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From Chapter Three: The Windows Culture

From Chapter Three: The Windows Culture???"At a ratio of about one support technician for every 20 NT servers, PC staffing exploded along with server populations."Could you give reliable source for that figure ?"these problems led to the evolution of a one application per box rule"in the late 90 this rule...

Tags: Mainframes, Linux, Servers, Storage management, Storage area networks (SAN), Operating systems, mainframe, server, JBOD, windows server, Microsoft Windows, disk, virtualization, SAN, Unix

Discussion threads 2008-12-05

D-Link DNS-323 2-Bay Network Storage Enclosure

The $200 D-Link DNS-323 2-Bay Network Storage Enclosure offers a quick, yet comprehensive solution for network storage. We really liked the device for its flexibility and useful features, and at the same time wished it supported FAT32 or NTFS hard drives like the Iomega StorCenter Pro. The device can house...

Tags: Home networking, network storage, D-Link DNS-323, hard drive, RAID, D-Link Systems, JBOD, storage

Product reviews 2008-04-09

ZFS vs. Apple X-RAID

Okay, forget elegance and prettiness - lets check out what happens if you just want to attach If you've ever been forced to walk through an EMC or Veritas set-up, the simplicity here should amaze you.a bunch of disks to your Solaris machine. Specifically, lets pretend you need a net...

Tags: ZFS, disk

Blog posts 2005-12-08

Additional Resources

RAIDaid 1.9.2 (Mac)

RAIDaid has an easy to use interface that allows you to view disk arrays in all popular RAID formats. You can now plan your RAID setup and configuration even if you don't have a RAID!Benefits: Quickly determine the best configuration for your RAID system. Mix and match different RAID levels...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, RAIDaid, RAID, Storage, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-10-10

Thecus unveils 'world's smallest fully-featured NAS device'

Thecus today introduced its N0204 miniNAS device, what it calls "the world's smallest fully-featured NAS device." Measuring 132 mm by 88 mm by 63 mm, the N0204 is about the size of an external hard drive, but is in fact a two-bay, hot-swappable,...

Tags: Hard Drive, NAS, Millimeter, Server, USB, Thecus, Network-Attached Storage (NAS), Storage, Hardware, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-03-31

Some general considerations for small systems change

Let's assume a scenario under which the older system you're thinking about upgrading is relatively small, support costs are high, and you can't obviously transfer its workload to some other, larger, machine with adequate idle capacity. Specifically, lets assume you have a Sun 490 from a few...

Tags: Risk, Staffing, Vulnerability, Intel X86, Tolerance, Sun Sparc, Unix Skill, Linux, Sun Solaris, UNIX, Processors, Operating Systems, Security, Open Source, Software, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Paul Murphy

Blog posts 2009-03-03

Upgrading the HP StorageWorks MSA2000fc to the Next Generation

This white paper highlights methods of upgrading existing HP StorageWorks MSA2012fc and MSA2212fc arrays to the new HP Storage Works MSA2312fc G2 array. Arrays can be upgraded without any data loss. This paper lists the methods to update an existing 12 drive MSA2000fc to the updated controllers of the MSA2312fc...

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., HP StorageWorks, MSA2000fc Controller, Utility Computing

White papers 2009-03-01

Storage choices

Storage choicesWhat about the lords of storage?You know, the guys whose entire life is dedicated to carving out disk space? How do these highly paid specialists maintain simple JBODS or 74xx devices? Where are the switches? Where is the fiber? You mean they might have to log into a *gasp*...

Tags: Storage area networks (SAN), Storage management, RAID, Servers, ZFS, SAN, storage, CX4-240, Sun 74XX, LORDS, EMC Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Solution

Discussion threads 2009-01-13

DiskInternals Raid Recovery 1.6 (Windows)

Recover corrupted RAID arrays in a fully automatic mode. Raid Recovery is the first tool to automatically detect the type of the original RAID array while still allowing for fully manual operation. Raid Recovery is no doubt a highly valuable tool for users of all types of RAID arrays, whether...

Tags: Recovery, RAID Array, Microsoft Windows, DiskInternals Data Recovery, RAID, Storage, Hardware

Software downloads 2008-12-23

Zyxel NSA-220 NAS

The empty, two-bay Zyxel NSA-220 NAS device has solid overall performance, a good Web interface, and can be found online for a reasonable cost of $220. Aside from an FTP server, media server, iTunes server, and print server, the NSA-220 also has the capability to keep track of RSS feeds...

