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Analyst Paper, Storage Switzerland: Don't Let Storage Eat Your Cloud ROI
Nov 2012
IBM Storwize V7000 Unified delivers the combined response needed from the storage system while keeping the system simple to manage. The ability of Storwize V7000 Unified to deliver simplified,...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
IBM Storwize V3700 Entry Disk
Nov 2012
IT organizations have limited resources but need to stay responsive to dynamic environments and act quickly to consolidate, simplify and optimize their IT infrastructures. The new IBM®...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
Developing an Enterprise flash strategy
Nov 2012
Starting from the definition, Storage Switzerland explains the challenges implicit in the development of an Enterprise Flash Strategy as a means to improve performance. With an emphasis on the...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
Buyer's E-Guide to Next Generation NAS
Dec 2012
Organizations today are creating more and more data - and they need to store, access and analyze that data for a greater number of purposes than ever before. Existing NAS systems are now being...
Provided by Oracle
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Whitepapers
IBM Storwize V3700 Entry Disk
Jan 2013
IT organizations have limited resources but need to stay responsive to dynamic environments and act quickly to consolidate, simplify and optimize their IT infrastructures. The new IBM®...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
IBM Storwize V3700: Ideal for VMware Environments
Jan 2013
Many businesses already have deployed or are considering VMware virtualization solutions to reduce costs through server consolidation while increasing the efficiency, utilization and flexibility...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
ESG Research Brief - Key Challenges in Data Storage
Dec 2012
ESG research recently investigated the top data storage challenges at midmarket and enterprise organizations. More than 400 IT and storage professionals ranked the importance of nineteen storage...
Provided by Quantum
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Whitepapers
Various Factor Comparison of DRAM-SSD and HDD Using TPC-H Benchmark
Oct 2012
Recently, Users needed storage for processing high-capacity data. Meanwhile, the HDD was used primarily as storage device, but SSD was developed as a fast access device. So, the use of SSD...
Provided by Hannam university
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Whitepapers
Centralized Systems Management: Dell Management Plug-In for VMware vCenter Vs. HP Insight Control for vCenter Server
Mar 2013
Leveraging the power of the Lifecycle Controller 2 and Dell Management Plug-In for VMware vCenter, Dell made server management simpler and faster in our test scenarios. In our tests, using Dell...
Provided by Principled Technologies
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Whitepapers
MAZE Security Protocol for Self Securing S4 Storage Server
Nov 2012
Storage Area Network (SAN) is an emerging technology in the industry with the capability to handle ever growing requirement for data storage in any enterprise. The flexibility provided by Storage...
Provided by International Journal of Computer Applications
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Downloads
Enabling IT Consolidation with iSCSI SANs and Wide-area Data Services (Podcast)
Nov 2007
To set up and manage a consolidated IT infrastructure that shares server and storage resources among distributed branch offices, many companies are turning to a combination of intelligent,...
Provided by Dell EqualLogic
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White Papers
How to increase VMware Availability Essential Guide
Aug 2011
In order to take full advantage of your VMware virtualized IT environment, you must also implement highly available shared storage (i.e. a SAN with High Availability technology) to help guarantee...
Provided by Starwind Software
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White Papers
iSCSI SAN for Education
Aug 2011
This white paper provides an overview of how a SAN can help overcome limited IT budgets, being effective and inexpensive solution for educational institutions. It gives a brief description of the...
Provided by Starwind Software
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Whitepapers
Walking the Dog animation studio manages creative assets with HP X9000 Network Storage System powered by Intel� Xeon� processors Case Study
Aug 2011
The success of Walking the Dog studio is a perfect example of how a small animation firm - run by the founders, shareholders, and owners Goossens and Roebben - can succeed in a fiercely...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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Podcasts
Microsoft Virtualization Best Practices for Exchange Server
Jan 2010
Intel and Microsoft solutions give IT organizations the means to maximize the value of iSCSI as they implement Storage Area Networks (SANs). In this podcast, the speaker explore how the...
Provided by Microsoft
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White Papers
SonD : A Fast Service Deployment System Based on IP SAN
Mar 2008
Deploying operating systems and services in an enterprise environment can be a time-consuming and cumbersome task. With the dramatic increase of the number of computers managed by the system...
