August 2007
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August 31, 2007
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Aug'07
IBM reports atomic storage progress
IBM has reported two discoveries in its ongoing work in nanotechnology, both of which have implications for data storage of almost unimaginably tiny proportions. According to a Reuters report, ... Continue Reading
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August 31, 2007
31
Aug'07
Storage vendors planning to bask in VMworld spotlight
It is not often that a non-storage conference distracts from the normal round of storage conferences such as Storage Decisions and Storage Networking World, but that may be the case when VMworld ... Continue Reading
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August 31, 2007
31
Aug'07
SAN switch report: Cisco still creeping up on Brocade
The latest quarterly report from Dell'Oro shows Cisco continuing to gain market share on Brocade in certain areas; EMC acquires consulting firm. Continue Reading
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August 30, 2007
30
Aug'07
User performs data storage U-turn
U-Store-It, a national self-storage company, decentralized its data centers, migrated data from SAN to DAS and de-clustered Exchange to simplify storage management. Continue Reading
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August 29, 2007
29
Aug'07
Seagate: We are not for sale
A recent New York Times report touched off speculation last week that Seagate was about to be bought out by a Chinese company, rumored to be Lenovo, "raising concerns among American government ... Continue Reading
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August 29, 2007
29
Aug'07
Data archives overview
When a file is lost due to user error, or data is corrupted because of system problems, the affected data can be restored from a backup. An archive is different from a backup because the data may not be used for months, even years, but must be ... Continue Reading
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August 27, 2007
27
Aug'07
IBM back in iSCSI SAN fray
IBM is looking to take on HP's MSA and EMC's AX150, as well as EqualLogic and LeftHand, with a new iSCSI SAN product OEMed from LSI. Continue Reading
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August 27, 2007
27
Aug'07
Should I back up the operating system files?
Here is another prime example of technology evolving to meet business requirements. I have always been a firm believer that, except for small IT environments, operating systems files should not be part of regular backups... Continue Reading
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August 25, 2007
25
Aug'07
Top 10 SAN news stories and tips
Back from vacation and need a recap of the most important SAN stories this year? Check out our Top 10 SAN news stories and tips for 2007. Continue Reading
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August 24, 2007
24
Aug'07
Brocade says file virtualization business growing
Brocade profits were down 56% in part because of legal fees, but said that it's adding between 50 and 100 file virtualization customers per quarter. Continue Reading
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August 23, 2007
23
Aug'07
WhatIs.com features ILM
Our esteemed colleague and zeitgeist-chaser extraordinaire, Alex Howard of WhatIs.com, has put together a nice post, including podcast, about that most time-honored and mysterious of storage ... Continue Reading
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August 23, 2007
23
Aug'07
ISCSI maven says TOE cards are back
Larry Boucher, founder of Alacritech, claims more large companies are going for iSCSI HBAs despite the availability of powerful servers. Continue Reading
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August 22, 2007
22
Aug'07
Are there any known problems or limitations to storage virtualization products?
As a relatively new technology, storage virtualization products can vary in their maturity. For example... Continue Reading
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August 22, 2007
22
Aug'07
Is the market ready for storage virtualization? Are the products ready?
The short answer is that the products are absolutely ready. It's taken three or four years to bring the products to this current level of maturity, but I can say that key products from the major players are all ready... Continue Reading
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August 22, 2007
22
Aug'07
How does storage virtualization ease storage management?
Learn how storage virtualization eases storage management by providing a consistent interface for all storage applications. Continue Reading
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August 22, 2007
22
Aug'07
How do storage virtualization offerings differ?
There are numerous players in the storage virtualization market today, but I can categorize them as in-band vendors (typically appliances), out-of-band vendors and Split Path Architecture for Intelligent Devices (SPAID) vendors. Continue Reading
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August 22, 2007
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Aug'07
How difficult is it to remove or "back out" of storage virtualization?
Storage virtualization is a very strategic decision for a company to make. Be conscious of what you're doing, because reversing virtualization is not easy... Continue Reading
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August 22, 2007
22
Aug'07
Is there storage that should not be placed under the storage virtualization umbrella?
Suppose you have an isolated application that's out there "on the edge," it is working and doing its job in a satisfactory manner... Continue Reading
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August 22, 2007
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Aug'07
How does storage capacity planning and management play into storage virtualization?
The relationship is very synergistic. Suppose we have two equal Tier 1 storage boxes offering 1 terabyte (TB). I can create a pool... Continue Reading
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August 22, 2007
22
Aug'07
Where should storage virtualization be done -- Host, network, array?
Let me discard host-based deployments upfront. Host-based storage virtualization was the first virtualization product... Continue Reading