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Deafening hype causes many to overlook cloud storage problems
In this video tip from Storage Decisions Chicago 2012, Jon Toigo examines cloud storage problems, such as security and a lack of protocol standards. Continue Reading
Enforce data management techniques to keep up with data growth
In this Storage Decisions Chicago 2012 video, Jon Toigo discusses data management techniques that can help you control the data in your environment. Continue Reading
The evolving storage department
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Is storage management software worth it?
The world of storage is healthier than ever
Lower your costs by implementing enterprise-class libraries
Linux: a good deal with drawbacks
Dark storage
Hot Spots: Storage services groups
New Pricing Schemes Aim For Lower Storage Costs
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Guest Opinion: IBM Makes the 'V' Word Respectable Again
File Virtualization Tackles NAS Management Woes
How to make your budget case
It still comes down to good old backup and restore
Hot Spots: Create a storage services group now
Virtualize the right way
Defining a storage services model
Ten Things You Can Do With Virtualization
Developing a strategy for data archiving
Who should be charged with managing your SAN hardware?
SNIA's new heterogeneous storage management solution
How to block the four paths to your data
Storage managers grapple with Windows
Bring DBAs into the SAN era
Optimize database storage
Vendors and CIM: How Deep is Their Love?
Management suites come up short
Do you know where you're headed?
QLogic Throws Curve Ball in Fibre Channel Plans
SNIA Members Plug Away at Management Spec
How to build a storage security strategy for your enterprise
Server virtualization issues contribute to data management complexity
The impact of server virtualization issues on today's data management environment is discussed in this video tip from Storage Decisions Chicago 2012.Continue Reading
Tape libraries on the SAN: sharing isn't always good
Will you favor standards-based storage?
Leopard tries on new spots
Your worst nightmares ... and how to avoid them
Managing storage for virtual server environments
Virtualization has a credibility problem
Real problems, virtual solutions
Will SAN File Systems Play Larger Management Role?
Honestly, do you really know what storage virtualization is?
Make your SAN administrator's life easier with Brocade's Fabric Manager
Storage management building on XML foundation
Taxonomy of Storage Management Software Providers
Andiamo: Now you see it, now you don't
Managing a SAN the old-fashioned way
Determining the real cost of storage
Occupy Storage!
Hot technologies for 2011
Three vendors still stalking storage virtualization
Hybrid cloud storage
10 quick and easy ways to boost storage performance
“Big data” conspiracy theories abound
How Hyper-V storage migration has improved in version 3.0
Storage expert Brien Posey compares VMware Storage vMotion and Hyper-V Live Storage Migration, with a look at how they work.Continue Reading
VMware SAN configuration: Concerns and limitations
Storage expert Howard Marks discusses how block storage works in a VMware SAN environment, highlighting benefits and limitations to consider.Continue Reading
Storage magazine's October 2012 PDF
Download Storage magazine's all-digital issue. This month: Data reduction technologies, virtualization and DR, and caching software that adds IOPS to solid-state storage.Continue Reading
Beware: Solid-state storage approaching the valley of vagueness
Keeping up with solid-state storage requires some technical know-how, but sometimes flash vendors make the technology harder for users to understand.Continue Reading
When I grow up I want to be a … disk whisperer
Do we really need data scientists to parse our way through all that big data, or will programmers and engineers and admins handle things OK?Continue Reading
Storage Radio: Cloud file-sharing behind the firewall
In our latest Storage Radio podcast, editors discuss how cloud storage vendors now add cloud file-sharing options that are compatible with mobile devices.Continue Reading
Convergence reaches a new level
Convergence -- the bundling of storage, compute, network and virtualization -- is already evolving with new products that redefine ease of use.Continue Reading
Slimmer storage: How data reduction systems work
Although it’s become a staple of backup systems, data reduction is now just starting to show up more and more in primary storage systems. In the October 2012 cover story of Storage magazine, Chris Evans takes a look at the state of the data ...Continue Reading
I/O virtualization video: SR-IOV, MR-IOV, NICs and more
Dennis Martin discusses the advantages of using the SR-IOV and MR-IOV specifications for I/O virtualization in this expert video.Continue Reading
Unified storage systems offer cost savings and management advantages
In this whiteboard video presentation, storage expert Ben Woo outlines the key architectural points and benefits of unified storage systems.Continue Reading
Oh yeah? Try doing that without storage
A lot of people think storage doesn’t figure into corporate strategies, but it’s the key to success for initiatives ranging from “big data” to desktop virtualization.Continue Reading
How convergence can make your storage more valuable
Cloud storage’s missing link: Editorial
Tuning storage for database apps
Firms tap archivers for compliance, storage management
How you choose vendors and products
How flash can pump up performance of virtual desktops
Big data by the numbers
The storage-for-VDI equation: Capacity, IOPS, TCO, ROI and persistency
