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Top five storage management tips of 2008
Here are the top five storage management tips of 2008, based on our readers' interest, covering such topics as SATA drives, green storage and primary storage optimization. Continue Reading
How to evaluate and purchase a SAN
The Royal Horticultural Society's network manager Martin Taylor guides users through the process of evaluating and purchasing a SAN. Continue Reading
Data migration tips
Data moves. Or, it has to be moved when you're refreshing array technology, merging storage resources with an acquired company or shifting data around to more economical tiers. Data migration is a common task, but it's often a difficult one. We ... Continue Reading
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Storage resource management quiz
Whether it's working with data collection, backup, recovery, or analyzing SAN performance, you'll need to know the best way to manage your storage resources. Take our quiz and become a scholar on how to master Storage Resource Management (SRM). Continue Reading
CommVault, McAfee partner to integrate storage and security management solution
Storage software vendor CommVault and security specialist McAfee forge a strategic partnership to integrate storage management and security management. Could a merger follow similar to the Symantec-Veritas deal? Continue Reading
FAQ guide: How Fibre Channel over Ethernet can consolidate networks
Storage analyst Greg Schulz answers the questions he hears most about FCoE, including where it fits in the market, when FCoE products will become available, and how it compares to iSCSI and 10 Gigabit Ethernet.Continue Reading
Breaking news: Excel not top storage management tool
Symantec, Citrix take on VMware in storage management
While Symantec continues to support VMware, it's also teaming up with Citrix's XenServer to challenge the use of VMFS for storage management.Continue Reading
EMC app manager still missing VMware storage utilization reporting
The new version of EMC's Application Discovery Manager can report on virtual hosts, but hasn't yet been integrated with VMware storage utiilization reporting.Continue Reading
HDS streamlines storage management tools
HDS merges separate storage management software applications into one package with a shared back-end database and will support solid-state drives in high-end disk arrays later this year.Continue Reading
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CommVault eyes data dedupe, records management and SaaS
CommVault says it's continuing to win business from competitors in data backup and is now looking to new markets, such as data deduplication, information and records management, and SaaS.Continue Reading
Automate storage management
IT process automation tools provide workflows that can help automate manual storage management processes. The real value is when these workflow engines are integrated with storage management apps to not only guide administrators through the process,...Continue Reading
How to size a SAN
If your DAS storage infrastructure has reached its limits, or your existing SAN is out of date or just plain end-of-life, your first step will be to know what your storage requirements are.Continue Reading
Exchange alternative eases email storage management
A Linux-based alternative to Microsoft Exchange, called PostPath Server, has been certified by EMC Corp. for use with its Clariion disk arrays. PostPath Server is simplifying storage management and backups for organizations like the Appalachian ...Continue Reading
Product specs for policy manager software
These product specs for policy management software will help storage professionals evaluate and compare policy managers.Continue Reading