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JULY 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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Tale of the tape
by Rich Castagna
Storage magazine's first tape reliability survey reveals that despite its low media cost and portability, many storage pros consider tape a weak link in the backup chain. |
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No-sweat SAN design
Whether you're planning a new storage area network (SAN) or dealing with the growing pains of an existing one, SAN design tools can ease the process. |
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Scaling SANs
by Greg Schulz
Horizontal and vertical scaling are two methods of improving a SAN's capacity and performance. We discuss how to choose the appropriate approach for your environment. |
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Tools, Trends & Analysis |
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E-mail archivers keep companies legit
by Jerome M. Wendt
Storage managers must deal with stricter government regulations and rapidly escalating e-mail stores. There are many e-mail archiving programs available, but finding the one that best meets your company's needs is the key. |
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Ask The Expert
Q: Is it true that Ethernet networks don't track and acknowledge requests, but Fibre Channel networks do? |
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Columns |
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Behind the Firewall
Cisco opts for EMC, gives NetApp the cold shoulder ... Digi-Data looking for new direction ... Brocade and Cisco prey on McData-CNT merger doubt. |
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Hot Spots
by Jon Oltsik
The storage game has undergone a radical change, with storage hardware and software now being transformed into a networked information service. |
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Best Practices
by Dick Benton
Identifying risks and taking preemptive action seems like a common-sense task, but mitigating risk is challenging and can be very expensive. |
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Snapshot
How do you manage storage for legacy systems? |
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