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ALSO CALLED: Array, R A I D Array, Storage Arrays, Arrays, RAID Array, Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks, R A I D, Redundant Array of Independent Disks, and Disk Arrays
DEFINITION: What is RAID?

RAID (redundant array of independent disks; originally redundant array of inexpensive disks) is a way of storing the same data in different places (thus, redundantly) on multiple hard disks. By placing data on multiple disks, I/O (input/output)  … 
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Tools to Test Your DR Plan
sponsored by Storage Magazine
JOURNAL ARTICLE: In addition to periodically testing your disaster recovery (DR) site, DR testing tools can constantly monitor the site's readiness to recover from a disaster.
Posted: 03 Sep 2008 | Published: 01 May 2008
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Dell PowerVault MD3000 3000 Mailbox Single Copy Cluster Microsoft Exchange 2007 Storage Solution
sponsored by Dell, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: This white paper describes a tested and validated storage solution for a 3000 mailbox Exchange 2007 environment with Single Copy Cluster in a high availability clustering mechanism based on the Microsoft Cluster Service shared storage.
Posted: 27 Aug 2008 | Published: 27 Aug 2008
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Solution Guide - Choosing Storage for Dell Database Solutions with Dell™ PowerVault™ and Dell/EMC Storage
sponsored by Dell, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: This white paper provides a guide for choosing an appropriate storage architecture for Dell Database Solutions deployed on Dell PowerEdge servers with Dell PowerVault and Dell/EMC storage.
Posted: 27 Aug 2008 | Published: 27 Aug 2008
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Dell PowerVault MD3000 1000 Mailbox Local Continuous Replication Microsoft Exchange 2007 Storage Solution
sponsored by Dell, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: This white paper describes a tested and validated storage solution for a 1000 mailbox Exchange Server 2007 environment with Local Continuous Replication (LCR) feature.
Posted: 27 Aug 2008 | Published: 27 Aug 2008
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Deploying Microsoft® SQL Server™ 2005 Standard Edition with SP2 Using the Dell™ PowerVault™ MD3000i iSCSI Storage Array
sponsored by Dell, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: This white paper provides an architectural overview and configuration guidelines for deploying Microsoft SQL Server 2005 on Dell PowerEdge servers with the Dell PowerVault MD3000i iSCSI storage array.
Posted: 27 Aug 2008 | Published: 27 Aug 2008
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Dell™ PowerVault™ MD3000i 5000 Mailbox Single Copy Cluster Microsoft® Exchange 2007 Storage Solution
sponsored by Dell, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: This document provides information on Dell's PowerVault MD3000i Plus MD1000 storage solution for Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, based on Microsoft Exchange Solution Reviewed Program (ESRP) Storage program.
Posted: 27 Aug 2008 | Published: 27 Aug 2008
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Dell™ PowerVault™ MD3000
sponsored by Dell, Inc.
DATA SHEET: PowerVault MD3000 is a modular disk storage array capable of housing up to 15 3.5-inch SAS or SATA disk drives in a single 3U rack enclosure.
Posted: 27 Aug 2008 | Published: 27 Aug 2008
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Modular Storage: The Dell™ Powervault™ MD Storage Family
sponsored by Dell, Inc.
BROCHURE: The Dell™ PowerVault™ MD family can simplify IT by optimizing your data storage architecture and ensuring the availability of your data.
Posted: 27 Aug 2008 | Published: 27 Aug 2008
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Storage Magazine - August 2008
sponsored by Storage Magazine
WHITE PAPER: Read Storage Magazine's August edition which features the following articles: Enterprise-ready VTLs, Quality Awards IV: It's a tie--EMC and NetApp share enterprise array honors, Storage at your service, Lights, camera, storage!
Posted: 19 Aug 2008 | Published: 19 Aug 2008
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Conquering the Storage Provisioning Balancing Act - Dell/EMC CX4 Virtual Provisioning Overview
sponsored by Dell | EMC
WHITE PAPER: In this white paper learn how Virtual Provisioning and the new Dell/EMC CX4 Series helps organizations to reduce storage costs by increasing capacity utilization, simplifying storage management, and reducing application downtime.
Posted: 08 Aug 2008 | Published: 01 Aug 2008
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HP StorageWorks 4400 Enterprise Virtual Array (EVA4400) Performance
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
WHITE PAPER: In this white paper learn how sequential performance provides customers with improved data transfer rates for applications such as data warehousing, streaming video, high-performance technical computing, and backups and restores.
Posted: 07 Aug 2008 | Published: 01 Aug 2008
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The Guide to Backup and Continuous Data Protection Integration
sponsored by Symantec Corporation
WHITE PAPER: Continuous data protection (CDP) has emerged as an extremely viable method of protecting your critical data. This eGuide provides an overview on CDP technology, highlights best practices for implementation and discusses how to control RAID through...
Posted: 06 Aug 2008 | Published: 06 Aug 2008
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Business Value of Virtualized IT - Ensuring That Your Virtualized Servers and Storage Work in Harmony