Tags: Network-attached storage (NAS), Storage, Printers, Zyxel NSA-220, hard drive, ZyXEL Communications Corp., NAS, RAID

Product reviews 2008-10-09

Escalation in the storage wars

Escalation in the storage warsSun's competitors' strategyWere Sun to produce a superior storage product, would you expect it to come to dominate the market?I would expect not, because Sun has neither the products specialized for defined uses nor the controlling connection with a wide range of customers to implement it.Yes,...

Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., information technology, SAS HBA, storage, IBM Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-09-29

DiscCloud 1.5 (Mac)

The DiscCloud Virtual Appliance enables Mac desktop virtualization. Virtualized desktops reside in the DiscCloud Appliance on VMware Server or ESX. DiscCloud virtualized Mac desktops inherit advanced VMware features such as automated backup, high availability, storage scalability, desktop mobility, and desktop disaster recovery. Virtualized desktops can be accessed from any Mac...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, DiscCloud, DiscCloud Virtual Appliance, Desktops, Storage, Hardware

Software downloads 2008-09-05

Geek Sheet: A Tweaker’s Guide to Solid State Drives (SSDs) and Linux

Is 20th century conventional Winchester multi-platter, multi-head random-access disk technology too quaint for you? Want to run your PC or server on storage devices that consume far less energy than the traditional alternatives? Want a portable or mobile storage unit that will never fail due to G-forces or "crashing?". Looking...

Tags: Linux, Disk, File System, Solid State Disk, Kernel, Mandrake, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-07-25

FirmTek targets MacBook Air owners with hub for FireWire, eSATA

Announced on Monday at the NAB expo, the SeriTek/SpyderHUB is a small 4-ounce storage hub for FireWire and eSATA drives. Based on its spec sheet, the device will provide a wide range of capabilities including eSATA booting for Mac OS X, and hardware-based striping. While the price has yet to...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Apple MacBook, RAID, Hardware, eSATA, SpyderHUB, FirmTek eSATA, Spyder, FireWire, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, David Morgenstern

Blog posts 2008-04-14

Living a bare drive lifestyle

With the increasing demand for storage â€" video content and disk-based backups â€" professional Mac users often use hard disk mechanisms like floppies. Now storage vendors are enabling this bare drive workflow with a variety of disk adapters and protectors. On the desk and bookshelves in my...

Tags: Disk, Storage, WiebeTech LLC., David Morgenstern

Blog posts 2008-02-28

Raid 2 Raid 1.0 (Windows)

Unlock your native RAID array! Stop depending on the system board chipset to support your RAID configuration! Mount RAID arrays and Dynamic Disks created with all current Intel, nVidia or VIA chipsets on any other chipset and on all versions of Windows with free Raid 2 Raid software. Motherboard...

Tags: Chipset, Microsoft Windows, DiskInternals Data Recovery, Raid 2 Raid, RAID, Storage, Hardware

Software downloads 2008-01-20

Are SSDs ready for prime time?

Are SSDs ready for prime time?what about...other metrics, both of which are nearand dear to most peoples' wallets?- capacity, in which HDDs have at least a 20:1advantage. 64 MB is not enough in the days of 160 GBiPods and 1 TB desktop HDDs.- $ for the device (not mentioned...

Tags: USB flash drive, hard drive, SSD, Hours Shock Resistance SSD

Discussion threads 2007-10-03

Iomega packs 1TB into tiny NAS device

Staying true to its heritage of releasing innovative external dedicated storage devices, Iomega is now shipping the $349 StorCenter Network Hard Drive: a storage device attached to a gigabit Ethernet network that in addition to providing 1 terabyte of JBOD, RAID 0 or RAID 1 configured storage, is also a...

Tags: NAS, Iomega Corp., Storage Device, Storage, RAID, Network-Attached Storage (NAS), Storage Management, Networking, Hardware

Videos 2007-09-27

Latest StorCenter NAS appliance from Iomega packs 2x500GB (1TB), RAID into $349 package

I'm in NYC this week looking to hunt down interesting technologies at the Digital Life event in the Jacob Javits Convention Center. But, on the eve of the event, in the new New York Times building still under construction on 8th Avenue, I attended Showstoppers -- a 3 hour show...

Tags: NAS, Iomega Corp., RAID, Network-Attached Storage (NAS), Storage, Hardware, David Berlind

Blog posts 2007-09-26

User group night: Backup, Leopard and productivity rule

On Monday Sept. 24, I attended the monthly meeting of BMUGWest, a San Francisco group that's been meeting continually for about 18 years with skips for holidays that fall on meeting dates and the odd closures for major earthquakes. The Mac-centric discussion should make some folks down at Apple...

Tags: NAS, Apple Macintosh, Backup, LaCie, User, Network-Attached Storage (NAS), Storage, Desktops, Hardware, David Morgenstern

Blog posts 2007-09-25