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Fibre Channel Director Face-off: Brocade vs. Cisco by Storage Magazine
for your storage environment? SAN consolidations, blade servers, virtual servers and storage, data encryption and requirements for more secure fabric...
Get Your iSCSI Game On: Best Practices by Storage Magazine
protocol. iSCSI, the flagship IP SAN protocol, now enjoys or should enjoy the same respect as Fibre Channel (FC). But with respect comes responsibility. While...
SAS & Fibre Channel - Compared by Dot Hill Systems Corp.
as a very viable replacement for Fibre Channel based (FC) disk drives. In today's economy, cost-effective, performance- oriented, scalable and reliable storage...
Can iSCSI Crack the Enterprise? by Storage Magazine
don't have to learn the ins and outs of Fibre Channel (FC) due to their familiarity with the IP protocol and Ethernet hardware. But iSCSI implementations in the data...
Is iSCSI Good Enough? by Storage Magazine
IP SAN adoption is growing among users who want storage that's easy to install, configure and manage, and also comes at a price...
Internet Protocol & Fibre Channel in SANs by Storage Decisions
This document explains how Fibre Channel will continue to improve and be an important SAN technology. This document explains: ▪ SAN’s benefit is asset...
Connecting the Dots Between Storage and Virtualization by EMC Partner Organization
to choose between using iSCSI over fibre channel, and vice-versa, in virtualization deployments. In this videocast, Burton Group senior analyst and IT book...
Mix SAS/SATA Drives for Speed or Capacity by Storage Magazine
interconnect speeds comparable to Fibre Channel (FC), is a recipe for significant change and opens the door to data lifecycle management (DLM). Most major storage...
Storage Bin 2.0: Virtualization Challenges by Storage Magazine
in the details. If you use VMs within a Fibre Channel (FC) network, you may have a bit of a problem. FC is a Layer 2 protocol and every VM in a physical server shares a common...
Cisco MDS 9000 8-Gbps Fibre Channel Modules Overview by Cisco Systems, Inc.
how Cisco MDS 9000 Family 8-Gbps Fibre Channel Modules deliver intelligence and consistent, predictable high performance to support the most demanding...
FAQ guide on Fibre Channel over Ethernet by Emulex Corporation
The new Fibre Channel over Ethernet technology appears to be accepted by a large majority and wide range of market vendors. This...
Getting a handle on iSCSI by EMC Partner Organization
when implementing an iSCSI SAN? • What are some of the biggest problem areas to watch for when implementing an iSCSI SAN? • Who is using iSCSI today and will...
MDS 9000 SAN-OS Software: The Virtual Machine Aware SAN by Cisco Systems, Inc.
to support an end-to-end virtualized SAN environment that is flexible, secure, scalable, and mobile. The expectations for today’s virtualized data centers are...
Zenon Addresses Immediate and Long Term Storage Needs by Migrating Fibre Channel San to iSCSI-based PS Series Arrays by Dell, Inc.
and full-featured, iSCSI-based SAN alternative to Fibre Channel investments which support immediate and future storage needs while minimizing...
CRN - Vital Information for VARs and Technology Integrators by Dell, Inc.
solution at a lower cost than Fibre Channel solutions. NCCU was using direct-attached storage on its servers and wanted to create a SAN. VeriStor brought in...
Digging into iSCSI by EMC Partner Organization
iSCSI as a viable and cost-effective SAN option. But what makes this technology so popular? In this expert Videocast, Stephen Foskett, Director of Data Practice...
SANmelody - Affordable, High Performance, by DataCore Software Corporation
and complexity of traditional SAN storage. SANmelody converts standard Intel/AMD servers, blades or virtual machines (VMs) into fully capable storage...
Staying One Step Ahead by Dell, Inc.
acting as a storage area network (SAN) connected via serial-attached SCSI (SAS) cables instead of Fibre Channel. A Dell PowerVault MD3000 direct-attached...
ESG: Building an Information Infrastructure -- Focus on iSCSI by EMC Corporation
not network your storage. Although Fibre Channel has been the traditional SAN option for years, its complexities and price tag have yielded universal adoption...
Secure iSCSI Storage by Storage Magazine
can be even more secure than a legacy Fibre Channel storage network. With a little planning, your iSCSI storage network can be even more secure than a legacy Fibre...
The Best Modular Systems for Network and Storage Availability by Dell, Inc. and Intel
blades with Ethernet, iSCSI, & Fibre Channel controllers seamlessly, without affecting the LAN/SAN • No reconfiguration of deployment frameworks, DHCP...
Comparing iSCSI Initiator Implementations by Dell, Inc.
that deliver the performance of Fibre Channel-but at a fraction of the cost. With the advent of iSCSI as the standard for networked storage, businesses can...
Presentation Transcript: Top Ten I/O Strategies for the Green and Virtual Data Center by Xsigo Systems
because connections, both fiber channel and Ethernet can be managed in a real time and from any location. Deploying Virtual mix and Virtual HBAs in servers, which...
Magnum Semiconductor Cuts Backup Costs in Half, Reduces Backup Time by 80% with ProtecTIER™ by Diligent Technologies Corporation
the Quatrio PIVOT VTL appliance via Fibre Channel connections, to give Magnum disaster recovery protection on the appliance itself.The recommendation...
LEARNING GUIDES
Listed here are product specifications for over 25 midrange NAS array products. Find out which storage vendors are...
In today's storage consolidation projects, virtualization allows administrators to pool storage from servers and...
The practice of tiered storage has emerged as a way to mitigate this expense by keeping mission-critical data on the...
Data migration is a key part of any storage consolidation initiative. Learn what product specifications you need to...