Provided by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
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Whitepapers
Understanding the HP CloudSystem Reference Architecture
Aug 2011
HP CloudSystem is an integrated system for building and managing services across private, public and hybrid clouds. HP CloudSystem combines servers, storage, networking and security together with...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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Whitepapers
HP 3PAR Utility Storage: Next-Generation Storage for Virtual and Cloud Data Centers
Aug 2011
While there is indeed no way to "future-proof" the data center, there are certainly actions that can be taken today to maximize infrastructure efficiency and to build in the agility necessary to...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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Whitepapers
Gwinnett Medical Center relies on HP to help meet care goals
Aug 2011
Gwinnett Medical Center uses the HP storage area network (SAN)-which features five EVA systems split between its two data centers-to support almost all of its critical clinical and enterprise...
Provided by HP and Intel®
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Whitepapers
Michigan hospital improves patient care with healthy infrastructure powered by HP and VMware
Aug 2011
Effective medical care requires accurate and timely information, which is increasingly going online. At Metro Health, doctors and nurses use an electronic medical record (EMR) application from...
Provided by HP and Intel®
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Whitepapers
Norman Regional Health System: ROI Case Study
Aug 2011
Norman Regional Health System improves reliability, reduces costs, improves patient care and gains $6.1M in benefits with an HP and Meditech solution. Norman Regional Health System, a...
Provided by HP and Intel®
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Case Studies
How Cisco IT Uses SAN to Automate the Legal Discovery Process
Dec 2007
The biggest challenge facing the Cisco litigation team is the need to store, organize, and process huge volumes of data. A related challenge, once data is assembled, is to retrieve specific...
Provided by Cisco Systems
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Case Studies
How Cisco Migrated to a SAN Environment in Small European Data Center
Dec 2007
During 2001 and 2002, the hosting team faced some challenges because of the dramatic demand in data growth and the limitations of the early DAS model. Another problem is that DAS architecture is...
Provided by Cisco Systems
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Case Studies
How Cisco Multilayer Director Switch Operates With Other SAN Switches During SAN Migration
Dec 2007
Cisco Systems IT has long been a proponent of Storage Area Networks (SANs) over the less efficient and more complex Direct-Attached Storage (DAS)-based networks. The majority of early Cisco SAN...
Provided by Cisco Systems
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Case Studies
How Cisco IT Deployed a SAN for ERP Data Storage
Nov 2007
Until recently, Fibre Channel switches were characterized by low port density and low-availability designs. Director-class switches promised to change the landscape, but failed to deliver all the...
Provided by Cisco Systems
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Whitepapers
ESG Lab Validation Report - Reducing Storage Capacity and Costs without Compromise
Sep 2011
ESG Lab Validation Report - Reducing Storage Capacity and Costs without Compromise Even with the plethora of storage efficiency technologies-such as deduplication and thin provisioning-available...
Provided by IBM
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Case Studies
Brookfield Homes Saves with Equallogic SAN and Thin Provisioning
Jan 2008
Brookfield Homes is a home builder and land developer with operations on the West and East coasts. In addition to land purchases and home building, the company transforms unused urban shopping...
Provided by Dell EqualLogic
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White Papers
Wasabi Storage Builder for IP-SAN V2.0
Oct 2007
Network Attached Storage (NAS) provides a simple solution to expand storage in many Small and Medium Business (SMB) environments. Wasabi Storage Builder for NAS 2.0 delivers a secure, scalable and...
Provided by Wasabi Systems
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Whitepapers
Best Practices for SAP ERP Using HP Integrity Servers, HP StorageWorks 8000 Enterprise Virtual Array (EVA8000), Windows, and Oracle
Dec 2007
A significant change is taking place in the installed base of SAP systems. While many customers continue to run versions of SAP R/3 software, others have begun to migrate to the new SAP NetWeaver...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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Case Studies
Web Hosting Company Increases Server Capacity Six-Fold, Reduces Costs and Downtime
Jan 2008
With increased demands on its Web hosting infrastructure, HostMySite.com needed a solution that would minimize downtime while maximizing the number of sites on a single Web farm. HostMySite.com...
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
Coventry and Warwickshire IT Collaborative Meets Data and Security Needs for NHS Clients With NetApp
Jul 2011
The client is an IT Collaborative now supports over 4,000 users across the region. They need to replace a legacy SAN that was underperforming and failing to meet the needs of its users with an...
