JOURNAL ARTICLE - 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


Topics:  Fibre Channel Switches | Host Adapters | Storage Management Software | Storage Virtualization

JOURNAL ARTICLE - 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


Topics:  Data Encryption | Disk Backups | Email Archiving | iSCSI SAN | Serial ATA | Storage Capacity | Storage Provisioning | Storage Security | Storage Standards | Storage Virtualization

JOURNAL ARTICLE - 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


Topics:  Storage Architectures | Storage Capacity | Storage Consolidation | Storage Controllers | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Systems | Storage Virtualization | Tiered Storage

JOURNAL ARTICLE - Vendors need to deep-six their marketing hype about virtualization and concentrate on the problems it can solve.
Posted: January 15, 2007 | Published: January 1, 2007


Topics:  Storage Virtualization

JOURNAL ARTICLE - 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


Topics:  Cluster Software | Clustering | Data Centers | ERP Software | Storage Virtualization | VMware

JOURNAL ARTICLE - As file servers multiply, they become more difficult to manage. File virtualization appliances make it much easier to migrate files and recapture stranded storage capacity.
Posted: March 14, 2007 | Published: March 1, 2007


Topics:  File Server Hardware | File Server Software | NAS | NAS Software | Storage Appliances | Storage Capacity | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Replication | Storage Virtualization | Storage Virtualization Software

JOURNAL ARTICLE - 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


Topics:  Storage Appliances | Storage Consolidation | Storage Industry | Storage Virtualization | Tiered Storage | WAN

JOURNAL ARTICLE - VMware might be the best thing that's happened to networked storage since, well, networked storage.
Posted: August 15, 2007 | Published: August 1, 2007


Topics:  Server Virtualization | Storage Virtualization | VMware

JOURNAL ARTICLE - 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


Topics:  Data Center Management | Server Virtualization | Storage Capacity | Storage Resource Management Software | Storage Virtualization

JOURNAL ARTICLE - There's a green movement marching through the data center and the focus is shifting to storage.
Posted: September 17, 2007 | Published: September 1, 2007


Topics:  Server Consolidation | Server Virtualization | Storage Consolidation | Storage Service Providers | Storage Virtualization

JOURNAL ARTICLE - 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


Topics:  Disk Storage Systems | iSCSI SAN | Storage Capacity | Storage Security | Storage Spending | Storage Virtualization | Surveys | Tape Libraries

JOURNAL ARTICLE - When a prominent storage vendor built a 1,000 node storage test grid, it learned plenty of lessons, and a lot of what it learned can be applied to architecting enterprise storage systems.
Posted: October 18, 2007 | Published: October 1, 2007


Topics:  Grid Computing | SAN | Storage Provisioning | Storage Systems | Storage Virtualization

JOURNAL ARTICLE - 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


Topics:  Data Migration | Storage Best Practices | Storage Virtualization

JOURNAL ARTICLE - Anyone who doubts the power and impact of virtualization isn't seeing the whole picture.
Posted: November 14, 2007 | Published: November 1, 2007


Topics:  Server Virtualization | Storage Virtualization

JOURNAL ARTICLE - 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


Topics:  Server Virtualization | Storage Best Practices | Storage Virtualization