Storage Management Strategies for the CIO
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The case of the disappearing network adapter
Learn how to performing a restore under Windows 2000 without making your network adapter disappear. Tip
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Make sure you inventory your tapes
Some advice on conducting periodic inventories of your tapes. Tip
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SLAs without nines
How to come up with one. Tip
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Fear, uncertainty and doubt
With the major power outage this summer and widespread viruses, don't let vendors sell you products based on fear. Tip
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SD 2003: The ABCs of RFPs
At Storage Decisions in September, experts lent a helping hand to the users working through the RFP process. They offered this advice. Tip
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SD2003: Aligning storage management tools with operational processes
Stephen Foskett, a senior consultant at GlassHouse Technologies, presented an elaborate matrix of SRM tools and how they map to the various storage management processes identified. Tip
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SD2003: SNIA - Providing answers to storage questions
Sheila Childs, chairperson of SNIA's board of directors, discussed storage customer issues and the role of industry groups and SNIA to bridge the gap between customers and vendors. Tip
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How to build a storage management practice
Storage managers are responsible for aligning digital storage with the business requirements at the lowest cost. Expert Norbert Haag discusses how to accomplish these tasks. Tip
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The myth of the nines
The nines of reliability is a theory that refers to the percentage of time a system is running. But the theory's flaw is that it doesn't consider the timing of a system outage. Tip
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'Good enough' storage design falls short
Bits & Bytes: As a veteran mainframer, John Weinhoeft says, much of the data intergrety features in new designs are an afterthought, when they should be a first thought. Tip