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Key Storage Features in Mac OS X 10.7 “Lion”

June 6, 2011 By Stephen 7 Comments

Apple's not an enterprise company or a storage company. In fact, they're rapidly jettisoning both - consider the sad fate of the Xserve RAID. But Apple does have enterprise features and storage features in their operating systems. And Mac OS X 10.7 "Lion" is a great case in point. From Versions to Time Machine Local Snapshots to AirDrop, Lion brings some storage love, and … [Read more...] about Key Storage Features in Mac OS X 10.7 “Lion”

Granularity: The Hidden Challenge of Storage Management

April 19, 2011 By Stephen 2 Comments

Many storage challenges focus on correlating high-level uses of data (such as applications) with the nuts and bolts of storage infrastructure. These discussions often revolve around the conflict between data management, which demands an ever-smaller unit of management, and storage management, which benefits most from consolidation. Developing data management capability that is … [Read more...] about Granularity: The Hidden Challenge of Storage Management

Windows Server 2008 Changes Storage

July 31, 2008 By Stephen 2 Comments

Although it's been available for a while now, Windows Server 2008's storage changes aren't widely reported. TechTarget's Dave Raffo wrote a piece about it today, Windows Server 2008's hidden storage features, including some quotes from me, but it's still less than clear. So let me sum up: Server Message Block (SMB) 2.0 is probably the biggest news.  Microsoft re-worked … [Read more...] about Windows Server 2008 Changes Storage

Storage Virtualization: What Is It Good For?

June 17, 2008 By Stephen 4 Comments

Even though storage virtualization technologies have been on the market for 20 years or more, and numerous companies have tried to sell it as a product in its own right for at least half that long, many are still unsure of what to do with the technology.  A great new piece by Dave Raffo, News Director at SearchStorage.com, discusses the wide variety of virtualization solutions … [Read more...] about Storage Virtualization: What Is It Good For?

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