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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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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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Ask The Expert
Q: Can you use SATA, Fibre Channel and ATA disks on the same SAN array? |
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Columns |
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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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Hot Spots
by Jon Oltsik
If you think host security is more than adequate to protect your storage, think again. Your backup and tape rotation practices could be putting your data at risk. |
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Best Practices
by Stephen Foskett
Windows often gets a bad rap when it comes to storage, but you can tap into Windows' hidden resources to make it more enterprise-worthy. |
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Snapshot
How do you manage remote office storage? |
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