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ALSO CALLED: Storage Area Network Filers, Storage File Servers, File Servers, SAN Filers, Storage Filers, NAS Filers, Network Attached Storage Filers DEFINITION: A storage filer is a file server designed and programmed for high-volume data storage, backup, and archiving. Storage filers are also known as network attached storage (NAS) filers, storage file servers, or storage area network (SAN) filers. They are used in data sharing applications including the Internet, fibre channel SANs, and Ethernet LANs.The best storage filers are characterized by around-the-clock … Definition continues below.
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A Technical Overview of the Sun Oracle Exadata Storage Server and Database Machine sponsored by Oracle Corporation WHITE PAPER: This white paper examines how the Sun Oracle Exadata Storage Server allows companies to accelerate database performance, handle change and growth in scalable and incremental steps, and deliver mission-critical data availability and protection. Posted: 25 Sep 2009 \| Published: 25 Sep 2009 TOPICS: Cloud Computing \| Cluster Management \| Database Design \| Database Management \| IT Infrastructure \| Platform as a service \| Server Hardware \| Server Management \| Server Software

Best Practices for Deploying an SAP Landscape Using the c3000 Blade Enclosure and the EVA4400 sponsored by Avnet, HP and Partners WHITE PAPER: Discover best practices for deploying a 250-user/250-GB three-tiered SAP ERP landscape in an HP BladeSystem c3000 blade enclosure with HP ProLiant BL460c blade servers running Microsoft® Windows® Server 2003, an HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array (EVA) 4400 disk array, and an Ultrium 448c tape blade with HP Data Protector software. Posted: 18 Sep 2009 \| Published: 18 Sep 2009 TOPICS: Blade Servers \| SAP (Product) \| Server Appliances \| Server Hardware \| Server Software \| Server Virtualization \| Storage Appliances \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Management

Best Practices Guide - Intel® Xeon® Edition: VMware Reference Configurations for Midsize Companies sponsored by Sun Microsystems, Inc. and Intel Corporation WHITE PAPER: This white paper proposes a spectrum of reference configurations using Sun servers based on Intel processors, the broad range of Sun storage systems and appliances, and the VMware suite of virtualization products to configure cost-effective information systems for these businesses. Posted: 01 Oct 2009 \| Published: 01 Oct 2009 TOPICS: High Availability \| Server Hardware \| Server Virtualization \| SMBs \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Systems \| VMware

Business Ready Configuration for Virtualization: A Solution Guide for Dell PowerEdge R710 Servers, Dell MD3000i Storage, and Microsoft Hyper-V sponsored by Dell, Inc. and Intel WHITE PAPER: This white paper provides reference architectures and best practices for deploying and configuring Dell’s eleventh generation R710 server, using Dell MD3000i Storage Array and Microsoft Virtualization. The solution is based upon iSCSI storage technology as the storage environment. Posted: 24 Nov 2009 \| Published: 24 Nov 2009 TOPICS: Data Center Design \| Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency \| Data Center Management \| Server Hardware \| Server Management \| Server Virtualization \| Server Virtualization Software \| Storage Hardware \| Storage Management

Business Ready Configurations for Virtualization with Dell™ Poweredge™ Blade Servers, Dell Equallogic™ Storage, and VMware Infrastructure™ sponsored by Dell, Inc. and Intel WHITE PAPER: This white paper provides an overview of recommended servers, storage, software, and services. It can be used to plan, scope, and procure the required components to set up a virtualization infrastructure. Posted: 24 Nov 2009 \| Published: 24 Nov 2009 TOPICS: IT Infrastructure \| IT Spending \| Server Hardware \| Server Virtualization \| Server Virtualization Software \| Storage Devices \| Storage Hardware \| Storage Infrastructure

