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Solid-state drives quiz
While solid-state disk (SSD) devices offer faster speeds and consume less power than hard disks, the high price of solid-state memory has kept the devices confined to limited use in the data center. Storage professionals are now seeing more situation... Quiz
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Storage Decisions Session Downloads: Storage Systems & Networking Track (Chicago 2008)
The core of any networked storage infrastructure is the basic hardware components: storage arrays and the fabric that links them to client servers and other services. Over the past few years, the trend has been to networks built around director-class... Storage Decisions
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Learn all about SANs
Before a SAN administrator can size their SAN, they need to know how much storage capacity and performance they need, what SAN protocol to choose, and the proper RAID level for the SAN array. Data Storage Handbook
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Host bus adapter (HBA) architecture explained
HBAs are integral pieces of a SAN environment -- they connect the server to the SAN -- but few storage administrators know how to configure them. Host bus adapters (HBAs)
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Storage area network final exam
By taking this exam, you can evaluate your knowledge of storage area network (SAN) technologies. Learning Guide
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How to purchase SAN upgrades
Every storage area network will inevitably grow to keep pace with the changing needs of enterprise storage. Growth implies more storage capacity, but raw capacity is just the beginning. Growth also means meeting the demand for improved SAN performanc... Buying Guide
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Learn all about RAID storage
This handbook describes the different levels of RAID technology and explains how storage administrators can choose the appropriate RAID level. Data Storage Handbook
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Handbook: Best practices for SAN expansion
Best practices for SAN expansion include options for integrating SAN and NAS or iSCSI and Fibre Channel, evaluating capacity planning tools, as well as upgrading switches, disk arrays and HBAs. Best Practices
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Storage networking equipment finalists 2007
Find out who the finalists are in the storage networking equipment category of the 2007 Products of the Year competition conducted by SearchStorage.com and Storage magazine. Finalists 2007 Storage Pr
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Finalists for storage Products of the Year 2007 awards
See who the finalists are in the five storage categories of the 2007 Products of the Year competition conducted by SearchStorage.com and Storage magazine. The categories are backup and disaster recovery software; backup hardware; disk and disk subsys... Finalists 2007 Storage Pr
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Virtual Instruments improves SAN monitoring probe, software
Virtual Instruments revamps its SAN monitoring probe offerings to include new VirtualWisdom software as CEO says the company is on track for IPO. News | 29 Aug 2011
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HP launches new 3PAR storage array, federated storage
HP brings out a new high-end 3PAR storage platform and adds Peer Motion federated storage, which lets customers non-disruptively migrate data between 3PAR arrays. News | 23 Aug 2011
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HP upgrades EVA midrange SAN array, launches virtualization bundles
HP launches long-awaited EVA midrange SAN array upgrade; adds integrated storage-server-networking stacks to take on EMC Vblock; rolls out new Windows-based NAS. News | 06 Jun 2011
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Coraid adds storage virtualization appliance for Ethernet SAN arrays
Coraid's latest storage virtualization appliance adds features such as storage pooling, snapshots, mirroring and remote replication to EtherDrive SRX arrays. Article | 01 Mar 2011
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Dataram's SAN performance accelerator gets HA capabilities
Dataram's new XcelaSAN caching device offers improved SAN performance and high-availability (HA) features such as active-active HA and mirrored RAID support Article | 28 Feb 2011
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Wanted: SAN management tools for a virtualized environment
As virtualized servers flourish, storage administrators seek SAN management tools that provide greater visibility from virtual machines through storage networks. Article | 14 Feb 2011
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Dataglobal merges storage resource management, enterprise content management
Dataglobal launches its dg unified storage resource management and enterprise content management software suite to classify, archive data in a single console. Article | 14 Oct 2010
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Symantec puts SRM applications under Veritas Operations Manager banner
Symantec consolidates Storage Foundation, Veritas Cluster Server and CommandCentral Storage SRM applications into new version of Veritas Operations Manager. Article | 12 Oct 2010
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Hitachi Data Systems releases Virtual Storage Platform (VSP) enterprise storage array
Hitachi Data Systems upgrades its high-end storage array; Virtual Storage Platform (VSP) scales higher than its previous system and supports more granular tiering and provisioning. Article | 27 Sep 2010
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Compellent SAN is added to Orlando Magic's IT lineup
NBA's Orlando Magic chooses Compellent Storage Center SAN for its thin provisioning, continuous snapshots, replication and automated tiering technologies ahead of a move to a new arena and complete overhaul of its video system. Article | 14 Jul 2010
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Should you bypass the hypervisor for storage I/O?
