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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

Startup claims hard drive prices for its all-flash arrays

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

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

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

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

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

Bare-metal clouds trade virtualization for performance

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

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

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

EMC gives Oracle admins backup control, deduplication

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

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