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Storage User Blackout Diary: New York Hospitals stay healthy
As part of our Storage User Blackout Diary series, SearchStorage.com asked several users affected by this month's power outage in the Northeast and Canada to give us a first-hand look into how they kept their systems and data online when the light... Interview
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Addressing the issue of content-addressed storage
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Blackout report card: Some pass, others fail
Last Thursday's power outage caught the majority of IT users in the northeastern United States and some parts of Canada by surprise, but according to experts, post-September 11 disaster recovery planning seems to have paid off for some users, while o... Article
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Move to put standards in fabric APIs gains momentum
What is FAIS? According to Data Mobility Group's John Webster FAIS may be the most interesting thing in storage today. Read what it is and how it may affect your SAN. Tip
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Design concepts for storage networks: In-band ESCOM
Bits & Bytes: In this final installment of Jerome Wendt's overview of design concepts for storage networks, he looks at a new model, in-band ESCOM. Tip
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Multipathing for reliability
Having two separate data paths from the server to the storage helps avoid single points of failure, but it can also be a confusing process. Here's multipathing made simple. Tip
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Fileserver storage boost
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What's a storage manager's least favorite season?
What is a storage manager's least favorite season? Try hurricane season. Natural disasters are a real DR scenario consideration. Get planning hints here. Tip
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Tune up your iSCSI storage router
Cisco's SN 5400 storage router is a popular choice for iSCSI under Windows 2000. However by tuning the iSCSI driver you can improve its performance. Tip
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Design concepts for storage networks: In-band telecom
Bits & Bytes: Jerome Wendt walks you through in-band telecom. It may be right for you if you are running multiple OSes and a heterogeneous SAN. But, it does have its pitfalls. Tip