Provided by NetApp
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Case Studies
Property Agency Automates Data Storage With Unified Fabric
Mar 2011
The Landesbetrieb Liegenschafts-und Baubetreuung (LBB), the estate and construction management agency of Rheinland-Pfalz, offers construction and property management services to the federal state...
Provided by Cisco Systems
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White Papers
Best Practices for Storage Networks
Oct 2007
Storage networks often contain company proprietary information, trade secrets, and mission critical data. Ensuring the availability of the storage network and its components as well as the...
Provided by National Security Agency
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Whitepapers
IBM SAN Volume Controller (SVC): "A Building-Block Approach With DS4000 Storage"
Oct 2007
The IBM SVC (SAN Volume Controller) scales far beyond any single large storage subsystem, so an overall storage methodology should be employed to manage the storage at the virtual layer. A virtual...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
Implementing Microsoft Cluster Server (MSCS) and Windows 2000/2003 Boot From IBM DS4000 SAN With Blade Servers
Jun 2007
This paper illustrates the detailed configuration procedure necessary to implementing Microsoft Cluster Server (MSCS) and Windows 2000/2003 operating systems with IBM blade servers attached to the...
Provided by IBM
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Case Studies
Improving Performance and Reducing Costs to Supply Growing Demand
Dec 2007
Sabah Electricity Sendirian Berhad (SESB) is the only power utility company in Sabah (formerly North Borneo) supplying electricity to over 350,000 customers distributed over a wide area of 74,000...
Provided by Sun Microsystems
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Whitepapers
SAN Volume Controller Global Mirror Statistics Using TPC for Disk V3.1.3
Jun 2007
The purpose of this paper is to provide users of the SVC Global Mirror function with test scenarios that illustrate the usage of the new available SVC statistics. An important objective of this...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
IBM BladeCenter vs. HP BladeSystem Energy Efficiency Comparison Study
Oct 2011
This Edison Group paper validates through a third party that IBM BladeCenter leads the HP BladeSystem in energy efficiency when utilizing real-world blade server configurations to drive a...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
Intel IT: Cloud Storage for Efficiency and Capacity Management
Oct 2011
Moving to a highly-virtualized, shared SAN environment has forced us to develop new storage metrics and management approaches to boost efficiency and reduce costs.
Provided by Intel Corporation
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White Papers
Windows Enterprise Data Protection with Symantec Backup Exec
Dec 2007
Today's enterprises face a growing data protection challenge: how to optimize the backup and recovery of a volume of business-critical data that grows larger each and, in many cases, doubles each...
Provided by Symantec
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Case Studies
Barry University Leverages NetApp IP SAN to Deliver Fast, Reliable Exchange Mail Services to 10,000 Users
Feb 2009
Barry University is an international Catholic university offering more than 60 undergraduate and accelerated bachelor's programs for working adults and more than 50 graduate programs. Barry...
Provided by NetApp
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Case Studies
SMS Demag AG Achieves 40% Savings in Operating Costs With NetApp Unified Storage
Mar 2009
SMS Demag AG is a leading international supplier of plants and equipment for the metallurgy industry. The company is located in Düsseldorf, Hilchenbach, and Hilden, Germany, and has a presence in...
Provided by NetApp
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Case Studies
UTAC Renews Its Storage Infrastructure and Implements a Business Continuity Plan With NetApp
Apr 2009
L'Union Technique de l'Automobile, du Motocycle et du Cycle (UTAC) conducts its official business in the automobile sector and offers a large range of services in several industrial sectors. UTAC...
Provided by NetApp
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Case Studies
Chung Shan Medical University Hospital Strengthens the Management of Medical Records
Aug 2009
Established in 1966, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital (Chung Shan Hospital) is one of the three major medical centers in Taichung City, Taiwan, with an employee force of over 2,000. Chung...
Provided by NetApp
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Case Studies
Mosaic Technology Trims Sales Cycle by Up to 50% and Converts 20% of Leads Into Sales With Dell PartnerDirect Program
May 2009
Mosaic Technology sought to partner with a larger company to obtain sales, marketing and technical support, thereby extending its reach into the server and storage virtualization market. The...
