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SAN storage area network
- April 08, 2008
08 Apr'08
EMC acquires Iomega, creates consumer storage division
After chasing its consumer storage partner for two weeks, EMC finally acquired Iomega and its strong consumer channels for about $213 million.
- April 03, 2008
03 Apr'08
All you need to know about storage area network switches
Today, many storage area network switches provide powerful features that can help administrators organize and manage the storage network, including storage virtualization, provisioning/zoning, ISL trunking, performance planning and security features...
- March 31, 2008
31 Mar'08
Storage area network connectivity overview
Each switch and storage system on the storage area network (SAN) must be interconnected -- usually through optical fiber or copper cabling -- and the physical interconnections must support bandwidth levels that can adequately handle the peak data ...
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- March 20, 2008
20 Mar'08
Mendocino Software, R.I.P.
Not all storage startups either went public or got acquired for big bucks over the past two years. Mendocino Software sold little of its continuous data protection (CDP) software and found no ...
- March 20, 2008
20 Mar'08
Storage managers explain their different paths to data archiving
Storage managers who use disk-based, tape-based and hosted data archive products discuss the pros and cons of each approach.
- February 22, 2008
22 Feb'08
3PAR supports SATA disk drives
3PAR claims it will support SATA without a reduction in performance; Pillar to ship application-aware thin provisioning; Incipient gets $15.6 million in new funding.
- February 21, 2008
21 Feb'08
EMC buys Pi and forms a cloud computing group
EMC acquired Pi Corp., a company with Microsoft roots that was still in stealth, and has formed a new cloud computing business unit around it.
- January 02, 2008
02 Jan'08
Tutorial on network-attached storage
The primary advantage of NAS devices is that network storage is no longer limited to the number of disks in a local server. With storage no longer limited by the number of disks that a server can hold, a NAS product can hold numerous disks (and can ...
- December 31, 2007
31 Dec'07
Top 10 technology IPOs of 2007
The market for tech IPOs heated up in 2007, and while EMC spinoff VMware attracted investors beyond anyone's expectations, other stocks tailed off late in the year.
- October 31, 2007
31 Oct'07
Iron Mountain acquires Stratify for $158M
Iron Mountain will add legal processing to its e-discovery services through the purchase of its legal review partner.
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- October 30, 2007
30 Oct'07
EMC acquires ITIL startup Voyence
EMC will integrate Voyence's network configuration and change management software with ECC and Smarts to create al data center management framework.
- October 24, 2007
24 Oct'07
Clustered storage vendor Isilon hot-swaps CEOs
Beset by disappointing sales since it went public last December, Isilon turns to founder Sujal Patel as its CEO.
- October 24, 2007
24 Oct'07
Understanding disk storage components
The never-ending evolution of storage components such as disk drives, RAID technology, disk arrays and even network fabric hardware is enabling vast increases in storage capacities. This guide focuses on the latest developments in disks, RAID, ...
- September 27, 2007
27 Sep'07
Storage administrators tackle block virtualization
At Storage Decisions, users struggled with the question of where storage virtualization should take place: in a switch, an appliance or the storage array itself.
- August 16, 2007
16 Aug'07
HDS, HP simplify high-end disk array pricing
Users of the new USP-V disk array from HDS and the XP24000 disk array from HP will now pay less for attaching external storage, as well as capacity.
- August 09, 2007
09 Aug'07
EMC buys Tablus for data classification and security
The acquisition, announced today, allows EMC's InfoScape file management product more widespread data classification and security capabilities, the company says.
- July 31, 2007
31 Jul'07
Users make iSCSI SANs with USB keys
Users say that Open-E's iSCSI SAN software, which is delivered on a USB stick, is more affordable than prepackaged systems and has more support than free iSCSI target products.
- July 11, 2007
11 Jul'07
IBM washes hands of IceCube storage project
IBM is spinning out its long overdue next-generation storage system, code-named IceCube, and is seeking $15 million in funding to commercialize the product.
- June 26, 2007
26 Jun'07
Iron Mountain buys Accutrac for records management
Continuing its effort to reinvent itself as an online backup and records management company, Iron Mountain announces its second acquisition in this market in as many months.
- June 08, 2007
08 Jun'07
Introduction to SAN technology
SANs overcome the problems of traditional network storage by moving storage resources off the common user network and reorganizing those storage components into an independent, high-performance network. SANs also support storage features such as ...
