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	How to prevent common problems in SATA drives Submitted By: SearchStorage.com \| 30 Aug 2004 TIP - Problems in SATA drives generally stem from one of two causes. This tip will tell you how to prevent both.


	Disk vs. tape, for low-cost storage Expert: Pierre Dorion \| 24 Aug 2004 EXPERT ANSWER - What are the advantages of using disk for low-cost storage, as opposed to tape?


	The difference between SATA and FATA Expert: Pierre Dorion \| 24 Aug 2004 EXPERT ANSWER - What's the difference between SATA and FATA, in terms of performance as well as price?


	Staging older files to the SATA partition Expert: Stephen Foskett \| 24 Aug 2004 EXPERT ANSWER - I am using Solaris 9 on Sun servers with Hitachi storage system (on SAN with Brocade FC switch). I would like to add a few SATA terabytes to the storage system. I'm looking to do "disk staging" so that all the files from my ...


	Steeling SATA for duty Submitted By: Storage magazine \| 25 Aug 2004 TIP - SATA drives don't have the same reliability as SCSI or Fibre Channel drives, but vendors are working to improve the situation.


	What is "fabric"? Expert: Randy Kerns \| 19 Aug 2004 EXPERT ANSWER - In refering to Fibre Channel networks, what does "fabric" mean? Is this a protocol? Or does it refer to the actual cables used to connect the networks?


	Should you choose a SATA-based array? Submitted By: Storage magazine \| 10 Aug 2004 TIP - The new, "cheap" SATA drives may not be as cost-effective as you think.


	Will nearline disk systems make tape obsolete? Expert: Pierre Dorion \| 05 Aug 2004 EXPERT ANSWER - Backup expert Pierre Dorion offers advice on remote data replication and network bandwith limitation.


	Migrating data from CDs to other media Expert: Brett Cooper \| 05 Aug 2004 EXPERT ANSWER - Our security copies have reached about 3000 CDs, and we're realizing that CD support is not eternal. We want to pass it to another storage system (for example, HDD for daily consulting and tapes for long-term backup). My ...


	Advantages of SATA II vs. SATA I Submitted By: SearchStorage.com \| 15 Jul 2004 TIP - New SATA II-based drives will make their way into the enterprise because of three features: port multipliers, port selectors and native command queuing.


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