Provided by Dell
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Whitepapers
Quantifying the value of investments in Application Performance Management
Dec 2009
As distributed software systems have become an integral part of business, the need to manage service delivery and quality in a cost-effective manner has grown in importance. HP provides an...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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Webcasts
Considerations and Best Practices for Virtualizing Business Critical Applications
Dec 2009
Server virtualization is widely accepted as one of the fastest ways to lower costs. Choosing the right storage solution is essential to maximize cost savings and provide the most flexibility to...
Provided by NetApp
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White Papers
Whitepaper: Dell Proconsult Deduplication Services
Nov 2009
Expert guidance and a proven process for reducing storage requirements and improving.
Provided by Dell EqualLogic
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White Papers
Power Solutions Article: Streamlining Data Management with CommVault Simpana and Dell EqualLogic PS5500E iSCSI SANs
Nov 2009
Ongoing data growth can present major challenges for IT organizations. The combination of CommVault® Simpana® backup-to-disk software and Dell™ EqualLogic™ PS5500E Internet SCSI (iSCSI) storage...
Provided by Dell EqualLogic
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White Papers
Setting the record straight: SAN defrag is vital to storage performance
Aug 2009
Data volumes continue to grow. More companies are consolidating and virtualizing their IT infrastructures and far more demand is placed on storage performance. But one aspect that often gets...
Provided by Condusiv Technologies
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White Papers
Power Solutions Article: Advancing Integration of Microsoft Hyper-V and Dell EqualLogic Virtualized SANs
Nov 2009
An enterprise-class storage infrastructure is essential for organizations transitioning to a virtualized data center. Dell™ EqualLogic™ PS Series Internet SCSI (iSCSI) storage area network (SAN)...
Provided by Dell EqualLogic
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White Papers
Whitepaper: EqualLogic TCO Analysis by ESG Lab
Nov 2009
This ESG Lab report examines the economic excellence of highly scalable EqualLogic iSCSI storage solutions compared to traditional direct attached storage (DAS), Fibre Channel storage area network...
Provided by Dell EqualLogic
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White Papers
Power Solutions Article: High-Availability Virtualization with Dell EqualLogic Arrays and Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V
Nov 2009
The Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 Release 2 (R2) Hyper-V™ platform introduces capabilities designed to deliver high availability for virtualized data centers. Integrating a Dell™ EqualLogic™ PS...
Provided by Dell EqualLogic
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White Papers
Towards SLA-Based Optimal Workload Distribution in SANs
Feb 2008
Storage Area Networks (SANs) connect storage devices to servers over fast network interconnects. The paper considers the problem of optimal SAN configuration with the goal of meeting Service Level...
Provided by University of Tubingen
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Case Studies
Cornell Lab of Ornithology Pairs Dell Servers With Intel Processor Technology, and Dell EqualLogic Storage to Save Six Figures
Oct 2009
Cornell Lab of Ornithology needed a consistent backup and disaster recovery solution to protect terabytes of critical data amassed by researchers to further conservation and explore the...
Provided by Dell
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Case Studies
Get the Motor Running
Sep 2009
Deeley Harley-Davidson wanted to introduce new services to meet business requirements and ensure service-level agreements (SLAs) with retail partners are met, while minimizing the maintenance load...
Provided by Dell
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Case Studies
Insuring Online Sales
Sep 2008
A storage I/O bottleneck hampered the performance of Safeway Insurance's application for independent insurance agents, undermining sales efforts. A storage I/O bottleneck hampered performance...
Provided by Dell
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Case Studies
Leading Medical Publisher Cuts Costs by 25% With Virtualized Datacentres
Mar 2009
Leading medical publisher Thieme wanted to optimise its datacentre to cope with continued business growth. But the company wanted to introduce an e-business platform to appeal to a greater number...
Provided by Dell
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Case Studies
Dutch IT Service Provider Can Launch New Servers and Storage Up to 75 Per Cent Faster Thanks to Virtualization
Jan 2009
Info Support wanted to respond faster to client requests by creating a development environment where new projects, complete with servers and storage, were up and running in a couple of hours. The...
Provided by Dell
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Case Studies
German Hospital Improves Speed and Availability With Rapidly Deployed Dell EqualLogic Virtualized Storage Solution
Jan 2009
German hospital Zentrum fur Soziale Psychiatre Haina gGmbH wanted to maximise the benefits of its virtualized server infrastructure to improve its data protection and recovery capabilities. The IT...
