Finding Room: A Look at Storage and Server Technology

There are now more ways to inexpensively store and manage your datathan ever before. We are reaping the R&D benefits that pushed thegrowth of disk drive capacity by 60% per yearin the '90s, with prices plummeting in lockstep. R&D alsotransformed the once-expensive, and frustratingly complex, FibreChannel SAN technology into plug-in PCI cards, a simple hub, and just alittle added software.

Finding your way through the technological lingo and sales pitches canbe tricky. Read what we have to say about what's new, what's good andwhat works.