JOURNAL ARTICLE - Backup services can save hardware and staffing costs, but beware of surprise fees.
Posted: October 23, 2008 | Published: October 1, 2008


Topics:  Backup Server Hardware | Backups | Compliance (Systems Operations) | Operational Support Systems | SLA | Storage Best Practices | Storage Security | Storage Systems

JOURNAL ARTICLE - Network consolidation is just one of the technologies forcing storage pros to build stronger IT teams.
Posted: October 23, 2008 | Published: October 1, 2008


Topics:  Collaboration | Data Center Consolidation | Data Centers | Network Convergence | Network Infrastructure | Server Consolidation | Server Virtualization | Storage Systems

JOURNAL ARTICLE - Fibre channel advocates say you can't beat storage systems built around that protocol for performance and reliability, yet there is reason to believe it's dominance may not last too long.
Posted: October 23, 2008 | Published: October 1, 2008


Topics:  Fibre Channel | Fibre Channel SAN | Fibre Channel Switches | iSCSI Protocol | iSCSI SAN | Statistical Software | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Management | Storage Systems

JOURNAL ARTICLE - Read this article to learn how continuous data protection (CDP) products offer the most granular recovery points of all data protection applications.
Posted: October 23, 2008 | Published: October 1, 2008


Topics:  Application Performance Management | Backups | Business Continuity Planning | Data Recovery | Data Replication | Data Security | Microsoft Exchange | SQL Server

JOURNAL ARTICLE - This article discusses how storage managers are starting to feel the pinch of a slowing economy, but they still have to store and protect more data than ever.
Posted: October 23, 2008 | Published: October 1, 2008


Topics:  Budgeting | Cost Benefit Analysis | DAS | Data Management | Emerging Technologies | iSCSI SAN | NAS | Storage Capacity

JOURNAL ARTICLE - Storage departments are trying energy-saving technologies, but measuring ROI is still a challenge. This white paper presents methods to achieve this, giving pros and cons in that endeavor.
Posted: October 23, 2008 | Published: October 1, 2008


Topics:  Environmental Compliance | Environmental Industry | Environmental Law | ERP | Power Supplies | Power Test Equipment | ROI | Storage Management | TCO

JOURNAL ARTICLE - The storage and server cluster installed at The University of Texas at Austin is a lesson in how to do HPC. Storage requirements for HPC go beyond massive capacity, and include the use of high-performance file systems.
Posted: October 23, 2008 | Published: October 1, 2008


Topics:  Backups | Cluster Software | Clustering | Grid Computing | High Performance Computing | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Systems | Tiered Storage

JOURNAL ARTICLE - Green data centers are a noble idea. But saving greenbacks can make you a hero.
Posted: October 23, 2008 | Published: October 1, 2008


Topics:  Cooling Capacity | Cost Benefit Analysis | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Environmental Compliance | Environmental Industry | Environmental Law | ROI | TCO

JOURNAL ARTICLE - You can conquer IT infrastructure challenges by rethinking ownership and functional processes.
Posted: September 3, 2008 | Published: May 1, 2008


Topics:  Server Virtualization | Storage Infrastructure

JOURNAL ARTICLE - There's currently no all-encompassing ediscovery tool on the market. Here's a guide to some tools that cover different parts of the process.
Posted: September 3, 2008 | Published: May 1, 2008


Topics:  Data Management

JOURNAL ARTICLE - Tools that automate complex storage processes are beginning to appear. Here's what's available and what benefits the tools can deliver.
Posted: September 3, 2008 | Published: May 1, 2008


Topics:  Storage Management

JOURNAL ARTICLE - Cross-functional staffs and software can make all the difference in your data center.
Posted: September 3, 2008 | Published: May 1, 2008


Topics:  Data Centers | IT Infrastructure | SOA

JOURNAL ARTICLE - In addition to periodically testing your disaster recovery (DR) site, DR testing tools can constantly monitor the site's readiness to recover from a disaster.
Posted: September 3, 2008 | Published: May 1, 2008


Topics:  Data Recovery | Data Replication | Disaster Recovery | RAID

JOURNAL ARTICLE - It's a long-standing problem: As data piles up on a server, completing a successful backup becomes harder.
Posted: September 3, 2008 | Published: May 1, 2008


Topics:  Disk Backups | LAN | Storage Capacity

JOURNAL ARTICLE - Server virtualization is still higher on the food chain, but storage virtualization will have its day.
Posted: September 3, 2008 | Published: May 1, 2008


Topics:  Server Virtualization | Storage Consolidation | VMware