June 2010 - (Free Research) Xiotech’s Emprise 7000 family of storage area network (SAN) solutions is based on Xiotech’s patented Intelligent Storage Element (ISE™) technology and proven virtualized, distributed cluster architecture. Read this white paper now to learn about the Emprise 7000 family in detail and the many benefits available.
June 2010 - (Free Research) Read this white paper to learn more about the Xiotech’s Emprise 5000 system, a revolutionary concept in data storage offering the lowest total cost of ownership (TCO) of any storage area network (SAN) or SAN-like system on the market.
April 2010 - (Free Research) If you are in charge of IT at a mid-size enterprise, you’re probably about to bite the bullet to add a new Storage Area Network (SAN). Why? The simple answer is that it’s a combination of challenges and opportunities. Read this paper to learn why any organization that runs more than one business server application should consider a SAN.
June 2010 - (Free Research) This paper is directed toward all levels of IT professionals—anyone who is interested in understanding the differences among the diversity of storage area network (SAN) offerings and approaches to storage virtualization. Read this paper to find out more.
June 2010 - (Free Research) Many enterprises looking to increase the flexibility, improve the scalability, enhance the availability and reduce the costs of data storage have turned to SANs. The Compellent SAN enables businesses to continuously integrate new disk drive, switch and network interface technologies without having to replace existing hardware or software.
January 2010 - (Free Research) The protocol utilized to transport data between servers and storage for High Performance Computing (HPC) and to define a Storage Area Network (SAN) is Fibre Channel(FC). Fibre Channel is an "invisible" protocol, because it is only known to the technicians that implement it and keep it working. This paper will provide an overview of this technology.
May 2009 - (Free Research) Email archiving, management and compliance solution for Exchange server that is easy to install and requires minimal administrative effort. Store all corporate email in an easily accessible central location.
December 2009 - (Free Research) 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).
December 2008 - (Free Research) This paper proposes several sample virtualization architectures based on Dell's server and storage products. Architectures are divided into three main categories: Small, Medium, and Large. These categories are based on the features and capacity of each product, as well as the complexity of the overall architecture.
January 2010 - (Free Research) The risks attached to not having a BC or DR plan are neither small nor cheap. Every good plan employs certain technologies and methodologies to limit the disruptiveness of an outage. CDW offers storage, power and networking specialists to assist with disaster recovery needs.
February 2010 - (Free Research) Implementing automated storage tiering with F5 ARX as part of its broader virtualization strategy has enabled Clackamas County to reduce storage costs, lighten the management burden on the IT team, and maximize the value of its existing iSCSI investment.
April 2010 - (Free Research) Dell, Inc. (Dell) commissioned Principled Technologies (PT) to determine the relative performance of various remote replication and backup technologies for remote office/branch office (ROBO) data protection to a central office across a wide area network (WAN) using the Blue Coat® WAN Optimization solution. Read this test report to learn more.
December 2009 - (Free Research) Dell Inc. (Dell) commissioned Principled Technologies (PT) to determine the relative performance of various remote replication and backup technologies for remote office/branch office (ROBO) data protection to a central office across a wide area network (WAN). Read this test report to discover key findings.
February 2009 - (Free Research) In chapter 13 of "Storage Area Networks For Dummies," important concepts of data de-duplication are detailed. The techniques described are designed to "lighten the load" of a company's data storage infrastructure, freeing up crucial storage space, and eliminating multiple instances of the same data.
March 2010 - (Free Research) Dell™ EqualLogic™ PS Series storage area network (SAN) arrays offer a solid shared storage foundation for a virtualized data center that can enable organizations to take full advantage of the high-availability features included with Windows® Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V™.
June 2009 - (Free Research) This 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.
March 2010 - (Free Research) By using VMware and the Compellent SAN together, enterprises can compound the benefits of virtualisation. This paper addresses seven technical advantages and describes how they allow the Compellent SAN to optimise VMware server virtualisation.
March 2009 - (Free Research) Storage consolidation brings many applications together to a single storage pool. It improves storage utilization, simplifies management, and increases reliability in well implemented SANs. While consolidation makes it easier to manage, provision, and backup your data, how do you manage different application service level requirements?
June 2010 - (Free Research) In this case study, Wikibon interviews a UNIX infrastructure manager about the four sets of storage management tools for the SAN that he and his team uses, his future SAN management plans, and how he has reduced the number of SAN management tools.
July 2008 - (Free Research) Built on patented peer storage architecture, the Dell EqualLogic PS Series of Internet SCSI (iSCSI) storage arrays offer high performance, reliability, intelligent automation, and seamless virtualization of storage to enable simplified enterprise storage deployment and management, and comprehensive data protection.
July 2010 - (Free Research) This ESG Lab Review documents the pay as you grow scalability and availability of the HP P4000 SAN. Topics explored include getting started with a Virtual SAN Appliance (VSA), online upgrades to physical appliances, proven support for more than 150,000 Microsoft Exchange users, and hyper-redundant fault tolerance.
