Data center storage

HIGHLIGHTS

	Getting a handle on tiered storage ARTICLE - Tiered storage is attracting more attention from business and IT departments, but some important issues are still misunderstood.
	Special Report: Storage clusters ARTICLE - Clustered servers have become a mainstay of the data center, and now clustering is becoming the preferred technology for making storage more scalable, reliable and manageable.
	Fast Reference: Storage FAST GUIDE - DAS, NAS, SAN? You know what they are, but how about a guide to knowing what's what? This Fast Reference gives the key points to each storage technology--including the pros and cons.
	Storage performance testing -- Introduction TIP - Every storage administrator is concerned with system performance.
	Checklist: Eight no-nonsense steps to buying storage products TIP - This checklist will help you make storage-related decisions and purchases based on a simple process used by the Evaluator Group.

SUBTOPICS

	Storage Area Network (SAN) This topic covers storage area network (SAN) architecture, design, planning and management news and advice for storage service providers, value-added resellers (VARs), consultants and systems integrators helping clients determine the advantages and disadvantages of SANs as well as plan and ...
	Primary Storage or Storage Hardware Primary storage refers to storage that is in active use, in contrast to storage used for backup purposes. Find resources about primary storage and storage hardware, including RAID arrays and storage arrays, on this topic page.
	SAN (storage area network) SAN (storage area network) technologies cover Fibre Channel, iSCSI, SAN planning, switches, SAN routing and partitioning, SAN protocols, HBAs and RAID configuration. Find the latest news and resources within this topics page
	Data Backup Get the latest news about backup software vendors, find information about backup software tools and learn how to shorten backup windows and make your data backup process more efficient.
	NAS (network attached storage) Find information on network attached storage (NAS) clusters, NAS hardware or appliances, NAS management and NAS virtualization.

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