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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...
Planning for the Unexpected Disaster by Cisco Systems, Inc.
family of storage-area network (SAN) switches, with two products sized and priced specifically for the SMB market: the Cisco MDS 9020 Fabric Switch and the...
Auto-Snapshot Manager/ VMware® Edition: Automated, Integrated, And Scalable Protection Of Virtual Machines by Dell | EqualLogic
the Dell EqualLogic™ PS Series iSCSI SAN that enables fast online backups and quick restores of VMware virtual machines and VMFS file systems. Auto-Snapshot...
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...
10 Best Practices for Server Virtualization Planning by AT&T Corp
Your Human Resources ▪ Make Sure the SAN and LAN are in the Plan ▪ Anticipate the Management and Security Requirements ▪ Document Your Physical to Virtual (P2V...
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. Despite the efficiency improvements virtualization...
Auto-Snapshot Manager/VMware Edition In Action by Dell, Inc.
the Dell EqualLogic PS Series iSCSI SAN that enables fast online backup and quick restores of Virtual Machines. Auto-Snapshot Manager/VMware Edition is a new...
Storage and virtualization: Options for storage for VMs and Virtualized Environments by EMC Partner Organization
storage option (NAS, FC & iSCSI SAN) - and which environments favor one over the other • Desktop virtualization's impact on storage, and other issues to keep in...
Storage Networking Case Study: How Cisco IT Uses a SAN to Automate the Legal Discovery Process by Cisco Systems, Inc.
of a storage area network (SAN) within the Cisco network, a leading-edge enterprise environment that is one of the largest and most complex in the world...
ESG LAB VALIDATION REPORT Exanet ExaStore Clustered NAS Performance by Exanet
clustered NAS systems deliver SAN levels of performance with the ease of management and the lower cost of NAS. Typically, customers have implemented...
Dell™ PowerVault™ MD3000i by Dell, Inc.
The PowerVault MD3000i is an iSCSI SAN that helps simplify data management and delivers enterprise data protection capabilities at a fraction of the cost...
Internet Protocol & Fibre Channel in SANs by Storage Decisions
to improve and be an important SAN technology. This document explains: ▪ SAN’s benefit is asset utilization ▪ FC will continue to improve and be an important...
How to Reduce Power and Cooling Costs While Boosting Server Performance by Mellanox Technologies
scaling of compute, LAN and SAN capacity helping reduce TCO and doing so while enhancing data center agility. Data center cost structures are...
MULTI-PATH I/O - End to End High Availability and Performance by Dell, Inc.
to the entire I/O pathway in a SAN, delivering fault tolerance, high availability, and better performance. Most IT administrators recognize the...
Demo: Scalable, Integrated Data Protection for Virtual Servers with Dell EqualLogic™ Auto-Snapshot Manager/VMware® Edition by Dell, Inc.
how the PS Series virtualized iSCSI SAN helps provide automated, integrated and scalable protection of virtual machines using Auto-Snapshot Manager/VMware...
Evaluating NAS Performance by Exanet
out clustered NAS systems deliver SAN levels of performance with the ease of management and the lower cost of NAS. Typically, customers have implemented SAN...
Enabling NAS Clusters: The Silicon Storage Appliance by DataDirect Networks
data clusters via an integrated SAN and... Your organization's data availability is critical.

Performance challenges follow data availability, especially...
Where SAN Stands by Dell, Inc.
dives into the nuts and bolts of SAN architecture and topology. As SANs grow and expand, understanding the right architecture can be critical in making...
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...
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...
Intelenet Creates On-demand Computing Services with Equallogic ISCSI SAN by Dell, Inc.
PS Series SAN consolidates storage, easing management and backup; Delivers market differentiation and new storagebased services...
Building a Highly Reliable SAN by Dell, Inc.
in Storage Area Network (SAN) design that keeps your production environment operating and avoids data loss and downtime. System reliability is a...
The Cisco MDS 9000 8-GB SAN Solutions – An Overview by Cisco Systems, Inc.
The Cisco MDS 9000 8-GB SAN Solutions reinforces the cisco commitment to full and seamless product interoperability and consistency, as it...
LEARNING GUIDES
When done right, storage consolidation will reduces machine count and increases storage utilization. Just be sure to...
meeting the demand for improved SAN performance with larger switches and enhanced host bus adapters. Superior storage resource management and capacity...
One of the hardest parts about storage consolidation is data migration -- knowing what data to move, and when and where to...
Data migration is a key part of any storage consolidation initiative. Learn what product specifications you need to...