Strategy and Technology
New Technology
Articles on future storage directions and technology
Storage Strategy
Storage Management Strategy - how to write a strategy, what storage should deliver and storage purchasing strategies
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Operating system specific Storage
Microsoft Windows storage management
Includes volume management, Removable media, Windows file systems and copy services
Novell Netware storage management
Includes NDS, Ifolder, clustering and file systems
Linux storage management
Includes Files and directories, file systems, Volume Management and Linux commands
z/OS storage management
Includes file types, file utilities, DFSMS, SMF and RMF
VSAM
Includes VSAM types, commands, buffering, tuning, IAM, DFSMSTVS and VSAM RLS
ICF catalogs
Includes catalog structure, backup and recovery, problem fixing and catalog products
z/OS batch tuning
Tips on how to speed up a batch run
Remote Data Mirroring
PPRC, GDPS, XRC and SRDF
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Data Lifecycle
FDRABR Overview
Including FDRABR backups, application backups, Compaktor, FDRCRYPT and FDReport
Instant Backups
FDRinstant - how to backup five terabytes in 5 minutes
TSM Overview
Tivoli Storage Manager, SQL queries, Tips, Performance Tuning, New Features, Tape Management and more
DFHSM - Mainframe HSM
DFHSM setup, tips and commands
Open Systems HSM
FDRupstream from Innovationdp and MSHSM from Caminosoft - Netware and Windows HSM
Bare Metal Recovery
recovering Windows servers from scratch, including Cristie and Veritas BMR
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Storage Hardware
Disk Architecture
Including Disk Architecture, Large storage disks, 3390 disks and channel speeds, RAID levels, z/OS disk management, PAV & MA, ESS Config.
Flash Memory Storage
Snapshot products
Includes Flashcopy from IBM, HDS Shadowimage, Timefinder from EMC, STKs Snapshot Copy and DRM from HP.
Serial ATA disks
Parallel and Serial ATA, Serial ATA 2, SATA Implementation and iSCSI.
Storage area networks
Including SAN design, Virtual SANs, IBM SVC/SFS, EMC Invista, HDS Tagmastore, HP Storage Grid, Switches and Directors and SAN Hints & Tips.
NAS storage
Tape
Tape drive comparisons, Helical Scan, Linear Technology, Tape Drive types, Tape Futures, Tape Error Handling and mainframe HSC Changes.
Virtual Tape
Virtual Tape Principles, suppliers, Mirrored Virtual Tape and Open System Virtual Tape.
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Database Storage
Lotus Notes
Includes Lotus Storage, Lotus File Structure, Database Indexing, Clustering & Replication, Backup and Recovery and Performance Tuning
DB2 databases
Includes DB2 storage DB2 Naming standards DB2 System files Image copies DB2 and SMS DB2 and DFHSM DB2 performance
Microsoft SQL databases
Includes MSSQL databases system databases user databases backup and recovery shrinking databases MSSQL Replication
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