Henry Baltazar

MAID, or massive array of idle disks, has the potential to make disk-based storage the archive technology of choice in the future. The selling point of MAID is that it delivers performance in the hard-drive-array class when data is requested yet reduces the amount of energy wasted when archive data is in idle mode . […]

Despite its small size, the Snap Server 520 has surprising expandability and redundancy. Click here to read the full review of Adaptecs Snap Server 520. 2 Despite its small size, the Snap Server 520 has surprising expandability and redundancy. Over the years, Adaptecs Snap Server line of NAS (network-attached storage) products has evolved to match […]

Rising power and cooling costs make energy-efficient storage media such as tapes and optical media look favorable, but power is not the only factor to weigh when choosing an archive solution. From a power and cooling perspective, offline and nearline media such as tape and optical storage have a significant advantage over hard-drive-based archive solutions. […]

The implementation of storage tiers within an enterprise data center is anything but trivial. Before diving into a new information lifecycle management solution, IT managers should keep several things top of mind. An ILM implementation is a long-term commitment There is currently a decided lack of interoperability in the ILM space, so ensure that the […]

On the floor of the Intel Developer Forum last week, I hooked up with SAN HBA vendors Emulex and QLogic to see how they were progressing with the new N-Port ID Virtualization specification. N-Port ID Virtualization, or NPIV, is a developing specification designed to make it easier to manage virtual servers on a SAN (storage […]

Data Domain has added gateway and virtual tape library functionality to its lineup, making its powerful disk backup systems more enterprise-friendly. With the addition of these two important features, Data Domain now allows IT managers to use existing network storage and connect to backup devices in Fibre Channel SAN environments. Click here to read the […]

LeftHand networks storage area network solution combines powerful clustering capabilities with the ease of use and cost efficiency of iSCSI. With its rich feature set and impressive scalability and redundancy, the LeftHand SAN is a solid choice for midsize businesses. Click here to read the full review of LeftHand SAN. 2 LeftHand networks storage area […]

With its ability to push 10g bps of data through a single appliance, Network Appliances Decru DataFort FC1020 packs a ridiculous amount of encryption processing power into a neat 2U chassis. Click here to read the full review of Decru DataFort FC1020. 2 With its ability to push 10g bps of data through a single […]

Network Appliance made a couple of bold moves last year designed to make the company a player in the lucrative disk-to-disk backup space. Based on the quality and functionality of its new NearStore VTL600, NetApp is well on its way. Click here to read the full review of NearStore VTL600. 2 Network Appliance made a […]

Fibre Channel cant kick sand in the face of iSCSI anymore, according to eWEEK Labs testing. iSCSI has been on the storage networking scene for several years now, but it has lagged behind Fibre Channel in several key enterprise areas, including performance, reliability and maturity. iSCSI-based products also have been relatively few and far between […]

The market for iSCSI targets—devices to which servers read and write data—is dramatically different from the relatively barren wasteland we saw a few years back. But, considering the bright future eWEEK Labs saw for iSCSI when we first started testing prototype products in 2002, the maturation of the iSCSI target market has been painfully slow. […]

eWEEK Labs recently ran head-to-head benchmark tests comparing Fi-bre Channel to iSCSI, to see how the latter is shaping up in terms of serving as a data transport for SANs. E-mail is an important market for iSCSI, and it is also an application whose performance depends on high-quality storage. For this reason, we chose to […]