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    Web hosting company WebCentral is investing AU$1 million in new SAN, virtualisation and blade server technology to steel itself for exponential growth in data storage requirements.

  • Virtual stores

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  • Virtualised network storage

    Virtualised storage can help firms get more out of a SAN, by sharing space efficiently across the network and enabling easier backups. ZDNet examines the virtualisation solutions on offer.

  • SAN suppliers squaring off

    Debate is growing in the storage industry revolving around virtualisation and the frustration of IT managers anxiously awaiting the technology's promise of interoperability between storage systems and networks. What happens to technology-compatibility if suppliers square-off?

  • Metadata: The future of storage?

    There's a significant shift in storage fundamentals afoot, and it's not SAN and NAS--metadata promises to turn static, monolithic data repositories into malleable storage clouds.

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    Technology firms make their living advising customers how to reinvent their IT, but Dimension Data found a dose of its own medicine to be highly instructive. David Braue explains how.

  • Confused about virtualisation?

    After years of relative serenity, storage virtualisation became hot last year. It also became a great deal more complex -- and confusing.

  • IBM storage software extends reach

    Seeking to grab a larger share of the growing data storage software pie, IBM has unveiled an upgrade to management software designed to work with equipment from rival EMC.

  • Virtual stores

    Can virtualisation help you simplify your storage management? And when will it be ready?

  • Who guards the guards: Storage

    Making predictions about the storage market isn't difficult. Suggest that capacities will go up and costs will go down and you shouldn't go too far wrong.

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Reviews (7)

  • Virtual stores

    Can virtualisation help you simplify your storage management? And when will it be ready?

  • Citrix XenServer 5

    Early releases of the Xen hypervisor showed promise but had lots of rough edges. Citrix's XenServer 5, however, is very much a production-class virtualisation solution with features that match, and in some cases exceed, what's available on rival platforms.

  • Symantec Backup Exec System Recovery 8

    Symantec Backup Exec System Recovery 8 provides flexibility when creating desktop and laptop backups. If you have high value data stored on your computer, then we think $106.53 is a reasonable price to ensure it's protected.

  • Symantec Backup Exec 12

    Symantec Backup Exec 12 allows complete system recovery and concentrates on continuous file/data protection. Though AU$1,795 may seem a lot of money for an application, Backup Exec might be worth the investment if you're using it for irreplaceable and highly valuable data.

  • Acer Altos R520

    Acer has taken standard Intel OEM components to put together a highly configurable and very scalable 1U server, capable of handling a variety of tasks. It's more than a match for similar products from the big-name vendors.

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