Compare entry-level SAN arrays for the SMB market.

Staff Writer/ March 30, 2021/ Data Center Hardware, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, SAN switch (storage area network switch), SAN technology and arrays, Small Business Technologies, Virtual Storage Area Network (VSAN)

Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesPerformance, capacity and data protection features are a few of the many factors SMB organizations should consider in their comparisons of entry-level SANs. By Robert Sheldon Storage area networks are no longer the exclusive domain of large organizations. Many vendors offer entry-level SAN products, hoping to lure customers away from their network-attached or direct-attached storage systems. But SAN products vary significantly in

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7 signs a small business should shift from NAS to SAN

Staff Writer/ March 24, 2021/ Data Center Hardware, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Primary Storage Devices, SAN switch (storage area network switch), SAN technology and arrays, Virtual Storage Area Network (VSAN)

Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesTake a deep dive into seven reasons, including performance issues and scalability demands, an SMB would want to ditch NAS in favor of entry-level SAN. By Robert Sheldon Storage area networks were once limited to large organizations with the resources to deploy and maintain these complex systems. Prices have decreased, however, and SANs have become a viable option for small

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5 ways hybrid cloud storage is changing SAN management

Staff Writer/ February 2, 2021/ Cloud computing, Cloud Storage, Data Center Hardware, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, SAN switch (storage area network switch), SAN Technology and Arrays

Reading Time-approximately: 6 minutesIncreasing reliance on cloud storage is changing the way storage area networks are managed and the challenges that SAN admins face in responding to business requirements. By Stephen Engelhardt Data has grown at an unprecedented pace for years, and storage management has had to change to keep up. Industry observers have repeatedly predicted that storage area networks would become obsolete.

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SAN switch (storage area network switch)- a tech definition

Staff Writer/ February 2, 2021/ Batting for Tech in the Covid-19 Times, Data Center Hardware, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, SAN switch (storage area network switch), SAN Technology and Arrays, Tekmart Enterprise Hardware Tips

Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesA storage area network (SAN) switch is a device that connects servers and shared pools of storage devices and is dedicated to moving storage traffic. By Robert Sheldon SAN switches make it possible to build vast high-speed storage networks that interconnect thousands of servers accessing petabyte-scale data. At its most basic, a SAN switch manages traffic flow between the servers and storage devices, examining

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