InfoStor articles from January 2007

InfoStor archives from January 2007

Why SMBs are embracing iSCSI, part 1.(CASE STUDIES)
January 1, 2007... Small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are adopting iSCSI SANs for many different reasons. Some organizations buy iSCSI technology for its ease-of-use relative to complex Fibre Channel SANs. Others dabble in IP storage as a way to build out a...

Tips for e-mail management and archiving, part 1.(FOCUS ON)
January 1, 2007... Although managing e-mail has become a major headache for storage administrators, who might have an overwhelming urge to delete entire mailboxes, a variety of products are available to make e-mail more manageable through technologies such as...

How users address compliance, part 2.(CASE STUDIES)
January 1, 2007... IT managers presently view compliance as just one piece of the storage puzzle they face, which includes mounting storage costs, double-digit annual data growth, a quest for more-efficient operations management, and their organization's efforts...

What's 'hot' ... according to you.
January 1, 2007... WE REGULARLY REPORT ON THE RESULTS of end-user surveys from research outfits such as TheInfoPro, and one of the more interesting parts of those surveys is where users rank various technologies in terms of what's hot, and what's not. In the case...

Riverbed Technology has a cooperative support agreement with Network Appliance to help customers protect their distributed data and take advantage of heterogeneous data centers.(BUSINESS BRIEFS)
January 1, 2007... Riverbed Technology has a cooperative support agreement with Network Appliance to help customers protect their distributed data and take advantage of heterogeneous data centers. The cooperative support processes for Riverbed's wide-area data...

Data Domain has become the most recent partner.(BUSINESS BRIEFS)
January 1, 2007... Data Domain has become the most recent partner in Nexsan Technologies' Strategic Solutions (S2) Program.

Emulex and Brocade are each providing products to the new InstaSAN Connectivity Kits.(BUSINESS BRIEFS)
January 1, 2007... Emulex and Brocade are each providing products to the new InstaSAN Connectivity Kits for the EMC Clariion AX150 networked storage system.

QStar Technologies has joined the HP Tape Automation Compatibility (TAC) Partner Program.(BUSINESS BRIEFS)
January 1, 2007... QStar Technologies has joined the HP Tape Automation Compatibility (TAC) Partner Program and is now certified on the entire HP tape automation product line for both QStar HSM and Data Director.

NEC Corporation of America has a strategic partnership with Archivas.(BUSINESS BRIEFS)
January 1, 2007... NEC Corporation of America has a strategic partnership with Archivas, whereby NEC will integrate and sell Archivas Cluster (ArC) software with its line of high-performance, modular storage arrays.

3PAR and PolyServe have an integrated utility computing platform for database and enterprise file serving environments.(BUSINESS BRIEFS)
January 1, 2007... 3PAR and PolyServe have an integrated utility computing platform for database and enterprise file serving environments. The combined offering pairs 3PAR's Thin Provisioning and Dynamic Optimization with PolyServe's Database Utility and File...

Scentric has completed interoperability testing between Scentric Destiny R2 and the Dynamic Information Services platform from Permabit.(BUSINESS BRIEFS)
January 1, 2007... Scentric has completed interoperability testing between Scentric Destiny R2 and theDynamic Information Services platform from Permabit. Scentric has also joined the Permabit Partner Circle for solution providers.

AXS-One and MessageGate have an agreement to offer a solution that addresses the need for enhanced electronic records lifecycle management.(BUSINESS BRIEFS)
January 1, 2007... AXS-One and MessageGate have an agreement to offer a solution that addresses the need for enhanced electronic records lifecycle management. The partnership combines AXS-One's RCM software with real-time policy management and archive...

Yosemite Technologies' backup software has been selected by Dell as the default backup-and-restore software.(BUSINESS BRIEFS)
January 1, 2007... Yosemite Technologies' backup software has been selected by Dell as the default backup-and-restore software for Dell's new removable disk device, the RD1000.

Symantec encrypts at the media server.(NEWS: ANALYSIS + TRENDS)
January 1, 2007... Symantec added another level of encryption this month with the introduction of Veritas NetBackup Media Server Encryption Option (MSEO). As the name implies, the software encrypts data at Symantec's Media Server, a dedicated backup server that...

