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The new ReFS file system, designed for resiliency and optimized for extreme scale, will be introduced as a storage system for Windows 8 Server, but will later be implemented as storage for clients and eventually as a boot volume.

Adopting virtualization technology  often leads companies to carry out security, backup and other day-to-day activities in new and different ways. This often adds unnecessary costs and complexity. Symantec's solution? Keep it simple.

For data center managers who want the benefits of SAN-based business continuity software without the risks of disruption, virtualization vendor DataCore claims to have a solution.

The four-year-old startup insists that the rise of virtual computing demands new virtual storage architecture.

We continue our step-by-step guide of how to build a Linux test server. This time, we examine storage options and how to configure the machine as a test bed for new Linux distros.
Tags: Storage, server hardware, testing tool, Linux server, storage hardware

SSDs may be expensive, but they're well worth the price when you consider their advantages.
Tags: disk, solid state disk, Storage, power and cooling

SAN has many advantages over DAS in your data center. Here are 10 reasons to consider making the leap from local storage to a SAN.
Tags: Top 10, NAS, Storage, SAN, data backup

Tips for choosing storage protocols and systems for a virtual server infrastructure.
Tags: Storage, virtual server, server virtualization

In keeping with its mantra of simplifying IT, the firm offers up new storage and server virtualization products with rapid deployment and provisioning at the heart of their design.
Tags: Dell, server virtualization, networking, EqualLogic, Storage

With better data center management, can one-tenth the price and one-tenth the power consumption deliver 10 times as much compute power? Lower the bar on runaway costs, false scalability promises and unchecked power consumption to find out.
Tags: Storage, data center management, server, networking

The position of IBM is covered here with regards to the Oracle/Sun deal, and the alliance between EMC,Cisco and VMware.
Tags: Oracle, VMware, IBM, Storage, server

Remember when an enterprise server simply processed data?
Tags: Enterprise, Storage, networks, server

Locating, securing and producing electronically stored information required in the discovery phase of litigation can be very time consuming and extremely expensive. The key is knowing ahead of time what to archive as well as what and when to delete. But how do you decide?
Tags: eDiscovery, Gartner, Storage

Netgear's rack-mount ReadyNAS business products have passed rigorous VMware testing and achieved 'VMware Ready' approval.
Tags: VMware, Netgear, Storage, networking, server

It doesn't quite have all the pieces like Sun and Cisco do, but the Japanese systems giant is offering its own all-in-one blade server solution with a potent ally: Microsoft.
Tags: Storage, server blade, Unified Computing, Hitachi, Cisco

As server virtualization becomes more pervasive, so too is an unplanned byproduct: storage costs.
Tags: server virtualization, virtualization, Storage

New design guides and services are being aimed at service providers looking for faster and less-expensive ways to help enterprise customers build and manage both private and public cloud computing environments.
Tags: virtualization, cloud computing, Storage, NetApp

As servers, storage, and networking become more tightly integrated, the data center will be in need of a new super administrator.
Tags: data center, server, Storage, convergence, networking

With virtual servers on almost every enterprise's road map, backup-related issues are increasingly on the radar.
Tags: Storage, hardware, storage virtualization, virtualization

Frugal Server Admin: From the Department of Redundancy Department, 'clean up your copies.' It's an easy way to save some cash.
Tags: frugality, Storage, deduplication

Cover Your Assets: SSDs aren't just for netbooks and notebooks anymore. They're headed to your data center.
Tags: Storage, NAS, SSD

Like a tenant who refuses to be evicted from an area earmarked for redevelopment, tape is alive and kicking. When it comes to long-term backup retention and archiving, it is holding its own against dedupe — especially among large enterprises.
Tags: Storage, tape, deduplication, disk drives

Cloud computing solves many dilemmas, while at the same time introducing others. By its very nature, when you move to the cloud, you enter a legal gray area, a minefield of privacy and legal implications not fully understood — by anybody.
Tags: Storage, legal, cloud computing, cloud services

Too hot makes for better reliability than too cold, brand new disks should be kept away from disks already in production and three other tips that may surprise you.
Tags: disk drives, Storage, high availability, disk failure

Looks like the long-running data storage technology may be headed for trouble. We examine the problem -- and various potential solutions.
Tags: networking, server, virtualization, Storage, RAID

Dell introduced easier-to-manage servers, storage systems and UPS designed to reduce management costs.
Tags: virtualization, SMB, Dell, Microsoft, Storage

Cover Your Assets: The NAS in FreeNAS doesn't stand for Nice and Simple, but it could. Here's one DIY project that's too much of a cost savings -- in time and money -- to pass up.
Tags: NAS, NAS/SAN, frugality, Storage

Solid state drives are poised to sweep away a large percentage of conventional hard drives in servers and enterprise storage devices.
Tags: Storage, SSD, disk drives

Storage and IT luminaries recently gathered to discuss the future. The consensus? Cloud and virtual environments will dominate.
Tags: Cloud Storage, virtualization, cloud computing, data storage, Storage

Cover Your Assets: Backup and Restore are major pain points for any business; ease yours inexpensively.
Tags: backup, Storage, disk drives, frugality

Wondering what the next version of Solaris might look like? OpenSolaris offers some hints.
Tags: Solaris, OpenSolaris, Sun Microsystems, virtualization, Storage

Solid state drives show much promise but their drawbacks may limit widespread adoption any time soon.
Tags: SSD, Intel, HP, Storage