Business Ready Virtualization for the Data Center sponsored by Dell, Inc. WHITE PAPER: Dell is committed to driving the cost and complexity out of virtualization, helping you accelerate adoption and achieve cost savings sooner without sacrificing productivity. Read this solution guide to learn about Dell's Business Ready Virtualization Configurations. Posted: 24 Aug 2009 \| Published: 24 Aug 2009 TOPICS: Blade Servers \| Data Center Consolidation \| Data Centers \| Server Hardware \| Server Virtualization \| VMware \| VMware Infrastructure 3

Cost-effective Strategies for Building the Next-generation Data Center sponsored by ZT Systems WHITE PAPER: This white paper will discuss the forces behind the rise of flexible, cloud-like data center architectures; describe the hardware needs created by those new architectures; and show why custom servers from ZT Systems powered by AMD Opteron™ processors are an exceptional fit for these demanding new data center environments. Posted: 23 Oct 2009 \| Published: 23 Oct 2009 TOPICS: Cloud Computing \| Data Center Consolidation \| Data Center Design \| Data Center Management \| Data Centers \| High Availability \| Power Consumption Monitoring \| Server Hardware \| Server Virtualization \| Storage Virtualization

Create Supported SQL Server 2008 Virtual Machines -- Rely on Server Virtualization to run SQL Server 2008 sponsored by Dell, Inc. and Intel WHITE PAPER: The support team for Microsoft SQL Server has published guidelines for virtualizing this database engine. Read this paper to learn how to move forward with the process and create supported SQL Server virtual machines (VMs) that can be hosted on Dell PowerEdge servers. Posted: 02 Sep 2009 \| Published: 02 Sep 2009 TOPICS: Microsoft Virtual Server \| Server Hardware \| Server Management \| Server Virtualization \| SQL \| SQL Server \| Virtual Machine \| Virtual Machine Migration \| Virtual Machine Monitor

Dell and Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Server Virtualization and Management sponsored by Dell and Microsoft WHITE PAPER: With the introduction of Microsoft Hyper-V as part of Windows Server 2008, and Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager, you can now take advantage of a powerful new set of tools to help simplify infrastructure management. Posted: 15 Dec 2008 \| Published: 15 Dec 2008 TOPICS: IT Infrastructure \| Server Consolidation \| Server Hardware \| Server Management \| Server Virtualization \| Virtual Machine Monitor \| VM \| Windows Server Software

DELL™ PowerEdge™ Half-Height M610 and Full-Height M710 Blade sponsored by Dell, Inc. and Intel WHITE PAPER: The Dell PowerEdge M-Series blade servers help cut operating expenses through energy efficiency, product flexibility, and efficient use of data center space. Posted: 19 May 2009 \| Published: 19 May 2009 TOPICS: Blade Servers \| Data Management \| Infrastructure Management \| Rack Servers \| Server Consolidation \| Server Hardware \| Server Management

Deploying Oracle® Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition on Sun Systems sponsored by Sun Microsystems, Inc. WHITE PAPER: This paper describes an enterprise deployment architecture for Oracle™ Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition using Sun servers running the Solaris™ Operating System and Sun™ Storage 7000 Unified Storage systems. Posted: 16 Nov 2009 \| Published: 16 Nov 2009 TOPICS: Business Intelligence Software \| Business Performance Management \| Enterprise Applications Software \| High Availability \| NAS \| Oracle (Product) \| Server Hardware \| Storage Hardware \| Systems Implementation

Initial Investment Payback Analysis Summary Report: Dell PowerEdge R710 Solution with Hyper-V vs. Dell PowerEdge 2850 Solution sponsored by Dell, Inc. and Intel WHITE PAPER: Dell commissioned Principled Technologies to estimate how many months it would take to recapture initial investment costs when consolidating multiple 4-year-old Dell™ PowerEdge™ 2850 server and storage solutions onto a Dell PowerEdge R710 server and storage solution using Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 with Hyper-V™ Posted: 02 Sep 2009 \| Published: 02 Sep 2009 TOPICS: Data Center Consolidation \| Microsoft Hyper-V \| Server Consolidation \| Server Hardware \| Storage Architectures \| Storage Infrastructure \| TCO

