What, another one so soon! Yes, it’s time for Storage Short Take #31!
Storage Short Take #30
Storage Short Take is back!
Quora Question – Why is the SAN faster than iSCSI?
A question from Quora about how SAN performance differs between Fibre Channel and iSCSI
Storage Short Take #11
After a prolonged absence, we’re back with another data center storage short take.
Graphic Novel: A Few Good Storage Administrators
A graphic novel vignette about storage admins, inspired by “A Few Good Men.” A Satire.
Quora Answer: How to Choose A Storage Vendor?
An excellent question on how to compare storage solutions from major vendors, versus new startups.
Storage Basics: When to use SAN v. NAS
This is my answer to a question that came in via Quora: When should a administrator use a storage area network technology and when should he use a network area storage technology? “Network Area Storage” is not a commonly used term. The correct expansion of the NAS acronym is “Network Attached Storage,” which might make the the comparing/constrasting make a …
FCoE: The Birth of the SLAM Admin
We have LAN admins. We have Server admins. We have Storage admins. Each with its own culture and methods of doing things. Perhaps the biggest issue surrounding convergence is the need to converge people’s skillsets. I propose that teams that are going to be working together start seeing themselves as a joint SLAM (Storage and Local Area Management) admin, part …