http://www.itworld.com/taxonomy/term/971/all xx http://www.itworld.com/hardware/84797/holiday-gift-ideas-storage Network storage, hard drives, memory cards and everything in between. http://www.itworld.com/hardware/84797/holiday-gift-ideas-storage#comments Personal tech Storage Feature gift ideas NAS SAN USB Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:03:49 -0500 ITworld staff 84797 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/virtualization/84424/coping-san-storage-frustration-caused-server-virtualization Server virtualization is clearly one of the breakout technologies in the first decade of the 21st century. The results are both operationally and economically compelling, however, they are not without their pitfalls as server virtualization unless properly managed with appropriate SAN storage. IT management/strategy Server and data center Virtualization BI SAN server virtualization Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:42:04 -0500 jmcguirk 84424 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/storage/82559/brocade-partners-thales-network-based-encryption-appliance Brocade and Thales have combined switching and encryption technologies to create a SAN-based appliance that encrypts data on the fly at high speed and performs centralized key management. http://www.itworld.com/storage/82559/brocade-partners-thales-network-based-encryption-appliance#comments Security Storage News Brocade data protection encryption SAN Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:46:09 -0400 ITworld staff 82559 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/storage/79896/cheap-sans-boast-high-end-features This is a good time to be buying a midrange storage-area network. Gigabytes per dollar is dropping, throughput per dollar is increasing and affordable systems are delivering sophisticated features that used to be reserved for the high end of the market. http://www.itworld.com/storage/79896/cheap-sans-boast-high-end-features#comments Storage Feature SAN Mon, 05 Oct 2009 21:49:17 -0400 ITworld staff 79896 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/hardware/79850/sale-cisco-data-center-rival-brocade Brocade has reportedly put itself up for sale, a development that portends significant consolidation within the data center IT industry. http://www.itworld.com/hardware/79850/sale-cisco-data-center-rival-brocade#comments Business Hardware Server and data center Storage News Brocade SAN Mon, 05 Oct 2009 15:20:58 -0400 ITworld staff 79850 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/storage/79780/test-center-sans-tuned-virtualization-pack-nice-surprises Compellent, Dell, HP, Pillar Data, and roll-your-own Pillar/DataCore bring strong storage management features to XenServer, VMware, and Hyper-V environments http://www.itworld.com/storage/79780/test-center-sans-tuned-virtualization-pack-nice-surprises#comments Storage Virtualization Product review SAN Mon, 05 Oct 2009 13:38:55 -0400 ITworld staff 79780 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/hardware/79784/compellent-storage-center-40-fully-integrated-full-featured-4gbps-fibre-channel-syste Compellent's Storage Center 4.0 offers ease of use, a great feature set, and excellent performance at a good price for a 4Gbps Fibre Channel system. Support and phone-home maintenance is also excellent. http://www.itworld.com/hardware/79784/compellent-storage-center-40-fully-integrated-full-featured-4gbps-fibre-channel-syste#comments Hardware Storage Product review fibre channel SAN Mon, 05 Oct 2009 13:37:39 -0400 ITworld staff 79784 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/hardware/79785/dellequallogic-ps4000-iscsi-common-manager Dell acquired EqualLogic in 2007, adding a strong iSCSI player to their existing Fibre Channel storage options. EqualLogic offers some very usable iSCSI systems at good prices, from a base of around $10,000, to $17,000 as tested, to well over $100,000. http://www.itworld.com/hardware/79785/dellequallogic-ps4000-iscsi-common-manager#comments Hardware Storage News iSCSI SAN Mon, 05 Oct 2009 13:30:22 -0400 ITworld staff 79785 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/hardware/79786/hp-storageworks-2000sa-compact-fast-affordable-lacks-some-features The HP 2000sa G2 Modular Smart Array is the first storage system we've received that uses 2.5-inch drives, fitting 24 drives into a 2U chassis rather than the usual 16-drive 3U chassis that we see on most systems. http://www.itworld.com/hardware/79786/hp-storageworks-2000sa-compact-fast-affordable-lacks-some-features#comments Hardware Storage Product review SAN Mon, 05 Oct 2009 13:28:17 -0400 ITworld staff 79786 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/hardware/79787/promise-vtrakdatacore-sanmelody-diy-option-fibre-channel-or-iscsi This is a build-it-yourself look at what can be done on a tight budget. The Promise vTrak E610f is a 16-drive enclosure that includes two 4Gbps Fibre Channel RAID controllers that offers RAID levels 0, 1, 0+1 (or 10), 5, 6 (double parity drive), 50 (two mirrored RAID 5 volumes) or 60. http://www.itworld.com/hardware/79787/promise-vtrakdatacore-sanmelody-diy-option-fibre-channel-or-iscsi#comments Hardware Storage Product review fibre channel SAN Mon, 05 Oct 2009 13:26:21 -0400 ITworld staff 79787 at http://www.itworld.com