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The green waffle continues …

Wednesday, November 26th, 2008
Posted in General, Storage Applications, Advisor - Neil

I’ve just read an article in one of my favourite (and very good) trade mags … all about going green … the so-called “GoGreen Journey” (another swanky name invented).
With such interesting paragraph headings as “leading the way”, “carbon footprint analysis”, “training employees”, “planned marketing” and “inspire” made me think that maybe this one was worth […]

Setting up RAID arrays for Small Business Server

Wednesday, November 26th, 2008
Posted in General, Storage Management, Advisor - Neil

Windows Small Business Server is an extremely popular complete operating system for small to medium business throughout the world. It contains most applications that a business requires in a simple to install and manage package.
This article concentrates on the storage needs of SBS, in particular creating the correct RAID arrays to get the best performance […]

Don’t let me be misunderstood …

Wednesday, November 26th, 2008
Posted in General, Storage Applications, Storage Management, Advisor - Neil

I talk to a lot of people who kknow a lot of stuff about servers.

Disk in … disk out …

Wednesday, November 5th, 2008
Posted in General, Storage Interconnects & RAID, Storage Management, Application Environments

(I think I’ve watched the Karate Kid too many times)
System builders are often faced with the dilemma of adding enough drives to a system to meet a customer’s capacity and performance requirements. The traditional approach has been to purchase a chassis large enough to hold all the drives internally. This approach has a few problems.
Firstly, […]