Passing storage I/O through a hypervisor can seem inefficient, so does it make sense to bypass the hypervisor and allow virtual machines to mount data storage directly? Tip
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SAN booting alternatives for data storage managers
SAN booting and server virtualization are fueling the trend toward diskless servers. Learn about the move from internal to external storage, as well as other booting alternatives. Tip
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SAN performance best practices: More ways to avoid bottlenecks
There are several ways you can fine-tune and improve your SAN performance. Follow our five tips to avoid data storage bottlenecks and improve SAN efficiency Tip
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Five ways to improve your storage networks
These five tips will help you fine-tune your storage networks. Learn what you can do to improve your storage network performance, efficiency and resiliency. Tip
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Design your SAN for high availability
How, and at what cost. Tip
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Ten signs you're ready for a storage area network (SAN)
Storage area networks (SANs) used to be reserved for larger enterprises, but that's changing, and SMBs are implementing SANs. Here's 10 signs you're ready for a SAN. Tip
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Storage-area networks to become increasingly object based
Storage-area networks will become increasingly object based, with a greater use of metadata. Potential SAN trends include disk drives, management, storage arrays and switches. Tip
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The value of easy-to-use SAN storage
Storage-area network (SAN) storage is in a period of major change—it's getting much easier. In tight economic times, it makes sense for storage pros to consider these easy-to-use options despite some of their drawbacks. Tip
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SAN storage consolidation checklist
Learn about the critical questions you need to ask and answer before considering a storage-area network (SAN) storage consolidation project. Tip
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Wide stripe before you dive into SSD
Storage managers should consider physical disk technologies before plunging into SSD for storage IO performance. One of the processes existing vendors provide is called wide striping. It's most often available inside storage subsystems from 3PAR, Com... Tip
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Upgrading operating systems for two fabrics
SAN/NAS expert Greg Schulz answers a reader's question regarding fabrics for an operating system. Ask the Expert
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How to add more channels to a network
Storage expert Greg Schulz answers a reader's question: "What is the best way to get more channels in my network?" Ask the Expert
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Achieving secure data storage for shared read/write I/O operation
Storage expert Greg Schulz answers a reader's question: "How can we achieve concurrent write access to our SAN without corruption?" Ask the Expert
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External SATA RAID array vs. system replacement
Storage expert Ashley D'Costa answers a reader's question about the benefits of using an external SATA RAID array over replacing his entire system. Ask the Expert
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RAID-5 configuration
Storage management expert Ashley D'Costa answers a reader's question about RAID-5. Ask the Expert
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SAN server accommodation
Storage expert Greg Schulz discusses a reader's question: "How many servers can a SAN accommodate?" Ask the Expert
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FCID on two separate fabrics
Storage expert Greg Schulz answers a reader's question, "Is it possible to have the same FCID appear on two separate fabrics?" Ask the Expert
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SATA on a Dell Dimension 4400
Storage expert Greg Schulz discusses using SATA on a Dell Dimension 4400. Ask the Expert
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Double drive failures in a RAID-10 configuration
Storage expert Greg Schulz discusses the possibility of recovering data after a double drive failure. Ask the Expert
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SAN performance
Storage expert Greg Schulz answers a reader's question about SAN performance. Ask the Expert
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converged network adapter (CNA)
A converged network adapter (CNA) is a single network interface card (NIC) that contains both a Fibre Channel (FC) host bus adapter (HBA) and a TCP/IP Ethernet NIC. Definition
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data center bridging (DCB)
Data center bridging (DCB) describes the four technology enhancements to existing 802.1 bridge specifications standards being developed by the IEEE 802.1 Data Center Bridging Task Group. Definition
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virtual LUN or thin LUN
