iSCSI SAN White Papers
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IT Consolidation with VMware and Dell Equallogic ISCSI SANS
Sponsored by: DellEMC and Intel®Read this paper to learn how Dell EqualLogic™ PS Series iSCSI SANs can help to reduce the cost and complexity of IT Consolidation and uniquely integrate with VMware® Infrastructure to enable the fully virtualized IT environment.
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ESG Brief: FalconStor VTL Hyper-Accelerates Backup
Sponsored by: FalconStor SoftwareEven with the addition of a virtual tape library (VTL) solution to the backup environment, performance bottlenecks caused by inefficiencies on the host side of the backup process remain a challenge. This can now be addressed with an add-on to FalconStor VTL that accelerates backups four to eight-fold and reduces impact on production servers.
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Advancing Integration of Microsoft Hyper-V and Dell EqualLogic Virtualized SANs
Sponsored by: Dell EMC and MicrosoftThis paper will discuss the importance of an enterprise-class storage infrastructure as you migrate to a virtualized data center. Dell™ EqualLogic™ PS Series Internet SCSI (iSCSI) storage area network (SAN) arrays enable advanced integration with the robust server virtualization.
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Storage magazine Online June 2009: Heal Thyself
Sponsored by: TechTarget StorageA trend in storage product messaging these days is the theme of self-healing storage - the ability of a system to detect and repair hard disk problems automatically. In this month's cover story, independent storage expert Marc Staimer explains how and how well they work. This electronic issue also includes features on storage efficiency...
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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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IT Consolidation with VMware and Dell EqualLogic iSCSI SANs
Sponsored by: Dell and VMwareDell EqualLogic™ PS Series iSCSI SANs help to reduce the cost and complexity of IT Consolidation and uniquely integrate with VMware® Infrastructure to enable the fully virtualized IT environment.
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Integrating Virtualized Servers with VMware vStorage-Enabled Dell EqualLogic iSCSI SANs
Sponsored by: Dell and VMwareDell EqualLogic Auto- Snapshot Manager / VMware Edition enables administrators to quickly and easily create hypervisor-aware snapshots of VMs-helping simplify data management, enhance scalability of data protection and recovery, and increase application performance.
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Security through Maturity: A Brief on Securing iSCSI Networks
Sponsored by: DellEMC and Intel®Read this white paper to learn about how Internet SCSI (iSCSI) offers a scalable, simplified, and cost-effective way to implement storage area networks (SANs) using Ethernet components.
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iSCSI for TL-Series Tape Libraries
Sponsored by: DellEMC and Intel®To supplement the growth in iSCSI SANs, Dell has introduced an iSCSI-to-SAS bridge card for the TL-series of tape libraries. This allows a customer to directly attach a tape backup target to their iSCSI 1Gb Ethernet SAN with little to no degradation in transfer speed. This white paper explores this setup and configuration.
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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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Benefits and Best Practices For Deploying SSDS In An OLTP Environment Using Dell Equallogic PS Series
Sponsored by: DellEMC and Intel®Using Solid State Disks (SSDs) in enterprise storage arrays is one of today's hottest storage trends. This whitepaper discusses the best practices for deploying SSDs in an OLTP environment using Dell EqualLogic PS Series arrays.
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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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Best Practices for VMware ESX Server 3.0 Backup on NetApp
Sponsored by: NetAppThis document discusses how Network Appliance and VMware ESX Server 3.0 work together to provide an effective backup solution in the Loyola Marymount University (LMU) environment. The goal of the VMware/NetApp solution is to provide a crash-consistent process that takes advantage of snapshot-based backups.
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Modular Storage: The Dell™ Powervault™ MD Storage Family
Sponsored by: DellEMC and Intel®The Dell™ PowerVault™ MD family can simplify IT by optimizing your data storage architecture and ensuring the availability of your data.
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Dell™ PowerVault™ Configuration Guide for VMware ESX/ESXi 3.5
Sponsored by: DellEMC and Intel®This document describes configuration steps to deploy solutions with VMware ESX/ESXi 3.5 on Dell™ PowerVault™ MD3000i, NX1950, MD3000, and MD1000. VMware ESX/ESXi 3.5 will be referred to as ESX for the remainder of the document. If any provision is related specifically to only ESX 3.5 or ESXi 3.5, it will be explicitly stated.
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ISCSI SAN BOOT - Simplifying Server Operations on SANS
Sponsored by: DellEMC and Intel®Storage area networks (SAN) deliver consolidated storage and advanced storage management features.
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Comparing iSCSI Initiator Implementations
Sponsored by: DellEMC and Intel®With the advent of iSCSI as the standard for networked storage, businesses can leverage existing skills and network infrastructure to create Ethernet-based SANs that deliver the performance of Fibre Channel-but at a fraction of the cost.
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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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ENHANCING YOUR IT ENVIRONMENT USING SNAPSHOTS
Sponsored by: DellEMC and Intel®Snapshots help you improve the productivity and reliability of your backups because they are fast, flexible and affordable. Read this white paper to learn more about snapshot technologies and the benefits they deliver.
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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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LeftHand Networks Virtual SAN Appliance for VMware® ESX: Virtual Storage Platform
Sponsored by: LeftHand NetworksLeftHand's Virtual SAN Appliance for VMware is the industry's first full-featured, virtual iSCSI SAN.
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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.
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Continuous Data Protection: Increasing Backup Frequency without Pain
Sponsored by: DellEMC and Intel®Daily data backups are an important, yet painful, operation - slowing production, requiring hands-on management and consuming media. Recovery is even more painful - finding the right backup media and restoring data back into a u...
