Storage Management Strategies for the CIO
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Look at the big IT picture to ensure storage security
Though storage administration and information security are often handled by two separate groups, getting storage administrators onboard with storage security can greatly help reduce risk of a breach.
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IBM Tivoli Storage Manager pitfalls to avoid
This tip outlines some of the common issues users encounter in a TSM environment.
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Storage encryption: How much is enough?
Seven steps to determine your storage security weaknesses are outlined, which can help you determine where you need storage encryption in your environment.
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Storage basics: RAID striping in detail
How RAID striping improves performance and how parity fits in.
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Justifying your storage staffing
Three things to consider when calculating staffing levels to get beyond staffing per terabyte.
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Data protection: Cover the right risks
Five risks to consider for effective data protection are outlined and explained.
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Storage switches: Five tips in five minutes
SearchStorage.com readers frequently ask questions about switches. This article offers a collection of expert responses to recent reader questions.
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IBM Tivoli Storage Manager and disk backups
This is the third of a four-part series on IBM's Tivoli Storage Manager disk backup software. This tip discusses integration of disk as a backup media in a TSM environment.
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Five ways to get faster restores
Never forget that backups don't mean a thing if you can't restore your data. In a rapid-paced environment, a slow restore might not be an option. Rick Cook outlines how to get faster restores.
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Ten questions to increase storage efficiency
Rick Cook offers 10 things to consider in order to make the best use of your storage, from simply reviewing your storage strategy to standardizing your hardware.
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When to use SCSI, SAS and SATA drives
Learn where to use SCSI, SAS and SATA drives.
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Scale capacity with clustered NAS gateways
Jerome Wendt explains what clustered NAS gateways are, how they work and compares various products on the market today.
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Why and how your storage environment will be attacked
Learn where storage security vulnerabilities exist and how your systems are likely to be attacked.
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Balancing act -- Match your data to the correct disk
Learn how to match your data to the correct disk or storage system to meet different service requirements.
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Block and file access unite with multiprotocol storage
This tip looks at the pros and cons, as well as when and where to deploy multiprotocol storage, which is also referred to as "unified" storage.
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Easing I/O bottlenecks with Microsoft Scalable Network
Microsoft's SNP is designed to improve performance by easing network and I/O bottlenecks. This tip explains how this new offering works, and what it means for your storage environment.
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Storage security and the firewall DMZ problem
Firewalls are often relied upon too much for network security -- especially when it comes to locking down the storage environment. Learn how this firewall demilitarized zone (DMZ) security misconce...
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Migrating data in NAS gateway configurations
There are four approaches for migrating data between NAS gateway systems. For storage administrators, the problem is how to maintain data availability during the migration.
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Storage provisioning best practices
Storage provisioning can be a tricky practice, especially when you factor in that it needs to be done manually. List here are eight best practices when it comes to provisioning.
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Top 5 iSCSI tips 2006
Here are the top five iSCSI tip of 2006, based on readers' interest, covering such topics as iSCSI vs. FC, iSCSI security, and iSCSI SAN options.
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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.