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Directional SAS cables

Wednesday, November 30th, 2005
Posted in Storage Interconnects & RAID, Advisor - Tom

Question: I heard that the external SAS cables will have direction orientation. Can you explain why and will there be markings to let you know which way to go?

SAS Webinar

Monday, November 28th, 2005
Posted in General, Advisor - Tom

A quick word about a webinar that Steve Rogers and I gave last week…

A tale of multiple RAID-6s

Monday, November 7th, 2005
Posted in Storage Interconnects & RAID, Advisor - Tom

All RAID-6 is not alike. There are pros and cons to each, but they all support two simultaneous drive failures. …

Managed offsite client backups

Friday, November 4th, 2005
Posted in General, Storage Applications, Advisor - Joe

These backup services are quite convenient. It does require an Internet connection, which just about everyone has now.

The “R” part of “DR”

Friday, November 4th, 2005
Posted in General, Storage Applications, Storage Management, Advisor - Joe

…in my opinion this is a prime example of people being lazy or stupid!

When is fast, fast enough?

Thursday, November 3rd, 2005
Posted in General, Storage Applications, Application Environments, Advisor - Joe

The toughest question for any storage administrator to answer is, “What kind of performance do you NEED?”

The “other” advanced RAID – 5EE and 1E

Thursday, November 3rd, 2005
Posted in General, Storage Interconnects & RAID, Advisor - Joe

There’s been lots of talk about RAID 6 as it compares to RAID 5 and the reliability benefits that are gained by SATA drives when using RAID 6 – so I’ve decided NOT to talk about that anymore!
Instead I thought I’d discuss two other RAID levels out there and available to folks. RAID 5EE […]

Has iSCSI changed the face of storage networking?

Thursday, November 3rd, 2005
Posted in General, Storage Interconnects & RAID, Application Environments, Advisor - Joe

…I profess that, unequivocally, iSCSI has indeed changed the face of storage networking - forever!

The Retro-Encabulator

Thursday, November 3rd, 2005
Posted in General, Advisor - Tom

Finally, a solution for low-volatility storage enclosures suffering from structural framework issues. …

C’est la vie, tape?

Thursday, November 3rd, 2005
Posted in Storage Applications, Platforms, Advisor - Tom

For a long time now I’ve been a proponent of replacing tape drives with hard drives. But there have always been technical hurdles to overcome…