Provided by Dell
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Case Studies
Food Ingredients Giant Estimates That It Will Shed Two Thirds of Power Costs and Comes Out Greener With Large-Scale Virtualization Solution
Dec 2008
Food ingredients company Danisco found that running and cooling 250 servers at its main data centre was a drain on power and costs. The IT team wanted a simplified infrastructure that would be...
Provided by Dell
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Case Studies
Printing Firm Accesses Data 80 Per Cent Faster With Fully Scalable Solution
Oct 2008
A complex IT infrastructure and insufficient capacity had placed a constraint on the business of this Frankfurt-based printer. The company needed a fast, highly available, cost-effective and...
Provided by Dell
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Case Studies
Dell and Microsoft Solutions Help ServiceU Deliver Reliable System Performance and Create a Virtualized Environment That Reduces Power Consumption by 50 Percent
Feb 2009
ServiceU Corporation is a Memphis-based Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) provider that enables organizations to run successful events by helping manage a wide range of event-related logistics,...
Provided by Dell
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White Papers
Performance Advantage of Dell PowerEdge R900 over HP DL585 Running Microsoft Hyper-V
Sep 2008
Information Technology organizations are finding that combining today's industry standard servers based on multi-core processors with server virtualization can create highly efficient solutions. A...
Provided by Dell
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Case Studies
Virtualized Storage and Windows Server® 2008
Dec 2008
Storage virtualization is nothing new, but what is new and exciting with regard to storage virtualization and Windows Server® 2008? In this podcast, Computerworld Vice President Bill Laberis poses...
Provided by Dell
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Webcasts
Dell Talks Microsoft Consulting Services
Sep 2009
Dell's Burk Buechler describes Dell's Consulting Services for Microsoft.
Provided by Dell
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White Papers
Managing a Vast Technology Infrastructure: Using Microsoft Windows 7, Dell reduces support costs by 25 percent and time to complete imaging work by 50 percent
Aug 2009
Dell is planning to upgrade its 100,000 desktop and portable computers to the Windows 7 operating system to reduce desktop management costs and enhance data security.
Provided by Dell
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Presentations
Dell Offers Microsoft Consulting Services
Sep 2009
Dell's Burk Buechler describes how Dell ProConsult provides best practice and in-depth expertise to ensure optimal integration of Microsoft's core technologies to address customer needs.
Provided by Dell
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Whitepapers
Running VMware Infrastructure 3 on an HP SAN/iQ Software Version 8 SAN
Apr 2009
Before SAN connectivity via the iSCSI software adapter can be enabled, a specific network configuration is required. To correctly enable connectivity, a VMkernel network must be created with...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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Whitepapers
Assessing Performance in HP LeftHand SANs: HP LeftHand Starter, Virtualization, and Multi-Site SANs Deliver Reliable, Scalable, and Predictable Performance
Apr 2009
The HP LeftHand Starter, Virtualization, and Multi-Site SANs deliver reliable, scalable, and predictable performance for virtualization as well as for enterprise production environments that...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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Whitepapers
Matching Server Virtualization With Advanced Storage Virtualization: Using HP LeftHand SAN and VMware Infrastructure 3 for Improved Ease of Use, Reduced Cost and Complexity, Increased Availability, and Complete Compatibility
Apr 2009
In order to meet the challenges of running today's data centers, an increasing number of IT organizations like turning to VMware Infrastructure 3 software. The ability to virtualize the data...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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Whitepapers
Fundamentals of a Well-Built SAN
Jun 2009
Every SAN is built from a combination of software, hardware, and services, and in this respect iSCSI SANs from HP are no different from any other SAN. But that's where the similarity ends. HP...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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Whitepapers
HP StorageWorks SAN Virtualization Services Platform (HP SVSP)
May 2009
The HP StorageWorks SAN virtualization Services Platform or SVSP is a network-based storage virtualization solution that enables enterprises to manage, pool, and share storage resources to improve...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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Whitepapers
Rapid Application Recovery With HP StorageWorks SAN Virtualization Services Platform: Using Point-in-Time Copies and Distance Replication to Meet Toda's Stringent Recovery Objectives
Jul 2009
The backup window for many organizations and applications has been reduced from hours to minutes and even down to seconds. How can an IT staff achieve the goals of the business without...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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Whitepapers
Integrity Blade Server + SAN Infrastructure for SAP: Transferring SAP Applications With Oracle Database From HP 9000 or AlphaServer to HP Integrity Server Blades and HP StorageWorks SAN Infrastructure
Jun 2008
HP9000 customers have several infrastructure options to consider when upgrading to SAP ERP 6.0 and Oracle Database 10g or 11g. The HP Integrity blade server, coupled with HP StorageWorks EVA4400...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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Whitepapers
Rethinking Business Continuance: Driving Data Availability Up and Costs Down
Apr 2009
Many potential reasons for failure can cause business critical applications to go offline and endanger a company's viability. While server virtualization has provided solutions that help with...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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White Papers
Getting Started With VMware vSphere and Emulex/Cisco SANs
Jun 2009
The combination of VMware vSphere and Fibre Channel SANs provides substantial CapEx and OpEx savings. Cisco and Emulex are leaders in Fibre Channel technologies and provide scalable,...
