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If you're thinking about Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE), read on to learn about some of the issues you will face when upgrading to the new standard.

W. Curtis Preston assesses the strengths and weaknesses of VMware's main storage tool, VMware Consolidated Backup.

The FCoE camp just got bigger, as NetApp teams with QLogic to add the standard to its arrays.

The next generation of Ethernet will hit 10Gbps and challenge Fibre Channel's crown as data center connectivity King.

One of NetApp's founders discusses his predictions for solid state storage, SAS and cloud storage.

"Wide striping" is a new way to get more out of conventional disk and may be a cheaper way to improve performance than solid state disk.

Learn about the open-source storage technology landscape and why Sun and others are relying on it for their products.

Learn the basics of Sun's ZFS file system in this tutorial.

Small businesses often use tape for backup, not least for its ease of off-site backup. But are there reasons disk can do the job better?

Analyst Lauren Whitehouse explains the intricacies of SharePoint backup. This interview is also available below as an MP3 download.

This tip explains how the major data backup software packages integrate with VMware Infrastructure 3.

Picking between a iSCSI SAN and a Fibre Channel SAN is no easy task. This part of our guide examines cost and scalability of each technology.

Still undecided when it comes to the Fibre Channel/iSCSI SAN debate? The first part in our guide explains how the two differ in reliability and performance.

Deciding if storage as a service (SaaS) is right for your organisation? Two of our gurus assess the merits of the concept in this article, which is also available as a downloadable MP3.

This tip helps you avoid application outages that occur when storage reaches these limits and more easily manage multiple NAS systems.

Tools to manage storage capacity have both ups and downs. This tip explains what you need to know when considering their use.

Storage management is set to change for SMBs in the coming year. This article provides top tips for SMBs with SANs for 2009.

There are different approaches to unifying storage. Here are the main methods of merging SAN and NAS functionality in one system.

Learn how to make your next data migration project run better with these eight tips.

For storage administrators, the increasing popularity of HPC servers translates into unique backup challenges.