A virtual LUN (virtual logical unit number) is a representation of a storage area that is not tied to any physical storage allocation. Virtual LUNs are used in thin provisioning (also known as virtual provisioning) for storage area network (SAN) mana... Definition
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LUN masking
LUN masking is a further constraint added to zoning, subdividing access to the port so that only LUNs authorized to access a specific server can access the corresponding port. Definition
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RAID (redundant array of independent disks)
RAID (redundant array of independent disks; originally redundant array of inexpensive disks) is a way of storing the same data in different places (thus, redundantly) on multiple hard disks. By placing data on multiple disks, I/O (input/output) opera... Word
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storage area network (SAN)
A storage area network (SAN) is a high-speed special-purpose network (or subnetwork) that interconnects different kinds of data storage devices with associated data servers on behalf of a larger network of users. (Continued...) Word
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virtual provisioning
Virtual provisioning is a term used by vendors, such as EMC, to describe a process of efficiently provisioning space in storage area networks (SAN). (Continued...) Word
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oversubscription
Oversubscription, in a SAN (storage area network) switching environment, is the practice of connecting multiple devices to the same switch port to optimize switch use... (Continued) Word
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unified storage (network unified storage or NUS)
Unified storage (sometimes termed network unified storage or NUS) is a storage system that makes it possible to run and manage files and applications from a single device. To this end, a unified storage system consolidates file-based and block-based ... Word
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fat provisioning (FP)
Fat provisioning (FP) is the conventional storage provisioning model, in which space is allocated beyond current needs, in anticipation of growing need and increased data complexity... (Continued) Word
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converged network adapter (CNA)
A converged network adapter (CNA) is a single network interface card (NIC) that contains both a Fibre Channel (FC) host bus adapter (HBA) and a TCP/IP Ethernet NIC. Definition
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data center bridging (DCB)
Data center bridging (DCB) describes the four technology enhancements to existing 802.1 bridge specifications standards being developed by the IEEE 802.1 Data Center Bridging Task Group. Definition
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Virtual Instruments improves SAN monitoring probe, software
Virtual Instruments revamps its SAN monitoring probe offerings to include new VirtualWisdom software as CEO says the company is on track for IPO. News
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HP launches new 3PAR storage array, federated storage
HP brings out a new high-end 3PAR storage platform and adds Peer Motion federated storage, which lets customers non-disruptively migrate data between 3PAR arrays. News
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Unified storage systems showdown: NetApp FAS vs. EMC VNX
We compare EMC's VNX and NetApp's FAS series unified storage systems in terms of data services, autotiering and clustering. Find out what analysts and vendor reps think. Feature
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Should you bypass the hypervisor for storage I/O?
Passing storage I/O through a hypervisor can seem inefficient, so does it make sense to bypass the hypervisor and allow virtual machines to mount data storage directly? Tip
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HP upgrades EVA midrange SAN array, launches virtualization bundles
HP launches long-awaited EVA midrange SAN array upgrade; adds integrated storage-server-networking stacks to take on EMC Vblock; rolls out new Windows-based NAS. News
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SAN booting alternatives for data storage managers
SAN booting and server virtualization are fueling the trend toward diskless servers. Learn about the move from internal to external storage, as well as other booting alternatives. Tip
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virtual LUN or thin LUN
A virtual LUN (virtual logical unit number) is a representation of a storage area that is not tied to any physical storage allocation. Virtual LUNs are used in thin provisioning (also known as virtual provisioning) for storage area network (SAN) mana... Definition
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LUN masking
LUN masking is a further constraint added to zoning, subdividing access to the port so that only LUNs authorized to access a specific server can access the corresponding port. Definition
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SAN management and administration of storage area networks includes information on RAID configuration, capacity management, SAN performance, troubleshooting and more.