2010, Mar 22
Data Storage Management, SAN and Windows NAS
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IBM shows enterprises how to take an old data center and make it more energy-efficient and give it more capacity while extending the life of existing assets
SSD technology has been around for decades and has become more popular in laptops and desktops. However, not all solid state technology is built the same. The speed of SSDs doesn't come cheap; the average price per gigabyte is approximately 10 times more than traditional disks. Before adopting SSDs, you need to understand what is driving your performance needs and which SSD configuration is most appropriate for your applications.
Clustering is one of the oldest concepts in storage, but it's getting a new spin as major vendors chime in with smaller players, promoting offerings that can scale well beyond the traditional set-up of two nodes tightly coupled for failover purposes.
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Virtualization is a key to eliminating “sprawl” by consolidating servers, storage and other IT resources. “Don’t go it alone” when trying to reap the business and operational gains that virtualization promises. Partnering with a provider with a proven track record in putting together solutions built for your line of business local expert who can make it work for your business.
Cabling a security CCTV system used to be a straightforward proposition. Since security cameras were based on commercial video technology, security video networks used coaxial cable and components. Coax is still an overwhelmingly popular choice for security CCTV.
The Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants was established in 1973 and is the only statutory licensing body of accountants in Hong Kong that is responsible for the regulation of the accountancy profession. This case study offers insight into th HKICPA's efforts to modernize its storage infrastructure with NAS.
Like many US banks, Huntington Bancshares faced strict regulatory requirements amidst strong competition and demanding customers. With retaining customer trust over the long term, the company needed to protect information and make it accessible continuously. This paper looks at the steps taken by the Bank to mitigate disaster with a business continuity strategy that included increasing speed of recovery and reducing the costs of managing its 160-TB EMC storage infrastructure.
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IT executives are constantly on the lookout on how best to manage their rapid data growth and, at the same time, keep expenses down. If storage hardware is the suggested alternative, it immediately conjures up an image of cost increases in areas of data management, protection process and even data center operations in the minds of most IT executives.
CIOs are frustrated in their inability to respond to business needs because the underlying IT infrastructure constrains choice, slows response, and limits their ability to manage change. To enable greater IT agility, organizations need to create dynamic IT infrastructures that can easily adapt to changing business requirements, by implementing Application Delivery Controllers that can unify application delivery and WAN delivery services.
RAID is not 100% foolproof because multiple hard disks can fail. I recently touched base with Bill Margeson, CEO, President and Co-Founder of CBL Data Recovery Technologies, on the subject of RAID, reliability and how companies in Asia plan their disaster recovery practices.
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EMC's new Celerra Plug-Ins for VMware Environments adds several new capabilities, including an automated failback process for VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager software.
The services are designed to help enterprises ensure security in complex virtualized environments
IBM is bringing data de-duplication to its mainframes through an upgraded gateway appliance
The new GeoProtect feature is designed to protect against data loss without full replication
Chip aimed at blades, SAN and NAS systems
