How do you manage something that's constantly growing fast, with no end in sight? That's the question many Australian IT managers are currently asking themselves, as they size up their storage and data management strategy going into 2009. Unfortunately, there's no easy answer.
When supercomputers get together, things get hot fast. Our photo gallery reveals how modern datacentres are cooled, and gives an insight into Google's secret solution to the problem.
Alcatel-Lucent on Monday unveiled its latest foray into security with an all-in-one network appliance designed to handle authorisation tasks for Web services, as well as acceleration and auditing.
Dell announced Monday plans to acquire SAN equipment manufacturer EqualLogic in a $1.4 billion cash deal, which may cause Dell to reconsider its partnership with storage leader, EMC.
Last month, Network Appliance sued Sun Microsystems, alleging that Sun's ZFS file system infringes on a number of NetApp patents. In a countersuit, Sun have returned fire, claiming that NetApp is in violation of 12 Sun patents.
Managing data can be difficult, especially if you have almost 500 terabytes of storage and spend $10,000 a month on backup tapes. This case study looks at how Melbourne IT, one of Australia's biggest web hosting companies, handles storage
When supercomputers get together, things get hot fast. Our photo gallery reveals how modern datacentres are cooled, and gives an insight into Google's secret solution to the problem.
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.
Seven Network has increased visibility of instant messaging (IM) and closed potential IM-related security holes after a corporate directive forced the IT team to develop a more disciplined approach to managing the largely unregulated technology.
When designing a data centre, conventional wisdom holds that servers should do the thinking while storage systems should hang onto the data. But some industry heavyweights have begun seeing things a little differently.
We've been hearing for a long time about storage over IP, particularly with the iSCSI protocol. We take a look at the technology, its applications, and the devices you can use.
We look at eight mail-server plugins designed to make sure your servers don't take a beating the next time one comes along.
The last year has seen prices tumble for network attached storage. We look at four of the best options to get some more storage on your network.
Can virtualisation help you simplify your storage management? And when will it be ready?
Few managers consider it a sexy area, but well-planned storage systems are critical to the functioning of businesses of all sizes. How has storage technology evolved and how can you plan the right system at the right price?
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