Storage Management Strategies for the CIO
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How to choose the right clustered NAS system
Finding the right clustered NAS (or scale-out NAS) system means knowing your storage needs. Learn the questions to ask when evaluating your requirements and the latest offerings.
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Dynamic storage tiering options
Find out why you should deploy dynamic storage tiering, and learn about the various DST product categories and how to choose the right one for your environment.
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Self-healing systems and RAID technology
Find out how Atrato, DataDirect Networks, Panasas and Xiotech use RAID technology in self-healing systems and also deal with hard disk drive (HDD) failures.
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Choosing the right SRM tool for storage provisioning
SRM tools offer capacity reporting, including change management and chargeback, but can be pricey and complicated. Here's what you should know before you invest in SRM tools.
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Managing data storage capacity on RAID
With data growth increasing every day, the challenge of managing data storage capacity on RAID is also increasing. This is raising some questions about the integrity of RAID, so new technologies ar...
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8 Gbps Fibre Channel: How to upgrade your SAN
Are you planning an 8 Gbps Fibre Channel upgrade for your storage-area network (SAN)? Details to consider include bandwidth needs, choosing between director switches and edge switches, and pricing.
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SRM tools changing to include new metrics
SRM tools adapt to IT infrastructure changes. New metrics for SRM tools fall into three categories: performance metrics, backup and disaster recovery metrics, and green metrics.
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Unified storage benefits, implementation and challenges
Unified storage, or multiprotocol systems, enable block and file data to be stored in a single system. Learn how to implement, deploy and manage a unified storage system.
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Is SAS-2 a viable alternative to Fibre Channel drives?
Cheaper 6 Gbps SAS-2 devices are challenging Fibre Channel's position in the data storage market . Find out if SAS-2 is a good fit for your data storage infrastructure.
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Clustered NAS systems can ease NAS management
Find out about clustered NAS systems vendors and products. We also list the advantages and disadvantages of using clustered NAS systems to ease NAS management.
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iSCSI in VMware environments: Best practices
Learn why you should treat iSCSI as a storage network, consider using only software initiators in iSCSi and why VMware vSphere 4 is a perfect fit for iSCSI.
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A look at internal and external tiered storage models
Tiered storage tools can help organizations meet information lifecycle management (ILM) goals. Learn about the internal and external tiered storage tools available from 3PAR, EMC, HDS and IBM.
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Use MAID and IPM to control energy consumption
MAID and intelligent power management (IPM) are green storage options that align enterprise data storage performance and energy consumption levels. Learn what you should look for in a product with ...
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Choosing a director switch: Brocade vs. Cisco
Are you looking for director switch for your SAN? We compare the Brocade DCX Backbone and Cisco Systems MDS 9500 offerings in terms of latency, throughput and FCoE support.
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Cloud storage pricing revealed
Learn more about the hidden costs of cloud storage, including data migration costs, storage and access fees, portable device handling fees and more.
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The cost of a hypothetical month of cloud data storage
Check out this hypothetical cloud data storage scenario for insight into the monthly charges for an organization to store and access data in the cloud.
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Creating a data center migration plan
Your five-step data center migration plan should include an IT assessment, relocation analysis and design, a data migration plan, risk identification and a relocation strategy.
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Top 10 enterprise data storage tips of 2009
Our top 10 enterprise data storage tips of 2009 cover easy-to-use SANs, capacity management tools, SSDs, storage encryption technologies, cloud storage and more.
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Private storage clouds: Essential components
A NAS cluster, commodity servers and an object/metadata management layer are just some of the essential components needed to build your own private storage cloud.
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Avoid data migration failure: Five best practices
Learn why data migration projects can fail, and how five best practices, such as deduplicating data and documenting the process, can help you avoid cost overruns or delays.
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Overcoming flash-based storage limitations
Storage expert Jon Toigo explains why flash storage isn't a cure-all and how users can avoid some of the downfalls associated with the technology.
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How to maximize tiered storage efficiency
Storage expert Jon Toigo explains how to effectively use storage tiering to boost efficiency and ultimately cut storage costs.
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Will erasure coding replace RAID?
Learn why the reliability of RAID technologies could be related to the increased use of erasure coding by both new and established storage vendors.
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PowerShell tutorial: Managing Windows Storage Spaces
This PowerShell tutorial shows users how to fully interact with Windows Storage Spaces, which will help them script the storage provisioning process.