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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
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
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
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
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
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
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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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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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
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: 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
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: 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
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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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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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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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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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
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
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
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
SECAR Revs Up Performance and Scalability With IBM BladeCenter Solution
Sep 2009
SECAR BOHEMIA, a.s., was founded in Prague, Czech Republic, in 1992. The company needed to upgrade their server environment to gain improved memory capacity, performance, and energy savings as...
Provided by IBM
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Case Studies
IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller Technology Gives Nexans Optimum Storage Flexibility
Jul 2009
Nexans needed a smooth migration of storage to a new SAN infrastructure with minimum downtime and flexibility for the future in terms of expanding storage. Nexans deployed IBM System Storage SAN...
Provided by IBM
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Case Studies
Dancerace Moves to a Leading-Edge Infrastructure With IBM i on BladeCenter
May 2009
With growing demand for a hosted version of its asset-based lending solution, Dancerace wanted to find a more flexible and compact alternative to its existing infrastructure. Outstanding...
Provided by IBM
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Case Studies
IT-Informatik Client Reference Video
May 2009
IT-Informatik wanted to be able to offer SAP application hosting services to its mid-market clients. The company needed to find a hardware infrastructure that would maximise security, flexibility,...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
Converged Enhanced Ethernet-Good for iSCSI SANs
Dec 2008
The introduction of new features to enhance the Ethernet protocol will improve the performance characteristics of storage applications. Although commonly associated with an emerging standard,...
Provided by NetApp
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White Papers
NetApp and Cisco Data Protection for Fibre Channel (FC) SANs
Jun 2008
Businesses want fast, user-initiated recovery of lost or accidentally deleted files, minimized backup and recovery windows, and fast recovery from natural or human-made disasters. NetApp and Cisco...
Provided by NetApp
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White Papers
Benefits of FC SANs
Mar 2009
As the volume and criticality of data continue to grow, companies need efficient, scalable solutions for making data available to servers, applications, and users across the enterprise. By...
Provided by NetApp
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Whitepapers
EMC Clariion Reserved LUN Pool Configuration Considerations
Apr 2009
Reserved LUNs support the copy-on-first-write activities of SnapView sessions, SAN Copy incremental sessions, and MirrorView/A mirrors, providing a consistent point-in-time copy of data Each...
Provided by EMC
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White Papers
The Virtual Machine Aware SAN
Sep 2008
Virtualization of the data center, which includes servers, storage, and networks, has addressed some of the challenges related to consolidation, space constraints, demand for high power, and...
Provided by Cisco Systems
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White Papers
Cisco N-Port Virtualizer and FlexAttach: Simplify Large-Scale Blade Server Fibre Channel SAN Deployments
Aug 2008
Cisco recognizes that many customers are deploying blade servers. These customers often are looking for a simple and flexible SAN connectivity solution for large-scale blade server deployments....
Provided by Cisco Systems
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White Papers
Demystifying Deduplication
Jan 2010
This article explains how deduplication holds the promise of efficient storage and bandwidth utilization, accelerated backup and recovery, reduced costs, and more. Understanding how this...
Provided by Dell EqualLogic
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Webcasts
Accelerating Business Applications with Solid-State Storage
Jan 2010
Watch "Accelerating Business Applications with Solid-State Storage" with Joseph Unsworth, Research Director, at featured analyst firm, Gartner Inc., and learn the benefits that solid-state storage...
Provided by Fusion
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Whitepapers
IBM SAN Volume Controller and Brocade Disaster Recovery Solutions for VMware
Dec 2009
In this IBM Redpapers publication, one describes various scenarios for the recovery of virtual machines should a disaster befall the data center. The solutions described rely on the integration of...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
Lowering Storage Management Costs with Automatic Storage Management
Jan 2010
These days, gold is soaring in value; but for companies, data is just as valuable as gold. IT decision-makers and DBAs now face greater challenges to implement a cost-effective storage management...
Provided by Oracle
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Case Studies
Deeley Harley-Davidson Canada Finds Business Agility in IT Virtualization, Reducing Deployment Time for New Services and Eliminating 40 Percent of Its Physical Servers
Nov 2009
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 on a...
Provided by Dell
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Webcasts
TechNet Webcast: Maximizing Hyper-V iSCSI Performance With Microsoft and Intel (Level 200)
Jan 2010
Intel and Microsoft solutions give IT organizations the means to maximize the value of iSCSI as they implement Storage Area Networks (SANs). The presenter of this webcast, explores how the...
