To help you start off the new year on the right foot, we've gathered our top five storage channel tips of 2010. First, read our tip on LTO-5 tape technology and the new Linear Tape File System (LTFS). Second, learn how to determine whether SSD will fix a customer's performance problems. Third, get advice for making a storage platform recommendation for a virtualized server environment. Fourth, learn how to address three NAS problems by enhancing the system. And finally, see how to perform storage capacity planning in a virtualized environment.
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LTO-5
tape and LTFS position format for archiving
The latest generation of Linear Tape-Open (LTO) technology, LTO-5, is the latest advancement in the
LTO consortium's line of tape drive technology. LTO-5 has an increased capacity and includes two
data partitions on the tape, allowing files to be written directly to tape and read by another
computer, independent of operating system or application. And IBM released the Linear Tape File
System (LTFS) to take advantage of this functionality.
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Read the full tip on LTO-5
tape and LTFS.
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SSD vs.
HDD when fixing performance problems
Many data storage managers have considered implementing solid-state storage and solid-state drives
(SSDs) in their data storage systems to address a performance problem. But before they make a
decision, they should compare SSDs and HDDs. This tip examines SSDs
and HDDs and explains how to determine whether SSD will actually fix a customer's performance
problem.
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SAN vs.
NAS storage and virtualization: Three recommendations for VARs
The SAN vs. NAS debate has resurfaced in the virtual server environment. Storage channel
professionals often have trouble deciding which storage platform to recommend to customers. This
tip looks at the differences between SAN and NAS storage systems and the advantages and
disadvantages of each in a server virtualization environment and provides three bottom-line
recommendations for storage channel professionals. Read the full tip on SAN
vs. NAS storage and virtualization.
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The best
NAS strategy: Enhance customer systems by addressing three key problems
Existing NAS systems typically face one or more shortcomings, such as high capacity growth rates,
tepid performance and over-consumption of power. Making improvements to a customer's NAS is a good
way to extend the life of the hardware and in our current economy is more popular than replacing
the NAS. Read the full tip on how to address these key problems with improvements to the NAS.
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How to
perform storage capacity planning in a virtualized server environment
Like in a physical server environment, storage
capacity planning in a virtual server environment is difficult. To avoid headaches in
virtualized server environments, follow four key steps, detailed in this tip.
This was first published in December 2010