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White Papers
Trend Advisory: Converged Infrastructure
Dec 2010
While managing increasingly virtualized environments, IT managers have begun to see their projected efficiencies and utilization dwindle in the face of their overwhelmed storage and data assets,...
Provided by CDW
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White Papers
An M/G/1 Queue Model for Multiple Applications on Storage Area Networks
Jan 2008
Storage Area Networks (SAN) have become one of the most widely used solution for high performance enterprise storage applications. However, the infrastructures of SANs are very complex and varied...
Provided by Northeastern University
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Whitepapers
IDC Whitepaper: Scale-out storage in the content driven enterprise
Jun 2011
This report documents the results of ESG Lab hands-on testing of the performance scalability of the HP StorageWorks X9000 Network Storage Systems powered by Intel� Xeon� processors. The HP X9000...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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Whitepapers
ENERGIZE - Microsoft Virtualization with Industry-Leading Storage
Jun 2010
Your storage infrastructure needs to deliver the ease of management, performance, scalability, availability, and efficiency required by virtualized environments. Whether it's your first...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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Whitepapers
The important role of storage for success in server virtualization: breaking performance & manageability barriers
Oct 2010
Server virtualization is an ever more important tool for reducing cost, increasing availability, and enhancing business agility. Many of virtualization's additional benefits require external...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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Whitepapers
Realizing the Value of Virtual Scale-Out NAS
Jul 2010
Enterprises are struggling with the burgeoning amount of file based data they need to store and manage. Traditional storage systems were designed with fixed capacity in mind; they break down at...
Provided by HP and Intel®
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White Papers
Data Center Networking - Designing Today's Data Center
Jan 2011
Demand for application availability has changed how applications are hosted in today's data center. Evolutionary changes have occurred throughout the various components of the data center,...
Provided by Enterasys Networks
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White Papers
The Need to Standardize Storage Device Performance Metric
Jul 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
MarketScope for Storage Services, North America, 2010
Jul 2011
Gartner evaluates storage service providers on their innovation, service offerings, execution and other factors. This edition of MarketScope analyzes 10 storage service providers, and it aims to...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers - Video
Novus SERP Flash Demo
Jul 2011
Novus Storage Enterprise Resource Planner (SERP) brings business intelligence to the storage environment. It tells you what business units are using which storage assets, when they use it, where...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers - Video
Process Excellence With ESP Demo
Jul 2011
Most IT managers struggle to provide consistent levels of storage and backup services that ensure the productivity of their organizations. This demo describes how IBM Novus Enterprise...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers - Video
Scale out file services: Kantana client video
Jul 2011
Thai animation company Kantana found storage nirvana with IBM. This video explains how the business was able to improve collaboration and productivity with centralized file storage for all...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
Virtual server SAN connectivity: Why blade server virtualistaion and Fibre Channel SAN connectivity are rapidly becoming adopted
Jun 2007
Server virtualisation is rapidly gaining market acceptance for server provisioning. The introduction of virtual HBA technology will allow users to combine and leverage virtual servers and storage...
Provided by Emulex
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Case Studies
First American Bank Replaces EMC Clariion With NetApp iSCSI Solution
Jul 2007
First American is an Illinois-chartered, full-service bank with over 43 Chicago-area locations and more than $2 billion in assets. The bank wanted to improve data replication capabilities and...
Provided by NetApp
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Whitepapers
IDC white paper: A New Era in Midrange storage
Jul 2011
The exponential growth of data is pushing the limits of midmarket storage capabilities. IBM® has developed new architectures that can scale up to this demand. This white paper elaborates on...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
DAS, NAS or SAN: Choosing the Right Storage Technology for Your Organization
Apr 2004
Businesses are subject to a new wave of regulatory compliance legislation that directly affects the process of storing, managing and archiving data. Although the need for storage is evident, it is...
Provided by Xtore Extreme Storage
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White Papers
Secure Group Services for Storage Area Networks
Aug 2007
Storage Area Networks, with their ability to offer high data availability, reliability and scalability, are a promising solution for the large scale storage needs of many enterprises. As with any...
Provided by University of California
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White Papers
Modeling and Performance Evaluation of iSCSI Storage Area Networks Over TCP/IP-Based MAN and WAN Networks
Aug 2007
This paper provides a concise modeling and performance evaluation of the iSCSI Storage Area Network (SAN) architecture and protocol. SANs play a key role in business continuity, enterprise-wide...
Provided by University of Stuttgart
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Case Studies
Penn West Energy fuels Rapid Growth With IBM System Storage
Jun 2010
Penn West Energy is a large conventional oil and natural gas producer in North America. Meeting the expanding storage infra-structure demands of a company facing rapid growth - including...