Integrating Virtualized Servers with VMware vStorage-Enabled Dell EqualLogic iSCSI SANs sponsored by Dell, Inc. WHITE PAPER: Dell™ 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. Posted: 14 May 2009 \| Published: 14 May 2009 TOPICS: Data Security \| iSCSI SAN \| SAN \| Server Consolidation \| Server Hardware \| Server Management \| Storage Best Practices \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Consolidation \| VMware

More Functionality, Less Infrastructure: Managed IT with Double-Take Flex sponsored by Double-Take Software WHITE PAPER: Double-Take Flex provides increased functionality by using your existing technology infrastructure, saving you time and money when deploying new computers, protecting workloads and migrating existing workloads to new platforms. Posted: 16 Nov 2009 \| Published: 16 Nov 2009 TOPICS: Blade Servers \| IT Management \| Managed Security Services \| Server Hardware \| Server Virtualization \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Management \| Storage Management Services \| Storage Resource Management

Overcoming Buyer Objections Q2 2009 sponsored by Intel Technology Provider WHITE PAPER: In this white paper, you'll read about the top objections buyers have for upgrading their current equipment. You'll also hear about the solutions Intel has to offer to help increase the productivity of your workforce, reduce energy consumption, and much more! Posted: 15 Oct 2009 \| Published: 15 Oct 2009 TOPICS: Downtime \| IT Asset Management \| IT Spending \| Personal Computers \| Server Hardware \| Workforce Planning

Sun Fire X4170, X4270 and X4275 Server Architecture: Optimizing Performance, Density and Expandability to Maximize Datacenter Value sponsored by Sun Microsystems, Inc. WHITE PAPER: This white paper describes the architecture of the Sun Fire X4170, X4270 and X4275 servers, including the processor technology, I/O subsystem, built-in system management features, and range of supported operating systems. Posted: 17 Sep 2009 \| Published: 17 Sep 2009 TOPICS: Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency \| IT Infrastructure \| IT Management \| Operating Systems \| Server Consolidation \| Server Hardware \| Server Management

Technical White Paper: Best Practices for deploying Citrix XenApp on XenServer on HP ProLiant servers sponsored by HP, Citrix, and Intel WHITE PAPER: This techncial paper explores a number of options for using Citrix XenServer to consolidate 32-bit workloads on both x86 and x64 Microsoft® Windows® platforms, with emphasis on best practices, tuning, and tips for a server based computing environment. Posted: 12 Oct 2009 \| Published: 12 Oct 2009 TOPICS: Application Performance Management \| Best Practices \| Citrix XenServer \| Open Source Software \| Server Hardware \| Server Virtualization \| Virtual Machine

Technical White Paper: Performance of HP ProLiant BL460c G6 with Intel Xeon 5500 Series processors (2.93 GHz) in a 64-bit HP SBC environment sponsored by HP, Citrix, and Intel WHITE PAPER: This HP paper provides performance characteristics for the HP BladeSystem BL460cG6 blade server with XenServer and 64 bit workloads. Posted: 12 Oct 2009 \| Published: 12 Oct 2009 TOPICS: Blade Servers \| Citrix XenServer \| Performance Testing \| Server Hardware \| Server Management \| Server Virtualization

Technical White Paper: Sizing tips for XenServer with HP ProLiant servers sponsored by HP, Citrix, and Intel WHITE PAPER: This technical paper provides general sizing best practices to consider when planning your virtualization deployment with HP ProLiant and XenServer. Posted: 12 Oct 2009 \| Published: 12 Oct 2009 TOPICS: Citrix XenServer \| IT Best Practices \| Server Consolidation \| Server Hardware \| Server Management \| Server Virtualization

