There is increasing concern about the energy implications of the worldwide proliferation of power hungry data centers. The high cost of running these centers, as well as the very real possibility of energy shortages, are forcing many companies and organizations to look at ways to reduce energy consumption and run greener data centers. This wide ranging report by the Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) proposes some excellent strategies for making this dream a reality.
The current economic downturn, with its resultant pressure on IT budgets, is forcing many companies to take a second look at their tape storage systems. Maintaining tape systems, rather than replacing it with expensive digital systems, represent an obvious cost saving. Many people are concerned, however, that this saving will be at the cost of data integrity. This article points out that this need not be the case as new ways of monitoring tape performance and integrity can significantly increase the lifetime and reliability of tape storage systems.
Today's midsize enterprises face the daunting challenge of managing growing volumes of data – and struggle to find ways to do this effectively with constrained budgets and limited staffing resources. But recent advances in IP-based storage technology have made it possible for businesses of all sizes to leverage existing technology and staffing resources to easily and cost-effectively build and maintain sophisticated data storage networks.
Data storage takes up a significant (and growing) proportion of most IT budgets. This seems counterintuitive, especially since 'plain' storage devices are gaining capacity while decreasing in price. The reason for the growth in cost is the emphasis in the storage industry on expensive storage arrays that include significant amounts of 'value added' services. These services 1) 'Lock in' customers 2) Increase operating costs and 3) Lower the amount of available storage space. This provocative article advocates a moving away from value added storage arrays towards deconstructed, web-managed, services.
Kerry Packer had an intuitive grasp of Business Continuity planning.
In 1990, while playing polo at Warwick Farm, Sydney, the “Big Man” suffered a heart attack that left him clinically dead for six minutes. At the time, very few ambulances carried a heart-starting defibrillator, so it added to Packer’s legendary luck as a casino king hitter that the ambulance which responded to his emergency call had one fitted.
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