Almost all database workloads are now (or eventually will be) virtualized. High availability (HA) clusters using virtual servers provide the application protection needed to satisfy even the most ...

Database admins are able to find storage performance problems easily using Performance Monitor. But why is it so hard to get storage administrators to find and fix storage performance problems? To ...

Microsoft's first attempt at creating a software-defined storage platform wasn't a big hit. Its updated version just might be. One of the most difficult things in designing IT infrastructure is to get ...

Data security provider Druva Inc. today announced expanded support for Microsoft Azure, including cloud-native data protection for Azure SQL and Azure Blob Storage. The new protection builds on ...

Microsoft's relational database engine has had the same licensing model since 2012. The new version released this week brings significant changes that brings SQL Server closer to Azure SQL's licensing ...

A network server that is dedicated to storage. A network attached storage (NAS) device is a true storage server because it is dedicated to data access and nothing else. However, a file server, ...

Paul Cohen, vice president of sales for New York-based PKA Technologies, No. 429 on the CRN 2020 Solution Provider 500, says the share gains are a result of HPE being ‘extremely aggressive’ with ‘demo ...