Featured Articles

  1. Tiered Storage Solutions for Fibre Channel Storage Systems By Bob Brencic, Emulex Embedded Storage Products 9/24/2007
    Not all corporate data is created — or stays — equal. The records of today’s receipts from a point of sale system may be vitally important for the next few days; be accessed again in two weeks for an analysis of sales trends and, then, never be needed again. Submitted by Emulex
  2. Bi-Lateral, Real-Time Synchronization 8/28/2007
    Synergy was looking for a product that allowed for bi-lateral, real-time synchronization, and its impact on network resources. Submitted by Peer Software
  3. Digi-Data DPM: Addressing The Power Problem 8/20/2007
    Digi-Data’s T-2000 can help data centers reduce power consumption by minimizing the amount of time disks are kept spinning when there is no I/O activity. Digi-Data refers to its spin-down technique as Disk Power Management (DPM). Submitted by Digi-Data
  4. Storage Solutions: Xyratex Joins The Green Grid 7/18/2007
    Xyratex Ltd.one of the leading provider of enterprise class data storage subsystems and storage process technology, recently announced that it has joined a non-profit global consortium of companies dedicated to advancing energy efficiency in data centers and business computing ecosystems.
  5. The Business Case For WAN Acceleration 7/6/2007
    WAN acceleration reduces the amount of traffic sent across the Wide Area Network (WAN) and delivers information locally whenever possible. This improves the costs associated with application delivery — from infrastructure and facility costs to expenditures in application software and WAN bandwidth. Submitted by Silver Peak
  6. Data Protection: IT Administrators Should Consider Migrating To Disk-Based Data Protection Technology 6/14/2007
    Revinetix, a pioneer in Disk2Disk2DiskT backup solutions, recently announced the release of a technology white paper on data storage protection and disaster recovery entitled "Migrating from Tape to Disk Backups." Targeting Small and Medium Businesses (SMB) Information Technology (IT) decision makers, the new white paper encourages computer network administrators to move to new disk-based data protection technologies to overcome the deficiencies of legacy tape backup solutions and to effectively address the challenges of deploying a fast, user-friendly, reliable, secure, cost-effective, and scalable backup strategy.
  7. Secure Storage: A Necessary Evolution 5/25/2007
    All large organizations have gone to great lengths to protect their information assets. All kinds of security systems, from network firewalls and VPNs to passwords and physical mechanisms have been implemented to prevent unauthorized access to networks and premises. Submitted by Nexsan Technologies, Inc.
  8. Disk-Based Backup With NAS Or VTL — Understanding Your Requirements By Dave Therrien, ExaGrid Systems 5/22/2007
    When considering a disk-based backup system, there are many branches in the decision tree to take into account when selecting the right solution for a given environment. Organizations with data from 1TB to 100TB in Ethernet environments tend to set up disk-based backup as a NAS target. Submitted by ExaGrid Systems

  9. The Perfect Solution For Storage Capacity Needs 5/21/2007
    Digi-Data controllers and disk arrays are the perfect solution to meet the scaling requirements of ArchivaSports. The Digi-Data solution is cost-effective for the fast-growing sports video repository application. And, Digi-Data storage systems can easily grow with its customers’ needs. Submitted by Digi-Data
  10. Digi-Data Provides Cost-Effective Solution To Medical Facility 5/21/2007
    The cost-effective Digi-Data solution provides another level of protection to the Southeast Alabama Medical Center to help them stay up and running and providing the excellent patient care they are known for, despite unplanned interruptions. Submitted by Digi-Data