March 2006
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March 31, 2006
31
Mar'06
HP storage chief blasts EMC
Bob Schultz, GM of HP's storage business, says EMC's partnership with Dell is uncertain at best, and the company's major acquisitions have not burned up the market. Continue Reading
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March 30, 2006
30
Mar'06
Guidelines for better iSCSI security
Learn about the following iSCSI SAN security guidelines: How to secure the management interface, how to authenticate and how to disable unnecessary network services. Continue Reading
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March 27, 2006
27
Mar'06
Implementing SAS storage
This tip offers advice on how to carefully lay out your topology, choose an appropriate mix of SAS and SATA drives and plan for future growth before setting up a SAS system. Continue Reading
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March 23, 2006
23
Mar'06
Build the ultimate storage team
Learn why your storage team should be made up of people with experience in a variety of disciplines, such as networking, server administration and budgetary planning. Continue Reading
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March 17, 2006
17
Mar'06
Keep your backups within your window
This tip discusses how pruning your data, tailoring your backups to network patterns and checking the logs of network activity can allow you to do more with less and deal with a shrinking backup window. Continue Reading
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March 15, 2006
15
Mar'06
HVD (holographic versatile disc)
Holographic versatile disc (HVD) is a medium of holographic storage that looks like a DVD but is capable of storing far more data... (Continued) Continue Reading
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March 13, 2006
13
Mar'06
Troubleshooting your NAS system
This tip will point out some common sense suggestions and best practices that may help you to create or maintain a more robust and reliable NAS infrastructure. Continue Reading
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March 13, 2006
13
Mar'06
McData OEMs Riverbed, propels it toward IPO
McData announced it is rebranding Riverbed's WDS product, catapulting the startup toward an IPO this summer, analysts say. Continue Reading
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March 10, 2006
10
Mar'06
Storage performance testing - Future directions
Knowing how a system will run in the data center -- and predicting its limitations in your particular environment -- is absolutely essential for storage managers. Solid performance data can be an invaluable guide for making new acquisitions, ... Continue Reading
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March 10, 2006
10
Mar'06
Storage performance testing - User perspectives
Knowing how a system will run in the data center -- and predicting its limitations in your particular environment -- is absolutely essential for storage managers. Solid performance data can be an invaluable guide for making new acquisitions, ... Continue Reading
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March 10, 2006
10
Mar'06
Storage performance testing - The vendors
Knowing how a system will run in the data center -- and predicting its limitations in your particular environment -- is absolutely essential for storage managers. Solid performance data can be an invaluable guide for making new acquisitions, ... Continue Reading
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March 10, 2006
10
Mar'06
Storage performance testing - Strengths and weakneses
Knowing how a system will run in the data center -- and predicting its limitations in your particular environment -- is absolutely essential for storage managers. Solid performance data can be an invaluable guide for making new acquisitions, ... Continue Reading
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March 10, 2006
10
Mar'06
Storage performance testing - An overview
Knowing how a system will run in the data center -- and predicting its limitations in your particular environment -- is absolutely essential for storage managers. Solid performance data can be an invaluable guide for making new acquisitions, ... Continue Reading
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March 10, 2006
10
Mar'06
Storage performance testing - Introduction
Knowing how a system will run in the data center -- and predicting its limitations in your particular environment -- is absolutely essential for storage managers. Solid performance data can be an invaluable guide for making new acquisitions, ... Continue Reading
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March 10, 2006
10
Mar'06
It's time for change: Show us the data!
Vendors use the SPEC benchmark for demonstrating the performance of their NAS boxes, but play around with the numbers in order to make them look better. Arun Taneja suggests that these vendors instead associate a list price for this configuration, ... Continue Reading
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March 09, 2006
09
Mar'06
Balance costs and demands for proper storage allocation
Effective storage acquisition requires a clear understanding of your applications' I/O, storage capacity, service and availability requirements. This tip details how to balance costs and demands for proper storage allocation based upon your needs ... Continue Reading
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March 09, 2006
09
Mar'06
Users evaluate SAN reporting tool
Onaro SANScreen users, including JetBlue Airways, like the new performance monitoring, but replication support is not as pressing as better integration with SRM tools. Continue Reading
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March 07, 2006
07
Mar'06
Adding old e-mail to an archive is no easy task
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March 07, 2006
07
Mar'06
Surviving microcode upgrades
Vendors often claim that the upgrades to their systems' microcode will be non-disruptive, but installing upgrades often becomes an arduous process. Storage pros, burned by so-called non-disruptive upgrades, have come up with strategies to take the ... Continue Reading
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March 07, 2006
07
Mar'06
Virtual reality: The inevitability of storage virtualization
Storage virtualization has been a controversial subject for years. But now that we know the technology actually works, what's keeping it from widespread adoption? Continue Reading