- June 08, 2007
08 Jun'07
Introduction to network attached storage (NAS)
NAS offers accessibility and performance that falls between server storage and SAN storage. Multiple NAS boxes can be added to the LAN as needed for additional network storage but every NAS box will require some amount of routine management work. As...
- June 01, 2007
01 Jun'07
WAN storage guide -- Chapter 1: WAN basics
It's easy to get WAN connectivity, but getting the right connectivity requires knowledge of WAN essentials such as bandwidth, cost, latency and reliability.
- May 21, 2007
21 May'07
IBM chief engineer talks green storage
IBM engineer Clod Barrera discusses the growing energy crisis in storage, the need for better power efficiency metrics and the future for "green" products.
- April 12, 2007
12 Apr'07
ISCSI for beginners
iSCSI is an Internet Protocol (IP)-based storage networking standard for linking data storage facilities. Learns the basics in this fast guide.
- March 08, 2007
08 Mar'07
Is RAID outdated?
I would suggest that perhaps it is time for us to retire RAID in its current form.
- February 05, 2007
05 Feb'07
HDS to acquire Archivas for up to $120M
HDS will acquire archiving software partner Archivas for close to $120 million, stepping up its effort to compete with EMC in this market.
- January 30, 2007
30 Jan'07
Hybrid drives hit NAS boxes
DNF will be making hybrid drives available in all of its storage products, but it doesn't recommend them for IP SANs.
- January 18, 2007
18 Jan'07
Brocade migration tool does the trick for EMC user
The University of New Mexico Hospital first tried EMC's SANCopy to migrate data off of an old Xiotech array, but ended up having to use Brocade's Data Migration Manager instead.
- December 13, 2006
13 Dec'06
Mixing SAS and SATA disk drives can cause problems
Mixing SAS and SATA disk drives in the same enclosure can cause interoperability issues, but vendors are finding workarounds.
- August 08, 2006
08 Aug'06
Brocade acquires McData, stands up to Cisco
Brocade has finally acquired McData for $713 million, a deal that's been in the cards since Cisco entered the market in 2001.
- August 01, 2006
01 Aug'06
Storage analysts: RAID 6 is bringing changes
Larger disk drives and storage growth are magnifying concerns over dual-parity rebuild times. Fortunately, analysts say, help is on the way.
- June 16, 2006
16 Jun'06
Best practices in data warehouse storage infrastructures
Today's business isn't just about putting products on the market. It's about getting the right product to the right consumer at the right time. But such precision requires much more than a solid product and keen business sense -- it takes business ...
- June 08, 2006
08 Jun'06
RAID levels and RAID configuration tutorial
Learn about RAID levels, RAID grouping and RAID arrays in this overview of RAID technology.
- June 08, 2006
08 Jun'06
Introduction to data storage management
Storage is a resource, and it must be allocated and managed as a resource in order to truly benefit a corporation. Successful data storage management strategies leverage a suite of tools to configure, provision, archive and report storage activities...
- May 12, 2006
12 May'06
Thin provisioning, coined by 3Pardata, raises eyebrows
Users experience mixed results using a feature pioneered by 3Pardata called thin provisioning, a quick way to add storage capacity to an application.
- May 08, 2006
08 May'06
Buyer's Guide: Data classification tools
Automated tools play an important role in the data classification process. Many tools allow administrators to discover the data resources that are available, apply uniform classification rules to data across the entire enterprise, create and manage ...
- March 31, 2006
31 Mar'06
HP storage chief blasts EMC
Bob Schultz, GM of HP's storage business, says EMC's partnership with Dell is uncertain at best, and the company's major acquisitions have not burned up the market.
- March 10, 2006
10 Mar'06
Storage performance testing - User perspectives
Knowing how a system will run in the data center -- and predicting its limitations in your particular environment -- is absolutely essential for storage managers. Solid performance data can be an invaluable guide for making new acquisitions, ...
- March 10, 2006
10 Mar'06
Storage performance testing - Strengths and weakneses
Knowing how a system will run in the data center -- and predicting its limitations in your particular environment -- is absolutely essential for storage managers. Solid performance data can be an invaluable guide for making new acquisitions, ...