Quantum rolls out D2D de-duplication.(NEWS: ANALYSIS + TRENDS)
January 1, 2007... Just a few months after completing the acquisition of rival ADIC, Quantum has rolled out a new family of disk-based backup and replication appliances with more horsepower, memory, and software features than previous systems, as well as the...

Dell, Microsoft launch 'unified storage' array.(NEWS: ANALYSIS + TRENDS)
January 1, 2007... Dell and Microsoft have joined forces to debut the first integrated hardware and software system based on Microsoft's Windows Unified Data Storage Server 2003, the latest addition to Microsoft's family of storage-specific operating systems. ...

HDS teams with BlueArc for NAS.(Hitachi Data Systems)(network attached storage)
January 1, 2007... Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) announced last month that it had inked a multi-faceted deal with NAS vendor BlueArc to secure a foothold in the high-performance computing (HPC) storage market. Under the terms of the agreement, the two companies are...

How ILM--and not HSM--improves backups.(information lifecycle management)(hierarchical storage management)
January 1, 2007... Q: What is the best way to integrate ILM so that my backups run more efficiently? Q: Customers often tell me that they have an initiative to implement information lifecycle management (ILM) to make their backups more efficient. When...

NetApp cuts cost of managing unstructured data.(Network Appliance launched information server appliances)
January 1, 2007... Network Appliance is getting into the search and content services game in an effort to help users rein in the costs associated with managing and storing unstructured data. The company recently began shipments of three new appliances in its...

Diogenes delivers SRM alternative.(NEWS: ANALYSIS + TRENDS)
January 1, 2007... "Traditional SRM hasn't taken off particularly well because it's difficult to implement, complicated, and costly--in many cases, hundreds of thousands of dollars--and there's a long learning curve," says Phil Goodwin, president of Diogenes...

Cisco ships entry-level 4Gbps switch.(NEWS: ANALYSIS + TRENDS)
January 1, 2007... Cisco is taking a crack at the small and medium-sized business (SMB) SAN market with the launch of a new entry-level, 4Gbps fabric switch as part of its MDS family of storage networking products. Unlike the lower-end fabric switches that...

SAS: the new kid on the I/O block: with the recent addition of Serial Attached SCSI (SAS), end users and systems/storage integrators have a wide array of choices in enterprise-level disk drives and host connections.(SPECIAL REPORT: DISK DRIVE/ARRAY INTERFACES)
January 1, 2007... Take your pick: Fibre Channel, Serial ATA (SATA), or Serial Attached SCSI (SAS). And don't forget 20-year-old parallel SCSI. Serial technologies such as Fibre Channel, SATA, and SAS are rapidly taking over the enterprise disk array market, and...

Replication: the next step in BC planning: with new replication technologies, business continuity doesn't have to be a costly and complex endeavor.
January 1, 2007... The need for business continuity has driven demand for quick and robust disaster-recovery solutions, with data replication rising to the fore as a key enabling technology. Unfortunately, many traditional replication approaches have forced...

Data classification is the foundation for ILM, IIM: data classification goes beyond storage-based information lifecycle management (ILM) into intelligent information management (IIM).
January 1, 2007... Data classification is the act of collecting "information about data" that allows users to separate data into "piles" for more-effective use. Data classification is of particular interest to storage professionals and will soon be of interest...

Storage virtualization becoming a reality: it's been a long time coming, but there are now plenty of viable virtualization products, and early adopters of the technology can attest to the benefits. But there's a big battle brewing for control of the enterprise.
January 1, 2007... Storage virtualization became a much-ballyhooed term in 2001. Back then, it was the hot technology--the panacea for all storage management woes. Then it became the goat. In fact, many vendors stopped using the V-word altogether to describe...

High-end management, low-cost SANs: IP SANs based on the iSCSI protocol enable easy migration from DAS, and even entry-level iSCSI arrays have sophisticated management tools.(SNIA on STORAGE)
January 1, 2007... A COMMON MISCONCEPTION ABOUT iSCSI is that it's simply about cheap SAN storage for tier-2 and tier-3 applications. However, with the technology now in the mainstream, and with affordable, easy-to-deploy solutions available from a wide variety...

