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Server smackdown: A networking newbie steps up

IT rookie performs disaster recovery with servers in the hosting facility, then with his career in the CEO's office after a tense all-nighter... more
Startup claims hard drive prices for its all-flash arrays

Pure Storage's next-generation flash array offers a high-availability option ... more
Facebook file-sharing could be security, piracy nightmare

Users won't be able to pass along music or .exe files -- but infected PDFs and other forms of pirated content are permissible... more
Build a bulletproof network for IP storage

Correctly configuring a network for IP storage isn't quite as simple as it seems. Here's how to do it right... more
Review: Dell EqualLogic SANs make the most of automated tiering

Dell EqualLogic SSD and SAS hybrids highlight no-muss, no-fuss, fast storage tiering across multiple arrays... more
Facebook's open source data center project gains industry support

Open Compute Project shows off new server designs and members, including Hewlett-Packard, AMD, Salesforce.com, VMware, and more ... more
Bare-metal clouds trade virtualization for performance

Cloud customers with performance or security demands are turning to hypervisor-free bare-metal cloud offerings... more
HGST announces 12Gbps SAS SSDs for enterprise data centers

Delivering twice the throughput of current SAS technology, the new SSDs aim to make data centers faster and improve scalability... more
Best practices for selecting storage services for big data

Selecting a storage platform that can meet the needs of big data can be a challenge -- but it doesn't have to be an overwhelming one... more
EMC gives Oracle admins backup control, deduplication

Data Domain Boost offers enterprises a unified view of an Oracle backup environment... more
Diskeeper 12 gets TRIM support, new interface, faster boot-ups

Disk defragmentation software adds TRIM command and HyperBoot feature that puts key boot files in more prominent places on the disk drive to increase performance... more
Avoid disaster with stretched clusters

So-called stretched clusters promise utopia of disaster avoidance and disaster recovery virtualization, but the technology is still new. Here's how to deal with the challenges... more
Trust me, I'm a consultant

That tech expert you hired to advise you on your data center upgrade may have your best interests in mind after all... more
Red Hat announces availability of Storage 2.0 beta

Storage 2.0 provides new options for software-based management and integration with enterprise storage technologies like virtualization and Hadoop... more
Oracle attacks tape management with analytics software

StorageTek Tape Analytics provides one screen for managing tapes around the world, easing cloud administration... more
How to avoid a forklift storage upgrade

Despite your best attempts to look ahead, primary storage always seems to go obsolete before its time... more
LSI launches Nytro application acceleration cards

The cards, which have as much as 3.2TB of capacity, are aimed at accelerating application performance in servers and storage area networks... more
What to ask when choosing a new storage platform

If you want to know what to buy, talk to people who've adopted the technology you're eyeing. Here are key questions to ask... more
Bring your own tech: IT's missed opportunity

Employees bring their own devices, technology, and clouds because IT fell down on a big responsibility: providing leadership... more
Not doing these 8 things? Then you need a bigger budget

Take a hard look at your IT infrastructure and see what needs to be red-lined... more

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Network storage news, advice, and product reviews for IT professionals looking to deploy and optimize SAN and NAS systems.

IT rookie performs disaster recovery with servers in the hosting facility, then with his career in the CEO's office after a tense all-nighter... more

Pure Storage's next-generation flash array offers a high-availability option ... more

Users won't be able to pass along music or .exe files -- but infected PDFs and other forms of pirated content are permissible... more

Correctly configuring a network for IP storage isn't quite as simple as it seems. Here's how to do it right... more

Dell EqualLogic SSD and SAS hybrids highlight no-muss, no-fuss, fast storage tiering across multiple arrays... more

Open Compute Project shows off new server designs and members, including Hewlett-Packard, AMD, Salesforce.com, VMware, and more ... more

Cloud customers with performance or security demands are turning to hypervisor-free bare-metal cloud offerings... more

Delivering twice the throughput of current SAS technology, the new SSDs aim to make data centers faster and improve scalability... more

Selecting a storage platform that can meet the needs of big data can be a challenge -- but it doesn't have to be an overwhelming one... more

Data Domain Boost offers enterprises a unified view of an Oracle backup environment... more

Disk defragmentation software adds TRIM command and HyperBoot feature that puts key boot files in more prominent places on the disk drive to increase performance... more

So-called stretched clusters promise utopia of disaster avoidance and disaster recovery virtualization, but the technology is still new. Here's how to deal with the challenges... more

That tech expert you hired to advise you on your data center upgrade may have your best interests in mind after all... more

Storage 2.0 provides new options for software-based management and integration with enterprise storage technologies like virtualization and Hadoop... more

StorageTek Tape Analytics provides one screen for managing tapes around the world, easing cloud administration... more

Despite your best attempts to look ahead, primary storage always seems to go obsolete before its time... more

The cards, which have as much as 3.2TB of capacity, are aimed at accelerating application performance in servers and storage area networks... more

If you want to know what to buy, talk to people who've adopted the technology you're eyeing. Here are key questions to ask... more

Employees bring their own devices, technology, and clouds because IT fell down on a big responsibility: providing leadership... more

Take a hard look at your IT infrastructure and see what needs to be red-lined... more

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