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VMware vSphere Storage Thin Provisioning dramatically increases virtual machine storage utilization by enabling dynamic allocation and intelligent provisioning of physical storage capacity. Storage Thin Provisioning gives you higher utilization by letting you dedicate more storage capacity than the actual available capacity. Traditionally, application administrators estimated and requested capacity, keeping future growth in prospective. This over-provisioning of capacity resulted in unused space, similar to the problem of RAM over-commitment in the server space.   7 – WD Small Business Server Answers the Need for Small Business Data Storage Small businesses often need centralized data storage for apps and data, beyond what desktop PC units can provide. But if you’re running a small business, you may not need a large server, and all…

One of the well-known drawbacks to server virtualization is a drop in performance, along with an increase in storage requirements. As storage continues to drop in price, the second factor becomes less of a problem, as the benefits of virtualization far outweigh these drawbacks. But today’s technology provides solutions; IT directors and organizations no longer have to make sacrifices to enjoy the benefits of virtualization.  One solution to the performance issue is a storage hypervisor, a virtual appliance offered by a number of different manufacturers. The hypervisor is installed on each physical virtualization host and intercepts I/O requests before they get to the server, writing them to a log file and then to a pool of shared heterogenous storage. This…

Storms can wreak havoc on electronic equipment, leading to data recovery emergencies for Dallas and New York business owners,families and individuals. Did you know there’s an inexpensive, easy way that you can help protect your hard disk data from corruption during a storm or power outage?  A surge suppressor will divert any extra electricity transferred during a power surge to the ground through the electrical outlets ground wire. This keeps the electricity from damaging your sensitive electronic equipment. But what should you look for in a surge protector to help protect your electronics from power surges and avoid a data recovery emergency?  Your surge suppression needs will vary depending on whether you use your computer or other electronic device for…

The next generation of tablets and smartphones could have the processing power and data storage of today’s notebook PCs, if new NAND flash memory introduced by Samsung is any indication.  The technology giant recently announced the mass production of its 128 GB NAND flash memory for smartphones and tablets.  The 128GB eMMC (embedded multimedia card) Pro Class 1500 is the successor to 16 GB, 32GB and 64GB NAND flash memory from Samsung. All versions of the cards read data sequentially at speeds up to 140MB/s, with a write speed as high as 50MB/s.  The storage device combines eight Samsung 64GB NAND memory layers in a fully managed NAND with a high performance controller and intelligent flash-management firmware, and is small…

http://www.enterprisestorageforum.com/storage-technology/storage-challen… While virtual servers are growing in popularity, they haven’t quite taken off to the extent that some industry experts predicted or expected. About 50 percent of the world’s data centers still have not been virtualized.  There are three main reasons why IT administrators who have not yet jumped on the virtual server bandwagon are hesitant to adopt the technology. Let’s explore these reasons and some possible solutions.  As a side effect of implementing virtualization best practices in your organization, you will also reduce the odds of a data recovery emergency and the potential for mission critical data loss. Well-managed virtual server environments are less prone to crashing and hard drive failure.  Virtualization Challenge #1 Server sprawl is cited as…

As 24 Hour Data stays on the cutting edge of smartphone data recovery, it’s interesting to watch the market and track cell phone sales, in order to continue our data recovery research and development efforts in the fields of the most popular smartphones. For several years now, Samsung and Apple have led the pack, but in the third quarter of 2012, Samsung is widening the competitive gap.  According to ABI Research, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. shipped more than twice as many smartphones as Apple, Inc. in Q3 2012, in large part due to the popularity of the Galaxy SIII.  Last quarter, industry leader Samsung shipped 55.5 million smarphones, while Apple shipped 26.9 million.  Samsung Data Recovery As those in the…

When Hurricane Sandy ravaged the East Coast last month, thousands of families and business owners lost homes, offices, personal possessions, productive working time and mission critical data.  Even those homes and businesses who weren’t directly hit by the powerful storm surges and high tides may have lost mission critical data when power came back on following the storm. Power surges can cause logical and physical damage to hard disk drives and solid state drives, resulting in data loss. And, according to reports, this is not the end of the bad weather for the season for our northeastern friends. Wherever you live, here are some tips to help prevent data loss in the event of a power outage.  1 – Prepare…

Not only did Hurricane Sandy, the Superstorm that hit the East Coast in October, result in the loss of dozens of lives. Early estimates say the storm caused as much as $50 billion in http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/02/business/estimate-of-economic-losses-n… economic losses, dropping the nation’s economic growth by half a percentage point for the fourth quarter.  If you were a business or family directed affected by Hurricane Sandy, these figures are more than just “really big numbers” to you. You know, first-hand, the loss and devastation caused by the storm… damaged that it may take decades to repair.  If you suffered data loss during the storm, either as a result of flooding and water damage or power surges, this could represent additional revenue and productivity loss, as…

Several surveys circulating the industry reveal that IT administrators are if-fy about the reliability of the systems they manage. More than half of the IT managers said they cannot guarantee the computers on their network or used by employees are free of viruses and malware, that they are operating at peak efficiency, and that they will not fail without warning.  There are a number of reasons for this, including:  – No company-wide standards for antivirus protection – Different expiration dates and licensing agreements for antivirus solutions makes it difficult and time-consuming to track and plan for updates – No automated system warns when a hard drive or RAID server is about to fail due to components reaching the end of…

Western Digital has introduced a line up of new hard drives that the guys at Phoblographer.com say will make their fellow shutterbugs happy. With fast performance times, added stability that comes from RAID options, and plenty of storage space, these external hard drives make photo storage and back-ups easy. Let’s take a peek at the new drives, one created especially for Mac users.  WD My Book VelociRaptor Duo With 1 TB of storage space and data transfer via Thunderbolt, the VelociRaptor lives up to its name as a mean and fast hard disk drive for a variety of mission critical applications. Use the second Thunderbolt port to daisychain multiple drives and create a RAID 0 array for added storage capacity…