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JUNE 2008 |
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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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Features |
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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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Data classification: Getting started
by Karl Langdon and John Merryman
Classifying data and knowing how its value changes over time will improve service levels, create a better working relationship with business units and reduce costs. |
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Backup-to-disk performance tuning
by Craig Everett
Disk-based backup can lower costs, reduce complexity and add scalability. But to achieve top performance, you'll need to do lots of benchmarking and watch for poorly configured production storage. |
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How DBAs view storage
by Dean Auger
Storage magazine's exclusive poll gives you the lowdown on how DBAs and storage pros view storage. We detail each group's areas of concern, spotlight their differences and find some common ground. |
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Switching storage vendors
by Alan Radding
Many storage managers would rather push their existing storage to the max rather than install a new vendor's equipment. Three companies describe how they changed vendors with as little pain as possible. |
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Tools, Trends & Analysis |
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Ask The Expert
Q: Will I gain additional bandwidth on the SAN if I put two host bus adapters (HBAs) in my servers instead of one? |
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Behind the firewall
Invista: What's in a name? ... Apple slicing up its business ... Can you spare $500,000 for a Magic Quandrant? |
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Hot Spots
by Jon Oltsik
Is your firm focusing on performance and availability instead of security? Do you consider security "someone else's job"? If you answered "Yes" to these questions, you need a storage security wake-up call. |
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