EMC's Storage System for the Cloud By Paul Shread -
Published November 10, 2008
Previously known by the codenames "Maui" and "Hulk," EMC's Atmos global cloud storage offering is nothing if not ambitious. [more IP Storage News]
FCoE, Security Loom Large at SNW By Paul Shread -
Published October 14, 2008
Fibre Channel over Ethernet product sightings and disk encryption top a long list of product news at this week's Storage Networking World show. [more Hardware News]
HP Makes NAS Scale By Paul Shread -
Published September 2, 2008
HP is combining its midrange SAN with its PolyServe file services software to create a unified storage offering for virtualized environments. [more Hardware News]
Panasas Gets Funding, New Focus By Paul Shread -
Published August 19, 2008
The high-performance parallel storage company is moving into secondary storage, with a little help from a new $24 million funding round. [more IP Storage News]
Backup Strategies for a Virtual World By Richard Adhikari -
Published July 28, 2008
Symantec says the growing use of server virtualization in enterprises means existing strategies for backup and recovery are inadequate and require an overhaul.
[more Management News]
Brocade Takes on Cisco By Paul Shread -
Published July 22, 2008
By acquiring Foundry Networks, Brocade suddenly looks a lot like its storage networking rival. [more IP Storage News]
NetApp Pushes Performance By Paul Shread -
Published June 10, 2008
The storage vendor unveils new unified systems and acceleration appliances aimed at high-performance environments. [more IP Storage News]
EqualLogic Gives Dell a Boost By Paul Shread -
Published May 30, 2008
Dell's storage sales were a bright spot in the first quarter — and CEO Michael Dell made an interesting claim about the iSCSI market on the company's conference call.
[more IP Storage News]
Cisco Buys Nuova as FCoE Heats Up By Paul Shread -
Published April 10, 2008
In a play on converged data center networks and Fibre Channel over Ethernet, Cisco is acquiring Nuova Systems and unveiling a new switch. [more IP Storage News]
Storage Sales Hang In There By Paul Shread -
Published March 6, 2008
Despite signs of an economic slowdown, the storage market turned in its best performance in nearly two years in the fourth quarter, according to IDC.
[more Industry News]
NetApp Ups the Virtual Ante By Paul Shread -
Published February 15, 2008
Amid a tough environment for IT spending, Network Appliance is making a play for VMware storage business.
[more Management News]
HP Ready to Rumble in NAS Battle By Judy Mottl -
Published January 18, 2008
HP says it is ready to take on NetApp in the high-end NAS market, thanks to the acquisition of PolyServe.
[more SANs/NAS News]
EMC Goes SOHO By Judy Mottl -
Published January 9, 2008
The storage giant targeting the small office-home office market? Say it ain't so. [more IP Storage News]
NFS Enters a Parallel Universe By Drew Robb -
Published August 7, 2008
The network file system protocol is getting its biggest overhaul in more than a decade, and the results could be profound for end users. [more Technology Features]
Enterprise Storage Comes Home By Paul Rubens -
Published June 12, 2008
RAID, NAS and sophisticated backup schemes have moved from enterprises into homes. So which high-end storage technologies could be next to work their way into the family den?
[more IP Storage Features]
Storage Basics: Is IP Storage Viable? By Charlie Schluting -
Published March 28, 2008
iSCSI is a media darling, but it might not belong on your demanding enterprise storage network. Weigh its benefits against Fibre Channel before proceeding, and remember that short-term cost factors have long-term consequences.
[more IP Storage Features]
The Future of NFS Arrives By Henry Newman -
Published March 27, 2008
NFSv4.1 and Parallel NFS will finally bring the 24-year-old protocol into the high-speed networking age.
[more SANs/NAS Features]
Pillar Props Up ISP By Lynn Haber -
Published March 14, 2008
The Wisconsin Independent Network (WIN) switched from NetApp to Pillar and got more for its money.
[more IP Storage Features]
Storage Horizon 2008: Looking Back, Looking Ahead By Henry Newman -
Published December 21, 2007
Our resident storage guru steps out onto a limb to see what's in store for the storage market in 2008, including some big news for SAS, IP storage and undetectable errors.
[more SANs/NAS Features]
I/O, I/O, It's Off to Virtual Work We Go By Greg Schulz -
Published December 3, 2007
I/O virtualization and converged I/O networks offer users the promise of greater efficiency for their server and storage networks. We look at some of the vendors and protocols that promise to make unified data center fabrics a reality.
[more Technology Features]
University Graduates to Tiered Storage By Lynn Haber -
Published June 29, 2005
When it came to solving its data storage problems, the Haas School of Business at the University of California at Berkeley turned to an IP SAN. [more IP Storage Features]
Europe's Largest iSCSI SAN Keeps On Growing By Lynn Haber -
Published April 18, 2005
The need to consolidate and centralize a financial application service provider's servers led to the creation of Europe's largest iSCSI storage area network. [more IP Storage Features]
The State of iSCSI: What's Everyone Waiting for? By Sean Michael Kerner -
Published October 13, 2004
When will the promise of iSCSI turn into an enterprise reality? Cisco, EMC, IBM and Microsoft weigh in on where the IP-based storage network technology has been, where it is now, and where it's headed. [more IP Storage Features]
Storage Basics: Securing iSCSI using IPSec By Mike Harwood -
Published January 27, 2004
IP-based SANs are attractive alternatives to their more expensive and complex Fibre Channel counterparts, but securing IP communications remains a significant concern. In our latest Storage Basics article, Mike Harwood examines how the IP Security Protocol (IPSec) can ensure the security of your iSCSI storage network's data.
[more IP Storage Features]
Storage Focus: The Outlook for IP SANs - Part 2 By Leslie Wood -
Published September 30, 2003
While some industry experts believe IP-based SANs will have an eye-opening effect on the storage industry, others feel that it will be nothing more than 'business as usual.' Leslie Wood concludes an in-depth look at where IP SANs stand today and once again tackles the burning question of whether or not Fibre Channel SANs and IP SANs will play nice together. [more IP Storage Features]
Storage Focus: The Outlook for IP SANs By Leslie Wood -
Published September 3, 2003
While some industry experts believe IP-based SANs will have an eye-opening effect on the storage industry, others feel that it will be nothing more than 'business as usual.' Leslie Wood takes a look at where IP SANs stand today and addresses the burning question of whether Fibre Channel SANs and IP SANs will play nice together.
[more IP Storage Features]
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