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SANmelody = storage virtualization panacea
DataCore Software's SANmelody provides centralized disk virtualization software for small and medium-sized IT environments with 2TB to 32TB of usable disk space. In the same way that other forms of virtualization improve on server hardware, the notion behind SANmelody is to make disk configurations fail-safe, go-fast, and waste-free.

8Gbps FC SAN bolsters VOE
Most IT managers consider virtual operating environments (VOEs), such as the VMware ESX infrastructure, to be the magic bullet for lowering the cost of IT operations. To realize that opportunity, however, IT must be ready to handle scalability on two dimensions: virtual machines (VMs) must scale to support I/O- or compute-intensive applications, and VOE servers must scale to support a growing load of VMs.

StorMagic enables one-button iSCSI management
With attributes such as lower infrastructure acquisition costs and the ability to run on existing IP networks, iSCSI storage solutions are particularly attractive to small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). However, when faced with the constantly expanding need for storage capacity, IT decision-makers have shown surprising coolness toward adoption of iSCSI.

Using data de-dupe for VM backup
For today's IT decision-makers, storage provisioning is at the core of a perfect storm hitting IT operations. More applications requiring more primary data are coming online, just as IT is changing its backup media of choice from tape to disk. This considerably elevates the importance of any technology, such as data de-duplication, that can help IT contain the consumption of disk resources.

8Gbps FC SAN delivers blazing speed
At most small to medium-sized business (SMB) sites, Fibre Channel-based SANs have long been viewed as complex and costly solutions that could be avoided by using direct-attached storage (DAS). That perspective has been reinforced by the ease-of-use of Microsoft Windows Server, which has left many SMB sites operating with a minimal IT staff. Worse yet, those same SMBs are highly risk averse when it comes to anything that appears to be a disruptive upgrade.

Compellent's DIR, SIR, and RIR
Given all of the technology advances that are driving down the cost of storage the continued explosive level of growth in storage should not be a significant IT issue. Nonetheless, it is a major issue and the reason for that is the cost of storage management. That's especially true when provisioning, deploying, or recovering a server.

VTL delivers real performance with virtual reels
With no hope of any near-term respite in the growth of storage, enterprise and mid-tier IT sites have embarked on a number of resource management strategies and tactics, which include storage and system consolidation, iSCSI expansion of Fibre Channel SAN fabrics, continuous data protection (CDP), point-in-time snapshots, and a shift away from tape to disk-based backup and recovery.

StoneFly’s iSCSI router links FC storage to LANs
Via StoneFusion OS, a specialized operating system built on the Linux kernel, StoneFly's Storage Concentrator integrates the power of an iSCSI router with extensive storage management services. As a result, the appliance extends the benefits of an existing Fibre Channel SAN to a much broader base of clients -- not the least of which are virtual machines (VMs) running VMware Virtual Infrastructure (VI).

Onaro SANscreen: Insight for managing storage as a service
When it is time to act on an emerging opportunity or react to a competitive threat, today's real-time enterprise depends on getting the right information, to the right people, in time to act and create value or mitigate risk. That goal has set off an explosion in the volume of data maintained on SANs.

LeftHand SANitizes DAS to enhance virtual infrastructure
To derive maximum benefit from system virtualization, storage virtualization is a necessary prerequisite. The mobility of a virtual machine (VM) and its data plays an important role in daily operational tasks from load balancing to system testing.

Veritas SFW, part 2
Rapid storage growth has left many data centers grappling with multiple pools of "virtual" storage volumes from multiple vendors.

Veritas SFW, part 1
August 20, 2007 -- The latest version of Veritas Storage Foundation for Windows -- provides system administrators with a common set of tools that works across all storage devices