Provided by VMware
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Case Studies
HP SAN Powers the Storage Future Electronics Can Count on to Run Business 24x7x365
Apr 2009
Future Electronics wanted to create an easily managed, cost-effective Storage Area Network (SAN) that offers performance, reliability, availability and heterogeneous interoperability 24x7x365 for...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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Case Studies
ASOS Increases Its Virtual Shop Front With HP Blade Servers
Jun 2008
ASOS is the UK's largest online fashion and beauty store, attracting more than one million visitors a week. Due to a growing team of web developers and slowing servers, the team's progress was...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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Case Studies
U.S. Air Force Manages Aircraft Site Using Powerful Storage Virtualization Platform
Jul 2009
U.S. Air Force wanted to meet business demands more flexibly; manage data more simply and efficiently; and mitigate the risk of lost data with a Storage Area Network (SAN) that pools, shares and...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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White Papers
The Need to Standardize Storage Device Performance Metrics
Aug 2011
In this IDC white paper, sponsored by Seagate, IDC lays the foundation and discusses the importance for storage device vendors to define and coalesce around a set of common performance metrics...
Provided by Seagate
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Podcasts
Microsoft Virtualization Best Practices for Exchange Server
Jan 2010
Intel and Microsoft solutions give IT organizations the means to maximize the value of iSCSI as they implement Storage Area Networks (SANs). In this podcast, the speaker explore how the...
Provided by Microsoft
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White Papers
SonD : A Fast Service Deployment System Based on IP SAN
Mar 2008
Deploying operating systems and services in an enterprise environment can be a time-consuming and cumbersome task. With the dramatic increase of the number of computers managed by the system...
Provided by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
-
Whitepapers
Understanding the HP CloudSystem Reference Architecture
Aug 2011
HP CloudSystem is an integrated system for building and managing services across private, public and hybrid clouds. HP CloudSystem combines servers, storage, networking and security together with...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
-
Whitepapers
HP 3PAR Utility Storage: Next-Generation Storage for Virtual and Cloud Data Centers
Aug 2011
While there is indeed no way to "future-proof" the data center, there are certainly actions that can be taken today to maximize infrastructure efficiency and to build in the agility necessary to...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
-
Whitepapers
Gwinnett Medical Center relies on HP to help meet care goals
Aug 2011
Gwinnett Medical Center uses the HP storage area network (SAN)-which features five EVA systems split between its two data centers-to support almost all of its critical clinical and enterprise...
Provided by HP and Intel®
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Whitepapers
Michigan hospital improves patient care with healthy infrastructure powered by HP and VMware
Aug 2011
Effective medical care requires accurate and timely information, which is increasingly going online. At Metro Health, doctors and nurses use an electronic medical record (EMR) application from...
Provided by HP and Intel®
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Whitepapers
Norman Regional Health System: ROI Case Study
Aug 2011
Norman Regional Health System improves reliability, reduces costs, improves patient care and gains $6.1M in benefits with an HP and Meditech solution. Norman Regional Health System, a...
Provided by HP and Intel®
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Webcasts
TechNet Webcast: Failover Clustering and Quorum in Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Storage (Level 300)1
Jan 2008
This webcast covers the new cluster storage architecture and describes how the new quorum model works in Windows Server 2008 Enterprise. The presenter explores the new way that how shared storage...
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
How Cisco IT Uses SAN to Automate the Legal Discovery Process
Dec 2007
The biggest challenge facing the Cisco litigation team is the need to store, organize, and process huge volumes of data. A related challenge, once data is assembled, is to retrieve specific...
