In a double whammy, we have two potential storage beers events happening this week.
Tonight (sorry for the late notice), there will be a meetup at the Royal Oak in Windsor from 7pm (Tuesday 22nd), prior to the HDS Bloggers Day taking place Wednesday and Thursday.  The pub’s location can be found here:

I’ve picked out a selection of storage related white papers for this month.  Remember they’re free, you just need to register.

Transforming your Information Infrastructure with IBM’s Storage Cloud Solution Storage Source Magazine Improving Storage Efficiencies with Data Deduplication and Compression (IDC) Revolutionizing Enterprise Storage Infrastructure with [...]

There are three new white papers available on the site that may be of interest.  They are:

Create a Smarter Storage Strategy

http://thestoragearchitect.tradepub.com/free/w_fnet24

Availability and the Cloud

http://thestoragearchitect.tradepub.com/free/w_fnet22/

The Economic Impact of File Virtualization: Reducing Costs and Improving Efficiency for File-Based Storage

http://thestoragearchitect.tradepub.com/free/w_fnet09/

As usual I welcome any feedback as to whether this part of [...]

I’ve added a new section to the site, which you can find at the top of the navigation bar – “Storage White Papers“.  The selections are free, specifically storage orientated and here are a few examples to get you started:

Create a Smarter Storage Strategy Availability and the Cloud [...]

Here are a few pictures from tonight’s dinner;  some people turned up later than planned and joined in as they arrived.  Congratulations to the restaurant staff who served them so quickly.  Also congratulations to those who won prizes from Stephen’s cryptic competition.  We’re expecting good things from Devang as he won again with video hardware. [...]

The day has finally arrived and I’m sitting in the BA Lounge in Terminal 5.  As with any long distance trip I have that usual mixture of trepidation and excitement, especially when travelling to a place I haven’t visited before.

T5 is Heathrow’s new flagship terminal and the dedicated home for British [...]