Henry Baltazar

With relentless deadlines and behemoth data files, few environments push the technology envelope like motion picture studios. Thats certainly the case for London-based special-effects studio Double Negative, whose artists have thrilled and chilled with shots used in movies including “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire” and “Batman Begins.” Double Negative set up shop in […]

Its amazing to think that a product that scales to hundreds of processors and stores petabytes of data can be considered an “appliance,” but this is the way an increasing number of vendors are trying to sell their high-end solutions. I am currently evaluating one of these behemoths—Hewlett-Packards RISS (Reference Information Storage System). Im finding […]

A number of startups have emerged that are making NAS solutions more scalable and easier to manage. BlueArc, Isilon Systems, OnStor and others are pushing the limits of network-attached storage, weaving their way into markets typically dominated by the likes of Network Appliance, EMC and Hewlett-Packard. Isilons Isilon IQ was created to help IT managers […]

BlueArcs Titan 2000 storage appliance uses innovative hardware to bring extraordinary performance and scalability to the world of NAS. Click here to read the full review of BlueArcs Titan 2000. 2 BlueArcs Titan 2000 storage appliance uses innovative hardware to bring extraordinary performance and scalability to the world of NAS. With network-attached storage units and […]

Despite its small size, the Snap Server 520 has surprising expandability and redundancy. Click here to read the full review of Adaptecs Snap Server 520. 2 Despite its small size, the Snap Server 520 has surprising expandability and redundancy. Over the years, Adaptecs Snap Server line of NAS (network-attached storage) products has evolved to match […]

MAID, or massive array of idle disks, has the potential to make disk-based storage the archive technology of choice in the future. The selling point of MAID is that it delivers performance in the hard-drive-array class when data is requested yet reduces the amount of energy wasted when archive data is in idle mode . […]

Rising power and cooling costs make energy-efficient storage media such as tapes and optical media look favorable, but power is not the only factor to weigh when choosing an archive solution. From a power and cooling perspective, offline and nearline media such as tape and optical storage have a significant advantage over hard-drive-based archive solutions. […]

The implementation of storage tiers within an enterprise data center is anything but trivial. Before diving into a new information lifecycle management solution, IT managers should keep several things top of mind. An ILM implementation is a long-term commitment There is currently a decided lack of interoperability in the ILM space, so ensure that the […]

On the floor of the Intel Developer Forum last week, I hooked up with SAN HBA vendors Emulex and QLogic to see how they were progressing with the new N-Port ID Virtualization specification. N-Port ID Virtualization, or NPIV, is a developing specification designed to make it easier to manage virtual servers on a SAN (storage […]

LeftHand networks storage area network solution combines powerful clustering capabilities with the ease of use and cost efficiency of iSCSI. With its rich feature set and impressive scalability and redundancy, the LeftHand SAN is a solid choice for midsize businesses. Click here to read the full review of LeftHand SAN. 2 LeftHand networks storage area […]