Tape Technology Leaps Forward in the 3rd Era
| sponsored by Sun StorageTek
WHITE PAPER:
The magnetic tape industry has progressed into its third era and the economics of tape for many applications are compelling from an acquisition cost and, more importantly, a cost of ownership perspective.
Posted: 04 Nov 2008 | Published: 04 Nov 2008
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Fibre Channel over Ethernet Storage Networking Evolution
| sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc.
WHITE PAPER:
This document discusses the need for unified I/O and describes the phases of unified I/O along with FCoE deployment and the benefits of each phase.
Posted: 04 Nov 2008 | Published: 04 Nov 2008
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Cisco MDS 9000 Family: Total Investment Protection
| sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc.
PRODUCT LITERATURE:
As discussed in this document, the Cisco® MDS 9000 Family provides the leading high-density, highbandwidth storage networking solution along with Integrated Fabric Applications to support dynamic data center requirements.
Posted: 04 Nov 2008 | Published: 04 Nov 2008
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Cisco MDS 9000 8-Gbps Fibre Channel Modules Overview
| sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc.
SOFTWARE DEMO:
Watch this demo to learn how Cisco MDS 9000 Family 8-Gbps Fibre Channel Modules deliver intelligence and consistent, predictable high performance to support the most demanding storage applications.
Posted: 24 Oct 2008 | Published: 24 Oct 2008
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Editorial: End in Sight for Fibre Channel?
| sponsored by Storage Magazine
JOURNAL ARTICLE:
Fibre channel advocates say you can't beat storage systems built around that protocol for performance and reliability, yet there is reason to believe it's dominance may not last too long.
Posted: 23 Oct 2008 | Published: 01 Oct 2008
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8GFC Deployment
| sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc.
WHITE PAPER:
8GFC technology is priced at a significant premium over 4GFC and depending on the configuration, deployment of 8GFC may be up to 2X the cost of using 4GFC.
Posted: 08 Oct 2008 | Published: 08 Oct 2008
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The Virtualization Effect
| sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER:
This report by Clabby Analytics, an independent research firm, examines trends in scale-out system designs and the critical impact that virtualization is having on enhancing overall systems utilization, management and operations.
Posted: 02 Oct 2008 | Published: 02 Oct 2008
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Internet Protocol & Fibre Channel in SANs
| sponsored by Storage Decisions
WHITE PAPER:
This document explains how Fibre Channel will continue to improve and be an important SAN technology.
Posted: 01 Oct 2008 | Published: 30 Sep 2008
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US AFB Implements ProtecTIER — Cuts Backup Time by 50 Percent While Maximizing the Use of Existing Storage Resources
| sponsored by Diligent Technologies Corporation
CASE STUDY:
When engineers for the United States Airforce decided to address growing backup and restore problems, they turned to protecTIER.
Posted: 29 Sep 2008 | Published: 27 Sep 2008
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Supercharging TSM Performance with an Enterprise VTL
| sponsored by SEPATON
WHITE PAPER:
This paper describes the ways that SEPATON technology enables customers to get the most value, efficiency, and performance from their TSM environments.
Posted: 24 Sep 2008 | Published: 23 Sep 2008
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The Clipper Group - EMC CLARiiON Delivers Less Wasted Capacity and Increased Performance
| sponsored by EMC Corporation
WHITE PAPER:
Read this white paper to learn about an option for storage consolation that delivers up to double the scale, performance and connectivity while offering greater power-efficiency.
Posted: 10 Sep 2008 | Published: 10 Sep 2008
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SAS & Fibre Channel - Compared
| sponsored by Dot Hill Systems Corp.
WHITE PAPER:
This paper explores SAS -- a relatively new entry into the disk drive market -- as a very viable replacement for Fibre Channel based (FC) disk drives.
Posted: 10 Sep 2008 | Published: 09 Sep 2008
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HP Simply Consolidation Solution Guide: Your Guide to Shared Storage for Business Efficiency
| sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
WHITE PAPER:
This guide is designed to help you understand the benefits of consolidating your storage by sharing storage from multiple application servers.
