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Network-based file caching may provide a means for real-time data sharing and disaster recovery in file systems according to storage start-up Tacit Networks.
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As the year draws to a close, the “Two Towers” of pain in storage administration—capacity provisioning and backup—remain largely unsolved, despite considerable activity in the industry around these problems. Will vendor efforts yield blockbuster solutions in 2003 or are they just rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic?
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As the year draws to a close, the “Two Towers” of pain in storage administration—capacity provisioning and backup—remain largely unsolved, despite considerable activity in the industry.
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One thing's for certain: Your IT department's need for storage will continue to grow. The questions are: Should you invest in SAN or NAS? Will there ever be a time when these two technologies will merge into one?
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To cope with burgeoning data and its management, a naming system is exactly where we need to begin—to enable truly effective storage management.
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To consolidate over 300 servers in three data centers, the Bank of Montreal turned to IBM, Inrange Technologies and StorageTek.
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New list pinpoints critical security holes in popular software programs.
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HP will sell PA-RISC through 2006 and continue support through 2011.
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Tivoli Storage Resource Manager allocates storage capacity as needed.
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Halloween is upon us once again and plenty of parents are girding themselves for that familiar unease at seeing their children dressed up to panhandle candy from relative strangers. Allowing your kids to roam outside in the dark, of course, is increasingly worrisome. As a parent, my pulse beats a bit faster until all of my kids are home safe in their beds.
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The development of CIM appears to be taking on momentum.
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To a greater degree than most companies, the business success of Reston, Va.-based AdvanceMed is directly linked to the smooth operation of its storage infrastructure.
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A lot of confusion persists in the user community about the meaning of the Compaq-HP merger and what impact it will have on its existing investments in storage technology.
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In keeping with the theme of this issue of Enterprise Systems, I proudly present my selections for the best (and worst) storage products of 2001-2002.
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Ever wonder what would happen if a truly open, standards-based, highly manageable and intelligent Storage Area Network (SAN) appeared in the market? While the idea is a wishful dream for enterprise managers, it's a nightmare for storage vendors.
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With constantly evolving standards and virtually every company's explosive growth in the size of its data, storage is more than a thorn, actually—it's a big nasty thicket of thorns.
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Outsourcing is suddenly fashionable again as business managers, confronting lean economic times, take another hard look at what is and isn't a "core competency."
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IDE Drives For Unchanging Content
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A new kind of storage recently presented to me makes it important to understand the difference between server-attached, thin server-attached and switched server-attached storage.
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offers charge-back feature
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The sky's wide open
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The old adage, "No one ever got fired for buying IBM (or EMC or Network Appliance)" still holds sway in most IT shops. That's in part because it's so difficult to answer basic questions about storage products.
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Improved storage capacity and perfomance
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Storage vendors join together