The Power/Density Paradox: The Result of High Density without Power Efficiency sponsored by Nexsan Technologies WHITE PAPER: The power/density paradox hinders end users from utilizing the very floor space that high density systems were intended to conserve. This brief explores what the power/density paradox is and how IT professionals can mitigate the risk. Posted: 18 Nov 2009 \| Published: 18 Nov 2009 TOPICS: Data Center Consolidation \| Data Center Cooling \| Data Center Design \| Data Center Physical Security \| Power Consumption Monitoring \| Rack Enclosures \| Rack Servers \| Server Consolidation \| Server Hardware \| Server Management \| Server Provisioning

The Solaris Operating System – Optimized for the Intel® Xeon® Processor 5500 Series sponsored by Sun Microsystems, Inc. and Intel Corporation WHITE PAPER: This document is intended as a quick reference guide for developers and system administrators that want to optimize the Solaris™ OS on the Intel® Xeon® processor 5500 series platform. Posted: 17 Sep 2009 \| Published: 17 Sep 2009 TOPICS: Energy Efficiency \| Intelligent Databases \| Intelligent Networks \| Performance Testing \| Processor Architectures \| Server Hardware \| Server Management \| Server Virtualization

Top 10 Reasons for a Server Refresh sponsored by Dell, Inc. and Intel WHITE PAPER: This paper provides the top 10 reasons for a server refresh, including power and cooling savings, consolidation and virtualization, and improved performance. Posted: 27 Nov 2009 \| Published: 27 Nov 2009 TOPICS: Data Center Consolidation \| Data Center Cooling \| Data Center Management \| Data Center Networking \| Data Center Power Management \| Data Centers \| Server Consolidation \| Server Hardware \| Server Management \| Server Virtualization

Total cost of ownership (TCO) of Dell PowerEdge M710 and HP Proliant BL685c G5 blade solutions. sponsored by Dell, Inc. and Intel WHITE PAPER: Enterprises of all sizes are deploying or considering deploying blade systems as a way to consolidate resources and lower their total cost of ownership. Read this white paper to learn about the total cost of ownership (TCO) for the Dell PowerEdge servers. Posted: 19 May 2009 \| Published: 19 May 2009 TOPICS: Blade Servers \| Business Intelligence \| Business Management \| Cost Benefit Analysis \| Rack Servers \| Server Consolidation \| Server Hardware \| Server Management \| TCO \| Tower Servers

Unleashing Application Performance with Solid-State Drivers and Sun Servers sponsored by Sun Microsystems, Inc. and Intel Corporation WHITE PAPER: This paper is intended for executives and managers and tells how Sun servers equipped with Flash-enabled solid-state drives (SSDs) offers dramatic improvements to HPC, Web 2.0, and data center application performance. Posted: 17 Sep 2009 \| Published: 17 Sep 2009 TOPICS: Hard Disk Drives \| High Availability \| High Performance Computing \| Server Hardware \| Server Management \| Solid State Disks \| Web 2.0

Virtualization Buzz and Benefits: Decoupling Hardware From Software for Greater Efficiency sponsored by CDW Corporation WHITE PAPER: Advanced technology allows businesses to get maximum bang out of hardware buck while reducing server counts and support costs. Read this whitepaper to learn how virtualization can help your business get the most out of its server hardware. Posted: 09 Sep 2009 \| Published: 09 Sep 2009 TOPICS: Data Center Consolidation \| Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency \| Data Center Management \| Server Consolidation \| Server Hardware \| Server Virtualization

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FILE SERVER HARDWARE DEFINITION (continued): … A storage filer is a file server designed and programmed for high-volume data storage, backup, and archiving. Storage filers are also known as network attached storage (NAS) filers, storage file servers, or storage area network (SAN) filers. They are used in data sharing applications including the Internet, fibre channel SANs, and Ethernet LANs.The best storage filers are characterized by around-the-clock availability, scalability, expandability, independent programming, ease of management, support of multiple network protocols, high storage capacity, storage redundancy, high throughput, security features, and connectivity to a variety of backup device types and configurations. Costs can range from a few thousand dollars to about $100,000.
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