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Performance metrics: Evaluating your data storage efficiency

Christopher Griffin — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:01:39 EST

Learn how performance metrics can evaluate the efficiency of your enterprise data storage resources in terms of capacity utilization, performance and data protection.

Disaster recovery planning and procedures for data storage environments

Christopher Griffin — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST

SearchStorage.co.UK has compiled our latest resources on disaster recovery (DR) tools, facilities, operations and testing procedures to help storage professionals survive a worst-case scenario. Learn about continuous data protection (CDP), failover and failback technologies, and more.

What type of data storage media is best for data with long retention requirements?

Christopher Griffin — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:17:37 EST

Learn what types of data storage technologies, including SATA, MAID, virtual tape libraries (VTLs) and tape drives, are best suited for data with long retention requirements.

SAN switching: How to configure a SAN switch

Christopher Griffin — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:10:55 EST

Learn how to configure a storage-area network (SAN) switch, decide what fabric topology to implement, the importance of zoning and masking, and how to figure out fan-in and fan-out ratios.

Virtualisation for data storage and backup environments

Christopher Griffin — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:00:39 EST

SearchStorage.co.UK has compiled our most recent resources on storage virtualisation. Check out our articles on virtualisation to learn about disaster recovery (DR) for virtual servers, the impact of virtualisation on storage and backup environments, how virtualisation can boost utilization and more.

Can I restore backup copies made from data deduplication for disaster recovery?

Christopher Griffin — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:58:06 EST

For disaster recovery, you can restore backup copies made from data deduplication. However, it is crucial to protect your deduplication indexes and to restore everything in the right order.

Examining new features in storage-area network (SAN) technology

Christopher Griffin — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST

Ian Lock of GlassHouse Technologies discusses the newest features in storage-area network (SAN) technologies, including data deduplication, thin provisioning and storage tiering.

How to use solid-state drives in enterprise storage

Christopher Griffin — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:59:41 EST

SearchStorage.co.UK helps storage pros make the most of solid-state drive technology based on vendor product plans, SSD adoption and how SSDs can address storage bottlenecks.

What causes slow data backups and how can you make your backup environment more efficient?

Christopher Griffin — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST

GlassHouse UK consultant Hywel Matthews says slow data backups -- caused by either the size of the backup pipe or the flow of the backup data -- can be addressed with various backup agents, data deduplication products, and more.

Data deduplication for backup and storage environments

Christopher Griffin — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 08:33:58 EST

We've compiled our most popula data deduplication content to help storage pros determine which method of dedupe makes sense for them.