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What is vSAN? Among other things, it’s a virtualized approach to software defined network storage that’s easier on administration – and your wallet. If you’re unfamiliar with the technology, this

For many users, VMware downloads are the first point of contact with the world of virtualization. There’s more to it than just the underlying software, and in this article we’ll

Shared storage and storage area networks (SANs) wouldn’t be possible without the underlying mechanisms and protocols connecting the parts and processes of a network. One of them is iSCSI. But

Once the preserve of large-scale enterprises, the virtual storage appliance (VSA) now brings shared storage and network agility to businesses of all sizes. Open source platforms now even make free

by Des Nnochiri, 17 Apr, 2022 Storage virtualization and the software-defined environments of virtual machines present particular challenges for administrators and business managers building a backup strategy for their IT

Information held in a virtualized storage system may require occasional backups – on-site, in the cloud, or both. In this article, we’ll be looking at the circumstances favoring one option

As the digital economy requires more and more enterprises to conduct at least part of their business online, organizations have been looking to the cloud to alleviate their IT burdens.

For some years now, IT budgeting has been a major concern for businesses of all types and sizes. As storage area networks (SANs) gain in popularity, SAN pricing and management

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What’s in an acronym? As far as network data sharing and the deployment of storage hardware are concerned, there’s quite a bit of difference between NAS and SAN. And as