- March 10, 2006
10 Mar'06
Storage performance testing - An overview
Knowing how a system will run in the data center -- and predicting its limitations in your particular environment -- is absolutely essential for storage managers. Solid performance data can be an invaluable guide for making new acquisitions, ...
- March 10, 2006
10 Mar'06
Storage performance testing - Introduction
Knowing how a system will run in the data center -- and predicting its limitations in your particular environment -- is absolutely essential for storage managers. Solid performance data can be an invaluable guide for making new acquisitions, ...
- February 04, 2006
04 Feb'06
SAN zoning resource guide
Learn about SAN zoning, the various methods and how to troubleshoot in this fast guide loaded with relevant storage articles.
- November 02, 2005
02 Nov'05
Data classification: An overview
Corporate information resources regularly stretch into the terabytes (thousands of gigabytes) with many thousands (even millions) of individual files to contend with -- but the problem is now far more complex than simply "finding files". Finding ...
- November 02, 2005
02 Nov'05
Data classification: The vendors
Corporate information resources regularly stretch into the terabytes (thousands of gigabytes) with many thousands (even millions) of individual files to contend with -- but the problem is now far more complex than simply "finding files". Finding ...
- November 02, 2005
02 Nov'05
Data classification emerging as an essential business/IT practice
Corporate information resources regularly stretch into the terabytes (thousands of gigabytes) with many thousands (even millions) of individual files to contend with -- but the problem is now far more complex than simply "finding files". Finding ...
- October 19, 2005
19 Oct'05
Customer value for features/characteristics
This column originally appeared on TechTarget's Expert Answer Center as a post in Randy Kerns' blog. Randy served as the
- October 19, 2005
19 Oct'05
Credibility
This column originally appeared on TechTarget's Expert Answer Center as a post in Randy Kerns' blog. Randy served as the
- October 18, 2005
18 Oct'05
An introduction to thin provisioning
One of the more important but often misunderstood advancements within data storage is thin provisioning. This article defines and discusses thin provisioning, its economic impact and how it works.
- September 13, 2005
13 Sep'05
Netgear launches dirt-cheap IP SAN
For as little as $150, small office users can buy an IP SAN from Netgear that doesn't require HBAs, RAID controllers or expensive disk drives.
- August 17, 2005
17 Aug'05
EMC acquires Rainfinity for file migration
EMC has acquired network file migration startup Rainfinity to move files between heterogeneous NAS systems and to improve the scalability of its Celerra NAS box.
- July 18, 2005
18 Jul'05
RAID fast guide
You need info about RAID. It's that simple. In the world of storage, RAID (redundant array of independent disks) is a major topic. Whether you are a RAID rookie or you're trying to optimize performance of a huge array, you'll learn something here. ...
- May 18, 2005
18 May'05
Fast Guide: Storage basics
Storage covers a lot of territory and it can be overwhelming for the beginner. In our Fast Guide: Storage basics, we break it down into categories -- and keep it simple. We start out with basic storage terms, then go on to management, networking and...
- August 13, 2004
13 Aug'04
HP storage sales tank
HP blamed channel and pricing problems for its miserable storage earnings this week; analysts said its biggest problem is execution.
- July 19, 2004
19 Jul'04
Enterprise-class RAID functions, part 2: N-way mirroring, splitting and more
With the convergence of RAID and lower-priced storage technologies, advanced RAID functions can be enjoyed by any small-to-medium sized organization with critical data.
- February 25, 2004
25 Feb'04
Questions and answers from SAN School
Storage area networks (SANs) have the ability to save a company money, hasten backups and help consolidate the data center. But, a SAN is not to be left alone. It's a complex, growing, breathing entity that constantly needs to be tweaked and ...
- February 25, 2004
25 Feb'04
Hitachi announces biggest ever SCSI drive
When someone says "300 GB drive," you immediately think ATA, right? That may not be the case for long. Hitachi has something else in mind.
- December 04, 2003
04 Dec'03
The essential RAID primer, part 1
Part 1 of Evan Marcus' RAID primer covers RAID-0 to RAID-5. Each level's description is concise and to the point.
- June 17, 2002
17 Jun'02
Clear answers to ROI questions
For years storage professionals have been scratching their heads wondering how to get the best return on their investments. It's a difficult question to answer, but not impossible. Consultants Bruce Scheer and John Berry are experts in helping ...