Storage Management Strategies for the CIO
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Use SRM to ease capacity planning pain
Describes how SRM works today, what's in store for storage-as-a-utility model and questions to ask vendors about SRM.
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Next-generation NAS
Next-generation NAS
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Choosing your networking protocol
Bits & Bytes: This tip offers an overview of current storage networking protocols, SCSI, iSCSI and Fibre Channel.
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I consolidated my storage...now what?
I consolidated my storage...now what?
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Legislative mandates and cyber threats
Legislative mandates and cyber threats demand secured networks
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Prepare for storage consolidation now
An outlook of consolidation efforts in 2003, and what they should mean to you today.
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SPC-1 benchmarks
Disk storage vendors -- SPC-1 benchmark results
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Beware of DR planning recipes
Disaster recovery is not to be taken lightly. Here are some tips for implementing a full-fledged DR plan.
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Storage vs. enterprise management
Why or why not you may want to implement an enteprise management framework.
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Supporting open management standards
Explains the importance of supporting management standards.
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Element vs. resource management
Element vs. resource management
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Design concepts for storage networks
Jerome Wendt defines the essence of storage and where the vital differences lie between a storage network and data network.
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Maximize locality when setting up SANs
High locality produces significant cost savings and performance improvements.
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Choose the right provisioning solution
What to beware of when considering a provisioning solution, and questions to ask your vendors.
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How to design your SAN
How to build a SAN using various topologies.
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Tips for the everyday admin -- #6
Tips for the everyday admin -- #6
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Who should be managing your SAN?
Best Practices: Raise your hands: Who should be charged with managing your SAN hardware?
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Much ado about NAS
Archrivals EMC and Hitachi Data Systems both have new NAS offerings they'd like to sell you.
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Simplify network storage management
This column describes storage management software that simplifies things: Configuration management and provisioning software.
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Taking disk drive speeds for a spin
What metrics to consider when determining performance in disk drives.
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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.
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Five LUN management basics
IT expert Brien Posey discusses five fundamental ideas storage professionals must understand when dealing with LUN management.
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Five LUN storage questions for pros
Learn what expert Brien Posey has to say to storage administrators about five questions they have about LUN storage in their environments.
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Streaming video files in big data environments
Solid-state drives are a good choice for streaming large video files. Other factors to consider include cost and how often video will be accessed.