Provided by Cisco Systems
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Case Studies
How Cisco Migrated to a SAN Environment in Small European Data Center
Dec 2007
During 2001 and 2002, the hosting team faced some challenges because of the dramatic demand in data growth and the limitations of the early DAS model. Another problem is that DAS architecture is...
Provided by Cisco Systems
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Case Studies
How Cisco Multilayer Director Switch Operates With Other SAN Switches During SAN Migration
Dec 2007
Cisco Systems IT has long been a proponent of Storage Area Networks (SANs) over the less efficient and more complex Direct-Attached Storage (DAS)-based networks. The majority of early Cisco SAN...
Provided by Cisco Systems
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Case Studies
How Cisco IT Deployed a SAN for ERP Data Storage
Nov 2007
Until recently, Fibre Channel switches were characterized by low port density and low-availability designs. Director-class switches promised to change the landscape, but failed to deliver all the...
Provided by Cisco Systems
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Whitepapers
ESG Lab Validation Report - Reducing Storage Capacity and Costs without Compromise
Sep 2011
ESG Lab Validation Report - Reducing Storage Capacity and Costs without Compromise Even with the plethora of storage efficiency technologies-such as deduplication and thin provisioning-available...
Provided by IBM
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Case Studies
Brookfield Homes Saves with Equallogic SAN and Thin Provisioning
Jan 2008
Brookfield Homes is a home builder and land developer with operations on the West and East coasts. In addition to land purchases and home building, the company transforms unused urban shopping...
Provided by Dell EqualLogic
-
White Papers
Wasabi Storage Builder for IP-SAN V2.0
Oct 2007
Network Attached Storage (NAS) provides a simple solution to expand storage in many Small and Medium Business (SMB) environments. Wasabi Storage Builder for NAS 2.0 delivers a secure, scalable and...
Provided by Wasabi Systems
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Whitepapers
Best Practices for SAP ERP Using HP Integrity Servers, HP StorageWorks 8000 Enterprise Virtual Array (EVA8000), Windows, and Oracle
Dec 2007
A significant change is taking place in the installed base of SAP systems. While many customers continue to run versions of SAP R/3 software, others have begun to migrate to the new SAP NetWeaver...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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Case Studies
Web Hosting Company Increases Server Capacity Six-Fold, Reduces Costs and Downtime
Jan 2008
With increased demands on its Web hosting infrastructure, HostMySite.com needed a solution that would minimize downtime while maximizing the number of sites on a single Web farm. HostMySite.com...
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
Coventry and Warwickshire IT Collaborative Meets Data and Security Needs for NHS Clients With NetApp
Jul 2011
The client is an IT Collaborative now supports over 4,000 users across the region. They need to replace a legacy SAN that was underperforming and failing to meet the needs of its users with an...
Provided by NetApp
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Case Studies
Property Agency Automates Data Storage With Unified Fabric
Mar 2011
The Landesbetrieb Liegenschafts-und Baubetreuung (LBB), the estate and construction management agency of Rheinland-Pfalz, offers construction and property management services to the federal state...
Provided by Cisco Systems
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Whitepapers
SAN Volume Controller: Best Practices and Performance Guidelines
Feb 2008
The IBM SAN Volume Controller (SVC) has unique SAN fabric configuration requirements that are different from what one may be used to for other storage devices. A quality SAN configuration can go a...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
Best Practices for Storage Networks
Oct 2007
Storage networks often contain company proprietary information, trade secrets, and mission critical data. Ensuring the availability of the storage network and its components as well as the...
Provided by National Security Agency
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Whitepapers
IBM SAN Volume Controller (SVC): "A Building-Block Approach With DS4000 Storage"
Oct 2007
The IBM SVC (SAN Volume Controller) scales far beyond any single large storage subsystem, so an overall storage methodology should be employed to manage the storage at the virtual layer. A virtual...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
Implementing Microsoft Cluster Server (MSCS) and Windows 2000/2003 Boot From IBM DS4000 SAN With Blade Servers
Jun 2007
This paper illustrates the detailed configuration procedure necessary to implementing Microsoft Cluster Server (MSCS) and Windows 2000/2003 operating systems with IBM blade servers attached to the...
Provided by IBM
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Case Studies
Improving Performance and Reducing Costs to Supply Growing Demand
Dec 2007
Sabah Electricity Sendirian Berhad (SESB) is the only power utility company in Sabah (formerly North Borneo) supplying electricity to over 350,000 customers distributed over a wide area of 74,000...
