bechmark test on video card
A SearchStorage.com reader recently asked: Is lower better? I just did a bechmark test on my video card using a software that cane with my system, the first time I got a score of 73, after letting the progam optimize the card it dropped to 43
A SearchStorage.com reader recently asked: Is lower better? I just did a bechmark test on my video card using a software that cane with my system, the first time I got a score of 73, after letting the progam optimize the card it dropped to 43
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Backup examples
A SearchStorage.com reader recently asked: Are there any example documents out there for the Management and Maintenance of Backup Media(Tapes)?
A SearchStorage.com reader recently asked: Are there any example documents out there for the Management and Maintenance of Backup Media(Tapes)?
Selectively removing data from a backup tape
Is there any method available to remove selected data from a backup tape without erasing the tape? I have several tapes with numerous backup sets on them and need to remove selected data from each backup set while maintaining the remainder of data in each backup set. The need arrives from data...
Is there any method available to remove selected data from a backup tape without erasing the tape? I have several tapes with numerous backup sets on them and need to remove selected data from each backup set while maintaining the remainder of data in each backup set. The need arrives from data...
Help with IBM ds6800 storage array. can't assign storage unit to complex.
Getting a message that says the storage management console server can not be contacted. we've never installed one of these before, but been to IBM training on it. training was uselsess for implementation from scratch. has anyone done one of these and can tell me where we are going wrong? will...
Getting a message that says the storage management console server can not be contacted. we've never installed one of these before, but been to IBM training on it. training was uselsess for implementation from scratch. has anyone done one of these and can tell me where we are going wrong? will...
Mainframe Datasets & EBCDIC codepages
Hi all, I am 'stuck' & would appreciate some of your time to consider my question below please....... We have some in-house written software which converts data from ASCII to EBCDIC & visa-versa (amongst other functions...) One of our marketing agencies have recently started using a process (on...
Hi all, I am 'stuck' & would appreciate some of your time to consider my question below please....... We have some in-house written software which converts data from ASCII to EBCDIC & visa-versa (amongst other functions...) One of our marketing agencies have recently started using a process (on...
How to configure the 4th Hard disk of 36gb into existing 18.2gb x 3 hard disk
A SearchStorage.com reader recently asked: kindly guide how to configure the 4th hard disk to the existing capacity of 18.2gb x 3 hard disk. we have the system with raid -5 , system already showing the 4th hard disk but we could not get the 4th hard disk capacity into the existing one. I hope you...
A SearchStorage.com reader recently asked: kindly guide how to configure the 4th hard disk to the existing capacity of 18.2gb x 3 hard disk. we have the system with raid -5 , system already showing the 4th hard disk but we could not get the 4th hard disk capacity into the existing one. I hope you...
RAID 3 for video editing
A SearchStorage.com reader recently asked: Hi, I am a budding filmmaker looking for an inexpensive way to setup an at home post production facility (video editing, sound,etc.) Most of the raid cards that I have seen are very expensive. Can you recommend a raid 3 card that's reasonably priced and...
A SearchStorage.com reader recently asked: Hi, I am a budding filmmaker looking for an inexpensive way to setup an at home post production facility (video editing, sound,etc.) Most of the raid cards that I have seen are very expensive. Can you recommend a raid 3 card that's reasonably priced and...
Veritas Backup Exec 9.1 issues
A SearchStorage.com reader recently asked: We are using ?Veritas Backup Exec 9.1? for our Windows Server 2000 to backup data. This program is not working and we cannot backup the data. The error message is: ?Device could not be backed up because an error occurred while connecting to the Remote...
A SearchStorage.com reader recently asked: We are using ?Veritas Backup Exec 9.1? for our Windows Server 2000 to backup data. This program is not working and we cannot backup the data. The error message is: ?Device could not be backed up because an error occurred while connecting to the Remote...
maximize storage space on disk
A SearchStorage.com reader recently asked: I brought 120g hardisk. I really surprise, that I found there are only 112G. do you have any idea to get back that balance 8G and how I can apply if I find the same problem in thumb drive.
A SearchStorage.com reader recently asked: I brought 120g hardisk. I really surprise, that I found there are only 112G. do you have any idea to get back that balance 8G and how I can apply if I find the same problem in thumb drive.
Failover clustering in windows 2003 environment.
A SearchStorage.com reader recently asked: I want to test a failover clustering in windows 2003 environment. As am doing this at home, I don't have a SAN or Shared SCSI with me. Am struck at Shared Quorum. If am using Majority Node Cluster, is it possible to test with the IDE hard disks of these...
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| Jul 19 2005 12:52 AM GMT
Windows Server 2003, Microsoft Windows, Storage products and equipment
A SearchStorage.com reader recently asked: I want to test a failover clustering in windows 2003 environment. As am doing this at home, I don't have a SAN or Shared SCSI with me. Am struck at Shared Quorum. If am using Majority Node Cluster, is it possible to test with the IDE hard disks of these...
