Fibre Channel SAN Research
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Ethernet SAN or Fibre Channel SAN
Sponsored by: CoraidWhen it comes to choosing a storage area network (SAN) infrastructure, questions about performance, ease-of-use and cost are sure to come up. This technical brief reviews key differences to consider between Ethernet SAN and Fibre Channel SAN infrastructure when choosing a storage solution for your next virtual server or cloud storage project.
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Presentation Transcript: iSCSI Over 10 GB Ethernet: Benefits Beyond Performance
Sponsored by: DellEMC and Intel®The combination of iSCSI and 10 Gigabit Ethernet is uniquely attractive - find out how by checking out this presentation transcript. Also learn how 10 GbE can simplify connectivity for physical, blade, virtual servers and network storage.
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Introduction to using VMware vSphere with Dell/EMC Unified Storage
Sponsored by: DellEMC and Intel®This document provides a detailed overview of using EMC Celerra with VMware vSphere 4. VMware vSphere is an infrastructure virtualization suite that provides virtualization, management, resource optimization, application availability, and operational automation capabilities in an integrated package.
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Optimizing Management efficiency for Storage Infrastructures
Sponsored by: DellEMC and Intel®The Dell/EMC NS family of unified storage enables organizations to easily and cost-effectively consolidate both unstructured file-system data and structured application data into a single shared storage system - helping organizations control costs, streamline management, and enhance storage availability and performance.
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Dell EqualLogic TCO Analysis: The Economics of EqualLogic Virtualized iSCSI Storage
Sponsored by: DellEMC and Intel®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 (FC SAN), and multi-protocol solutions (defined as systems that provide FC, iSCSI, and NAS connectivity).
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Data Center Servers and Storage E-Book Chapter 3: Selecting Storage in a Virtual Data Center
Sponsored by: Dell, Inc. and Intel®With Fibre Channel, iSCSI and even prepackaged storage-plus-SAN solutions available, figuring out which makes sense for your particular environment can be tricky. So, when it comes to virtual server storage, choose wisely. Learn provisioning tactics that can help organizations make the most of their storage.
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Riding the Virtualization Simplification Wave
Sponsored by: D-LinkServer virtualization is now beginning to deliver functional and economic benefits to nearly all classes of enterprises willing to take the virtualization plunge, down to and including organizations with just a few hundred seats.
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Virtualize Now with Dell | EMC CX4 and VMware vSphere 4.0
Sponsored by: Dell | EMCDeploying Dell’s enterprise solutions, including Dell|EMC CX4 Muti-Protocol SANs, 11th generation PowerEdge Virtualization Optimized Servers and Global Infrastructure Consulting Services (GICS) can help organizations confidently deploy, manage and protect your VMware vSphere 4.0 enviornment. Read this paper to learn more!
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Solid State Drive Applications in Storage and Embedded Systems
Sponsored by: Atrato, Inc.The purpose of this article is to examine the unique benefits of Intel® Solid State Drive (Intel® SSD) over traditional HDDs and competing SSDs, and to explore the benefits one could realize in using these new high performance SSDs in storage and embedded applications.
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10 Gigabit Ethernet: Unifying iSCSI and Fibre Channel in a Single Network Fabric
Sponsored by: DellEMC and Intel®The advent of 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE), Data Center Bridging (DCB), and Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE)offers enhanced performance and throughput for connecting networked storage to servers. Whether using the Internet SCSI (iSCSI) or Fibre Channel protocols, organizations have a clear path for unifying a network fabric in 10GbE environments.
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iSCSI: Superior Storage for Virtualization
Sponsored by: Dell, Inc. and Intel®iSCSI technology provides superior manageability to Fibre Channel for virtualized environments. Specifically, iSCSI lets users in virtualized environments utilize all the functionality available to non-virtualized systems.