A virtual desktop project can bring savings and efficiency to IT operations, but storage for VDI is a complex issue, and the wrong choices can hobble the project.Continue Reading
Big data is no big myth
How to make storage techs even more confusing
Fiber optic cabling and copper options for data storage pros
Dennis Martin advises data storage managers on fiber optic and copper cabling choices, and how changing requirements can affect their choices.Continue Reading
Virsto Software digs deeper into VM storage management
Virsto for vSphere 1.5 VM storage management application includes greater integration with VMware View and vSphere and better storage migration.Continue Reading
Astute Networks improves ViSX G4 VM storage box with speed, dedupe
Astute Networks upgrades ViSX platform for VM storage; G4 model adds inline data deduplication and is faster with more capacity than G3 line.Continue Reading
Big data is no big myth
However "big data" is defined, 58% of respondents say their companies are dealing with it, and 41% have even bought -- or plan to buy -- some new gear to grapple with it.Continue Reading
Storage magazine's August 2012 PDF
Download Storage magazine's all-digital issue. This month: All-solid-state arrays, efficient storage and disaster recovery in the cloud.Continue Reading
How to make storage techs even more confusing
There’s a lot happening techwise in the data storage world, but the ever-growing hype, hoopla and hazy language are making it even harder for everyone to understand.Continue Reading
Server virtualization and storage management: Better integration, specialized tools
Virtualization and storage management still presents challenges, but nowadays it provides tighter integration and more effective management tools.Continue Reading
I/O performance, storage infrastructure lead big data issues list
ESG senior analyst Terri McClure looks at the latest big data issues relating to I/O, Hadoop and storage sprawl.Continue Reading
Tuning storage for database apps
For many companies, business depends on the performance of their database applications. Here’s how to ensure your storage systems are providing all the help the database apps need.Continue Reading
Founder Hitz talks NetApp strategy for clustering, convergence
NetApp founder and EVP Dave Hitz discusses the NetApp strategy toward hot technologies and the vendor’s plan for battling market leader EMC.Continue Reading
Firms tap archivers for compliance, storage management
Eighty percent of respondents do some kind of archiving, with half archiving to meet regulatory requirements and half focused on managing capacity and performance.Continue Reading
Storage magazine's July 2012 PDF
Download Storage magazine's all-digital issue. This month: Solid-state storage adds "vroom" to desktops, tuning storage for database apps and building a 10 GigE network.Continue Reading
How you choose vendors and products
Storage buying criteria has changed over the years, partly because of smaller budgets but also because the products often lack distinction.Continue Reading
Big data by the numbers
A recent ESG survey highlights the growing importance of big data analytics and its increasing relevance to the storage market.Continue Reading
How flash can pump up performance of virtual desktops
Virtual desktop environments can strain conventional hard drive storage systems, but strategically placed solid-state storage devices can boost performance.Continue Reading
Data storage management in a virtual data center
In this video, expert Ben Woo discusses key steps in managing storage in a virtual data center and how this will impact the administrator’s role.Continue Reading
How to manage storage in a VMware environment
Read up on how VMware servers are communicating with your storage and how administration in this environment is becoming easier.Continue Reading
Cloud storage’s missing link: Editorial
Cloud storage is inevitable -- even the skeptics agree -- but the best route to the cloud will be through the data center. Get Rich Castagna's take on the subject.Continue Reading
How convergence can make your storage more valuable
The term “convergence” may have been overused by IT marketers, but it’s an important concept that should represent an ongoing design principle and can maximize storage investments.Continue Reading
Vblock architecture gains new configuration; VCE integrates EMC data protection apps
At EMC World 2012 in Las Vegas, VCE announces a new Vblock architecture package, the Series 700 Model LX, as well as integration with EMC’s Avamar, Data Domain and RecoverPoint products.Continue Reading
Scalable storage systems: Examining scale-out NAS
Scale-out NAS systems can accommodate data growth simply by adding more capacity and processing power.Continue Reading
Understanding storage in the Hadoop cluster
Of all the ways to handle the storage requirements of 'big data' analytics, the Hadoop cluster is receiving the most attention. Find out why.Continue Reading
Managing big data: Petabytes, exabytes and analytics
Learn the differences between managing big data and traditional data warehousing. We'll also explore big data analytics, MapReduce and Hadoop.Continue Reading
DAS lives
Direct-attached storage may seem passé, but it’s making a comeback and gaining widespread interest.Continue Reading
Storage magazine's May 2012 PDF
Download Storage magazine's all-digital issue. This month: archiving to the cloud, direct-attached storage and our Storage Purchasing Intentions survey.Continue Reading
Cloud storage not so spooky anymore
Lower prices, no vendor lock-in, endless storage capacity -- cloud storage is getting downright friendly these days.Continue Reading