Storage Environment
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Flash set to fire up enterprise storage
News Flash will become integral to enterprise storage in three to five years' time, as prices drop to about twice that of magnetic disk drives, says NetApp executive.
Tags: Memory, Storage, Storage software
IP storage: Ready or not?
Insight newsmaker Dave Dale, chairman of SNIA's IP Storage Forum, explains why IP storage won't suffer a false start this year.
Tags: Interfaces, buses, I/O, Storage, Storage software
Can storage be a service?
Insight Can storage management in the future be as easy as setting a few policies and flicking a switch? What steps are needed to get there?
Tags: Storage, Storage management
HP targets efficiency with virtual storage
News With new hardware and software, the company aims to get more efficiency out of resources.
Tags: Storage, Virtualization, Hewlett-Packard Co., LeftHand Networks, Storage, storage environment, NetApp, HP StorageWorks, HP EVA6400, Environment
Disabling automatic drive letter assignment
Techguide Advanced storage configurations in Windows may require you to disable the automatic drive enumeration. Rick Vanover outlines this advanced configuration area of Windows storage.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Server platforms, Storage software, Virtualization, Storage, storage environment, Ohio, Rick Vanover, Environment, Server
Disabling automatic drive letter assignment in Windows Server
Techguide Advanced storage configurations in Windows may require you to disable the automatic drive enumeration. Learn more about the advanced settings in this guide.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Storage, Storage software, Virtualization, Backup, Storage, VMware Inc., storage environment, Environment, Server
Stop buying storage
Techguide The current economic downturn means storage managers no longer have the luxury of cutting management corners. However, this presents an opportunity to improve the storage cost profile.
Tags: Data centers, Data Management, Databases, Organization, Storage Management, Storage Allocation, Data Deduplication, Storage, Phil Goodwin, De-duplication
Microsoft and EMC renew their vows
News The first three years of formal partnership between the companies went so well, they've signed up for another stint focused more on storage and virtualized environments.
Tags: Storage, Data centers, Personal storage, Storage management, Storage software, Virtualization, Content Management, Microsoft Corp., Steve Ballmer, EMC Corp.
Flash set to fire up enterprise storage
Techguide Flash will become integral to enterprise storage in three to five years' time, as prices drop to about twice that of magnetic disk drives, says NetApp executive.
Tags: Storage software, Storage, Memory
HDS unveils virtual storage with thin provisioning
News The storage supplier promises thin provisioning with heterogeneous storage.
Tags: Storage, Thin clients
Beware the storage virtualization quick fix
Techguide iSCSI, virtualization and business continuity are key to EMC's future, as Ken Steinhardt well knows.
Storage Virtualization: New moves
Insight Storage virtualization (SV) isn’t exactly new but it is being hailed as the latest cure for storage management challenges. Is it a rehash of existing technology solutions? Or is there more to it today?
Storage software market on the upswing
Techguide The storage software market generated revenue of US$2.2 billion in the fourth quarter, continuing a healthy growth streak, according to data released recently by IDC.
Five steps to lower storage costs
Techguide Asian businesses can reduce their storage infrastructure costs by basing their buying decisions on the way data is used, says senior Sun Microsystems executive.
Tags: Storage software, Storage management, Network-attached storage (NAS), Storage
Get to know iSCSI SAN components
Techguide Scott Lowe goes over some of the basic building blocks of an iSCSI system, discusses some thorny terminology, and recommends some best practices.
