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Features in this issue

• Mobile Drives, Portable Backups

  Do mobile disk drives have a future in disk-based backup?

• Bridging SAN islands

  To help ensure that a change made to one part of the SAN doesn't interfere with the entire storage network, some new products claim to have developed a new switch-based intelligence that segregates the SAN and protects SAN data.

• WAN Links gain speed

  Can't get past the cost of doing high-speed remote replication? Latency problems driving you nuts? New TCIP/IP accelerators for IP storage promise some relief.

• Mainframe Storage on the Cheap

  IBM gives birth to a new baby Shark

• Green light for disk spending

  The results from our semiannual Purchasing Intentions Survey are in. Storage managers are investing more in disk, but budgets for networked hardware are decreasing. The technology least likely to be invested in? Storage management software.

• Backup to Disk for Better Restore

• Keep Archives Close at Hand

• Who's running the storage shop?

  Companies that set up a storage management group with well-defined job duties can eliminate redundancy and get more bang for their buck.

• Firm Licks WAN File Sharing

  WAN file sharing problem solved

• iSCSI: Are We There Yet?

• The best way to move data

  Don't get mired in sluggish data. There are best practices for migrating data from point A to point B. Here's how to pick the right method that fits with your company's needs and budget.

• The object is better backup

  by  John Merryman

  New object-based backup may forever change the way backup is done. It drastically reduces volumes by backing up only the data that has changed.