Hurricanes, lawsuits, regulations and a rash of lost magnetic tapes have put data storage in the headlines recently. As storage becomes a high-profile function vital to business continuity and security, this special report identifies the latest trends in encryption, backup and provisioning. The special report also includes a QuickStudy tutorial on "virtual tape" and a look at the growing job stature of storage administrators.
Storage: New Wrinkles 2006
Stories in this report:
- New Wrinkles in Storage
- Storage Package Overview
- Backing Up the Virtual Machine
- Sidebar: How Many Licenses?
- Battle of the Bulge
- Sidebar: Provisioning Pretender
- Sidebar: Thin Provisioning Explained
- Cruising Over Copper
- DIY Recovery
- Sidebar: A Comeback for Managed Storage Services?
- Data Points: Storage
- Safe and Sound
- Sidebar: How Long Will It Be Safe?
- Sidebar: Have a Key-Recovery Plan
- Sidebar: Encryption Decrypted
- Storage-free Zone
- The Storage Specialty
- Sidebar: Resume Gold
- Sidebar: Big Cities, Big Bucks
- Virtual Tape