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Features in this issue

• Weighing the risks of 1TB drives

• Making the case for FCIP and FCoE

  by  Jerome Wendt

• New book and toolkit preps companies for legal ediscovery

  by  Rich Friedman

• New demands, higher salaries for storage pros

  by  Ellen O'Brien

  Our fifth annual Storage Salary Survey finds that time in the storage trenches is paying off with bigger salaries. However, stress levels and workloads are also rising, as respondents have to manage more storage with less money and increased scrutiny from upper management.

• Do RAID levels still matter?

  by  Bradley Hughey

  Most new storage arrays automatically distribute data onto a number of spindles, which eliminates the manual task of selecting RAID levels. You can still manually select your RAID levels, but you'll need to balance availability, risks and costs.

• Solid-state storage finds its niche

  by  Alan Radding

  Storage managers facing critical storage performance problems and needing maximum IOPS have found a feasible option in solid-state disk. Solid-state storage is fast, cool and it barely sips power, but it's still far more expensive than traditional media.

• Where encryption fits best

  by  Jerome Wendt

  Everybody knows they should encrypt tapes that go offsite, but many are still on the fence about where encryption should occur in their storage environments. There are a number of options, ranging from using your backup app's encryption capabilities to installing a purpose-built encryption appliance. We weigh the pros and cons of the available alternatives so that you can decide which approach best suits your shop.