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Solid State: New frontier for storage

Server blades and storage

Here comes 8Gig Fibre Channel

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SAS bumps up speed to 6Gigs

Our View: Like passwords for chocolate

DLT-S4 tape drives at bargain prices

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What's red hot this summer? Common sense:Storage Bin 2.0

FCoE: Coming to a data center near you: Hot Spots

Change that stands the test of time: Best Practices

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Features

Data destruction: When data should disappear
by Jo Maitland
Most companies don't have a detailed policy that governs what data they need to keep and what data should be destroyed. Deciding on the destruction levels you're comfortable with is the easiest part of this puzzle. The most complicated piece is figuring out what to destroy and when, and then sticking to it.

How to write an archiving program RFP
by Sharon Fisher
With so many archiving systems on the market, putting together a request for proposal (RFP) for an archiving program for structured, semistructured or unstructured data is a key step. It's equally important that your team is well-prepared to evaluate vendor proposals so you'll end up with a product that fits your company's needs at a price that doesn't break your budget.

Demystifying Unix dump
by David J. Young
dump is a powerful tool to back up Unix files. In this excerpt from W. Curtis Preston's new book, Backup & Recovery: Inexpensive Backup Solutions for Open Systems, the dump utility is described in detail, including how it works, when to use it and exactly what can go wrong at various stages of the dump backup process.

Fibre Channel director face-off: Brocade vs. Cisco
by Jerome Wendt
Fibre Channel directors are the choice for consolidating isolated SAN fabrics. Brocade's 48000 Director and Cisco's MDS 9513 Multilayer Director are the undisputed leaders in this small field, but they offer very different paths to storage services and consolidation options. We'll help you decide which company's product is the best director for your storage environment.
Tools, Trends & Analysis

Document management still a riddle to users
by Jo Maitland

Batteries not included
by Rich Castagna

The Real Deal: Disk prices skid; LTO-3 drops with LTO-4 in the wings

VTL gets a boost from backup apps

By The Numbers

Storage Firsts

New Fibre Channel standard runs over Ethernet

The downside to thin provisioning
by Rich Friedman

Survey Says: Features, familiar vendors are key to storage purchases
Features, familiar vendors are key to storage purchases

"Trusted" storage on the horizon
by Jo Maitland

Snapshot: Chargeback still a hard sell
Chargeback still a hard sell

Ask the Expert
Would agent-based or agentless backup software be better for a small- to medium-sized business (SMB)?
Columns

Hot Spots: The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: Help for storage teams
by Brian Babineau
New FRCP regulations, in addition to other compliancy requirements, have led many IT departments to deploy enterprise search within business apps such as ecommerce and custom portal software. But these search apps can also be leveraged to make good use of the treasure trove of information that's sitting idle within enterprise storage systems.

Best Practices: Will your data recovery strategy work for DR?
by Ashish Nadkarni
A simple data recovery solution is one that has the least amount of customization and is implemented with out-of-the-box technologies. If you need to create full-time positions to support your data recovery solution, it's time for a reality check.

Storage Bin: EMC's big boost for its competitors
by Steve Duplessie
VMware has opened more doors for old and new players alike than any other movement in the last decade. And once a door opens, all sorts of things can come in.

Editorial: Backup done right and not so right
by Rich Castagna




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