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be time to contemplate a switch to optical storage,-- let alone cut a purchase order. "Pioneer definitely has lived up to its name 'pioneer' with this announcement. Packing 16 discs together is an impressive feat," notes David G. Hill, analyst at the Mesabi Group. That said, though, Hill argues the... More...
Sep 4, 2008
players. Plasmon offers CAS with optical disk, and optical disk has its pluses and minuses for active archive uses. Nexsan has some traction with its Assureon product, which provides a good entry-level product for SMBs.

Caringo, a startup that is lead by the original CAS inventors that... More...

Jun 13, 2008
Storage environments in small to midsized businesses (SMBs) can range from a few servers and a couple of terabytes, to hundreds of servers and hundreds of terabytes. Entry-level storage area networks (SANs) can be built using iSCSI and general-purpose... More...
Nov 7, 2008
he didn't go looking for a tiered data storage strategy for his storage area network (SAN), Tom Gonzales, senior network administrator at the Credit Union of Colorado in Denver, is glad he found one.

"Tiering was not on the requirements list we had for our storage area network, but it's... More...

May 1, 2009
incentive rebates.

When comparing storage systems, look at multiple metrics and measurements including IOPS or bandwidth per watt of energy, along with how much capacity in a given footprint and total power consumption. Some benchmark comparisons with full disclosures include... More...

May 28, 2008
of servers with integrated storage or direct-attached storage (DAS). They may need more capacity, higher performance, better utilization of storage or advanced features such as replication, snapshots or thin provisioning.

For them, the next obvious step is networked storage... More...

May 27, 2008
However, many major server and storage vendors prefer the iSCSI storage area network (SAN) as an adjunct to Fibre Channel SANs. Both iSCSI and Fibre Channel technologies solve the same technical problem of networking block storage. The differences are in the details. There are... More...
Nov 14, 2008
major change in the enterprise data storage landscape over the past decade started once the cost per megabyte of tape storage became more than the cost per megabyte for disk storage. But tape still has its place in data backup and recovery for many companies, especially in small- to... More...
Jan 18, 2010
major issue and content-adressable storage (CAS) has emerged as an option for archiving data on disk. Terri McClure, analyst with Enterprise Strategy Group, discusses the pros and cons of CAS, the CAS market and whether CAS is really a good fit for small to midsized businesses (SMBs). Her... More...
Oct 20, 2008
backup software, network-attached storage (NAS) appliances or virtual tape libraries (VTLs). This tip will examine the strengths and weaknesses of data deduplication and data reduction technologies.

Hardware compression or software compression

Compression is a good choice for... More...
Mar 24, 2009
USB flash drives, along with CD/DVD optical disks are getting lost, misplaced or stolen every day. These devices often contain sensitive data not secured by accepted practices like password-protected encryption.

Even if no actual harm comes from the mislaid data, the mere fact that... More...

Sep 17, 2008
s the difference between SMB data storage and enterprise data storage? Before we can discuss the differences between small- to medium-sized business (SMB) storage and enterprise storage, we must understand that there are several different types of SMBs. There are high-end SMBs, who... More...
Oct 16, 2009
What are some examples of SMB data storage products versus enterprise data storage products? Enterprise data storage products include products such as EMC Corp.'s DMX or higher end Clariion and Celerra, Fujitsu's Eternus, Hewlett-Packard (HP) Co.'s XP or higher-end EVAs, Hitachi Data... More...
Oct 20, 2009
tip outlines three approaches to storage virtualization available today, along with some benefits, caveats and some examples of each.

Storage virtualization is the pooling of physical storage from multiple network storage devices into what appears to be a single storage device... More...

Mar 11, 2008
to medium-sized business (SMB) data storage technology news.

Tandberg Data introduces new NAS series: the DPS2000

Tandberg Data announced that it has added a new network-attached storage (NAS) series, the DS2000 to its line of disk systems. The DPS2000 NAS provides users with automated... More...

Feb 25, 2010
Check out our SMB data storage tutorials on topics such as disk-based backup, data management, disaster recovery planning, storage strategy, and more.

Comparing disk-based backup methods
Incorporating disk into the data protection infrastructure has been a common way... More...

Apr 14, 2009
can benefit from some type of storage area network (SAN) -- or "network storage"; whether it's network-attached storage (NAS), iSCSI-based IP storage or Fibre Channel (FC) storage. It's really about scaling the right technology to the particular environment.

A SAN might be overkill for an... More...

Mar 11, 2008
when they should move to networked storage from direct-attached storage (DAS). This is often because typical SMBs rarely have a dedicated storage organization or even a dedicated storage individual.

Let's take a look at some guidelines for moving from direct-attached storage... More...

May 25, 2009
and look at the big picture, if all storage is directly connected, it is stranded and can't be leveraged. Say you have two servers. If server A runs out of storage capacity and server B has a bunch of excess storage capacity, in a direct-attached environment you can't leverage server B to... More...
May 1, 2008
to find out how much you know about storage arrays.

What kind of storage is directly attached to one computer or server and is not, without special support, directly accessible to other ones?

Click here to find out.

What is the most common and easily managed direct-attached storage (DAS... More...

Apr 8, 2008
How does unified data storage apply to SMBs? When should you use it? And what should you look for? Small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) and unified data storage can be the perfect match for each other. Likewise, unified storage is also a good fit for remote office, branch... More...
Feb 24, 2010
Multiprotocol storage, also known as "unified" or "federated" storage, provides block-based access using SAS, Fibre Channel and iSCSI, along with NAS or file-based access using NFS and CIFS for Windows file sharing in an integrated solutions package. Smaller... More...
Aug 7, 2008

With most of the trade press about storage virtualization for large enterprises, little is discussed about how SMBs can take advantage of storage virtualization. The focus tends to be on companies where the operational and economic value propositions are inherently evident. At... More...

Aug 17, 2009