Evaluate
Weigh the pros and cons of technologies, products and projects you are considering.
Evaluate
Weigh the pros and cons of technologies, products and projects you are considering.
Converged systems offer turnkey storage and server bundles
Storage vendors are packaging their products with servers and networking gear to create ready-to-run converged systems. Could this be the end of best-of-breed deployments? Continue Reading
Flash deployment: Look before you leap
The solid-state storage market is still a work in progress. A prudent approach will ensure that a flash deployment fits well with an overall storage strategy. Continue Reading
Converged systems offer turnkey storage and server bundles
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HP cloud storage service features open source OpenStack object store
HP cloud storage service uses open source OpenStack object store to attract developers, ISVs and enterprises in competition against Amazon S3. Continue Reading
Western Digital Corp., Synology announce new SMB products, services
Western Digital Corp., Precision IT, Synology and Google announce products aimed at the small- and medium-sized business market. Continue Reading
Can object storage systems be used with file-based apps?
Learn how to use applications such as Microsoft Exchange or SQL Server with object storage systems on the back end.Continue Reading
EMC storage products related to ViPR, Pivotal represent new worldview
ESG analyst Mark Peters says the latest EMC storage products related to ViPR, Pivotal technology show the firm's ability to change with the times.Continue Reading
EMC World 2013: EMC ViPR has vendor on software-defined storage route
EMC ViPR, the vendor's software-defined storage technology, is designed to manage heterogeneous storage as one pool while adding cloud features.Continue Reading
MRAM technology likely choice as post-flash solid-state storage
NAND flash-based storage is becoming a common alternative, but NAND flash could soon be replaced by newer forms of non-volatile memory like MRAM technology.Continue Reading
Dell Foglight management tools upgraded, rebranded
Dell rebrands and upgrades its Foglight data center management tools, which include VMware View support and virtual-to-physical landscape.Continue Reading
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Hyper-V 3.0's virtual Fibre Channel feature explained
Microsoft MVP Brien Posey walks users through the process of establishing virtual Fibre Channel connectivity from a virtual machine to SAN storage.Continue Reading
Storage virtualization vendors look beyond VMware support
Microsoft Hyper-V is gaining market share, but support for Hyper-V and other non-VMware hypervisors is slow for VM storage software vendors.Continue Reading
Google Cloud Storage service expands with features, price options
Developer-oriented Google Cloud Storage offers reduced pricing options; adds experimental Durable Reduced Availability feature for backup, batch jobs.Continue Reading
Rackspace cloud storage features open source software, simple pricing
Rackspace cloud storage features open source OpenStack Object Storage, Akamai Content Delivery Network and a relatively simple pricing model.Continue Reading
April 2013: Rethinking storage architectures
Storage magazine's latest issue describes alternatives to traditional storage systems. Also in this issue: cloud backup and keeping tabs on disk usage.Continue Reading
New storage capacity management tools can make efficiency a reality
Poor provisioning and a lack of effective capacity management tools leads to underused storage systems. New tools and improved processes can make storage efficiency a reality.Continue Reading
Emerging storage architectures may make storage arrays obsolete
Cloud storage, virtualization and the relentless growth of unstructured data have all contributed to a rethinking of the way storage architectures are packaged and presented.Continue Reading
Not-so-open systems make managing data storage tough
With few standards and storage array vendors not inclined to give up their proprietary ways, managing data storage has become tougher than it should be.Continue Reading
Rethinking the way storage architectures are packaged and presented
Cloud storage, virtualization and the growth of unstructured data have contributed to the way storage architectures are built and used. Virtual storage appliances and server-based shared storage are two concepts that have emerged as viable ...Continue Reading
Emerging storage architectures may make storage arrays obsolete
Not-so-open systems make managing data storage tough
New storage capacity management tools can make efficiency a reality
Linear tape file systems play different role in health care, media
Linear tape file systems have the potential to reduce costs and improve efficiency in health care and media IT operations.Continue Reading
Choosing the appropriate page size for sub-LUN automated tiering
Sub-LUN automated tiering can maximize SSD effectiveness. Learn the importance of choosing the right page size for sub-LUN automated tiering.Continue Reading
HP StoreSystem: New converged system combines 3PAR, StoreOnce
HP's new StoreSystem converged system combines 3PAR StoreServ storage and software with StoreOnce deduplication.Continue Reading
WD, QNAP, Apricorn release new products; STORServer offers free TSM upgrade
In the SMB space, WD, QNAP and Apricorn announced new products, while STORServer offered a free TSM upgrade.Continue Reading
Storage Radio: Our top data storage products
Senior editors Dave Raffo and Andrew Burton discuss the annual data storage products competition hosted by SearchStorage.com and Storage magazine.Continue Reading
NexGen Storage Inc. n5-150 Storage System
IT admins using the NexGen Storage n5-150 Storage System can guarantee performance to each app and isolate workloads from one another on the SAN.Continue Reading
Best data storage products: 2012 Products of the Year
SearchStorage's best data storage products of 2012
The Storage magazine/SearchStorage Products of the Year singles out the best new/enhanced storage products from 2012. Our judges rate products in six categories: backup and DR software and services, backup hardware, storage networking ...Continue Reading
Podcast: Hadoop vendors progress toward enterprise-ready solutions
Storage expert John Webster discusses how Hadoop vendors are faring when faced with the challenge of meeting enterprise 'big data' demands.Continue Reading
Can shared storage be used with Hadoop architecture?
