Mainframe users get faster remote vaulting

22 junio 2007

Remote vaulting can now allow for business continuity and disaster recovery operations between data centers that are hundreds or even thousands of miles apart.

Data Management for Exchange Servers: Affordable Automation

21 junio 2007

(Source: Network Appliance) Because of the increasing importance of Microsoft® Exchange in the enterprise, Exchange data management, data protection, disaster recovery, and availability are of increasing concern. A NetApp IP SAN solution replaces existing DAS or legacy Fibre Channel storage to streamline and automate Exchange data management tasks while providing a flexible infrastructure that eliminates downtime, decreases manpower and other costs, and increases data protection.

Building a Virtual Infrastructure from Servers to Storage

21 junio 2007

(Source: Network Appliance) This technical report discusses the virtual storage solutions that reduce cost, increase storage utilization, increase fault tolerance, and address the challenges of backing up and restoring VMware ESX Server environments by using NetApp technologies.

Five Steps to bulletproof Your Exchange Environment

21 junio 2007

(Source: Network Appliance) Microsoft Exchange Server has evolved into a critical application for many companies. Legacy storage infrastructures based on traditional direct-attached storage (DAS) are insufficient for meeting service level requirements associated with data availability, recoverability, manageability, and scalability. Leveraging an iSCSI-based storage network, Snapshot™ technology-based recovery mechanisms, and storage virtualization technologies provides an appropriate infrastructure for meeting the increasingly demanding requirements of Exchange - at a cost structure appropriate for Microsoft Windows® environments.

Opinion: Real-world disk failure rates offer surprises

21 junio 2007

One-third of disk drives die with no warning at all. The average percentage of disks failing per year is much higher than the manufacturer's estimate - an average of 3% vs. the estimated 0.5% - 0.9%. There is a clear trend showing that lower temperatures are associated with higher failure rates.

Opinion: New laws encourage destruction of data and truth

20 junio 2007

Thanks to the rash of laws and regulations passed in the last few years, governments around the world may have inadvertently handed get of out jail free cards to corporations everywhere.