InfoStor articles from January 2008

InfoStor archives from January 2008

Survey shows rapid adoption of data de-dupe.
January 1, 2008... Market research firm TheInfoPro (TIP) has released the latest results from its ongoing survey of Fortune 1000 IT managers, and it is no surprise that data de-duplication remains atop the list of storage technologies end users plan to spend...

Users extol the virtues of iSCSI, part 1.(CASE STUDIES)
January 1, 2008... In the first installment of our series on iSCSI case studies, we focus on companies that have implemented, or will soon implement, iSCSI-based IP SANs in virtual server environments. BB&K: E-mail archiving Best Best & Krieger LLP...

How green is your data center?(Editorial)
January 1, 2008... OVER THE LAST SIX MONTHS or so we've been inundated with press releases, white papers and, in your case, sales pitches from storage vendors touting how "green" their products are. Despite all the eco-friendly hype, the end-user community...

Invista 2.0 bolsters block virtualization.(NEWS: ANALYSIS + TRENDS)
January 1, 2008... EMC is continuing to build out its virtualization portfolio with the release of the second generation of its Invista block-level virtualization product. With Invista version 2.0, EMC has increased the availability, capacity, and scalability of...

Start-up makes SAN out of servers.(NEWS: ANALYSIS + TRENDS)
January 1, 2008... Seanodes has entered the storage industry with a novel approach to creating high-performance virtual storage pools from the unused storage capacity found in application servers. The company's software, called Exanodes, is based on a Shared...

HP merges storage automation technologies.(NEWS: ANALYSIS + TRENDS)
January 1, 2008... Hewlett-Packard has announced a complete reorganization and re-branding of its portfolio of data-center automation technologies and, in the process, disclosed its plans for merging its Storage-Essentials storage resource management (SRM)...

E-mail management/archiving strategies.(CASE STUDIES)
January 1, 2008... E-mail management and archiving issues have captured the attention of storage professionals--as well as their executive managers--because of the rapidly exploding capacities involved as well as legal and compliance issues. These issues have...

Persistent data, part 2.(ESg INSIGHT)
January 1, 2008... I APPEAR TO HAVE STRUCK a chord with one of my previous columns (see "IT's new dirty little secret," InfoStor, October 2007, p. 22). A number of InfoStor readers reached out to me and shared their thoughts and anecdotes. I encourage you to...

SAS: the cutting edge of blade server storage: particularly with the next generation, SAS will provide everything that users and integrators need to make the optimum blade-storage connection.(SPECIAL REPORT)
January 1, 2008... Blade servers are now very familiar to IT organizations, but they still have a lot of growth potential. And one of the gating factors for unlocking that potential is improving the relationship of blade servers and storage. Blade servers need a...

SAS plays supporting role in media and entertainment: in the digital content market, it's all about high speed and high capacity, and SAS (and SAS/SATA) storage systems fit the bill.(SPECIAL REPORT)
January 1, 2008... With media and entertainment content increasing in resolution, content data files have swelled, and data throughput has increased proportionally. At the same time, content producers are under more pressure than ever before to control prices....

SAS product highlights: here's a quick sampling of some of the SAS products that went into production shipments over the last couple of months, with a focus on products targeted primarily at the channel.(SPECIAL REPORT)
January 1, 2008... This month, Promise Technology introduced the newest members of its SAS/SATA RAID controllers--the 4-port SuperTrak EX4650, 8-port SuperTrak EX8650, and the FastTrak TX2650 and FastTrak TX4650, which are software-based SAS RAID cards. The...

Software is the key to 'green' storage: to cut power and energy costs, IT should consider data de-duplication, thin provisioning, primary data compression, and virtualization.
January 1, 2008... The constant "green" clarion call is all around us, with vendors from all areas of IT jumping on the bandwagon and marketing themselves and their products as eco-friendly. Green packaging, green facilities, green disk drives, green arrays, etc....

StoneFly's iSCSI router links FC storage to LANs: StoneFly's Storage Concentrator i4000 appliance extends Fibre Channel-based storage resources via iSCSI over an Ethernet LAN.
January 1, 2008... STONEFLY'S STORAGE CONCENTRATOR integrates the power of an iSCSI router with extensive storage management services via StoneFusion OS, a specialized operating system built on the Linux kernel. As a result, the appliance extends the benefits of...

Managing growth with storage virtualization: storage virtualization and thin provisioning help a Midwest financial firm manage server growth, avoid resource constraints, and delay the purchase of a large array.(CASE STUDY)(Company overview)
January 1, 2008... Note: This case study is based on a Wikibon.org community user, and while the case is real, the name of the company--CS3--is fictitious. CS3 is a financial industry leader migrating to an IT model that relies on a "flat" or horizontal...

Isilon upgrades clustered storage.(NEW PRODUCTS)
January 1, 2008... Isilon Systems' IQ 12000 and EX 12000 are nodes which, when combined, create a clustered storage configuration that can scale to more than 1.6PB of capacity in a single file system and single volume. The IQ 12000 platform node and EX 12000...

BlueArc pushes into midrange.(NEW PRODUCTS)
January 1, 2008... Generally known for its high-end NAS arrays, BlueArc has introduced a version of its Titan series targeted at the midrange market. Pricing for the Titan 1100 starts at $75,000, which is about 25% less than the company's existing entry-level...

Attune teams with Data Domain.(NEW PRODUCTS)
January 1, 2008... File virtualization software vendor Attune Systems has entered into a partnership with Data Domain that will give end users the ability to integrate Attune's Maestro File Manager software with Data Domain's de-duplicating storage systems. The...

Mimosa adds DR option.(NEW PRODUCTS)
January 1, 2008... Mimosa Systems has introduced a disaster-recovery option for its flagship NearPoint archiving software. Designed for Microsoft Exchange environments, the disaster-recovery option is automatic, allowing organizations to maintain uptime and...

Calendar.(Conference news)
January 1, 2008... February 25-29 Public In-Depth IP Storage--Ben Lomond, CA Sponsored by Solution Technology, this five-day course provides a comprehensive examination of the current development of IP Storage, iSCSI, SCSI, and TCP/IP protocols. For more...

Index engines addresses e-discovery.(NEW PRODUCTS)(Brief article)
January 1, 2008... Enterprise search and discovery specialist Index Engines has released the eDiscovery Edition of its Tape Engine technology with a new set of features for automating the electronic discovery process for offline tape content. The eDiscovery...

Teneros protects Exchange.(NEW PRODUCTS)
January 1, 2008... The second generation of Teneros' Application Continuity Appliance for Microsoft Exchange is now available as the "V"elocity series. The appliances capitalize on virtualization technology to expand data protection from the Exchange server and...