Real Video: The Next Wave of Virtualization Server virtualization is pushing storage into a new world. Luckily, N_Port ID Virtualization and 8 Gb Fibre Channel is here to deliver all the I/O these servers demand. Ellen O’Brien of TechTarget interviewed me about storage virtualization after Storage Decisions last month, and the video is now live […]
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Where the SAN Stands
Real Video: Where the SAN Stands Curious about the current state of SAN technology? Stephen Bigelow of TechTarget interviewed me (last summer) about SAN options, and the video is now live on their BitPipe site. Topics covered include combined iSCSI and FC SANs, ups and downs of modular storage and oversubscribed switches, next-generation SAN management […]
Storage MVP: I Feel Great!
I just got an email from Microsoft – they’ve given me the MVP award for the area of File System Storage! Great news – so how do I feel? Not quite as good as the “Steve” in this video, but pretty good… So what does this mean? Am I now a shill, beholden forever to […]
10 Key Considerations for Email Archiving
Email archiving has been a professional focus of mine for a while now, and I’ve previously written and spoken about the “eleven essential elements“. So when TechTarget asked for an article for Storage magazine, I had a good well to draw on. The latest issue of Storage magazine includes this article, titled “10 Key Considerations for […]
Storage Virtualization: What Is It Good For?
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 […]
