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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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Features |
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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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Pros and cons of VTLs
by W. Curtis Preston
For disk-to-disk backup, virtual tape libraries (VTLs) treat disk as tape and offer many advantages compared to disk-as-disk backup targets. But VTLs aren't perfect, and there some caveats about the technology that you need to know before implementing a VTL. |
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Are SATA drives ready for the enterprise?
by Alex Gorbansky
SATA drives are great low-cost alternatives to pricey Fibre Channel and SCSI drives, but they lack the reliability and performance that mission-critical applications demand. But new technologies are bringing SATA up to enterprise-class standards. |
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Chart a course for consolidation
by Bill Peldzus
Consolidating storage is a complex, challenging process. Whether you're tackling DAS, NAS or SAN, there are key issues that must be addressed to have a successful storage consolidation project. |
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Tools, Trends & Analysis |
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Keep track of backups
by Phil Goodwin
Backup reporting tools help track backup failures and determine their cause. Some tools can identify weak links in your backup processes where there's a potential for failure. |
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Behind the Firewall
EMC auditioning for the tape encryption bandwagon ... Veritas Backup Exec: Get out your crystal ball ... Has Adaptec bailed on its iSCSI business? |
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