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enterprise storage
Enterprise storage is a centralized repository for business information that provides common data management and protection, as well as data sharing functions, through connections to numerous (and possibly dissimilar) computer systems. Definition
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virtual SAN appliance (VSA)
A virtual SAN appliance (VSA) is a software bundle that allows a storage manager to turn the unused storage capacity in his network's virtual servers into a storage area network (SAN). Definition
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Compellent Storage Center 5 adds portable volume option for replication
Compellent's Storage Center SAN will update a portable hard drive for customers with limited replication bandwidth; also adds virtual ports, SAS, RAID 6, and consistency groups. Article
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Storage magazine's data storage products of the year
In this issue, we reveal this year's Storage Products of the Year winners. Traditional and not-so-traditional products and services earned honors this year, addressing such issues as data deduplication, solid-state storage and storage cloud services... E-Zine
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Unilever maintains 5 PB Fibre Channel SAN storage performance with Virtual Instruments' NetWisdom
After a vendor brought in Virtual Instruments' NetWisdom tool to troubleshoot a storage performance problem, Unilever's IT staff made it a permanent part of their environment. Article
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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 Decisions Session Downloads: Managing Storage Networks Track (Chicago 2009)
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-cl... Storage Decisions
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Storage Decisions Chicago 2009 Session Downloads
Download all the sessions that were presented to storage professionals at the recent Storage Decisions 2009 conference in Chicago on topics including backup, SANs, storage virtualization, storage management and disaster recovery. Article
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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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Data storage management in virtual server environments
What are the pros and cons of Fibre Channel and iSCSI in virtual server environments? How does 10 GbE influence SAN management? Find out how users are evaluating iSCSI, the impact of server virtualization and listen to our podcast to determine your I... Special Report