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NAS

ALSO CALLED: Storage Network and Network Attached Storage
DEFINITION: Network-attached storage (NAS) is hard disk storage that is set up with its own network address rather than being attached to the department computer that is serving applications to a network's workstation users. By removing storage access and its management from the department server,  … 
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Storage Optimization for Exchange
sponsored by Azaleos Corporation
WEBCAST: Please join us for a webinar featuring a discussion of how to best architect and implement a long term storage strategy for Exchange Server.
Posted: 09 Oct 2008 | Premiered: Available On Demand
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TOPICS:  DAS | NAS | SAN

The Cisco MDS 9000 8-GB SAN Solutions - An Overview
sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc.
SOFTWARE DEMO: The Cisco MDS 9000 8-GB SAN Solutions reinforces the Cisco commitment to full and seamless product interoperability and consistency, as it protects the investment, lower your TCO and reinforces the vision and value.
Posted: 08 Oct 2008 | Published: 08 Oct 2008
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Internet Protocol & Fibre Channel in SANs
sponsored by Storage Decisions
WHITE PAPER: This document explains how Fibre Channel will continue to improve and be an important SAN technology.
Posted: 01 Oct 2008 | Published: 30 Sep 2008
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Making Virtual Backups Real
sponsored by Storage Decisions and Diligent Technologies Corporation
WHITE PAPER: This PowerPoint Presentation comes from a Storage Decisions session (New York 2008) that looked at the major server virtualization products and described the pros and cons of the various ways to back up and restore their data.
Posted: 01 Oct 2008 | Published: 01 Oct 2008
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What Storage Managers Are Buying Storage Magazine Fall 2008 Purchasing Intentions Survey
sponsored by Storage Decisions and i365, A Seagate Company
WHITE PAPER: Learn what storage managers for large companies have to say about currently available disk subsystems, storage networks, backup & DR, and storage management software.
Posted: 01 Oct 2008 | Published: 30 Sep 2008
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eGuide: Blade Servers and Virtualization - Improving Your Power & Cooling Efficiency
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
WHITE PAPER: This E-Guide provides tips on using blades and virtualization, details new virtualization product enhancements and offerings, and sets the record straight on myths and misconceptions surrounding power, cooling and consolidation.
Posted: 01 Oct 2008 | Published: 30 Sep 2008
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Breaking the Connections: Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Storage Virtualization
sponsored by Storage Decisions and i365, A Seagate Company
WHITE PAPER: There are numerous ways that your storage has already been virtualized, and there are many benefits to implementing more storage virtualization solutions.
Posted: 30 Sep 2008 | Published: 30 Sep 2008
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The Hidden Storage "Gotchas" of Server Virtualization
sponsored by Storage Decisions and i365, A Seagate Company
WHITE PAPER: This document examines many of the obstacles of server virtualization and provides solutions to avoid or overcome them.
Posted: 30 Sep 2008 | Published: 30 Sep 2008
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Clustered Storage: From SMB, to Scientific, to File Serving, to Commercial, Social Networking and Web 2.0
sponsored by Storage Decisions and i365, A Seagate Company
WHITE PAPER: Clustered Storage is useful for server and storage consolidation without introducing bottlenecks or excessive energy consumption while enabling modular growth.
Posted: 30 Sep 2008 | Published: 30 Sep 2008
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Encryption and Archive Arrive
sponsored by Agilysys-HDS
WEBCAST: In this expert Webcast, backup guru W. Curtis Preston goes beyond the limits of today's traditional backup techniques to expose you to some of the new up-and-coming backup technologies.
Posted: 29 Sep 2008 | Premiered: Available On Demand
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Enabling Economically Viable Long-Term Disk-Based Data Protection
sponsored by Diligent Technologies Corporation
PRODUCT LITERATURE: Diligent's ProtecTIER platform is an enterprise-scale comprehensive data-protection solution that produces dramatic data reduction, allowing for an increase in the effective capacity of a given disk array of 25x or more.
Posted: 29 Sep 2008 | Published: 27 Sep 2008
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eGuide: Exploring Virtualization Technologies and the Services Opportunities for Channel Pros
sponsored by Zenith Infotech
WHITE PAPER: This eguide addresses the advantages and disadvantages of storage virtualization technologies providing a balanced view of software-based, appliance-based and switch-based approaches.
Posted: 20 Sep 2008 | Published: 24 Sep 2008
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eGuide: Storage Virtualization - Help Your Customers Manage Growing Storage Demands While Boosting Your Services Revenue This Year