Storage expert John Webster discusses three ways to use shared storage together with Hadoop architecture in this Ask the Expert answer.Continue Reading
Microsoft MVP Brien Posey on Windows Server 2012 ReFS features
In this webcast, storage expert Brien Posey discusses the new Windows Server 2012 ReFS functionality and features.Continue Reading
Expert video: Windows Server 2012 data deduplication features
Microsoft MVP Brien Posey discusses how Windows Server 2012 data deduplication features work in this expert video webcast.Continue Reading
Toigo: A brief history of storage management systems
Jon Toigo gives a brief history of storage management systems, from mainframe storage to the virtualized environments of today.Continue Reading
Choosing the right SSD application for addressing VDI boot storms
Marc Staimer, founder of Dragon Slayer Consulting, discusses how to choose the right SSD application for VDI boot storms in this Expert Answer.Continue Reading
Ten questions to help compare cloud storage services
Cloud storage expert Arun Taneja suggests 10 questions to help you successfully compare cloud storage services.Continue Reading
Expert Video: Brien Posey on Windows Server 2012 iSCSI features
Microsoft MVP Brien Posey discusses how to configure iSCSI using the Windows Server 2012 iSCSI Target feature in this expert video webcast.Continue Reading
Storage system software: 2012 Products of the Year finalists
Find out the 11 product finalists in the Storage magazine/SearchStorage.com storage system software category.Continue Reading
Enterprise storage system: 2012 Products of the Year finalists
Find out the 15 product finalists in the Storage magazine/SearchStorage.com enterprise storage system category.Continue Reading
Storage management tools: 2012 Products of the Year finalists
Find out the four product finalists in the Storage magazine/SearchStorage.com storage management tools category.Continue Reading
EMC buys iWave software for cloud automation
EMC buys iWave software for its storage provisioning, dynamic server provisioning, cloud service management, automated disaster recovery capabilities.Continue Reading
Should you believe vendors’ jaw-dropping solid-state performance specs?
