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October 2009

Throwing caution to the clouds
by Rich Castagna
There's a lot to like about cloud storage, and its benefits in terms of cost savings and convenience are attractive. But there are some residual effects you should consider.

NFS 4.1's pNFS: Big NAS performance boost
by Terri McClure
With the parallel file system pNFS now part of the NFS 4.1 protocol, NAS storage will shift into a higher gear.

September 2009

Rule #1: Know thy data
by Rich Castagna
Data classification isn't just for document management systems anymore; it's the key to storage efficiency.

Is cloud-based backup right for you?
by Lauren Whitehouse
Before deciding if cloud-based backup is a fit with your company, you need to understand the two basic flavors of cloud backup -- SaaS and hybrid.

August 2009

Cloud storage gets even cloudier
by Rich Castagna
The "cloud" part of cloud storage services used to mean some distant shore of the Internet. But vendors now tout their "internal clouds," cloud storage that never leaves your shop.

Service providers and subscribers benefit from cloud storage
by Terri McClure
Cloud storage can reduce the cost of IT, but service providers must prove they have the proper data security models before larger firms will adopt the model en masse

June 2009

Vendors must adapt to a new environment
by Rich Castagna
Spiraling capacity growth, a deteriorating economy -- are there any vendors ready to step up and deliver the storage efficiency tools we need now?

DR readiness in a deduplicated world
by Lauren Whitehouse
One of the big benefits of employing data dedupe for secondary disk targets is its ability to reduce the size of data sets, enabling replication with lower bandwidth requirements.

May 2009

The glass is half full
by Rich Castagna
You can wring your hands over a shrinking storage budget or you can do something creative about it.

A wealth of deduplication options
by Lauren Whitehouse
Hardware-based products propelled deduplication into the mainstream, but now that most backup apps include dedupe, you'll have to carefully evaluate the options.

April 2009

Rethinking cloud storage
by Rich Castagna
Cloud storage vendors might find a silver lining to the current economic cloud as companies try to cut costs. But enterprise storage shops are still wary.

Data virtualization turns less into more
by Steve Duplessie
Less physical data living and moving over our plumbing means we can have more virtual instances of that data, which drives even more value.

Is cloud storage the return of the service provider?
by Terri McClure
Cloud storage is a service, just like what storage service providers attempted to do years ago. But the technology has evolved and this time, cloud storage is real.

March 2009

Data on the brink
by Rich Castagna
You might think your company's data is secured and safely backed up, but there's probably still a lot of crucial data that's out of the reach of your backup systems.

Think data, not equipment (Storage Bin 2.0)
by Steve Duplessie
If IT can put itself back into a position of treating every decision from the perspective of the data itself, our effectiveness could be optimized.

Where does deduplication belong in backup? (Hot Spots)
by Lauren Whitehouse
Should you go with a software-based approach that allows for policy-based deduplication or a hardware-based approach because it can be implemented quickly and easily?

February 2009

Survival guide for storage managers
by Rich Castagna
Extreme circumstances call for extreme actions. Here are four ways to trim or hold down storage costs this year.

Deduping: The rest of the story (Storage Bin 2.0)
by Steve Duplessie
Where does it make the most sense to start dedupe?

Scale-out NAS poised for growth
by Terri McClure
The compelling economic benefits of deploying scale-out NAS have the technology increasing its footprint in the general storage space.

Coming in Storage magazine's March 2009 issue
A sneak peek at Storage magazine's March 2009 issue.

January 2009

Solid state looks good on the showroom floor: Editorial
by Rich Castagna

Killing off infectious data: Storage Bin 2.0
by Steve Duplessie
Better start thinking about your data growth in deadly terms.

Faster disk drive rebuilds: Hot Spots
by Terri McClure
RAID might not be the best choice for high-capacity drives. It's time to rethink your rebuild strategies.

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