Henry Baltazar

Data Domain has added gateway and virtual tape library functionality to its lineup, making its powerful disk backup systems more enterprise-friendly. With the addition of these two important features, Data Domain now allows IT managers to use existing network storage and connect to backup devices in Fibre Channel SAN environments. Click here to read the […]

With its ability to push 10g bps of data through a single appliance, Network Appliances Decru DataFort FC1020 packs a ridiculous amount of encryption processing power into a neat 2U chassis. Click here to read the full review of Decru DataFort FC1020. 2 With its ability to push 10g bps of data through a single […]

Network Appliance made a couple of bold moves last year designed to make the company a player in the lucrative disk-to-disk backup space. Based on the quality and functionality of its new NearStore VTL600, NetApp is well on its way. Click here to read the full review of NearStore VTL600. 2 Network Appliance made a […]

Fibre Channel cant kick sand in the face of iSCSI anymore, according to eWEEK Labs testing. iSCSI has been on the storage networking scene for several years now, but it has lagged behind Fibre Channel in several key enterprise areas, including performance, reliability and maturity. iSCSI-based products also have been relatively few and far between […]

The market for iSCSI targets—devices to which servers read and write data—is dramatically different from the relatively barren wasteland we saw a few years back. But, considering the bright future eWEEK Labs saw for iSCSI when we first started testing prototype products in 2002, the maturation of the iSCSI target market has been painfully slow. […]

eWEEK Labs recently ran head-to-head benchmark tests comparing Fi-bre Channel to iSCSI, to see how the latter is shaping up in terms of serving as a data transport for SANs. E-mail is an important market for iSCSI, and it is also an application whose performance depends on high-quality storage. For this reason, we chose to […]

There is an updated version of this review available. For the most recent version, click here. Network Appliances NearStore VTL600, the first fruit of the companys acquisition of Alacritus Software, should make NetApp a more viable player in the hotly contested D2D (disk-to-disk) backup market and will be a good bet for medium- to large-size […]

Appliances running Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2003 will likely be more useful and efficient with the R2 update. Click here to read the full review of Windows Storage Server 2003 R2. 2 Appliances running Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2003 will likely be more useful and efficient with the R2 update. In addition to the enhancements […]

Infortrend Technologys EonStor S12F-R1420 is a sign of storage things to come, boasting cutting-edge technologies in the form of SAS and 4G-bps Fibre Channel. Given the arrays relatively low price and backward compatibility, its a good bet for future-proofing SAN implementations. Click here to read the full review of the EonStor S12F-R1420. 2 Infortrend Technologys […]

With Microsoft Corp. Exchange mailboxes growing to criminally high levels, IT staffers at law firm Perkins Coie LLP had to overhaul their storage infrastructure to keep lawyers productive. Perkins Coie is the largest law firm in the Northwest and counts heavy hitters such as Microsoft, Adobe Systems Inc. and The Boeing Co. among its clientele. […]