I’ve come across a number of customer sites that have only a single backup stream from each client running sequentially to a tape drive device.  While there is a concern that the time to recover increases if you have multiplexed data on a tape, there is also a need to properly stream the tape...

Is CLARiiON a 5×9s Box? Often I find myself engaged in projects where I am asked to document current storage tiers and develop future state tiers of storage. In characterizing each tier, performance and availability are among the key metrics that define each tier. There is the perception with some...