Finisar eliminates 'fabric blindness'.(NEW PRODUCTS)
January 1, 2007... Finisar's NetWisdom Enterprise is a family of SAN monitoring and analysis tools and services designed to increase application availability, optimize performance, and eliminate "fabric blindness," or the lack of "deep visibility" into Fibre...

Symantec to open up APIs.(NEW PRODUCTS)
January 1, 2007... In a move that will enable intelligent disk devices to integrate natively with Net-Backup, Symantec has developed the NetBackup OpenStorage API. The integration will allow users to manage backups and related disk devices through one interface....

Onaro links SANscreen to applications.(NEW PRODUCTS)
January 1, 2007... Onaro's SANscreen Foundation version 3.5 enables SAN administrators to align a storage infrastructure with application requirements via a new application-to-storage service view. The new version also includes a capacity planning capability and...

CommVault addresses e-discovery.(CommVault Systems Inc. enhanced its data archiving software)(Brief article)
January 1, 2007... CommVault has enhanced its archiving software with improvements to the end-user mailbox search and retrieval features. For example, a specialized discovery search capability for the Microsoft Outlook client is now available for CommVault...

Farstone restores servers.(NEW PRODUCTS)
January 1, 2007... Aimed at small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) with limited technical resources, Farstone's RestoreIT Server Edition--which is priced at about $150 per server--enables users to restore servers, including files, applications, personal...

BakBone upgrades replication.(NEW PRODUCTS)
January 1, 2007... The latest version of BakBone Software's NetVault: Replicator real-time data replication software--version 5.0--includes features designed to streamline data-protection management by giving users new capabilities for planning and preparing for...

NTP addresses encryption.(NEW PRODUCTS)
January 1, 2007... NTP Software's Encryption Sentinel software protects data from being copied or read by unencrypted clients. The software allows organizations to designate sensitive data on their storage hosts and then create rules to protect that data. ...

Acronis comes full circle.(network storage management software)(Brief article)
January 1, 2007... Acronis' Full Circle software allows organizations to migrate an entire server's data to any other physical or virtual server and back again if necessary. The software can also migrate data from one volume to another within the same device for...

Mendocino launches blade for Exchange.(Mendocino Software)(Brief article)
January 1, 2007... Mendocino is shipping its first application blade for the company's InfiniView platform, which is a recovery solution for Microsoft Exchange Server. With InfiniView's continuous-capture and on-demand "view" presentation capabilities,...

Lakeview ships CDP for System p.(NEW PRODUCTS)
January 1, 2007... Lakeview Technology, which is known primarily for its data-protection/recovery software for IBM platforms, is shipping continuous data protection (CDP) functionality for its flagship MIMIX software portfolio. The CDP code is specifically for...

Exanet extends clustered NAS.(NEW PRODUCTS)
January 1, 2007... Exanet has introduced a new module for its Exa-Store clustered NAS software--called Intelligent Cluster Management (ICM)--that integrates CDP software with clustered NAS platforms. The company also added capabilities such as automated storage...

Crosswalk upgrades grids.(intelligent storage grid system, iGrid7100)(Brief article)
January 1, 2007... Crosswalk is shipping a new model of its Intelligent Storage Grid System, as well as an upgraded operating system and enhancements to existing hardware. Crosswalk announced the availability of the iGrid7100 system with the launch of the...

Infortrend debuts FC-SATA array.(Infortrend Europe)(fibre channel RAID controllers)(Brief article)
January 1, 2007... Infortrend's EonStor A16F-R2431 is a 16-bay, dual-controller subsystem with two Fibre Channel host interfaces per controller and SATA-II disk connections. The array is based on the company's 400MHz ASIC400 chip and supports RAID 6 (dualparity...

Calendar.
January 1, 2007... February 11--16 SHARE--Tampa, FL The SHARE event features a technical program, compiled by users for users, across areas such as applications, data, distributed systems, Linux, MVS, networking, and systems management. There will be 28...