Provided by Microsoft
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Whitepapers
Performance Analysis of the HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array Storage Systems Using HP StorageWorks Command View EVAPerf
May 2005
Many performance monitoring tools and utilities are available for host (server) and storage array network (SAN) infrastructure. These tools measure the workload that the host presents to an...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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White Papers
Power Solutions Magazine Article: Demystifying Deduplication
Feb 2010
Deduplication holds the promise of efficient storage and bandwidth utilization, accelerated backup and recovery, reduced costs, and more. Understanding how this technology fits into a...
Provided by Dell
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White Papers
Supercharge Booting Servers Directly From a Storage Area Network: The Benefits of SAN Fibre Channel and FCoE Connectivity
Aug 2009
Traditional servers today use a variety of data storage solutions, including Direct Attach (DAS), Network Attach (NAS) and Storage Area Network (SAN). Historically, these servers were configured...
Provided by Emulex
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White Papers
Clipper 10 Reasons To Consider Tape for Storage
Mar 2012
If there was any question that there is a data explosion across the business landscape, just take a closer look at an enterprise data center. Whether it's trying to manage the flow of unstructured...
Provided by Oracle
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White Papers
5 Must-Ask Questions for SAN Storage Consolidation Success
Mar 2012
Storage consolidation, when done right, helps your business keep costs in check and allows you to take full advantage of scale-out virtualization. Download this paper for a look at five questions...
Provided by Oracle
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Whitepapers
The HP 3PAR Architecture
Dec 2011
This white paper provides an overview of the HP 3PAR Utility Storage Architecture, including hardware and software. HP 3PAR Utility Storage is a new category of storage systems that enable...
Provided by Global Knowledge
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White Papers
Reasoning About the Security Configuration of SAN Switch Fabrics
Oct 2011
Management of a switch fabric security configuration, a core component of Storage Area Networks, is complex and error prone. As a consequence, misconfiguration of and/or a poor understanding of a...
Provided by University College Cork
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Whitepapers
Tolly Test Report: HP X5000 G2 Network Storage System: System ease of use, high availability, performance, and interoperability evaluation
Jan 2011
Today's small and medium-size businesses (SMBs) have ever-growing needs with respect to storage. Not only do SMBs often need many terabytes of storage, they require a level of high-availability...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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Whitepapers
HP X5000 G2 Network Storage System Data Sheet
Jan 2011
The new HP X5000 G2 Network Storage Systems is ideal for midsize companies. The solution, a two-node Network Attached Storage (NAS) cluster with shared storage built on HP BladeSystem technology....
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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White Papers
The Power of Simple with the EMC VNX Family
Jan 2012
Simple...It is probably the last word any IT team would consider when it comes to dealing with data growth and the storage solutions that must be in place to deal with it. But simple is exactly...
Provided by Technologent
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White Papers
Simplicity, Efficiency, and Consolidation with EMC VNXe and EMC Data Domain DD160
Jan 2012
When it comes to your organizations traditional IT infrastructure, you have a problem...growth. That, coupled with the rapid adoption of virtualization solutions is quickly stressing storage and...
Provided by Technologent
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Whitepapers
Evaluator Group: HP's Information Supply Chain (Optimizing Information, Data & Storage for Business Value)
Aug 2011
In this paper sponsored by HP and Intel, we examine each of the major technologies in the Information Supply Chain that should be considered as part of an integrated strategy and then show how...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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White Papers
DAS to SAN Migration Using a Storage Concentrator
Sep 2010
A common side effect of server consolidation projects or implementing a centralized Fibre Channel SAN is scores of unused disk arrays. Many organizations are reluctant to perform what they call...
Provided by Stonefly
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Case Studies
University of Pittsburgh Offers Unbeatable Levels of Availability to Users
Sep 2011
Metropolitan Community College (MCC) of Omaha is a comprehensive, full-service community college that offers affordable, quality education. Metropolitan Community College needs to meet booming...
Provided by IBM
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Case Studies
A Large European Telecommunications Company: Reducing Energy Costs by 25-50 Percent
Sep 2011
European telecommunications company, which maintains about 25 peta-bytes of data. Previously 90 percent of the company's SAN data was stored on Tier 1 storage devices. European telecommunications...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
ESG: HP Gives Exchange Customers Storage Flexibility
May 2011
This white paper sponsored by HP and Intel discusses Exchange business drivers, market dynamics, and storage trends -- and how HP + Intel storage solutions can enhance an Exchange environment....