sponsored by Zenith Infotech
WHITE PAPER: This eGuide serves as a technology introduction to storage virtualization, and explores the areas where growing storage demands require attention.
Posted: 20 Sep 2008 | Published: 24 Sep 2008
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Using HP StorageWorks All-in-One Storage System with VMware ESX Server Solution - Overview and Configuration Guide
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
WHITE PAPER: This paper explains how HP StorageWorks All-in-One Storage System can be used as the storage repository for a VMware ESX server using iSCSI connectivity between the iSCSI initiator on the VMware server and the iSCSI Target built into the AiO.
Posted: 17 Sep 2008 | Published: 17 Sep 2008
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Effective Data Migration with Varonis DatAdvantage
sponsored by Varonis
PRODUCT LITERATURE: Varonis DatAdvantage helps you identify data owners so you can build data migration, management and governance policies that map to your business needs.
Posted: 10 Sep 2008 | Published: 10 Sep 2008
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ESG Analyst Storage Systems Brief CX4 - CLARiiON Improves Again
sponsored by EMC Corporation
PRODUCT LITERATURE: The latest CLARiiON CX4 is an impressive next-generation product with a good array of new functionality.
Posted: 10 Sep 2008 | Published: 10 Sep 2008
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The New EMC CLARiiON CX4: Leading-Edge Midrange Storage for Virtualized Environments
sponsored by EMC Corporation
PRODUCT LITERATURE: The EMC CLARiiON CX4 series of networked storage systems combines CLARiiON five 9's availability with innovative, future-ready technologies to lower your cost of ownership.
Posted: 10 Sep 2008 | Published: 10 Sep 2008
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HP StorageWorks MSA2000 Family
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
WEBCAST: The new HP StorageWorks Modular Smart Arrays offer the best price-performance features for direct attach environments, small clusters, and entry-level and mid-range SAN environments.
Posted: 08 Sep 2008 | Premiered: Available On Demand
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HP StorageWorks All-in-One Systems
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
WEBCAST: Manage, grow and protect your expanding data storage environment with HP's radically simple, affordable, and reliable network storage solutions for smaller IT environments.
Posted: 08 Sep 2008 | Premiered: Available On Demand
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HP All-in-One Storage Systems
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
SOFTWARE DEMO: HP All-in-One storage system from HP combines a window file server with an ICSI storage array while including integrated data protection software and a radically simple management interface.
Posted: 08 Sep 2008 | Published: 08 Sep 2008
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Choosing Managed Hosting and Colocation Providers
sponsored by PEER 1
WHITE PAPER: This E-Guide is an introduction for those considering an outsourcing provider and looking for a checklist of key guidelines to keep in mind. Learn how to save money while improving service and maintaining a focus on your core business.
Posted: 04 Sep 2008 | Published: 04 Sep 2008
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Optimizing Storage with Global File Virtualization
sponsored by EMC Corporation
WHITE PAPER: Global file virtualization is changing network storage management. Learn about a solution that allows organizations to easily simplify management, increase utilization, resolve performance bottlenecks, leverage tiered storage and lower TCO.
Posted: 03 Sep 2008 | Published: 03 Sep 2008
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Taneja Group: Evaluating File Virtualization Solutions
sponsored by EMC Corporation
WHITE PAPER: File virtualization help address the management challenges of traditional NAS. Download this Taneja Group white paper to learn five strategic questions you should ask your vendors when evaluating a file virtualization solution.
Posted: 03 Sep 2008 | Published: 03 Sep 2008
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QUALITY AWARDS III: Netapp Sweeps NAS Awards
sponsored by Storage Magazine
JOURNAL ARTICLE: Perennially strong in midrange NAS, NetApp adds the enterprise-class award in the latest Diogenes Labs-Storage magazine Quality Award.
Posted: 02 Sep 2008 | Published: 01 Jun 2008
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TOPICS:  NAS | SAN

Accelerate Business and Reduce Costs with EMC Archiving Solution
sponsored by EMC Corporation
CASE STUDY: This case study tracks the success of the Scotts Miracle-Gro Company as they faced enormous growth in production SAP, Microsoft Exchange, and file-sharing environments and details how they handled the resulting problems.
Posted: 15 Aug 2008 | Published: 15 Aug 2008
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NAS DEFINITION (continued): …  both application programming and files can be served faster because they are not competing for the same processor resources. The network-attached storage device is attached to a local area network (typically, an Ethernet network) and assigned an IP address. File requests are mapped by the main server to the NAS file server.

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