Provided by IBM
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Case Studies
Gerber Scientific Selects IBM XIV Storage System for Its SAP Environment
Dec 2009
Gerber Scientific is a world leader in innovative end-to-end customer solutions for a wide range of industries, including sign-making and specialty graphics, ophthalmic lens processing, apparel...
Provided by IBM
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Case Studies
NaviSite Increases Storage Reliability, Performance and Efficiency With IBM XIV Storage System
Feb 2009
NaviSite, a leading IT outsourcing service provides. From hosting, managed services and custom development to support for enterprise applications, NaviSite relies on back-end storage to deliver...
Provided by IBM
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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
Optimizing Storage Performance, Provisioning, and Manageability for Microsoft SQL Server
Aug 2007
Microsoft SQL Server has become very popular as a database environment driving a broad range of mid-level business applications, ranging from CRM to eCommerce and from ERP to supply chain...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
Prioritized Gossip in Vehicular Networks
Jul 2012
The authors propose using real world mobility traces to identify tractable theoretical models for the study of distributed algorithms in mobile networks. Specifically, they derive a vehicular ad...
Provided by Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Whitepapers
Moving Towards SAN Storage: An Enterprise Perspective
Jul 2012
One of the major components of any enterprise IT infrastructure is data storage. There has been continuous effort to explore new storage technologies to improve performance with respect to...
Provided by Journal of Global Research in Computer Science (JGRCS)
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Whitepapers
Microsoft Exchange Sever 2010 Performance Review using the EMC VNX5700 Unified Storage Platform - An Architectural Overview
Oct 2012
This white paper focuses on the performance of the EMC® VNX5700™ unified storage platform with Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 virtualized with VMware vSphere™ 4.1. Building-block design...
Provided by EMC
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Whitepapers
Using EMC Fast Suite with SAP on EMC VNX unified Storage - Applied Technology
Oct 2012
This white paper examines the performance considerations of SAP applications using EMC FAST Suite technologies (FAST VP and FAST Cache) on EMC unified storage. It also discusses the best practices...
Provided by EMC
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Whitepapers
ESG White Paper: EMC VNX Family - A Unifying Force in Storage
Oct 2012
Why unified storage? Convergence and consolidation is a rally-ing cry across IT to drive necessary efficiencies - and unified storage and make a substantial contribution to such efforts. Learn how...
Provided by EMC
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Whitepapers
Data Sanitization Solution Brief
Aug 2012
When you retire or upgrade your computers, servers, and storage arrays, it's critical to take steps to protect the confidential information contained on those systems. HP helps you address an...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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Whitepapers
IBM System Storage N Series: An iSCSI Performance Overview
Apr 2007
The iSCSI protocol has enabled information technology organizations to lower the cost of their Storage Area Network (SAN) deployments. Cost is of little concern if the solution does not perform to...
Provided by IBM
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Podcasts
Jeff and Dave Discuss Virtual Infrastructure Optimization
Jul 2009
In this podcast, the speaker who discusses about the Virtual Infrastructure Optimization, an emerging technology category at the intersection of server virtualization and storage. Taking the best...
Provided by Tandy Leather Factory
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Whitepapers
Taking Advantage of Multicore/Multiprocessor Technologies to Meet Today's Storage Needs
Apr 2012
Data growth is not only driving up storage costs, but also transforming performance and efficiency requirements for storage systems. IT managers are looking for new storage solutions that can...
Provided by Oracle
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Whitepapers
Converged Storage: A Next Gen Virtualized Architecture (P4000)
Nov 2012
In this IDG Tech Dossier sponsored by HP + Intel®, learn how HP's Converged Storage will enable organizations to deploy storage faster, reduce the time it takes to deliver IT services, reduce...
Provided by HP and Intel®
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Whitepapers
Converged Storage: Utility Storage: The Ideal Platform for Virtual and Cloud Computing
Nov 2012
Server virtualization has transformed corporate IT -- companies have enjoyed major cost savings and have gained flexibility and efficiency. But this has also led to a proliferation of virtual...
Provided by HP and Intel®
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Whitepapers
The Best Way to Build a Cloud / HP CloudSystem Matrix and HP 3PAR Utility Storage
Nov 2012
Learn how HP CloudSystem Matrix and HP 3PAR Storage powered by Intel® Xeon® processors provide a solid, flexible foundation for your cloud environment. Sponsored by HP and...
Provided by HP and Intel®
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Whitepapers
IDC: Storwize V7000 with Real-time Compression expands IBM's IT Optimization lead and provides and easy upgrade path
Nov 2012
In this paper we examine how IBM Real-time Compression is changing the game by offering a robust, efficient, and cost-effective optimization solution. Moreover, IBM demonstrates that compression...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
Storage Switzerland: Smarter Primary Storage Through Real-time Compression
Nov 2012
This report discusses how IBM Real-time Compression reduces immediate storage growth and has a long-term impact on increasing storage efficiency and reducing costs.