Posted: 08 Sep 2008 | Published: 08 Sep 2008
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E-Guide: Storage Choices for Virtual Machine Disaster Recovery
| sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
WHITE PAPER:
When evaluating storage solutions for DR in a virtual environment, there are several aspects you should consider. In this E-Guide discover several concerns to be aware of when planning for disaster recovery in a virtual server environment.
Posted: 04 Sep 2008 | Published: 04 Sep 2008
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Here Comes 8Gig Fibre Channel
| sponsored by Storage Magazine
JOURNAL ARTICLE:
Switches and host bus adapters are available, but 8Gb/sec arrays won't be released until next year.
Posted: 02 Sep 2008 | Published: 01 Jul 2008
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FCoE: Coming to a Data Center Near You: Hot Spots
| sponsored by Storage Magazine
JOURNAL ARTICLE:
Fibre Channel over Ethernet is speeding along the certification path, and now is the time to determine what it can do for you.
Posted: 02 Sep 2008 | Published: 01 Jul 2008
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Presentation Transcript: Top Ten I/O Strategies for the Green and Virtual Data Center
| sponsored by Xsigo Systems
WHITE PAPER:
In this paper Greg Schulz and Jon Toor talks about the industry trends and perspective about the Top Ten I/O Strategies for Green and Virtual data center.
Posted: 01 Sep 2008 | Published: 01 Sep 2008
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Deploying Microsoft® SQL Server 2005 with Microsoft Windows Server® 2008 on Dell PowerEdge Servers and Dell Storage
| sponsored by Dell, Inc.
WHITE PAPER:
This white paper provides an architectural overview and configuration guidelines for deploying Microsoft SQL Server 2005 x64 SP2 with Microsoft Windows Server® 2008 x64 Enterprise or Standard Edition on Dell PowerEdge servers with Dell PowerVault.
Posted: 27 Aug 2008 | Published: 27 Aug 2008
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The Art of Storage
| sponsored by Dell, Inc.
CASE STUDY:
Dell iSCSI solution simplifies storage management for MisterArt.com, supporting 80 percent business growth and nearly two times better performance.
Posted: 27 Aug 2008 | Published: 27 Aug 2008
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Dell Virtualization Reference Architecture
| sponsored by Dell, Inc.
WHITE PAPER:
This overview of Dell Virtualization Reference Architecture (RA) white paper describes three validated configurations for Dell | VMware and Dell | Citrix XenServer Dell edition virtual infrastructures.
Posted: 27 Aug 2008 | Published: 27 Aug 2008
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Reducing Storage Complexity
| sponsored by Dell, Inc.
WHITE PAPER:
This paper explains implementing a comprehensive storage strategy based on simple, cost-effective, and capable plug-and-play technologies which can help reduce costs, increase efficiency, and ensure business continuity.
Posted: 27 Aug 2008 | Published: 27 Aug 2008
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Best Practices Data Deduplication for Symantec's NetBackup (NBU)
| sponsored by Data Domain
WHITE PAPER:
This white paper focuses on how the Data Domain deduplication storage solution integrates with standard NBU architectural and operational environments in order to overcome the growing gap between what is being accomplished and needs to be accomplished.
Posted: 19 Aug 2008 | Published: 19 Aug 2008
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HP StorageWorks 4400 Enterprise Virtual Array (EVA4400) Performance
| sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
WHITE PAPER:
In this white paper learn how sequential performance provides customers with improved data transfer rates for applications such as data warehousing, streaming video, high-performance technical computing, and backups and restores.
Posted: 07 Aug 2008 | Published: 01 Aug 2008
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Implementation Guide: Using a High Performance Network Backbone to Meet the Requirements of the Modern Enterprise Data Center
| sponsored by Juniper Networks, Inc.
WHITE PAPER:
This document shares Juniper Networks best practices in designing a highly efficient, secure, scalable and flexible data center network.
Posted: 29 Jul 2008 | Published: 01 May 2008
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Connecting the Dots Between Storage and Virtualization
| sponsored by EMC Partner Organization
VIDEOCAST:
This videocast covers the usage of storage transports for server virtualization, iSCSI's readiness for virtualization deployments, and how to choose between using iSCSI over fibre channel, and vice-versa, in virtualization deployments.
Posted: 30 Jun 2008 | Premiered: 27 Jun 2008, 09:00 EDT (13:00 GMT)
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