iSCSI learning tip: It's a must to consider more than just cabling when designing an iSCSI-based storage network. Learn to look at the bigger picture when configuring or optimizing an iSCSI-based ...

Many technologies originally intended for the enterprise end up trickling down into the consumer market at some point. Some of these technologies (ethernet or virtualization, for instance) are more ...

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I've written a lot about iSCSI in these storage columns, and I believe it to have a very bright future, especially with 10-Gb Ethernet on the way and the significant difference in acquisition costs ...

Storage administrators have a number of possible options when looking to secure NAS and iSCSI IP-enabled storage devices, and deployment scenarios are a key factor in choosing the appropriate methods.

Ever wish you could boot servers directly from your IP network instead of having to call someone to do it manually? Cisco Systems answered that call with the release of “Network Boot” – a new feature ...

ISCSI is a standard protocol for running block-level SCSI commands over an IP network. Storage managers can use iSCSI as a low-cost way of consolidating and pooling storage into storage-area networks ...

With iSCSI making major inroads into the enterprise environment, more CIOs and storage administrators are considering this lower-cost technology to help facilitate a move to a centralized storage ...

There has been much discussion and a good dose of confusion about the term ISCSI. This relatively new protocol for storage technology offers many compelling benefits, including solid performance and ...

Citrix XenServer 5.5 has gained a lot of viability recently for enterprise installations with the support and management features that are now available with the new version. Like any virtualization ...

I'm looking at upgrading our primary storage array, and I was wondering what you all think about 10GbaseT vs 10G SFP+ DAC? What would be the best choice if we also need to support 1G for older servers ...

I have a pair of Cisco Nexus 5548 that have 2248G FEXes in each rack. The SAN (in this case an HP P2000) is in the same rack as the pair of 5548s, and so are the servers that will be talking to it via ...