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Is tape-based backup on the way out? Or is its role in the storage environment merely changing in light of new technologies? That question has been coming up more and more in professional circles as ... More >
Adding deduplication to the mainframe may seem like a no-brainer to some, so why has it taken so long for an integrated system to show up? IBM this week unveiled a new dedupe gateway, the TS7680 Pro... More >
Network convergence in the data center is all about consolidating physical resources -- on one level at least. But that consolidation will not be limited to blinking boxes or even software applicatio... More >
Solid-state disks (SSDs) may have much of the momentum going into the next enterprise refresh cycle, but a series of developments on the hard disk side indicates that organizations with continue with... More >
It shouldn't come as a surprise that Cisco is bagging HP as a channel partner, but I think there are two truths to remember when confronted by breathless headlines proclaiming, "Fights to the Death!"... More >
Global warming may becoming suspect in more eyes these days and "going green" may not have the same cache as a few years ago, but the fact is that energy costs still represent a large portion of the ... More >
There are all sorts of questions surrounding the deployment of solid-state disks (SSDs) in enterprise settings. But none is more fundamental than the basic dilemma of which kind of SSD to invest in. ... More >
The steady drumbeat of opinion regarding the need for virtualization management has not had a dramatic effect on data center managers so far, judging by the latest survey results. But as the number o... More >
It seems that everything else is heading to the cloud these days, so it shouldn't be a surprise to see even the high-performance computing (HPC) community getting in on the act. But the question rema... More >
One of the chief drawbacks to network-attached storage (NAS) is scalability. As server architectures continue to grow in scale, traditional NAS hardware has been largely static. Over time, that means... More >
For anyone who still thinks that Ethernet "won" the battle for control of the unified network, with Fibre Channel relegated to a mere afterthought, some new developments might help to change that opi... More >
One of the more far-reaching goals of virtualization and cloud computing has always been the idea of regional or even global load balancing. How convenient would it be to be able to shift workloads n... More >
Upgrading to high-speed Ethernet is an expensive proposition, but it has to be done if you hope to leverage the virtual and cloud infrastructures that are coming your way. Fortunately, bumping up thr... More >
The uptake may be slow, but the steady stream of containerized data centers hitting the channel indicates that someone somewhere thinks there is a value proposition in portable, instantly accessible ... More >
Some interesting data surrounding cloud storage came out this week indicating that, far from being a slam-dunk application, the technology is likely to face a far more nuanced acceptance among IT pro... More >
Advances in enterprise-class solid-state disk technology are coming so fast that the question of whether to deploy SSDs in the data center is quickly being replaced by when to deploy, and how. While ... More >
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