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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Whitepapers
The HP 3PAR Architecture - Returning Simplicity to IT Infrastructures
Nov 2011
Companies faced with growing capacity requirements, under utilization of existing storage assets, and administrative inefficiency are searching for ways to decrease both cost and complexity. As an...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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Whitepapers
Evaluator Group: HP's Converged Storage (A Vision for Emerging Customer Requirements)
Jul 2011
HP and Intel are building a multifaceted storage product portfolio with a common foundation that will enable the integration of server and storage into Converged Systems. The most desirable...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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Whitepapers
HP P6000 Enterprise Virtual Array tested configuration for MEDITECH Health Care Information System - MAGIC, CS 5.x and CS 6.0
Oct 2011
This whitepaper describes the configuration used to verify that MEDITECH Health Care Information System (HCIS) installed and executed successfully on the HP P6000 Enterprise Virtual Array (EVA)...
Provided by HP and Intel®
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White Papers
Doing More With Less Money
Nov 2011
1TB of SAN-based storage is typically worth about $5,000. What if you could instantly find out that you had 500GB of free LUNs, or 300GB of old VMware snapshots and 200GB of old videos on your...
Provided by SolarWinds
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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
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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
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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
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
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
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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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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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
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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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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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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White Papers
How to Build a SAN Guide: Convert Any Windows Server Into Shared Storage
Aug 2011
This How To Build A SAN guide provides simple step-by-step instructions for building your own Storage Area Network (SAN) or centralized, networked storage by using standard off-the-shelf x86...
Provided by Starwind Software
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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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Case Studies
IBM XIV Puts the City of Norfolk on the Path to IT Transformation
Feb 2011
The City of Norfolk needed to increase its storage capabilities to provide employees and citizens with rapid, reliable services, as well as to shift the IT focus to delivering better performance...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
Performance Analysis of the HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array Storage Systems Using HP StorageWorks Command View EVAPerf
May 2005
Many performance monitoring tools and utilities are available for host (server) and storage array network (SAN) infrastructure. These tools measure the workload that the host presents to an...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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White Papers
Power Solutions Magazine Article: Demystifying Deduplication
Feb 2010
Deduplication holds the promise of efficient storage and bandwidth utilization, accelerated backup and recovery, reduced costs, and more. Understanding how this technology fits into a...
Provided by Dell
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White Papers
Understanding Boot-From-SAN Technology
Sep 2005
Booting servers from storage area networks (SANs) can provide significant benefits in today's complex data center environments. One of the driving forces behind SANs is the need to deliver...
Provided by Dell
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White Papers
Supercharge Booting Servers Directly From a Storage Area Network: The Benefits of SAN Fibre Channel and FCoE Connectivity
Aug 2009
Traditional servers today use a variety of data storage solutions, including Direct Attach (DAS), Network Attach (NAS) and Storage Area Network (SAN). Historically, these servers were configured...
Provided by Emulex
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White Papers
A Study of Key Management Systems in Storage Area Network
Jul 2009
As secure storage becomes more pervasive throughout the enterprise, the focus quickly moves from implementing encrypting storage devices to establishing effective and secure key management...
Provided by International Journal of Computer Science and Network Security
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Whitepapers
The Architectural Advantages of HP P4000 SANs
Dec 2009
HP P4000 SANs are clustered iSCSI SANs that support virtualized and non-virtualized environments alike. The product line has a comprehensive feature set that includes all of its sophisticated...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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White Papers
How to Build a SAN: The Essential Guide for Turning Your Windows Server Into Shared Storage on Your IP Network
Dec 2009
The Essential Guide to How to Build a SAN provides a brief overview to building the own Storage Area Network (SAN) using the existing industry standard x86 or x64 server hardware as well as freely...
