The storage and server cluster installed at The University of Texas at Austin is a lesson in how to do HPC. Storage requirements for HPC go beyond massive capacity, and include the use of high-performance file systems. (Journal Article - October 1, 2008)

Vendors are starting to add solid-state storage to their arrays, but it isn't as simple as replacing enterprise drives with solid-state memory. (Journal Article - July 1, 2008)

Keep these eight key steps in mind when designing and testing your disaster recovery strategy. (Journal Article - March 1, 2008)

You can achieve considerable cost savings if different tiers of storage are parceled out to business units on a pay-for-use basis. (Journal Article - December 1, 2007)

Not all data is created equal or is necessary for business continuity, so a tiered data recovery plan can be most effective. (Journal Article - August 1, 2007)

New arrays with a mix of SAS and SATA drives let you set up tiering in a single box. But proceed with caution: Numerous inoperability issues need to be resolved. (Journal Article - July 1, 2007)

There may be a slight respite for storage managers who have spent the last few years trying to keep up with runaway storage growth, according to the results of Storage magazine's spring 2007 Purchasing Intentions Survey. (Journal Article - May 1, 2007)

Most of the emails and phone calls I get from vendors and PR people feature overblown phrases like "industry-leading," and are peppered with the typical tech litany of something being the first, fastest, biggest and so on. (Journal Article - March 1, 2007)

EMC and Hitachi use very different architectures for their top-of-the-line arrays. Here's how they measure up. (Journal Article - January 1, 2007)

Following sound SAN design strategies allows you to reduce the number of SAN islands, strengthen your primary SAN, make storage easier to manage and provide more data protection. (Journal Article - December 1, 2006)