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In case you've missed anything, here's a roundup of some of the best original technical content that appeared on SearchStorage.com the week of Feb 23-27. Included are new tips, Ask the Expert Q&A's, a new site expert and Featured Topic. Moving from a modular array to an enterprise array According to expert Chris Poelker, vendors are moving ahead with management solutions to migrate between platforms. Chris offers a suggestion on how to accomplish a migration in the meantime. Digital to optical switch conversion Chris Poelker will take you through a quick primer on how a gigabit interface converter (GBIC) works. Chris also takes a look into the terabyte future of this technology. How FC-AL and FC-SW switches are implemented If you've been confused as to how FC-AL and FC-SW switches work, grab a notepad. SAN School professor Chris Poelker will untangle any confusion. It's always better to mirror disks first Have you ever asked yourself what comes first, mirroring or striping. According to SAN expert Chris Poelker, it's mirroring. If you attempt striping first you may incur some serious problems. An expert's recommendation for a SAN failover method In this SAN School Q&A, SAN expert Chris Poelker explains what "failover" means in a SAN environment. While there is no single recommended method because of the many variables in SAN architecture, Chris let's you in on his first and second choice. Building a four-node SAN cluster One SearchStorage.com reader wants to know what's best, Fibre Channel or Firewire when setting up a SAN. Networking expert Marc Farley says go with Fibre Channel if you want to sleep at night. How SATA drives hook up to a SAN Many arrays can house a variety of different drives. SAN expert Chris Poelker explains how they bridge and connect. The best method for migrating from Symmetrix to DMX In this Ask the Expert Q&A, networking expert Mark Farley shares some quick and concise tips on how to best migrate data from Symmetrix to DMX What hard and soft port zoning means There is hard port zoning and soft port zoning and if you try to integrate separate fabrics with zoning in place, watch out. SAN expert Chris Poelker explains the differences in zoning and what to look out for when implementing them. Imaging for disaster recovery Let's face it, there's no Constitutional Amendment that reads,- "all imaging products are created equal." So if you're looking into your own imaging practices and trying to find the best solution for your needs, you'll want to take a closer look at the products that are out there. L. D. Weller, a senior product manager at Symantec discusses two classes of Windows products and offers suggestions for using image products for disaster recovery. Maximizing backup performance with SQL Server 2000 If you're working with SQL Server 2000, you know what a process backing things up can be. In this tip, author Rick Cook shares with you some Microsoft tricks of the trade designed to help you maximize performance and minimize backup times. Also provided is a link to a Microsoft discussion on performance tuning SQL Server 2000. The critical link in mirroring Hardware failures like drive crashes and robotic arm malfunctions can be costly. The Ask Brendan series specializes in addressing these issues. Expert help is available for: warranties, SLAs and RFPs. SAN School: The final exam Last week we launched the final SAN School lesson. If you've been attending class, you're well on your way to SAN savvy. Check out this week's Featured Topic for a list of all 14 lessons and take our final quiz to see if you make the grade To view SearchStorage.com's tech roundup on SAN management, click here To view SearchStorage.com's tech roundup on SAN implementation, click here To view SearchStorage.com's tech roundup on NAS gateways, click here
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