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Reducing Power Consumption With Dell/EMC CX4 Series Storage
Sponsored by: DellEMC and Intel®Rising energy costs and growing volumes of information mean is a sign to increase the efficiency of storage systems and reduce power consumption. Employing capabilities such as disk drive spin-down, virtual provisioning, and tiered storage design in Dell/EMC CX4 Series storage arrays helps IT organizations keep energy costs under control.
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EMC CLARiiON AX4 Storage System
Sponsored by: EMC CorporationThe EMC® CLARiiON® AX4 is a versatile and cost-effective solution for organizations looking for an alternative to server-based storage. The AX4 delivers performance, scalability, and advanced data management features in one, easy-to-use storage solution.
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Hitachi IT Operations Analyzer: Root Cause Analysis for Supporting Fault Identification
Sponsored by: Hitachi VantaraHitachi Data Systems introduces Hitachi IT Operations Analyzer software with unique Root Cause Analysis functionality. The IT Operations Analyzer is a powerful, proven approach to simplifying IT infrastructure management, with comprehensive performance and availability monitoring of up to 250 server, network and storage nodes.
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SAN and Server Virtualization Podcast Transcript
Sponsored by: NexsanThis podcast transcript examines the pros and cons traditional Fibre Channel SAN and a slightly newer iSCSI SAN.
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Storage Magazine Online May 2009: Put Dedupe to the Test
Sponsored by: TechTarget StorageIn this month's Storage Magazine Online cover story, our resident backup expert, W. Curtis Preston, shows how to test various systems against your data so you can make the right decisions. Plus, check out features on recession-proof storage tips, four-tier storage design, and Continuous Data Protection (CDP).
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Dell/EMC CX4 Exchange Performance
Sponsored by: DellEMC and Intel®This white paper takes a high-level look at the features and functionality that make the CX4 an excellent choice for Microsoft Exchange and other electronic mail systems. It examines new features, discusses disaster recovery and VMware integration, and provides a brief example of CX4's performance in Exchange environments.
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Presentation Transcript: Changing the Rules of Backup and Disaster Recovery
Sponsored by: FalconStor SoftwareJoin Independent Backup Expert W. Curtis Preston and Falconstor's Product Marketing Manager Peter Eichers as they explore common data protection challenges and what technologies can be used to address them.
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Flexible Storage Enables Growth
Sponsored by: Dell | EMCThe AX4-5 has allowed McNeil to stand shoulder-to shoulder with much larger enterprises when it comes to data storage sophistication and efficiency.
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Changing the Economics of Storage Consolidation
Sponsored by: EMC CorporationThis Webcast explores ways to simplify IT through the use of IP storage consolidation solutions. View this presentation to learn how you can consolidate your storage without the cost and complexity of Fibre Channel.
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Importance of Unified I/O in VMware® ESX Servers
Sponsored by: Mellanox Technologies, Inc.Unified I/O in VMware ESX servers deliver many cost and power savings advantages.
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InfiniBand Software and Protocols Enable Seamless Off-the-shelf Applications Deployment
Sponsored by: Mellanox Technologies, Inc.The focus of this article is to discuss what application developers need to know to enable their IP, SCSI, iSCSI, sockets or file system based applications to operate over InfiniBand.
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InfiniBand for Storage Applications
Sponsored by: Mellanox Technologies, Inc.InfiniBand defines an industry-standard implementation of remote direct memory access, protocols and kernel bypass to minimize CPU overhead allowing computing resources to be fully used on application processing rather than network communication.
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Best Practices: Enterprise SATA Deployment with High Performance and Reliability
Sponsored by: DataDirect NetworksAcross many organizations, the rapid growth of data is outpacing storage budgets. SATA disk based archive storage is the perfect solution. Download this white paper to learn more about disk based archive storage and see if it will work for you.
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Virtualized iSCSI SANs: Flexible, Scalable Enterprise Storage for Virtual Infrastructures
Sponsored by: DellEMC and Intel®Enterprises of all sizes are building flexible storage infrastructures using iSCSI and advanced virtualization technologies to achieve a flexible and dynamic IT infrastructure that is simple to manage and scale. Read this white paper to learn more.
