Learning Enterprise Class Storage Solutions–RAID

The first part of this series focused on what I consider to be the basic building block of all enterprise class storage solutions – the hard drive. In this segment I am going to cover RAID which stands for Redundant Array of Independent Disks. The reason why I am focusing on RAID as the next step is because it is the logical combining of individual hard drives into a single virtual drive. Note that I used the ter

Why the HP Layoffs Matter to You

HP announced that 27,000 people will have their positions eliminated as the company restructures to focus on key business areas. That is a reduction of 7.7% based upon the nearly 350,000 employees that HP employs based upon their 2011 financials. You might be wondering why this matters to you as an IT professional who may or may not use HP products, and the reason is not because of the size of the reduction but bec

The Social Side of IT–Be Nice To The Vendors & Sales People

Today I was flooded with calls and requests to interview with various organizations. It is a great feeling to have many different options being made available to me as I continue my job hunt for the right role. As much as I would love to think that this happening as a result of my resume I would be fooling myself to believe that. You need a good resume in this industry. The way that the job hunt game is played is t

Learning Enterprise Class Storage Solutions–Where to Begin?

You are a young go-getter who wants to be in the business of IT. Looking at the market you see that enterprise class storage companies are growing both in sales and product offerings, and you decide to pursue storage technologies as your area of expertise. You dedicate yourself to the pursuit of knowledge on all matters of Storage Area Networks (SANs), Network Attached Storage (NAS), and Storage Virtualization. Tha