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The top 10 low-cost storage alerts |
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1. Where the SATA vs. SCSI race stands |
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By Randy Kerns |
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Question: I am into storage administration and learning about the SAN and NAS environments. There is much talk about SATA storage taking over SCSI. How does SATA differ in its functionality with SCSI? |
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2. All RAID is not created equal |
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By Jon William Toigo |
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While there is nothing wrong with using low-cost arrays as repositories for infrequently modified, but often accessed data or as replication targets or tape backup surrogates, careful attention needs to be paid to the actual components of the arrays. |
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3. SCSI/FC disk vs. IDE/ATA disk |
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By Christopher Poelker |
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Question: Can you please tell me where can I find information that can prove those differences between IDE and SCSI HDD? |
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4. ISCSI bites into the price of Fibre Channel |
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By Kevin Komiega |
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In this interview, Randy Kerns shares some common misconceptions about iSCSI, describes how the technology might change the price of Fibre Channel SANs. |
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5. SD2003: Disk cost busters: How to leverage low-cost disk solutions |
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By Alex Barrett |
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In an ideal world, most data would be compartmentalized as follows: 10% on high-end storage, 40% on midrange storage, and the remainder -- all your "business non-critical data" -- on low-cost storage. |
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6. Cheap SANs: Hype or not? |
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By Alex Barrett |
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There's a lot of talk about cheap SANs for small businesses, but even the vendors' marketing guys admit that until cheaper HBAs and better integrated software come along, it's still a case of "watch this space."
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7. Six ways to spend less for enterprise storage |
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By Carol Hildebrand |
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Storage budgets might finally be showing signs of positive growth, but that doesn't mean the free-spending days are back. |
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8. How to get cost-effective disaster recovery |
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By Marc Staimer |
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DR prices are coming down and the options to protect your data are growing. Picking the right combination of options is the key to being cost-effective. |
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9. How low will RAID costs go? |
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By Alex Barrett |
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Copious, networked, fault-tolerant storage is almost within arm's reach of the average consumer. By that, we mean a terabyte of RAID-5 network-attached storage (NAS) for under $1,000. That's almost a fifth the cost of a comparably sized NAS system today. |
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10. Pound-foolish iSCSI: Should you use NICs IN SANs? |
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By Rick Cook |
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One of the great advantages of iSCSI SANs is that they are built on standard gigabit Ethernet. Another is that many iSCSI components are cheaper than their Fibre Channel counterparts. However, it is possible to carry these advantages too far. |
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