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
White Paper, Using IBM data reduction solutions to manage more data with less infrastructure (Tivoli storage software focused)
Nov 2012
One of the most pressing issues for storage administrators today is managing and securing an ever growing amount of data. This white paper discusses specific problems and describes IBM Tivoli...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
Analyst Paper, Mesabi IBM Smarter Storage: What a Smart Idea
Nov 2012
From a storage perspective, IBM's Smarter Storage offers a perspective that not only manages the entire storage services infrastructure more efficiently and productively, but also could free up...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
Analyst Paper, Clipper Group: Storwize V7000 capitalizes on Real-time Compression and other extended features for IT Optimization as the best mid-range platform for key business applications
Nov 2012
Why should your data center deploy Storwize V7000 with Real-time Compression? Storwize V7000 provides the enterprise with the financial benefits it needs to meet the growing storage requirements...
Provided by IBM
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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
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 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
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
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
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
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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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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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
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: 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
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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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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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, 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
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
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
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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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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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
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
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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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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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
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
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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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
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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
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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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
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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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
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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Whitepapers
Using EMC Fast Suite with SAP on EMC VNX unified Storage - Applied Technology
Oct 2012
This white paper examines the performance considerations of SAP applications using EMC FAST Suite technologies (FAST VP and FAST Cache) on EMC unified storage. It also discusses the best practices...
Provided by EMC
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Whitepapers
ESG White Paper: EMC VNX Family - A Unifying Force in Storage
Oct 2012
Why unified storage? Convergence and consolidation is a rally-ing cry across IT to drive necessary efficiencies - and unified storage and make a substantial contribution to such efforts. Learn how...
Provided by EMC
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Whitepapers
Data Sanitization Solution Brief
Aug 2012
When you retire or upgrade your computers, servers, and storage arrays, it's critical to take steps to protect the confidential information contained on those systems. HP helps you address an...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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Whitepapers
IBM System Storage N Series: An iSCSI Performance Overview
Apr 2007
The iSCSI protocol has enabled information technology organizations to lower the cost of their Storage Area Network (SAN) deployments. Cost is of little concern if the solution does not perform to...
Provided by IBM
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eBooks
eBook Oracle Business Process Management
Oct 2012
The total volume of data being processed and stored by businesses is rising exponentially. Unfortunately, data storage capacity is not keeping pace with data growth, necessitating greater...
Provided by Oracle
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Podcasts
Jeff and Dave Discuss Virtual Infrastructure Optimization
Jul 2009
In this podcast, the speaker who discusses about the Virtual Infrastructure Optimization, an emerging technology category at the intersection of server virtualization and storage. Taking the best...
Provided by Tandy Leather Factory
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Whitepapers
Taking Advantage of Multicore/Multiprocessor Technologies to Meet Today's Storage Needs
Apr 2012
Data growth is not only driving up storage costs, but also transforming performance and efficiency requirements for storage systems. IT managers are looking for new storage solutions that can...
Provided by Oracle
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Whitepapers
Converged Storage: A Next Gen Virtualized Architecture (P4000)
Nov 2012
In this IDG Tech Dossier sponsored by HP + Intel®, learn how HP's Converged Storage will enable organizations to deploy storage faster, reduce the time it takes to deliver IT services, reduce...
Provided by HP and Intel®
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Whitepapers
Converged Storage: Utility Storage: The Ideal Platform for Virtual and Cloud Computing
Nov 2012
Server virtualization has transformed corporate IT -- companies have enjoyed major cost savings and have gained flexibility and efficiency. But this has also led to a proliferation of virtual...
Provided by HP and Intel®
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Whitepapers
The Best Way to Build a Cloud / HP CloudSystem Matrix and HP 3PAR Utility Storage
Nov 2012
Learn how HP CloudSystem Matrix and HP 3PAR Storage powered by Intel® Xeon® processors provide a solid, flexible foundation for your cloud environment. Sponsored by HP and...
Provided by HP and Intel®
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Whitepapers
Forrester: The total economic impact of HP 3PAR Storage
Nov 2012
In this report sponsored by HP + Intel®, Forrester Research provides an analysis of four HP 3PAR Storage customer implementations to quantify the efficiency and cost savings achieved over...
Provided by HP and Intel®
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Whitepapers
IDC: Storwize V7000 with Real-time Compression expands IBM's IT Optimization lead and provides and easy upgrade path
Nov 2012
In this paper we examine how IBM Real-time Compression is changing the game by offering a robust, efficient, and cost-effective optimization solution. Moreover, IBM demonstrates that compression...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
Storage Switzerland: Smarter Primary Storage Through Real-time Compression
Nov 2012
This report discusses how IBM Real-time Compression reduces immediate storage growth and has a long-term impact on increasing storage efficiency and reducing costs.
