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Five data protection guidelines for business continuity

Storage expert Jon Toigo offers data protection guidelines to help storage admins achieve the best possible results when protecting data in their care.

By Jon Toigo • April 16, 2012

RAID with SSD: A primer

While RAID is still a storage standard, questions remain about RAID’s relevance with SSDs. This tip will explore the basics of using RAID with SSD.

By Mark Peters • March 22, 2012

Choose an integrated stack for efficiency, easy storage implementation

An integrated stack bundles servers, storage and networking in a preconfigured product and is easy to install and manage.

By Eric Slack • March 18, 2012

How to implement storage virtualization technology at the server level

Learn about storage virtualization technology at the server-, or host, level, including info on products from Virsto, VMware, DataCore, LeftHand and FalconStor.

By Eric Slack • Jan. 24, 2012

Block-level storage virtualization: Reasons to implement it

Learn about the reasons to implement block-level storage virtualization, in Part 1 of a four-part series.

By Eric Slack • Jan. 9, 2012

I/O performance in need of a fix

Despite technological advances, unacceptable I/O performance could hold the entire industry back. Here are some solutions that have materialized.

By Arun Taneja • Nov. 8, 2011

Enterprise storage trends: SSDs, capacity optimization, auto tiering

Several enterprise storage trends are emerging at big and small storage vendors. Find out why certain technologies are trending and what they can do for your storage environment.

Oct. 5, 2011

What you need to know about SMB SANs

Marc Staimer discusses what to look for in an SMB SANs this Q&A and recent developments in SMB SAN technology.

By Marc Staimer • July 25, 2011

Storage vMotion: Application and performance

In this tip, learn how Storage vMotion operates, its uses, its system requirements and the steps to take to perform a Storage vMotion.

By Eric Siebert • June 14, 2011

Using SSD technology to support memory overcommitment in vSphere

Using SSD in a vSphere environment helps with memory overcommitment. Find out how memory overcommitment works and why SSD is better at supporting it than mechanical disk.

By Eric Siebert • May 23, 2011

The impact of SSD technology on the network and CPU

SSD technology can have a noticeable effect on the network and CPU utilization. Learn how increased traffic loads can change the bottlenecks in your environment.

By Dennis Martin • April 19, 2011

Hybrid clouds: Three routes to implementation

Are you implementing hybrid clouds in your firm? Find out whether cloud storage software, cloud storage gateways or application integration is the best bet.

By Jacob Gsoedl • March 1, 2011

Using NAS for virtual machines

Common wisdom says you need block storage for virtual servers; but with most hypervisors supporting the NFS protocol, NAS may work just as well.

Feb. 1, 2011

EMC combines Clariion, Celerra into VNX unified storage

EMC VNX is the result of the long-awaited consolidation of its Clariion SAN and Celerra NAS platforms into a unified storage system that will sharpen the competition with NetApp.

By Dave Raffo • Jan. 17, 2011

Snapshots: The alternative backup

Snapshot-based backup, also known as near-continuous data protection, is one of the most efficient ways to provide operational recovery, and you can forget about backup windows.

By W. Preston • Jan. 13, 2011

Is PCIe SSD right for you? Deploying PCI Express SSD devices

Learn about the PCI Express (PCIe) solid-state drive (SSD) market, how and where to deploy PCIe SSD in your environment, and challenges with the technology.

By Stephen Foskett • Jan. 3, 2011

Data storage trends 2011: Predictions of hot data storage technologies

Explore this expert FAQ as three analysts weight in and tell us what they think are the hottest data storage technologies and data storage trends for 2011.

Dec. 14, 2010

Data archiving techniques: Choosing the best archive media

Read this tip about data archiving techniques and to discover what's the best archive media for your organization: tape, disk, optical or the cloud.

By Pierre Dorion • Dec. 6, 2010

Implementing ITIL: Getting started with ITIL v3 service management

Are you implementing ITIL v3 service management? Discover five phases of the Information Technology Infrastructure Library process and the benefits of ITIL.

By Tom Woods, Contributor • Oct. 19, 2010

Understanding storage performance metrics

Learn how to accurately measure storage performance metrics in your data storage system, and discover why your results may differ from vendor benchmark numbers.

By Stephen Foskett • Oct. 6, 2010

How RAID storage systems protect your application data

RAID storage systems improve application performance and data availability. Learn about RAID levels and choosing the right RAID technology.

By Todd Erickson • Sept. 15, 2010

iSCSI storage area networks explained

In part two of our series, we examine the features of an iSCSI SAN to help you decide if it's the best SAN technology for your SMB.

By Marc Staimer • Sept. 13, 2010

An off-site tape storage tutorial: Tape backup and recovery best practices

Tape still fills the role of media for choice for off-site vaulting, but organizations have other options such as the cloud and replication for securing data for disaster recovery.

Aug. 9, 2010

10 Gigabit Ethernet for iSCSI storage, NAS storage still hinges on cost

While 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10 GbE) offers greater bandwidth for iSCSI storage or NAS storage, IT shops still have to justify upgrade costs with their needs.

By Carol Sliwa • July 27, 2010

As the WORM turns: The pros and cons of WORM disk vs. tape

Learn about how WORM disk is still an important option for data retention, and about the pros and cons of using WORM disk vs. tape.

By Alan Earls • June 28, 2010