Features

Features

Storage Area Network (SAN)

• SAN storage devices: MSP finds new business in tech upgrade

  Evercom, a managed services provider, was able to both upgrade its storage and find a new business opportunity when it purchased new gear from Reduxio Systems.  Continue Reading

• How to sell storage into virtualized infrastructure environments

  Knowing today's best storage options and how they best match to your customers' virtualized infrastructure is critical when crafting storage offerings.  Continue Reading

• IPv6 addressing brings benefits, few problems to storage administrators

  IPv6 addressing brings benefits to storage networking in terms of scalability and performance, without big downsides for storage administrators.  Continue Reading

• New directions for storage networking

  With new storage networking protocols – Data Center Ethernet, FcoE and FCoIB -- on the horizon, plus new devices to take advantage of them, truly agile networks are within reach. Find out what your data center will look like in the future.  Continue Reading

• Storage area network (SAN) cheat sheet

  Find our most popular tips and features on storage area network (SAN) technologies and services. Use these resources to guide customers toward the right storage area network choices.  Continue Reading

• Storage architecture choices: SANs

  Storage area networks offer a number of benefits over DAS and NAS -- even for companies with only 100 employees. Find out why certain customers are better candidates than others and what the typical costs are.  Continue Reading

• Key considerations in developing a storage area network design

  The best storage area network design for your customers will take into consideration a number of critical issues: uptime needs, scalability, security and disaster recovery. Find out how each of these factors will influence storage area network ...  Continue Reading

• Fibre Channel and iSCSI: Dueling storage networking protocols

  You've probably heard the mantra that Fibre Channel SANs are used at big companies while iSCSI SANs are good for SMBs. But why? Drill down into the cost and performance differences between Fibre Channel and iSCSI so you can guide your customers ...  Continue Reading

• Our top five storage tips -- so far

  Get the top five storage tips of the first half of 2008, as chosen by SearchStorageChannel.com readers.  Continue Reading

• Check up on storage services for your clients

  Use these easy-to-scan checklists to get a valuable overview of key storage topics in the minimum amount of time.  Continue Reading

• Which is the right fit for my customer: NAS, FC SAN or iSCSI SAN?

  When it comes to selecting the right type of storage architecture for your customer, there are some basic factors that can help you determine the best solution. Learn how to decide if NAS, FC SAN or iSCSI SAN is right for your customer.  Continue Reading

• What value-add opportunities exist with iSCSI implementations?

  Value-added resellers can take advantage of iSCSI SANs when implementing dedicated networks, evaluating hardware and helping customers select storage vendors.  Continue Reading

• What are some of the risks associated with iSCSI?

  There are two risks VARs need to make customers aware about when using iSCSI. Since the technology is so easy to deploy, it is also easy to loose track of all the details. Customers also need to be aware that iSCSI can hog bandwidth on a network.  Continue Reading

• What are some of the advantages of iSCSI over traditional Fibre Channel SANs?

  iSCSI SANs allow for much cheaper connectivity than a Fibre Channel SAN. The initial sticker shock Fibre Channel gives customers may turn them away, while iSCSI allows customers to build on their networking experience, negate the problem of distance...  Continue Reading

• How will the appearance of the Fibre Channel over Ethernet standard change the dynamics within the S

  Fibre Channel over Ethernet is a protocol that may challenge iSCSI for storage connectivity dominance. Fibre Channel over Ethernet is fairly easy to map to an existing SAN and also brings the possible of 10gig Ethernet in customers shops.  Continue Reading