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Focus on Storage in a VMware Environment by SearchVirtualStorage.com
most critical component of a virtual infrastructure. Read this expert e-guide to learn about VMware storage management, storage-related improvements in vSphere 5 and more.

Storage is perhaps the most critical component of a virtual infrastructure. Virtual servers have...

Top 3 Windows Storage Server Technologies by Dell and Microsoft
2008 R2 and Dell’s PowerVault NX3100 for easy, reliable access to data stores, greatly simplified storage management, support for ROBO operations, and the capacity and scalability SMBs need to meet ongoing requirements. Read now to learn more.

Complexity increases costs...

Optimizing and Protecting Storage with Oracle Database 11g Release 2 by Oracle Corporation
and availability that today's businesses require.

Many IT organizations today use inefficient storage management techniques underneath their Oracle Databases that are based on traditional practices that are no longer the industry's best operating procedure. Given...

Six Ways to Reduce Data Storage Costs and Complexity by Oracle Corporation UK Ltd
Storage demands are accelerating by leaps and bounds. But with IT budgets tightening, decision-makers need to stretch the bounds of innovation to deal with both the...
Storage Magazine June 2011 by SearchStorage.com
worlds.

In the June 2011 cover story of Storage magazine, Eric Siebert details how many of today’s storage management products are adapting to the needs of virtual infrastructure and provides insights into their benefits and capabilities.

Also in the June 2011 issue of ...

Oracle e-Book: Staying Ahead of the Storage Explosion by Oracle Corporation
that help speed performance and increase efficiency; the industry-leading data protection and storage management features designed to help you keep costs down; customer case studies on Oracle storage deployments; and much more.

Data storage challenges are getting much...

Storage Magazine: January 2011 by SearchStorage.com
Storage Magazine Online is starting off the New Year right – specifically, by covering a few of the major topics, issues and technologies you’ll likely be hearing...
E-Guide: Top Tips on Virtual Server Storage Management by Dell, Inc.
Managing data in a virtual server environment can be challenging for data storage managers. This E-Guide explores the top five tips to help you better manage storage in a virtual server environment.

Managing data in a virtual server...

Tennis Australia scores big with IBM® XIV® Storage Systems by IBM
IBM served up their XIV Storage System, which dramatically reduced downtime, cut costs, and simplified storage management. Read this case study for more.

With the pressure and exposure of major international tournaments, Tennis Australia had a compelling need for reliable, easy...

Building a Storage Environment for Super-Efficiency by Hitachi Data Systems
designed to unify management of block, file and object-based storage to provide a service-oriented storage management model. Read on for more.

Storage Management Article
Data Robotics (Drobo) is moving squarely into the SMB storage market with its new family of business products launched today.

Drobo's storage systems are 12-bay and eight-bay iSCSI storage area networks (SANs) and an eight-bay file...

Feb 8, 2011
NAS Tips
file virtualization as a solution for Windows file server sprawl.

Anyone who has ever managed file servers or network-attached storage (NAS) typically loves the simplicity and ease of this technology. This is why so many small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) utilize it for their...

Feb 7, 2011
flexibility. They can support mixed modes of access or operations for either storage area network (SAN) blocks or network-attached storage (NAS) files without having to have a third-party gateway, bridge or router. Find out more about how multiprotocol storage arrays can benefit SMBs in...
Jan 10, 2011
storage data reduction techniques, data storage virtualization benefits for SMBs, the pros and cons of cloud data storage services for SMBs, NAS devices, capacity planning, iSCSI SANs and more.

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Primary storage data reduction techniques
Reducing your primary data storage can cut...
Dec 13, 2010
while many other systems had gigabytes of unused disk space.

Centralized and network shared storage like network-attached storage (NAS) or storage area networks (SANs) then stepped onto the playing field. With centralized shared disk storage, capacity could now be pooled and made...

Aug 16, 2010
Small Business Tips
Cloud storage options: Public vs. private vs. hybrid cloud storage by Jacob Gsoedl
one of these cloud storage options is bound to be a good fit for your organization.

BIO: Jacob Gsoedl is a freelance writer and a corporate director for business systems. He can be reached at jgsoedl@ahoo.com.

This article originally appeared in Storage magazine. Cloud storage options include...

Mar 8, 2011
Hybrid clouds: Three routes to implementation by Jacob Gsoedl , Contributor
however, certain key requirements must be met. First and foremost, the hybrid storage cloud must behave like homogeneous storage. Except for maybe a small delay when accessing data on the public cloud, it should otherwise be transparent. Mechanisms have to be in place that keep active...
Mar 1, 2011
ATA over Ethernet protocol overview for data storage managers by Stephen Foskett, Contributor
What you'll learn: Get an overview of ATA over Ethernet (AoE), discover why the fate of the AoE protocol is joined to the business prospects of Coraid Inc. and learn 10 must-know facts about ATA over Ethernet.

ATA over Ethernet (AoE) was designed by a group of techies...

Feb 8, 2011
Storage Management Info
New memory technologies generate attention as successors to NAND flash
Advances in phase-change memory and other new memory technologies make them candidates to replace NAND flash in enterprise solid-state storage, but it might not happen for years...
Nov 22, 2011
Symantec leaves Huawei Symantec joint venture, other data storage news
Huawei buys out its Huawei Symantec joint venture partner, storage startup NexGen gets $10 million in funding, Penguin adds Dot Hill for HPC storage and more news...
Nov 18, 2011
Week in review podcast: Dell revenue dips with recent changes
Listen to the top headlines of the week from the Storage Media Group, beginning with a discussion surrounding a drop in Dell revenue...
Nov 18, 2011
SAN Advice
SAN vs. NAS security by Randy Kerns
attached storage (NAS) is less secure than a storage area network (SAN). Why? And, is there anything you can do to ensure NAS security? NAS is not necessarily less secure than a SAN; NAS security is just done differently. With a SAN, you are getting volumes (or LUNs) served up to operating systems for usage. Those LUNs can have...
Nov 30, 2010