in their production environments.
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July 2006
JULY COVER STORY
The best way to expand a SAN
by Jacob Gsoedl
Building a new SAN or extending an existing SAN requires careful planning to strike the right balance between performance, cost, scalability, high availability and ease of management. Read how to determine what architecture is best for your company's storage access needs.
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June 2006
JUNE COVER STORY
Storage growth drives buying plans
by Rich Castagna
The results from our exclusive semi-annual Purchasing Intentions Survey are in. Storage growth is a key concern for storage managers, as additional capacity has a ripple effect that touches many other components in the storage environment.
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April 2006
APRIL COVER STORY
Big three apps adjust to disk-based backup
by Jerome M. Wendt
EMC's NetWorker, IBM's Tivoli Storage Manager and Symantec's Veritas NetBackup are still the leaders for enterprise backup. But as more and more shops back up to disk, the big three have had to adapt to the new requirements of disk-based backup.
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March 2006
MARCH COVER STORY
Surviving microcode upgrades
by Jo Maitland
Vendors often claim that the upgrades to their systems' microcode will be non-disruptive, but installing upgrades often becomes an arduous process. Storage pros, burned by so-called non-disruptive upgrades, have come up with strategies to take the sting out of software updates.
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February 2006
FEBRUARY COVER STORY
Best storage products of 2005
by Storage Magazine and SearchStorage.com Editors
Our fourth annual Products of the Year awards spotlight the 15 new or enhanced storage products that stood out from the rest in 2005. The editors of Storage and SearchStorage.com, along with a panel of users and industry experts, selected these winning products based on their innovation and performance, among other criteria.
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January 2006
JANUARY COVER STORY
Pump up array performance
by Ray Lucchesi
As data wends it ways from hosts, through the fabric and to the array, it encounters many potential bottlenecks. But that also means there are a number of ways to improve storage subsystem performance. The key to the tuning process is a thorough understanding of your application requirements.
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