This sample Excel worksheet allows administrators to quantify the storage offering for their storage area network (SAN) and data protection infrastructures. The material is an adaptation of the Storage Networking Industry Association’s Tiered Services Catalog. Read the related entry in our Servers and Storage blog.

If PowerShell’s learning curve has kept you from embracing it for daily use, “cool” might not be a word you’d associate with it. But PowerShell is here to stay. It’s a core part of Exchange 2007, Windows Server 2008, and SQL Server 2008, and it has immense power. IT pro Rick Vanover shares some tricks ...