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It seems like everyone is talking about thin provisioning. It's no miracle cure, but the technology can do wonders.
Posted: April 23, 2008 | Published: April 1, 2008
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Successful data migration projects require as much planning as doing. Use this checklist to make sure you have all the bases covered.
Posted: November 14, 2007 | Published: November 1, 2007
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By the time this article is published, most of you will have returned to work after a holiday break and settled down for the year ahead. Considering this is my first 2008 column, I decided to write about some areas that will take center stage this year.
Posted: February 18, 2008 | Published: February 1, 2008
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Virtualization can be a tricky technology for storage managers who need to apply traditional methods while navigating new obstacles.
Posted: December 20, 2007 | Published: December 1, 2007
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The fall 2007 edition of Storage magazine's exclusive Purchasing Intentions survey reveals some subtle changes in storage managers' buying plans as new technologies gain greater consideration.
Posted: October 18, 2007 | Published: October 1, 2007
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Clustering techniques increase the availability of mission-critical ERP apps, but they're sometimes complex to set up and manage.
Posted: February 15, 2007 | Published: February 1, 2007
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Most of the emails and phone calls I get from vendors and PR people feature overblown phrases like "industry-leading," and are peppered with the typical tech litany of something being the first, fastest, biggest and so on.
Posted: March 14, 2007 | Published: March 1, 2007
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EMC and Hitachi use very different architectures for their top-of-the-line arrays. Here's how they measure up.
Posted: January 15, 2007 | Published: January 1, 2007
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N_Port ID Virtualization, a new HBA feature, lets you assign different WWNs to each virtual server and determine which applications run on specific hardware and even when they run.
Posted: November 13, 2006 | Published: November 1, 2006
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With virtual servers taking over the data center, planned storage systems must reap the benefits of virtualization.
Posted: September 17, 2007 | Published: September 1, 2007
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Remote replication on virtual machines adds up to a disaster recovery plan that can really work.
Posted: April 23, 2008 | Published: April 1, 2008
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I/O obstacles could throw a monkey wrench into virtual server environments, but there are alternatives to traditional methods.
Posted: March 26, 2008 | Published: March 1, 2008
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2008 will be an exciting, competitive and sometimes confusing time to be a storage professional. It won't be enough to be a great storage tech.
Posted: February 18, 2008 | Published: February 1, 2008
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iSCSI SANs, hardware-based tape encryption, high-capacity disk drives, virtualization and thin provisioning will be must-have technologies next year.
Posted: December 12, 2006 | Published: December 1, 2006