Henry Baltazar

Microsoft Corp.s System Center Data Protection Manager, currently in late beta, is a notable first stab at disk-based backup and recovery. In tests at eWEEK Labs, we found that DPM was relatively easy to implement and use. Click here to read the full review of System Center Data Protection Manager. 2 Microsoft Corp.s System Center […]

Sun Microsystems $4.1 billion bid to acquire StorageTek, set to play out this summer or fall, is proof that Sun is indeed serious about becoming a key player in the storage market. Like all big transactions, Suns acquisition has its share of both risks and rewards. If successful, the acquisition will give Sun the storage […]

Expect the scalability and manageability of external SCSI storage to increase this year with the coming of servers and storage systems equipped with Serial Attached SCSI. SAS will be the eventual successor to Parallel SCSI and is set to become the de facto direct-attached storage interconnect. Support for Parallel SCSI will not go away any […]

Zetta Systems Inc.s Zetta Server IR—x86-based software that can turn servers into storage appliances—is an interesting and cost-efficient storage management and protection solution for small and midsize businesses. Click here to read the full review of Zetta Server IR. 2 Zetta Systems Inc.s Zetta Server IR—x86-based software that can turn servers into storage appliances—is an […]

The desire for quicker backups and file restores led Electronics For Imaging Inc.s Ephraim Baron to Data Domain Inc.s disk-based backup appliances. EFI, which develops digital imaging and print management solutions, has a staff of 1,500 people, half of whom are engineers. Baron said the company needed to find a system that would not only […]

Data Domain Inc.s DD460 Restorer backup appliance provides IT managers with another compelling reason to retire their tape backup systems. Click here to read the full review of the DD460 Restorer. 2 Data Domain Inc.s DD460 Restorer backup appliance provides IT managers with another compelling reason to retire their tape backup systems. Disk-based backup has […]

Highly scalable performance. Massive storage capacity. Heterogeneous platform support. These are not usually the characteristics associated with technologies that have failed to win major market share, but theyre just a few of the positive attributes of one such slow bloomer—SAN file systems. But it just might be that storage area network file system technology was […]

Xsan brings clustered SAN file system functionality to the Apple world, providing storage consolidation and increased data availability. Click here to read the full review of Xsan. 2 Xsan brings clustered SAN file system functionality to the Apple world, providing storage consolidation and increased data availability. Storage area network file systems have not met with […]

At the Veritas Vision conference Wednesday here in San Francisco, John W. Thompson, CEO of Symantec, called for uniting storage and security management and pushed the companys proposed merger with Veritas, while Veritas representatives heralded upcoming product releases. During his keynote address, Thompson cited the SQL Slammer worm as one of the reasons why storage […]

As a result of the importance—and complexity—of disaster recovery and business continuity planning, even large companies with talented in-house IT staff and financial wherewithal are bringing in consultants to make sure they can bounce back from any problem. eWEEK Labs recently spoke with disaster recovery experts from GlassHouse Technologies Inc. and EMC Corp.: Dick Benton, […]