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OCTOBER 2009 |
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FEATURES |
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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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Data migration: Preparation equals success
by Richard Harsell
Moving data from one array to another is becoming more commonplace for reasons such as implementing new or upgraded systems, tiering storage or archiving older data. Data migration is a complex and painful process, but these steps can help ease the pain. |
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Data migration: Tales from the trenches
Finding the right tools to handle a data migration is no easy task. Here's how several users found the best tool for the job and solved their data migration problems. |
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Cisco's switch-based backup
by Logan G. Harbaugh
Serverless backup can take the load off servers and ease network traffic. Cisco uses Xcopy on its MDS 9000 switch for serverless backup; see how it compares to other methods and products. |
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First SAS products arrive
New serial attached SCSI (SAS) products are beginning to flood the market. SAS, by all accounts, will displace parallel SCSI, but its compatibility with SATA will also allow easy storage tiering in a single box. But will it prove to be a serious challenger to Fibre Channel? |
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Behind the firewall
EMC acquires Rainfinity in fire sale ... VoIP and SATA arrays inflate storage archives ... Who won the bid for HP's new midrange tape library? |
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