Macworld Storage World Blog

Dan Moren - Heavier than air

nick_spence@macworld.co.uk (Dan Moren) — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 09:13:00 GMT

Rumors say Apple may be super-sizing the MacBook Air, but they also speculate that you may soon be talking to your iPhone. In fact, these are all just weapons being prepared for the oncoming patent war. And just what will it take to get kicked out of an Apple Store? One man sets out to find the truth.Apple Finishing Up Work on an Ultra-Thin 15” Mac Notebook (MacRumors)

HP updates StorageWorks SANs

nick_spence@macworld.co.uk (Lucas Mearian) — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 16:36:00 GMT

Hewlett-Packard upgraded to its entry-level modular storage array, and added network failover features to its midrange array via its SAN/iQ SAN clustering software.The upgraded HP StorageWorks MSA P2000 G3 storage area network (SAN) products offer twice the number of drives, twice the performance, four times the number of snapshots as the previous version of the array line. The upgraded entry level products also add support for 2.5-in. small form factor drives.

HP updates StorageWorks SANs

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 16:36:00 GMT

Hewlett-Packard upgraded to its entry-level modular storage array, and added network failover features to its midrange array via its SAN/iQ SAN clustering software.

HP updates StorageWorks SANs

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 16:36:00 GMT

Hewlett-Packard upgraded to its entry-level modular storage array, and added network failover features to its midrange array via its SAN/iQ SAN clustering software.

IBM offers de-duplication for mainframes

nick_spence@macworld.co.uk (Lucas Mearian) — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 16:27:00 GMT

IBM announced that it's bringing data de-duplication to its mainframes through an upgraded gateway appliance that has the ability to compress up to 25TB of tape application data into 1TB of disk space.IBM said its System Storage TS7680 ProtecTIER Deduplication Gateway for System z, a data protection platform for z/OS environments, is available immediately.

IBM offers de-duplication for mainframes

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 16:27:00 GMT

IBM offers de-duplication for mainframes

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 16:27:00 GMT

Virtualisation saves credit company £500k a year

nick_spence@macworld.co.uk (Anh Nguyen) — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 16:25:00 GMT

CMA (Credit Market Analysis), the credit information company, is making annual savings of more than £500,000 after virtualising its storage and server infrastructure with Compellent.By implementing Compellent’s Fluid Data storage and server virtualisation technology from VMware, the company has made the savings by cutting power and management costs.

Virtualisation saves credit company £500k a year

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 16:25:00 GMT

CMA (Credit Market Analysis), the credit information company, is making annual savings of more than £500,000 after virtualising its storage and server infrastructure with Compellent.

Virtualisation saves credit company £500k a year

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 16:25:00 GMT

CMA (Credit Market Analysis), the credit information company, is making annual savings of more than £500,000 after virtualising its storage and server infrastructure with Compellent.

Protect data with encrypted hard drives

nick_spence@macworld.co.uk (Joe Kissell) — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:45:00 GMT

If you want to encrypt the contents of an external hard drive to protect its data in case of loss or theft, you’ve got a lot of options. You can create an encrypted disk image using Apple’s Disk Utility. You can use any of several third-party encryption programs, such as TaoEffect’s Espionage, Northern Software’s FileWard, or Smith Micro’s StuffIt Deluxe, to encrypt individual files or folders. Alternatively, if you’re using the drive exclusively for backups, you may be able to make use of encryption capabilities in your backup software.All these methods are fine, but in some situations conventional software encryption isn’t adequate. For example, if you want to use Time Machine but also keep your backups encrypted, you’ll have to jump through extra, complicated hoops because Time Machine lacks an encryption feature. Similarly, if you want to use a program like Bombich Software’s Carbon Copy Cloner (payment requested) or Shirt Pocket Software’s SuperDuper) to create a duplicate of your startup disk that’s both bootable and encrypted, regular software encryption won’t do the trick. Ditto if you want to be able to use an encrypted external drive on any computer (Mac or PC) without needing special software.

Protect data with encrypted hard drives

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:45:00 GMT

Protect data with encrypted hard drives

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:45:00 GMT

One way to end a stuck Time Machine backup

nick_spence@macworld.co.uk (Macworld Staff) — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:43:00 GMT

Have you ever had Time Machine get stuck—really stuck—on a backup? So stuck that clicking Stop Backing Up does nothing, so stuck that moving the On/Off slider in the Time Machine System Preferences panel to Off does nothing? If so, then this hint may help you get out of that “stucky” situation.Open Terminal, and run these two commands:

One way to end a stuck Time Machine backup

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:43:00 GMT

One way to end a stuck Time Machine backup

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:43:00 GMT

Simultaneously save files to iDisk

nick_spence@macworld.co.uk (Christopher Breen) — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:34:00 GMT

Reader Recutecu seeks a way to easily save files to his iDisk. He writes:Is there some way to save files to your hard disk and iDisk at the same time?

Simultaneously save files to iDisk

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:34:00 GMT

Reader Recutecu seeks a way to easily save files to his iDisk. He writes:

Simultaneously save files to iDisk

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:34:00 GMT

Reader Recutecu seeks a way to easily save files to his iDisk. He writes: