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OCTOBER 2009 |
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FEATURES |
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TOOLS, TRENDS & ANALYSIS |
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Find out more about this month's Storage Magazine advertisers by clicking on the company names below to contact them and request more information on their products and services. |
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August 2009 |
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Virtual desktops and storage
by Jacob Gsoedl
Server virtualization has had a profound impact on storage infrastructures, but the coming wave of desktop virtualization will place new demands on storage environments. |
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June 2009 |
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Storage, heal thyself
by Marc Staimer
Several storage system vendors claim their products can detect and repair hard disk problems automatically. Here's how they do it and the low-down on how well they work. |
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Dueling directors
by Jacob Gsoedl
Director-class switches have been used to maintain performance in large storage networks for years, but soon they'll act as the hubs that unify data center networks. |
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May 2009 |
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Put data dedupe to the test
by W. Curtis Preston
You can take your chances and believe the deduplication ratios and performance the vendors say you'll get, or you can do it right and test the systems yourself. |
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A dynamic four-tier storage design
A comprehensive revamping of the storage environment at a major government agency shows how a tiered storage design can meet operational expectations without busting the budget. |
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April 2009 |
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Replication alternatives
by Jacob Gsoedl
Data replication is great for protecting critical data and ensuring quick recoveries. Find out where you should deploy replication: in your array, network or servers. |
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Virtual jobs
Virtualizing servers, storage and even networks will change the face of IT and significantly impact the roles of storage professionals. |
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Power-smart disk systems
Disk drive systems use more power than just about any other data center gear, but storage vendors are addressing this problem with a variety of technologies. |
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Value-based data protection
There's no skimping when it comes to data protection, but tight budgets mean that storage managers will be looking for solid value in their backup products. |
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March 2009 |
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Remote-office backups made easy
by Rick Cook
With plenty of economical disk-based backup products and cloud-based services available, remote offices can be brought back into the fold |
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February 2009 |
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Timetable for 10 Gigabit Ethernet
by Christine Cignoli
The next generation of Ethernet is likely to have a profound effect on storage -- pumped-up iSCSI performance may challenge Fibre Channel's tier 1 dominance. |
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January 2009 |
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Consolidated archiving
by Stephen Foskett
There are two approaches to archiving: independent architectures for single apps or one architecture to consolidate all archives on a single platform. We examine the pros and cons. |
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