Provided by Starwind Software
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Whitepapers
Designing Routed Fibre Channel SANs Using the HP StorageWorks FC Multi-Protocol Routers and Blades, and HP StorageWorks 1606 SAN Extension Switch and Extension Blade
Oct 2009
Storage Area Networks (SANs) are networks primarily intended to provide connectivity between hosts and storage devices such as disks, RAID arrays, and tape libraries. SANs, unlike LANs, simply...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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Whitepapers
Best Practices for Enabling Microsoft SharePoint With HP LeftHand SAN
Apr 2009
Microsoft Windows SharePoint Service 2007 and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (collectively called SharePoint) are one of the fastest-growing infrastructure environments in the world. In...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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White Papers
Native Fabric Connectivity for Today's SANs Center Fabric Technology
Jun 2008
Brocade currently has three types of solutions to enable native connectivity: direct E_Port connect for both core and edge solutions, Fibre Channel Routing connectivity, and Access Gateway...
Provided by Dell
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Whitepapers
Configuring HP-UX 11i for the HP LeftHand SAN
Apr 2009
This paper explains how to configure the HP-UX 11i v1 native iSCSI initiator to take advantage of the HP LeftHand SAN. If one want to use HP LeftHand SANs with HP-UX 11i, he/should should read...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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White Papers
Virtualizing SAN Connectivity With VMware Infrastructure 3 and Brocade Data Center Fabric Services
Aug 2008
This paper looks at how the VMware Infrastructure platform leverages Fibre Channel (FC)-based shared storage to provide advanced virtualization services in the data center and how using ESX 3.5...
Provided by Brocade Communications Systems
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Case Studies
Texas Association of School Boards Votes for HP LeftHand P4000 SAN to Drive Virtualization
Oct 2009
Texas Association of School Boards wanted to consolidate under-utilized storage and implement a disaster recovery/business continuity strategy. Texas Association of School Boards deployed 10 GbE...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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Case Studies
World's Largest Software Company Relies on HP Services for Flaw-Free Performance of Storage Utility
Dec 2009
As the largest software company in the world, Microsoft Corporation is ceaselessly developing new products while striving to provide its millions of current customers with superior value. HP...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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Case Studies
HP Storage Essentials Software Reduces Risk of Service Outages, Improves Management Efficiencies
Feb 2009
For the Law School Admission Council (LSAC), technology enabled exciting new business opportunities. LSAC wanted to enable business continuity and IT Service Management (ITSM) best practices for...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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Case Studies
HP LeftHand P4000 SAN, HP Servers and VMware Team Up to Consolidate the University of Paderborn's Diverse Technology Environment
Oct 2009
Although Paderborn has a long history as a university city, dating back to 1614, the modern institution was only established in 1972. University of Paderborn wanted to consolidate heterogeneous...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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Case Studies
University Relies on HP LeftHand P4000 SAN and Virtualization to Build Disaster-Resistant Technology Platform Following Devastating Fire
Nov 2009
Our Lady of the Lake University (OLLU) is a private, co-educational Catholic university with a heritage of helping the underserved. OLLU wanted to strengthen storage management capabilities and...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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Case Studies
HP LeftHand P4000 SAN Helps Bluecube Technology Solutions Respond Quickly to Changing Client Needs
Oct 2009
Founded in 2003, Bluecube Technology Solutions is a leading supplier of outsourced IT solutions in the United Kingdom. Clients ranging from small niche operators with just a few staff, all the way...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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White Papers
Business Case Study: Assessing Storage Efficiency within NetApp's Data Centers
Nov 2009
This report looks at ways NetApp IT was able to put into practices what the company has been saying to its customers for some time: That the use of NetApp storage offers such efficiency that it...
Provided by NetApp
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White Papers
ESG: Driving Storage Efficiency in SAN Environments
Nov 2009
Today's IT organizations need to operate on slimmer budgets while managing the increased demands of the data center. This ESG paper outlines the considerations for architecting an efficient SAN...
Provided by NetApp
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White Papers
NetApp Storage Best Practices for Microsoft Virtualization
Dec 2009
This technical report (TR) provides guidelines and best practices for integrated architectures and implementations of Microsoft® Hyper-V with NetApp® storage solutions. The NetApp technologies...
Provided by NetApp
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White Papers
ESG Report: Storage Efficiency Strategies for Microsoft Application Environments
Dec 2009
This paper addresses the many Exchange, SQL Server, and SharePoint implementations running on inefficient storage infrastructures, limiting scalability and complicating what should be fairly...
Provided by NetApp
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White Papers
IDC: IDC Expert ROI Spotlight
Dec 2009
This research paper outlines how the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General realized a three year ROI if 202% by using NetApp solutions to reduce infrastructure costs, increase user productivity,...
