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SEPTEMBER 2008 |
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FEATURES |
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TOOLS, TRENDS & ANALYSIS |
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COLUMNS |
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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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Storage on demand
by Rich Castagna
Tired of overbuying, overconfiguring or overallocating storage? Utility storage--used in a similiar fashion as electricity or water in your home--may be the answer to your prayers. |
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RFPs create savings
by Mike Drapeau
Before you even think about buying more storage, you have to write an RFP. Here are four smart steps to creating an RFP to stretch your dollars further. |
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Continuous protection
by James Damoulakis
Do you want to rid yourself of a backup window or two? Continuous backup--also know as continuous data protection--is changing the rules by backing up in real time, or close to it. |
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NAS on a grand scale
by Stephen Foskett, James Damoulakis and Fred Dalrymple
Do you want to rid yourself of a backup window or two? Continuous backup--also know as continuous data protection--is changing the rules by backing up in real time, or close to it. |
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Navigating the new drives
by Michael Desmond
What's the best drive for your shop? That depends on your specific needs. Vendors are cranking out cheaper drives for increasingly specialized applications. |
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Tools, Trends & Analysis |
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Definition
Just what is persistent binding anyway? |
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Ask the expert
Can you tell me how implementing a network-attached storage (NAS) gateway could help with storage consolidation, as well as with direct-attached storage (DAS) issues? |
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Columns |
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Hot spots
by Jon Oltsik
So much can go wrong with disaster recovery. What can you do to ensure all goes well? |
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Best practices
by Stephen Foskett
Metcalfe's law explains how the Internet works. But what about storage? Here are five rules to help you build a storage strategy. |
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