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 ...

The analysts forecast the Global Storage Area Networks (SAN) market to grow at a CAGR of 8.42 percent over the period 2012-2016. One of the key factors contributing to this market is the improved ...

The following is an excerpt from Chapter 4 of “Storage Area Network Fundamentals” (ISBN 158705065X ) published courtesy of Cisco Press. With the growing popularity of storage area networks (SANs), ...

Ok, so you’re a CIO or CTO and have decided to purchase that spanking new, shiny server. You smile politely at the vendor until they mention storage. As the vendor starts to go into the benefits of ...

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 ...

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 ...

A key standards body has given its blessing for a new technology that allows storage area networks to be built using existing Ethernet networking. Late Tuesday, the Internet Engineering Task Force ...

When the Storage Area Network (SAN) first burst onto the IT Manager's radar, the 'spin' promised much but often failed to live up to its marketing hype. Great fanfares heralded the concept, explaining ...

A business may start off with only five employees and quickly grow to 25, so it's just as important to think about your network as it is to think about data storage and management. As a company grows, ...