Provided by NetApp
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Case Studies
Simplified IT With Virtualization
Oct 2007
The British Horseracing Authority has experienced rapid business growth in the past three years. With a resulting increase in its IT infrastructure, the organisation found it needed to re-think...
Provided by Dell
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Whitepapers
HP OpenView Storage Data Protector Backup Strategy Guide
Oct 2005
This paper describes the development of a backup strategy. It reflects typical backup issues and supplies a backup questionnaire for the solution design. It is important to understand the customer...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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Case Studies
Breakthrough: Noridian Mutual Insurance Company Optimizes Storage Assets to Improve Business Security and Agility
Jul 2008
Noridian Mutual Insurance Company is a multi-faceted corporation, providing private health coverage, life insurance, administrative services, third-party administration and many other products and...
Provided by Unisys
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Case Studies
Italian Pharmaceutical Company Saves Approximately 30 Per Cent by Choosing Dell to Virtualize Its Infrastructure and Refresh Backup and Recovery
May 2009
Italian pharmaceuticals firm Teva Italia wanted to virtualize servers to obtain a more effective and efficient datacentre. At the same time, Teva Italia needed a safer and faster system for data...
Provided by Dell
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Case Studies
The Host With the Most
Sep 2009
Increase capacity to maintain Intermedia's commitment to reliability and performance while developing a lights-out data center to accommodate new business. Intermedia and Dell designed an IT...
Provided by Dell
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Case Studies
Reliable Service
Feb 2009
ServiceU's challenge was to deploy reliable hardware to support the company's Microsoft SQL Server 2008 environment and virtualize other applications to enhance business flexibility. ServiceU...
Provided by Dell
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Case Studies
Maximum Growth
Mar 2008
MaximumASP needed reliable hardware to grow its Web hosting business and support innovative, first-to-market product offerings such as the Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Beta. MaximumASP has been...
Provided by Dell
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Case Studies
Reliable Communication
Feb 2009
To improve e-mail availability and scale for growth, Texas A&M - Kingsville needed to replace its aging e-mail infrastructure. Texas A&M - Kingsville worked with Dell Global Infrastructure...
Provided by Dell
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Case Studies
Informed Choice
Aug 2009
An important classroom technology initiative requires choosing the correct technology from an array of alternatives. In addition, IT efficiency suffers from a diverse mix of desktop PCs and a...
Provided by Dell
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Case Studies
A Model of Efficiency
Jun 2009
CPMBraxis challenge was to create a powerful, scalable Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) infrastructure that can enhance business efficiency, simplify IT, and provide a model solution for...
Provided by Dell
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Case Studies
Building for the Future
Jun 2008
As the outsourced IT services provider for a fast-growing real estate development and property management firm, iCorps needed to refresh outdated server and storage hardware to expand storage...
Provided by Dell
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Case Studies
Accelerating the Pace of Change
Sep 2009
Mahoning County needed to cool off its data center which, with 48 end-of-life servers, reached 85-90 degrees in summer. Its 5 technical administrators were hard-pressed to keep services available...
Provided by Dell
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Case Studies
Making Worker's Comp Work
Jun 2008
LWCC was facing server and storage sprawl in 2006, which was eating up costs. A private nonprofit company, LWCC is dedicated to providing workers' comp insurance at the lowest feasible cost, so it...
Provided by Dell
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Case Studies
A Cure for All Ills
May 2009
Ochsner Health System needed to implement a disaster recovery solution, support a rapidly growing user base, conserve energy to avoid a multi-million dollar power upgrade and meet high...
Provided by Dell
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Case Studies
Automotive Engineering Company Virtualizes on Sun, Cuts Energy Costs by 70 Percent
Jan 2010
RLE International is one of the world's leading development service providers to the automotive industry throughout Europe, Asia, and North America. The company's challenge was to create a more...
Provided by Sun Microsystems
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Case Studies
VMware Case Study: Lulu.com
May 2009
Lulu.com (Lulu) is a digital marketplace that eliminates traditional entry barriers to publishing by enabling content creators to bring their work directly to their audience. The company has...
Provided by VMware
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Case Studies
Hotelier Improves Data Backup With Sun Server and Storage Technology
Oct 2008
For Accor North America, maintaining hotel guests' personal and financial data is an important, if less obvious, part of the hospitality it provides. The financial systems in its Dallas datacenter...
Provided by Sun Microsystems
