In the life of any network environment, it is not uncommon for hardware to be replaced as technology improves. The item that is most likely to be replaced, whether due to improved performance or ...

Unlock the full InfoQ experience by logging in! Stay updated with your favorite authors and topics, engage with content, and download exclusive resources. Vivek Yadav, an engineering manager from ...

Similar to the way in which a storage-area network improves the management of structured data and block storage environments, a file-area network (FAN) helps improve the management of unstructured ...

The author is a SAN manager at a large global financial services company. Managing storage technology is an oxymoron these days. It seems like the more tools you add to manage your increasingly ...

This week, Xiotech Corporation launched the Magnitude 3D 1000m mobile storage area network specifically designed to meet the needs of government agencies. The Magnitude 3D 1000m makes it easier for ...

Network World's 2005 named LeftHand's Storage Area Network application, Remote IP Copy, as one of 42 finalist in its "Best of Test" for its ability to simplify the process of maintaining multiple ...

It's all about the SAN -- man. The more you know, the easier it is. Take our SAN quiz and find out where you stand as a SAN guru. 1. This is a geographically dispersed telecommunications network. The ...

As more servers were added to run business-critical applications, the problems with DAS became more exaggerated. In a client-server architecture, storage is local to each server. Each storage device ...

Businesses are now scrambling again to get disaster recovery systems upgraded or in place. Why now when the whole winter was available? People procrastinate. IT departments fight with management to ...

More people than ever are working from home, and local-area network storage needs aren't going down. Don't cheap out on a low-end network storage device, and get the Synology DS-1618+ to set you up ...

When you’re immersed in storage as I am, it’s impossible to ignore the blogs of analysts, vendors and consultants. The blogs written by storage company executives can be surprisingly vendor-agnostic, ...

Macworld.com – A network-attached storage (NAS) drive is a dedicated storage device that uses its own operating system and software to provide centralized storage and file sharing over a computer ...