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In
search of management SANdards Network World Fusion |
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A good basic article on what
to do once you've got your storage area network up and running. Not only
do you have to manage the SAN but the SAN infrastructure as well despite
the lack of industry standards. Also in this article you'll learn a
little bit about where the industry is on SAN standards. (June 12, 2000) |
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URL: http://www.nwfusion.com/research/2000/0612feat1.htm... |
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Why
SANs? UnixReview |
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After you're done reading
this lengthy first installment of a multi-part series of articles on
SANs by W. Curtis Preston, you will know why SANs are becoming popular
and the difference between a SAN, a LAN, and a NAS. Find out "how
we used to do it", and "how dynamic drive allocation
works" and much more. This article also provides links to five
images, from "Backups from the good old days" to "Backups
today with Sans." |
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URL: http://www.unixreview.com/columns/preston/preston09... |
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SAN
alternatives NetworkWorldFusion |
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Research indicates that SANs
are currently comprised of predominantly four technologies: Fibre
Channel Arbitrated Loop (FC-AL), switched Fiber Channel (FC-S), Gigabit
Ethernet and SCSI and none appear to be dominant. This article by Toby
Miller, a senior analyst with Enterprise Management Associates,
discusses these four technologies and suggests that if you make your
selection based on your organization's unique situation, you can't go
wrong. (7/17/2000) |
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URL: http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/stor/2000/0717s... |
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Tape
libraries get SAN boost Planet IT |
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According to Bob Abraham,
president of Freeman Reports, an Ojai, Calif.-based research firm,
"Fibre Channel connectivity for tape automation products will be
big, but the main question is when". This article discusses what
several vendors such as Exabyte Corp., and Overland Data Inc., are doing
to prepare their tape libraries for easier connection to storage area
networks (SANs) by enhancing them with native Fibre Channel
connectivity. (March 13, 2000) |
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URL: http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/storage/te... |
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Lesson
from e-business leaders: Results matter Internet Week |
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Take a look at Internet
Week's latest list of top 100 e-business companies. Among other tidbits
in this feature are the fact that most on the list have a dedicated IT
executive who handles their Internet-side business. Although they score
big points on attracting new customers via their Internet holdings, they
still struggle with how to retain them. We found this a good treatment
for any vendor who wants to learn more about a company's Internet
efforts and current customer needs. It's also a good learning piece for
those IT managers and administrators who deal with the same issues.
(July 2000) |
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URL: http://www.internetwk.com/100/intro.htm |
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Managing
the storage monolith Network World Fusion News |
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Author Deni Connor provides a
good look at software currently in use to effectively manage a company's
network attached storage (NAS) or storage area network (SAN) resources.
Among other things noted are the results of a report by Strategic
Research that storage capacity per company is at a 44% yearly growth
rate, and that large companies could expect to manage as much as 200G
bytes of network storage by the year 2003. (July 10, 2000) |
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URL: http://www.idg.net/crd_idgsearch_0.html?url=http%3A... |
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SANs
in 2000 vs. LANs in 1980 Network World Fusion |
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We liked the parallels drawn
by this article's author between the early LAN implementation issues
faced in the 80's and today's current SAN issues. This is a good,
"past-learnings" look at the common implementation issues that
crop up when new technologies are introduced to the enterprise. (July
2000) |
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URL: http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/stor/2000/0626s... |
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Face-off:
Best approach to IP storage? Network World Fusion |
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Both articles displayed in
this storage forum air two very diverse views on handling IP storage. In
the first article, SANgate prefers SCSI over TCP/IP and tells us why. In
the second article, Gadzoox discusses Fibre Channel over IP, and the
benefits thereof. You can post your own input on either article directly
in the forum, or look at what others had to say about it. |
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URL: http://www.nwfusion.com/cgi-bin/WebX.cgi?13@@.ee6ec... |
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Why
data storage is like inventory management Network World
Fusion |
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We found this article by Toby
Miller to be a refreshingly understandable treatment of an often-murky
topic: namely, the advantages (and disadvantages) of centralized vs.
decentralized storage strategies. The author uses a number of analogies
to make his points, including the comparison of storage management to
its more tangible counterpart: warehouse and inventory management. This
is a good piece for anyone from high-level IT executives to network
administrators. |
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URL: http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/stor/2000/0619s... |
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Storage-area
networking MetaView Daily Audio Briefing |
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Requires RealAudio or MP3
Audio. This 12-minute audio describes the bigger picture of storage area
networks as more than just an emerging technology. The speakers, the
Meta Group's research director and senior research analyst, discuss
common pitfalls and other considerations to implementing a successful
SAN in an organization. (July 16, 1999) |
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URL: http://www2.metagroup.com/cgi-bin/reFrame.pl?metavi... |
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