Getting attached to your network
By now the benefits of network attached storage (NAS) over direct attached storage are fairly well known. We review four NAS appliances designed to ease the storage load on your servers and the workload on your admins.
Securing ports on your servers
Blocking unneeded services and apps is an essential security step, but which ports should you leave open? Members suggest resources that can give you the knowledge and tools you need to identify and close vulnerable ports.
Prevent unauthorised data transfers
USB storage technology could become the next floppy drive. But does the small size and blazing speed pose a security risk? One member thinks so.
Decimal-speed measurement guide for IT pros
While computer memory and disk space are addressed through a binary numbering system, speed is calculated by decimal measurement. Because all IT pros should have a solid foundation in the differences between these two types of measurements, I'm going to explain how speed measurements are calculated, and how those calculations differ from those used for memory and disk-storage space.
Storage: CIOs drowning in data?
Setting storage quotas for staff, implementing management software and educating users--can CIOs really get burgeoning data volumes under control?
Case study: SAN implementation
After experiencing 200 percent growth in its data within 18 months, investment and insurance firm Norwich Union Australia had to find a way to meet its current storage demands, while still leaving room for more growth. ZDNet Australia takes a look at its approach to the problem.
File Switch: Simple file management
What enterprise IT managers would really like to have is -the great Windows Explorer in the sky." This is according to Dan Tanner, director of storage research, storage, and storage management for The Aberdeen Group, who is making a reference to the current lack of any sensible means of managing all the files in a corporate network by file type within a single namespace.
Experiment puts new spin on storage
In an experiment that could bring the computing world closer to an advanced method of data storage, a team of scientists successfully reproduced an image that was digitally encoded and momentarily stored within a liquid crystal molecule.
Turn wasted workstation drives into online archives
While your storage woes may seem terminal, take heart; there is an inexpensive, fast, and easy way to reclaim space on your server drives and make use of cavernous local drives.
The future of storage is 'virtually' assured
A new product promises not only an easier interface for storage systems but improved management configurations.
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