Archive for the ‘Storage’ Category

Will SSDs Change Storage Controllers?

Here’s a potentially better approach to storage management. A response to Henry’s Newman’s blog at InfoStor.

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NetApp Syncsort Integrated Backup – A Storage and Data Management Game Changer

Combine massive data growth with advances in virtualization technology and you create headaches for people responsible for storage and data management. That is until now.

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Storage Virtualization – 5 Best Practices to Consider – Part Two

The first two best practices were 1) making sure you set scope and objectives in advance, and 2) arranging for proper staff training. This blog covers the remaining 3 storage virtualization best practices.

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Storage Virtualization – 5 Best Practices to Consider – Part One

Companies struggle today to establish effective policies for managing their data centers and computing IT assets most efficiently. Ideally, organizations can dynamically map and model their business applications to the underlying infrastructures—helping to reduce business risk and cost associated with application support. The inability to react to change not only drives up costs, but also »

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So, What is a Backup? Hmmm, Let Me See

Howard Marks raised an interesting question in his recent blog post “So, What Is A Backup?”. Backups as a Storage Tier? Here are a few of my own comments.

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Congratulations to Spectra Logic – Our Disaster Recovery and Storage Partner

Spectra Logic, our disaster recovery and storage partner, recently announced record earnings for the first half of their FY 2011. Congratulations!!

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