The benefits of solid-state storage are clear -- cool running, space-saving and blistering performance. But just how “blistering” is that performance? Data storage vendors toss previously unheard of numbers around, like millions of IOPS, to show the...Continue Reading
HDD vs. flash storage for virtual desktop infrastructure
Independent storage expert and founder of Dragon Slayer Consulting Marc Staimer answers a question about comparing HDD vs. flash storage for VDI.Continue Reading
NAS storage systems satisfaction survey: EMC, Hitachi earn top marks
NAS storage systems are the storage workhorses of most data centers; EMC's and Hitachi Data Systems' NAS entries lead a strong field in our satisfaction survey.Continue Reading
Small but satisfied group of converged systems users
NAS storage systems satisfaction survey: EMC, Hitachi earn top marks
Paragon Software Group and NovaStor Corp. roll out new software
Paragon Software Group released its Hard Disk Manager 12 software, and NovaStor rolled out the latest version of its NovaBACKUP product.Continue Reading
Hard drive cost vs. SSD cost with compression and dedupe
Dennis Martin discusses the cost of hard drives versus the cost of SSDs when using compression and deduplication in this Expert Answer.Continue Reading
Unified storage systems favored for efficiency and convenience
Arrays that combine block and file storage in a single box -- also known as multiprotocol arrays or unified storage systems -- are more popular now than ever before.Continue Reading
Hot data storage technologies for 2013
These six storage technologies will play pivotal roles in transforming data centers in 2013.Continue Reading
iSCSI storage system innovation coming from SMB products
Don't look now, but a lot of the innovation in iSCSI storage systems is coming from midrange iSCSI vendors.Continue Reading
Unified storage systems favored for efficiency and convenience
Hot data storage technologies for 2013
iSCSI storage system innovation coming from SMB products
Vendor surveys, analyst predictions and other piffle
Vendors and their cohorts at the big IT think tanks offer a steady stream of predictions and survey data; but is any of it useful?Continue Reading
Buying a cloud storage gateway appliance
Learn the architectural considerations, dependencies and value-add features buyers need to evaluate when purchasing a cloud storage gateway appliance.Continue Reading
Vendor surveys, analyst predictions and other piffle
Architecture firm 'upgrades' to VNXe3150 entry-level storage
Architecture firm Kahler Slater switched from EMC CX3-20 midrange FC SAN to VNXe3150 entry-level storage, saving footprint and cost.Continue Reading
ViaWest chooses SolidFire flash array for performance, storage QoS
Cloud services provider ViaWest deployed SolidFire's pure SSD array in its data center for its storage quality of service (QoS).Continue Reading
What to expect when using HDFS in Hadoop architecture
Analyst John Webster details issues with Hadoop architecture and what users can expect from Hadoop Version 2.0.Continue Reading
Comparing scale-out and object-based storage systems
Scale-out and object-based storage systems are both built for scaling, but metadata characteristics are the difference maker.Continue Reading
Get control of NAS systems
What storage product would you like to see on the market that isn't now?
What software tools do you use to manage your storage systems?
Hot technologies for 2008
Best storage products of 2006
Understanding unified storage architecture
Randy Kerns explains that there's more than one way to build a unified storage architecture in this Storage Decisions 2012 TechTalk.Continue Reading
Windows Storage Server 2012 adds enterprise-grade features
Microsoft added enterprise features to Windows Storage Server 2012, but experts say it's unlikely to result in enterprise demand for the OEM product.Continue Reading
User needed more than SAN management tools could give
Standards or product development?
Security products proliferate
New tools to classify data
Understanding unified storage architecture
Randy Kerns explains that there's more than one way to build a unified storage architecture in this Storage Decisions 2012 TechTalk.Continue Reading
File-based growth increases popularity of unified storage systems
Analyst Randy Kerns explains how the demand for block and file systems in the data center is driving the adoption of unified storage systems.Continue Reading
Can tools streamline provisioning?
Snapshot: What do you want from storage vendors?
Get ready for new storage management tools
The good--and bad--of storage vendor independence
Snapshot: Technical support for storage systems
How should I spec a storage system for big data apps?
Analyst John Webster explains the difference between big data apps for large-capacity applications and analytics applications.Continue Reading
Storage virtualization solutions help make the most of virtualization
Gartner analyst Stanley Zaffos explains how storage virtualization can help mitigate the effect of server virtualization on storage resources.Continue Reading
Limited third-party management tool support exists for FCoE protocol
Storage expert Marc Staimer explains that FCoE protocol support is best in end-to-end integrated offerings.Continue Reading
Gaps seen in file archiving tools
Vendors retool SRM apps
Backup apps' reporting tools become more versatile
Breaking news: Excel not top storage management tool
What can storage vendors do to improve their tech support?
Legal toolkit for storage systems
Best Storage Products of 2007
Hot Storage Skills
"I second that VMotion," say replication vendors
Next year's hot technologies
Xiotech, Atrato spin out self-healing disk systems
Archive vendors looking to partner
The winners of Storage magazine's Products of the Year were surprising
Survey Says: Measuring storage team productivity
Vendors set sights on SMBs
Report: Midmarket storage pros favor single-vendor strategy
Editorial: Top 10 reasons to find another vendor