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All about "bare-metal" restores

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 22:43:39 +0000

Learn about "bare-metal" restores and how to achieve them in this FAQ and accompanying podcast.

Hewlett-Packard reveals Ibrix, virtualization roadmap

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:32:27 +0000

HP has launched a new NAS platform based on its recently-acquired IBRIX platform, and revealed a raft of new virtualization initiatives.

NetApp beats HDS, HP, Sun and EMC for global deal at BT

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:43:18 +0000

UK company BT will use NetApp at 38 locations around the globe, underpinning a new "virtual data centre" offering.

Designing high availability for IIS

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:59:18 +0000

Many organisations now rely on web-based applications. If the IIS servers hosting these applications go down, employees lose access to the tools they need to do their jobs. This paper explains how to ensure that doesn’t happen.

Managing the data recovery process

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:57:11 +0000

While high availability solutions can help avoid data loss, events like technical failure or malware attack can still destroy data. This white paper explains how recovery management can minimise any damage, by restoring your systems faster.

Did NetApp lose it’s customer database? They get lashed by HDS, HP anyway, as bloggers go mild over Acadia and Emulex and QLogic clash

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:45:39 +0000

Our weekly visit to the storage blogosphere finds HDS lashing NetApp over its customer analysis data, which we suspect could have caused a data loss. Plus, HP gets ignored, EMC gets criticised and bloggers go mild for Acadia.

Five ways to boost storage utilisation rates

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:12:06 +0000

Learn how five technologies - including archiving, thin provisioning and wide striping - can help increase the utilisation rate of storage you already own, removing the need for additional hardware buys!

Archiving vs. deduplication

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:18:28 +0000

Archiving your data reduces the volume of information you need to manage. But should you dedupe the data before you archive it, or just use dedupe instead of creating a separate archive to manage? We explore your options in this story.

Linux gets its own version of Symantec Backup Exec System Recovery

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:25:55 +0000

Customers can now centrally deploy and manage bare-metal restore on Linux and Windows servers, but have to wait for integration between Backup Exec System Recovery and Backup Exec.

No Acadia for Australia until customers demand it

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:15:07 +0000

Acadia, The new joint venture between EMC, VMware, Intel and Cisco will, perhaps appropriately, be a virtual entity in its early stages as the four companies figure out where customers need its services.

Cisco, EMC and VMware tipped to announce joint venture

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:19:30 +0000

The web is abuzz with rumours that Cisco, EMC and VMware are set to launch an Avande-style joint venture called "vBlock" to provide virtualized products and services to data centers.

How to backup and restore SQL Server

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:24:34 +0000

SQL Server is ubiquitous, so make sure you know the best way to conduct backups and restores by learning the top tips in this article.

Podcast: Zombie storage technologies

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 22:35:03 +0000

RAID and Fiber Channel are technologies that vendors keep churning out, but which can safely be considered dead, argues Storage I/O group founder Greg Schulz in this podcast.

Symantec, CommVault, FalconStor explain dedupe roadmaps

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 23:01:04 +0000

Deduplication and the cloud feature in new product roadmaps from Symantec, CommVault, and FalconStor.

Secret NetApp customer research says HP arrays are “not robust enough”, HDS hard to beat on price

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:52:46 +0000

SearchStorage ANZ has found a NetApp presentation that analyses the reasons the company wins accounts among the Global 5000. The presentation includes data on the NSW Department of Education and Coles Myer, which NetApp says bought HDS products because it was “way cheaper”.

Veeam adopts VMware vStorage APIs with new Backup and Replication 4

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:57:02 +0000

Veeam joins the early ranks of data backup tools that integrate with VMware's new vStorage APIs for Data Protection; one beta tester says his backup windows have gone from hours to minutes.

IBM/EMC brawl continues, Pillar pilloried, 3Par swipes at EMC and bloggers vent about FCoE and data deduplication but not Apple and ZFS

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:44:21 +0000

Our weekly delve into the storage blogosphere finds fewer fights than usual, but some action as bloggers burst hype bubbles and EMC cops it from IBM and 3Par

Optimizing enterprise data storage capacity and performance to reduce your data footprint

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:18:24 +0000

Data footprint constraints are not limited to physical space. There are also availability, capacity, power, cooling and other constraints in enterprise storage that need to be addressed with storage systems that provide both enhanced performance and capacity capabilities.

Lawsuits, Oracle sink ZFS at Apple

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:27:58 +0000

Apple will walk away from adopt Sun's ZFS, with legal issues and the looming shadow of Oracle the likely reasons for the change in direct on.

Department of Defence deepens NetApp relationship with $3 million "server" buy

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 02:20:16 +0000

NetApp has made a very large sale to the Department of Defence