sponsored by Citrix
WHITE PAPER: In this paper, IDC examines how implementing a virtualized network storage environment ensures that organizations can maximize the benefits of server virtualization.
Posted: 04 Aug 2008 | Published: 01 Jul 2008
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MAID and De-duplication: The Best of Both Worlds
sponsored by COPAN Systems
WHITE PAPER: Learn how COPAN Systems has delivered with its VTL (Virtual Tape Library) a data de-duplication architecture called Single Instance Repository on MAID (Massive Array of Idle Disks), a complete mechanism for analyzing data as it is stored.
Posted: 30 Jul 2008 | Published: 01 Jul 2008
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Virtualizing Storage Infrastructure for VMware Storage Needs
sponsored by NetApp
WHITE PAPER: NetApp lets you increase the utilization of your hardware so that you get more from each dollar you spend, while providing unsurpassed data protection and data management for your entire VMware environment.
Posted: 23 Jul 2008 | Published: 01 Jul 2008
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GPS Receiver Testing
sponsored by National Instruments
WHITE PAPER: Today, the power of software enables you to create GPS waveforms that accurately emulate the real word signal. In addition, advances in instrument bus technology enable record and playback of live GPS signals with PXI instrumentation.
Posted: 21 Jul 2008 | Published: 01 Jan 2006
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Storage Virtualization Presentation Download: Breaking the Connections
sponsored by Dell, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: Storage virtualization is here, breaking the connection between physical storage infrastructure and the way we use it. This presentation download provides an overview on storage virtualization and the different kinds of virtualization technologies...
Posted: 08 Jul 2008 | Published: 08 Jul 2008
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The Next Wave of Virtualization
sponsored by EMC Partner Organization
VIDEOCAST: The next generation of virtualization will have a big impact on storage infrastructures. Find out the chief storage management challenges associated with a virtualized environment, and get practical tips on how to deal with them.
Posted: 30 Jun 2008 | Premiered: 30 Jun 2008
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The Storage Virtualization Roadmap
sponsored by EMC Partner Organization
VIDEOCAST: Implementing and evaluating storage virtualization continues to be high-on-mind for many storage managers. But how did we get to this point in the storage continuum? In this expert Videocast, Steve Duplessie explains by building a virtualization roadmap.
Posted: 30 Jun 2008 | Premiered: 30 Jun 2008, 09:00 EDT (13:00 GMT)
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Digging into iSCSI
sponsored by EMC Partner Organization
VIDEOCAST: In this expert Videocast, Stephen Foskett, Director of Data Practice at Contoural, digs into iSCSI and explains some of the benefits and pitfalls regarding the technology.
Posted: 30 Jun 2008 | Premiered: 30 Jun 2008, 09:00 EDT (13:00 GMT)
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Hitachi's SMS: Enterprise Functions Meets Consumer Simplicity
sponsored by MPC Corporation
PRODUCT LITERATURE: The SMS system is Hitachi's first strategic foray into the storage market for SMBs and distributed enterprise, this would make SMS suitable for mobile applications like military duty, and mobile health care units.
Posted: 30 Jun 2008 | Published: 15 Oct 2007
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Advanced Backup School II
sponsored by EMC Partner Organization
WEBCAST: In this Webcast, VP of Data Protection Services for GlassHouse Technologies, W. Curtis Preston explains what options you have when creating a disk-based system and the steps you need to take before implementing it.
Posted: 30 Jun 2008 | Premiered: Available On Demand
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StorTrends iTX®: Application-aware Scheduled Snapshots with Microsoft® VSS and SAFE
sponsored by Excel Meridian Data, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: The snapshot implementation featured in StorTrends iTX is undoubtedly one of the best, most feature-rich in the industry.
Posted: 30 Jun 2008 | Published: 01 Jan 2007
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TOPICS:  Backups | Data Storage | NAS | RAID | SAN

ISE: A New Foundation for Data Storage
sponsored by Xiotech Corporation
VIDEOCAST: This Videocast highlights a revolutionary next generation disk storage platform that delivers a number of performance advantages over conventional technologies.
Posted: 18 Jun 2008 | Premiered: 18 Jun 2008, 09:00 EDT (13:00 GMT)
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Solutions for Simplifying Storage Management in VMware Environments
sponsored by Xiotech Corporation
VIDEOCAST: Fortunately, new solutions are emerging to combat these issues and this Videocast highlights one such technology. View this Videocast to learn about an innovative new solution that integrates with VMware environments to deliver critical benefits.
Posted: 17 Jun 2008 | Premiered: 17 Jun 2008, 09:00 EDT (13:00 GMT)
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RAID DEFINITION (continued): …  operations can overlap in a balanced way, improving performance. Since multiple disks increases the mean time between failures (MTBF), storing data redundantly also increases fault tolerance.

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A RAID appears to the operating system to be a single logical hard disk. … 
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