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
ESG: Storage Virtualization for Efficient Operations
Nov 2012
This ESG white paper focuses on how IBM has been a leader in capabilites for storage virtualization for efficient operations.
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
White Paper, Using IBM data reduction solutions to manage more data with less infrastructure (Tivoli storage software focused)
Nov 2012
One of the most pressing issues for storage administrators today is managing and securing an ever growing amount of data. This white paper discusses specific problems and describes IBM Tivoli...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
Analyst Paper, Kusnetzky Group: Maximizing the Benefits of Virtualization with Real-time Compression
Nov 2012
This analyst report by The Kusnetzky Group discusses how real-time compression may be one of the best storage efficiency approaches in the market, especially in virtualization environments.
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
Analyst Paper, Mesabi IBM Smarter Storage: What a Smart Idea
Nov 2012
From a storage perspective, IBM's Smarter Storage offers a perspective that not only manages the entire storage services infrastructure more efficiently and productively, but also could free up...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
Analyst Paper, Clipper Group: Storwize V7000 capitalizes on Real-time Compression and other extended features for IT Optimization as the best mid-range platform for key business applications
Nov 2012
Why should your data center deploy Storwize V7000 with Real-time Compression? Storwize V7000 provides the enterprise with the financial benefits it needs to meet the growing storage requirements...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
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
Storwize V7000 capitalizes on Real-time Compression
Nov 2012
IBM Storwize V7000 adds a new leadership storage efficiency feature with IBM Real-time Compression to extend it's storage efficiency lead as the best mid-range platform for Exchange, VMware,...
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
CMOD - Buyer's Guide
Dec 2012
Going beyond the traditional enterprise report management (ERM) solution, IBM Content Manager OnDemand software provides high-volume information capture and flexible search and retrieval options....
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
Buyer's E-Guide to Tomorrow's SAN Technology
Dec 2012
Changing business needs are creating challenging new data-storage demands. Many companies are reaching the limits of their current storage systems. Fortunately, innovations in storage area...
Provided by Oracle
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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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eBooks
IBM Storwize V7000 Eguide: All-in-one Data Storage
Dec 2012
Your storage system is important to your business. That is why a storage virtualization solution based on IBM Storwize V7000 will deliver immediate benefits to your IT operations. This guide will...
Provided by IBM
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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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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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Clipper Group Whitepaper : Storage Efficiency - Achieve up to 40% reduction in cost per TB
Mar 2013
When you go into the supermarket do you ever wonder how many different products are on the shelves? Do you wonder how they determine what goes on each shelf? All of the shelves are shared among...
Provided by IBM Australia
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NetApp FAS6240 Clustered SAN Champion of Champions
Dec 2012
Storage systems today must match agility with diversified I/O performance to satisfy an enterprise’s changing needs. In their review, Silverton Consulting ranks the NetApp FAS6240 Clustered SAN,...
Provided by NetApp
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Aerospec and EMC VNXe
Sep 2011
Aerospec, a system engineering and manufacturing company, leverages VNXe and VMware to cut operating costs, increase reliability. They have seen a 2x increase in data access and 75% increase in...
Provided by EMC
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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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Integrating NetApp Storage with SAP NetWeaver Landscape Virtualization
Apr 2012
Technical Report - This document describes a solution on a NetApp shared storage infrastructure that provides system administrators with the ability to quickly copy, clone, and manage SAP systems....
Provided by NetApp
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Running Microsoft Enterprise Applications on VMware vSphere, NetApp Unified Storage, and Cisco Unified Fabric
Jun 2011
Technical Report – This document describes a solution that showcases virtualizing Microsoft applications on VMware vSphere 4.1 virtual infrastructure and NetApp unified storage, achieving...
Provided by NetApp
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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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Whitepapers
NetApp FAS6240 Clustered SAN Champion of Champions
Apr 2013
Storage systems today must match agility with diversified I/O performance to satisfy an enterprise's changing needs. In their review, Silverton Consulting ranks the NetApp FAS6240 Clustered SAN,...
Provided by NetApp
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Whitepapers
The Economics of Scale-Out Storage
Jan 2012
Scale-out storage technologies have rapidly gained popularity over the past several years, successfully crossing the chasm from niche technology to mainstream enterprise solution. As this shift...
Provided by Red Hat
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Whitepapers - Video
Continuous data protection for businesses of any size
May 2013
Video, websites, email, client files, and application data on physical or virtual servers, is the type of information that is essential to business, and can seem endless. Now more than ever,...
Provided by NETGEAR, Inc.
