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ALSO CALLED: SAN Architecture, Storage Network, Server Area Networks, Storage SANs, Storage Area Networks
DEFINITION: A SAN island is a storage area network (SAN) that exists as a discrete, isolated entity within a larger SAN. The components of a SAN island are usually all located in the same building, or even within a single room. SAN islands typically evolve within organizations as they grow. In a large SAN consisting of islands, the individual islands are interconnected and can share data. Connecting SAN islands  … 
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vDesk on VDI
sponsored by RingCube Technologies, Inc.
WEBCAST: This webinar will show you how, by combining RingCube's new vDesk solution with your VDI (virtual desktop infrastructure), you can achieve personalization, offline mobility and efficient storage.
Posted: 01 Dec 2009 | Premiered: 01 Dec 2009


On Demand Webcast: Simplify Your World: A Virtual Desktops Case Study
sponsored by Dell, Inc.
WEBCAST: Virtual desktops can help reign in IT costs and greatly simplify management. Watch now to explore virtualization benefits, trends and architectures. Learn about the role of virtualized iSCSI SANs (storage area networks) to enhance scalability and why you should consider desktop virtualization now.
Posted: 30 Nov 2009 | Premiered: 30 Nov 2009


Xiotech's Virtualization Interface - Animated Demo
sponsored by Xiotech Corporation
VIDEO: Welcome to Virtual View, a feature of Xiotech’s Icon Manager that dramatically improves storage management for VMware. Virtual View reduces storage provisioning from dozens of steps to three, enables management from one console instead of three, provisions storage in minutes instead of hours, and reduces time, required expertise, and risk.
Posted: 23 Nov 2009 | Premiered: 23 Nov 2009


Protecting Data on the Edge
sponsored by Zenith Infotech
VIDEO: According to industry statistics, the majority of a typical company's data doesn't reside on data center storage -- it lives on the "edge." The edge may be desktop PCs, laptops or even smart phones and PDAs. In this videocast W. Curtis Preston describes the most effective techniques, tools and best practices for protecting edge or mobile data.
Posted: 19 Nov 2009 | Premiered: 19 Nov 2009


Podcast: Protecting Data on the Edge
sponsored by Zenith Infotech
PODCAST: In this expert podcast W. Curtis Preston describes the most effective techniques, tools and best practices for protecting edge or mobile data.
Posted: 17 Nov 2009 | Premiered: 17 Nov 2009


Architecting Deduplication and Virtualization for Best of Breed Data Protection
sponsored by Data Domain
WEBCAST: Boston Medical Center details its decision process and successful implementation of Data Domain deduplication storage as well as the economic benefits received by going tapeless for backup and disaster recovery. Brad Blake, IT Director at Boston Medical Center, presented to an audience at Gartner's Data Center Conference.
Posted: 23 Oct 2009 | Premiered: 23 Oct 2009


Storage for Virtual Desktops - an optimized approach
sponsored by HP, Citrix, and Intel
WEBCAST: In this webcast, discover how application and desktop virtualization together with blade servers and SAN technology provide the most cost-effective virtual desktop tools for everyone in your organization. Gain insight into how to leverage this approach to simplify your IT systems while improving the productivity of your users.
Posted: 15 Oct 2009 | Premiered: 15 Oct 2009


Right-sizing Your Storage Infrastructure with Tiered Storage
sponsored by Datalink and Hitachi Data Systems
PODCAST: This podcast will define tiered storage and explain how tiered storage can drive efficiency in your IT operations. Listen to this podcast to find out what you should consider before implementing a tiered storage solution.
Posted: 25 Aug 2009 | Premiered: 25 Aug 2009


Reclaim Wasted Capacity
sponsored by Northern Parklife
VIDEO: This four-part webcast demonstrates the necessity for a proper storage management solution, such as Northern Storage Suite, in an organization's storage infrastructure. They'll review how NSS can reclaim wasted capacity, control user behavior, getting your end-users on-board with saving capacity and how to properly plan for future storage needs.
Posted: 03 Aug 2009 | Premiered: 03 Aug 2009


How vStorage Enabled SANs Will Help Maximize VMware Investment
sponsored by Dell and VMware
PODCAST: Check out this podcast to learn how VMware and Dell are leveraging VMware vStorage with the Dell EqualLogic PS Series SANs for greater virtual server performance and more efficient management.
Posted: 01 Jun 2009 | Premiered: 01 Jun 2009


Secrets to Successful DR and Continuity Planning
sponsored by Compellent
WEBCAST: This webinar reviews several enabling technologies that greatly simplify Disaster Recovery and business continuity like Silver Peak's WAN optimization solution. You'll also hear how OfficeWare was able to implement an effective and fully verified DR solution on a limited budget.
Posted: 11 Mar 2009 | Premiered: 11 Mar 2009


3 Steps to Eliminate Unused Capacity
sponsored by Compellent
WEBCAST: In this demo, Compellent technology professionals explain and demonstrate their dynamic capacity and thin provisioning techniqies, how they reduce TCO and energy costs, and dramatically eliminate unused storage space.
Posted: 11 Mar 2009 | Premiered: 11 Mar 2009

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SAN DEFINITION (continued): …  together in an efficient manner can present a challenge to a growing organization. There are several ways in which SAN island interconnection can be accomplished. Fibre Channel's fast data transfer makes it a popular technology choice. Even though a SAN island is physically located at a specific point, it may be used for more than one application, by more than one department within an organization, or by multiple organizations. Alternatively, an administrator may choose to allocate all the resources of a SAN island to one critical application. Drive sharing and data copying is common among SAN … 
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