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| Jul 19 2005 12:52 AM GMTWindows Server 2003, Microsoft Windows, Storage products and equipment
RAID vs Mirroring
Conceptually, I understand the difference between RAID and mirroring. But many times, things are not always as simple as they seem. That said, I'm configuring a new i5 520 with 35gb drives RAID protected versus 35gb drives mirrored and with IBM's recent offerings, the mirrored drives are less...
Conceptually, I understand the difference between RAID and mirroring. But many times, things are not always as simple as they seem. That said, I'm configuring a new i5 520 with 35gb drives RAID protected versus 35gb drives mirrored and with IBM's recent offerings, the mirrored drives are less...
Ultrium1 Autoloader vs Ultrium3 Tape Drive
Our existing model 820 has an Ultrium1 tape drive attached (the 7 tape autoloader model 3581, I think). Each night we run a Go SAVE, option 21 (1 hour) and our system fits nicely on one tape about 100gb in size. I'm configuring an Ultrium3 on a new i5 to reduce our backup time and increase our...
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| Jul 14 2005 4:16 PM GMT
Storage, Tape drives/Libraries, Storage products and equipment
Our existing model 820 has an Ultrium1 tape drive attached (the 7 tape autoloader model 3581, I think). Each night we run a Go SAVE, option 21 (1 hour) and our system fits nicely on one tape about 100gb in size. I'm configuring an Ultrium3 on a new i5 to reduce our backup time and increase our...
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| Jul 14 2005 4:16 PM GMTStorage, Tape drives/Libraries, Storage products and equipment
Recommendation of Win2k srvr HDD perf monitoring
Can anyone recommend what Performance Log Counters they would configure their Win2k server to monitor its disk, RAID controller, and other hardware / software settings that supports a server?s data storage and transfer of data (e.g. SCSI card, Hard Drive, Paging, I/O, etc.)? I have to set up a...
Can anyone recommend what Performance Log Counters they would configure their Win2k server to monitor its disk, RAID controller, and other hardware / software settings that supports a server?s data storage and transfer of data (e.g. SCSI card, Hard Drive, Paging, I/O, etc.)? I have to set up a...
Installing RAID 1 on XP machines or use server software?
We have a mission critical robot on the production line that is run by 3 pc quality machines running NT4 workstation. They are referred to as A B and C It has crashed 2 times in the last year. Both times it was the motherboard on PC B. This machine runs 24x7. The IT department has not had much...
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| May 13 2005 9:32 AM GMT
Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, Storage products and equipment
We have a mission critical robot on the production line that is run by 3 pc quality machines running NT4 workstation. They are referred to as A B and C It has crashed 2 times in the last year. Both times it was the motherboard on PC B. This machine runs 24x7. The IT department has not had much...
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| May 13 2005 9:32 AM GMTWindows Server 2003, Windows XP, Storage products and equipment
Backup strategy using Hardware Snapshot
Has anyone got rid of their backup software and is using Hardware snapshot to provide their backups? If so have you found any gotcha's in this approach? All experiences or thoughts on this backup strategy would be appreciated.
Has anyone got rid of their backup software and is using Hardware snapshot to provide their backups? If so have you found any gotcha's in this approach? All experiences or thoughts on this backup strategy would be appreciated.
Fire proof Device/Data back up
I was asked by my boss this week about solution or a method of fire proofing a backup drive, tape or dvd. We currently place our previous days back up tape in a firesafe box, but is any device that fire proofs current backup data? For example, Is there a fire proof safe that can contain a hard...
I was asked by my boss this week about solution or a method of fire proofing a backup drive, tape or dvd. We currently place our previous days back up tape in a firesafe box, but is any device that fire proofs current backup data? For example, Is there a fire proof safe that can contain a hard...
cyclic redundancy check error on floppy
I backed up some data to a floppy for temporary safekeeping, then reformatted the hard drive of the pc the data had been on, and reinstalled the OS (WinXP) and programs. When I try to restore the data from the floppy, I receiver an error about a "cyclic redundancy check" failure and the data will...
I backed up some data to a floppy for temporary safekeeping, then reformatted the hard drive of the pc the data had been on, and reinstalled the OS (WinXP) and programs. When I try to restore the data from the floppy, I receiver an error about a "cyclic redundancy check" failure and the data will...
Storage Solution for JIC (Just-in-case) Clients
We have set up a quota on network storage to our clients for their email and personal data but we have users that keeps everything and refuses to purge any files (some are 10-20 years old). As an alternative solution, we provide a portable cd or dvd burner on a temporary basis to help reduce their...
We have set up a quota on network storage to our clients for their email and personal data but we have users that keeps everything and refuses to purge any files (some are 10-20 years old). As an alternative solution, we provide a portable cd or dvd burner on a temporary basis to help reduce their...
External Hard Drive Recovery
HI there I've ran into a little bit of a problem... ok it maybe is not so little. I seemed to have erased the data from an external hard drive. I was re-installing WinXP on a machine that had RAID and would not boot from the cd so I plugged in the external hard drive which seemed to have make it...
HI there I've ran into a little bit of a problem... ok it maybe is not so little. I seemed to have erased the data from an external hard drive. I was re-installing WinXP on a machine that had RAID and would not boot from the cd so I plugged in the external hard drive which seemed to have make it...
