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Resellers Eye Cisco’s SAN Extension Foray
If you are a reseller specializing in storage, you’ve probably bumped into customers who—quite literally—want to get more mileage out of their storage area networks. Indeed, customers would like to interconnect SAN islands, but Fibre Channel’s range is limited to about six miles. That’s a problem for organizations that want to mirror their data off-site…
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CA Said to Be Planning 1,000 Layoffs
Computer Associates International Inc. is planning to lay off at least 1,000 employees as it ramps up its offshore development, according to sources close to the Islandia, N.Y. company. The layoffs, which could represent as much as a 10 percent reduction of its 15,000 employee payroll, are expected to come in the first week of…
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Timing Looks Right for Storage Decisions
With storage managers finally ready to spend money, along with an announcement from Microsoft and new ratings for vendors’ products and services, next week’s Storage Decisions event in Chicago should kick off a strong year’s end for the industry. “I think the storage industry has started to move and shake in a positive and dramatic…
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Iomega Launches Wireless Network Storage
Iomega Corp.’s new NAS 100d network-attached storage servers add a feature that may leave the competition scrambling—wireless capabilities. Built-in 802.11g support allows it to connect wirelessly to an existing wireless network, so you can place it anywhere within your AP’s range. When plugged into an existing wired network, the NAS 100d server can also act…
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Build It: A Home Linux Server
Many of the machines we show you how to build here at ExtremeTech are of the “burn, baby burn” variety. But often those systems are Ferraris when all you need is a Ford. A good example of this is a home server whose main duties are to serve up files and a print queue 24/7…
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Maxtor Ships 300GB SATA Drive Kits
Maxtor Corp. on Monday announced that it had begun shipping its Maxtor SATA Ultra16 hard drive kits. The 250GB and 300GB kits are available from most retailers for $239.95 and $279.95, respectively. Parallel ATA Ultra16 hard drive kits will be available in the fourth quarter, according to the company. The drives themselves contain a 16MB…