Provided by Sun Microsystems
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Whitepapers
SAN Volume Controller Global Mirror Statistics Using TPC for Disk V3.1.3
Jun 2007
The purpose of this paper is to provide users of the SVC Global Mirror function with test scenarios that illustrate the usage of the new available SVC statistics. An important objective of this...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
IBM BladeCenter vs. HP BladeSystem Energy Efficiency Comparison Study
Oct 2011
This Edison Group paper validates through a third party that IBM BladeCenter leads the HP BladeSystem in energy efficiency when utilizing real-world blade server configurations to drive a...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
Intel IT: Cloud Storage for Efficiency and Capacity Management
Oct 2011
Moving to a highly-virtualized, shared SAN environment has forced us to develop new storage metrics and management approaches to boost efficiency and reduce costs.
Provided by Intel Corporation
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White Papers
Windows Enterprise Data Protection with Symantec Backup Exec
Dec 2007
Today's enterprises face a growing data protection challenge: how to optimize the backup and recovery of a volume of business-critical data that grows larger each and, in many cases, doubles each...
Provided by Symantec
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White Papers
Cisco Nexus 5000 and Emulex LP21000
May 2008
Data Center managers are challenged to keep pace with continuous growth while managing capital, operational and facilities costs. Organizations have turned to server virtualization as a means of...
Provided by Cisco Systems
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White Papers
Converging SAN and LAN Infrastructure With Fibre Channel Over Ethernet for Efficient, Cost-Effective Data Centers
Apr 2008
Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) is an emerging data transport technology that simplifies the network fabric by converging both Storage Area Network (SAN) and LAN connectivity onto a single 10...
Provided by Cisco Systems
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White Papers
Cisco MDS 9000 Family: Total Investment Protection
May 2008
Evolving business requirements underscore the need for high-density, high-speed, and low-latency networks that improve data center scalability and manageability while controlling IT costs. As...
Provided by Cisco Systems
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White Papers
Cisco Systems Deploys the World's Largest Extended SAN Infrastructure
Dec 2007
Deploying a SAN based on the Cisco MDS 9000 Series has provided Cisco with tremendous benefits. The IT SANs are now consolidated, but have retained fabric isolation through the employment of...
Provided by Cisco Systems
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Case Studies
Dell Case Study: Ryerson University
Feb 2008
The ever-increasing demand for IT services at the university put significant stress on IT staff and data center capacity. Ryerson University wanted to speed server provisioning; reduce space,...
Provided by Dell
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Case Studies
Dell iSCSI Solution Simplifies Storage Management for MisterArt.com, Supporting 80 Percent Business Growth and Nearly Two Times Better Performance
Dec 2007
Established in 1996, MisterArt.com was among the first companies to sell arts and crafts supplies online. MisterArt.com IT group needed to increase storage capacity to accommodate its 80 percent...
Provided by Dell
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Case Studies
By Consolidating 90 Percent of Its Physical Servers, the Ryerson University IT Group Is Poised to React More Quickly to University Needs
Nov 2007
Ryerson University was founded in 1948 to train a growing workforce to meet the demands of a booming postwar economy. The ever-increasing demand for IT services at the university put significant...
Provided by Dell
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Whitepapers
Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising
Oct 2011
Hear how a university has implemented IBM's social business and cloud solutions.
Provided by IBM
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Case Studies
World-Class Storage Team Solves Top Challenges in a Large-Scale SANscreen Deployment
Sep 2009
Angelica Brown led a world-class team of storage technologists supporting one of the largest online storage infrastructures. In enterprise-class switch upgrades, firmware updates pose less risk...
Provided by NetApp
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Case Studies
Sitco Diversifies With Powerful New Cloud Offerings Enabled by NetApp Storage
Oct 2010
Sitco Business Solutions has provided telecommunications services to thousands of customers in Indiana and Illinois. Sitco set out to establish a secure, fully redundant data center featuring the...
Provided by NetApp
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Case Studies
How Cisco Deployed a High-Speed WAN
Dec 2007
The Cisco headquarters campus in San Jose, California, was served by four separate OC-3 links for Internet connectivity. When one of the link providers stopped delivering enterprise support to...
Provided by Cisco Systems
