Enterprise Storage

Brocade puts self on block?

Sets up further contention in the storage industry

Compression is so 2005

Shift has moved to acceleration and shaping

Cheap SANs boast high-end features

Compellent, Dell, HP, Promise deliver bang for the storage buck

Compellent Storage Center 4.0: Fully-integrated, full-featured 4Gbps Fibre Channel system

Dell EqualLogic PS4000: iSCSI for the common manager

HP StorageWorks 2000sa: Compact, fast, affordable; lacks some features

Promise vTrak/Datacore SANMelody: DIY option for Fibre Channel or iSCSI

Synology offers iSCSI on the cheap

How we tested midrange SANs

Avere Systems debuts

Automated file migration for NAS appliances