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Today on SearchStorage.com Sign up for Storage RSS feeds  Featured Video Storage-as-a-Service: Eliminating the Storage Dilemma CIO priorities have been shifting steadily toward business outcomes, and away from tech-centric initiatives. Learn how industry experts meet today's top priorities of automating and streamlining services, simplifying IT infrastructure, and making data accessible and useful. AutoVirt challenges Windows DFS ARTICLE - AutoVirt comes out of stealth with global namespace and file migration software it claims is a simpler alternative to DFS for smaller organizations. More on NAS or file virtualization Storage users weather the Wall Street blues ARTICLE - The economic downturn has companies looking for ways to cut back on spending, but storage administrators say storage will keep on growing until new data management tools develop. More on Enterprise storage, planning and management Solid-state Drives Special Reports - Tier 1 storage will eventually consist of solid-state disk technology. But right now, some observers aren't sure that SSD is ready for the enterprise. More on Disk drives NAS arrays shouldering more enterprise apps LEARNING GUIDE - NAS arrays are moving beyond traditional file serving to running production databases, mission-critical enterprise applications and VMware installations. More on NAS hardware What's New... Product of the Year Nomination Form Here's the form you'll need to submit your nominations for the Products of the Year awards from Storage magazine and SearchStorage.com. Free subscription: Information Security Forging the perfect vendor relationship If the business relationship with your storage vendor is to be a successful one, it must solve your storage problems. 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Storage Fast-Reference RAID Guide STORAGE TOPICS SAN (storage area network) Fibre Channel (FC) SAN, ISCSI SAN, SAN switch, SAN (storage area network) management, SAN virtualization and consolidation, Multiprotocol or unified storage NAS (network attached storage) NAS hardware, NAS management, NAS or file virtualization Primary Storage or Storage Hardware Disk arrays, Disk drives, RAID Data Backup Disk-based backup, Tape backup and libraries, Data storage backup tools, Data reduction and deduplication Data Protection Disaster recovery and planning, Remote data protection, Secure data storage Data Storage Management Data storage compliance and archiving, Data management tools, Tiered storage, Storage virtualization, Remote and offsite data storage Storage Strategy Enterprise storage, planning and management, Outsourced storage and storage service providers, Small business storage, Storage management jobs and salaries, Storage vendors, Storage market research reports... Storage Service Provider Concerns STORAGE INFO CENTERS SearchStorage.com Info Centers offer IT professionals in-depth news and technical advice on the hottest topics in the Storage industry. Storage Hardware Topical SPONSORED BY: EMC Storage Management SPONSORED BY: NetApp Storage Virtualization SPONSORED BY: CDW Strategy SPONSORED BY: NetApp Business Continuity/ Disaster Recovery SPONSORED BY: Syncsort Backup and Data Protection SPONSORED BY: Data Domain and Diligent SITE HIGHLIGHTS Avoiding storage-related bottlenecks in virtualized environments: There's only one way to avoid storage-related performance bottlenecks when designing a storage infrastructure for a ... A look at multiprotocol array technology: How multiprotocol arrays solve the problems that arise when a storage infrastructure includes both SAN and NAS. Where do they outperform tra... RAID FAQ: Storage analyst Greg Schulz answers common questions about RAID, such as which level of RAID to use. Storage Soup Blog: A 20,000-rpm drive from Western Digital? Solid state drives in enterprise arrays from Sun? Read why Tory Skyers thinks this potential market battle is great for st... HBAs explained: HBAs are integral pieces of a SAN environment -- they connect the server to the SAN -- but few storage administrators know how to configure them. MORE NEWS AutoVirt challenges Windows DFS with software-based file virtualization ARTICLE - AutoVirt comes out of stealth with global namespace and file migration software it claims is a simpler alternat... Storage users weather the Wall Street blues ARTICLE - The economic downturn has companies looking for ways to cut back on spending, but storage administrators say storage will keep on growing u... Xyratex launches 8 Gbps RAID controller ARTICLE - Xyratex rolls out the storage industry's first 8 Gbps Fibre Channel RAID controller with disk spin-down and new cooling management features. Symantec updates Enterprise Vault archiving software ARTICLE - Multisite data reduction, offline access to archived data and new e-discovery features are among the updates Symantec's making thi... Double-Take releases emBoot's iSCSI boot from SAN ARTICLE - Double-Take makes netBoot/i and sanFly software from its emBoot acquisition available under the Double-Take brand with further integr...