Coping with SAN Storage Frustration Caused by Server Virtualization
sponsored by NEC Corporation
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Read this paper to learn strategies to deal with server virtualization issues associated with storage networking.
Posted: 21 Aug 2009 | Published: 21 Aug 2009
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HP StorageWorks MSA2000 Best Practices
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
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This white paper highlights the best practices for optimizing the HP Storage Works MSA2000 G1 and MSA2000 G2 pre-designed for use in conjunction with other HP StorageWorks Modular Smart Array manuals.
Posted: 19 Aug 2009 | Published: 12 Aug 2009
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THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE TO: Windows Application and Server Backup 2.0 CHAPTER 1
sponsored by AppAssure Software, Inc.
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Are you still making backups the old-fashioned way? With special chapters devoted to Exchange Server, SQL Server, virtualization, and SharePoint, you'll learn about new techniques and technologies designed to take backups out of the 1960's and into the 21st century.
Posted: 18 Aug 2009 | Published: 18 Aug 2009
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VMware Fault Tolerance Recommendations and Considerations on VMware vSphere 4
sponsored by HP, Intel, & VMware
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As dependencies on computing increase, ensuring that applications are highly available becomes more critical. This paper gives VMware fault tolerance recommendations and considerations on VMware vSphere 4.
Posted: 10 Aug 2009 | Published: 07 Aug 2009
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Configuring Systems for High Bandwidth I/O
sponsored by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
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This Sun BluePrints™ article describes a recipe for configuring systems to support the very high bandwidth I/O capabilities needed by data-intensive applications.
Posted: 20 Jul 2009 | Published: 27 May 2009
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Ensuring Cost-effective, High-performance Storage Deployments for Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Environments
sponsored by Hitachi Data Systems
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A well thought out storage design will help your organization achieve the most from your Exchange solution architecture - taking into consideration capacity, performance and availability, as well as budget, requirements. This Solution Brief includes nine key considerations for storage deployments to support your Microsoft Exchange environment.
Posted: 17 Jun 2009 | Published: 15 Jun 2009
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Data Deduplication Background - A Technical White Paper
sponsored by Quantum Corporation
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The purpose of data deduplication is to increase the amount of information that can be stored on disk arrays and to increase the effective amount of data that can be transmitted over networks. Read this white paper to learn more about data deduplication as well as Quantum Dxi-Series disk-based backup solutions.
Posted: 10 Jun 2009 | Published: 10 Jun 2009
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Backup and Recovery for Microsoft Exchange Server - Data Domain Deduplication Storage Best Practices Guide
sponsored by EMC Backup and Recovery Solutions
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In many companies, Microsoft Exchange is now commonly viewed as a mission-critical application. Protecting Exchange information is critical and backup is still the primary method used. This paper focuses on the traditional backup and recovery practices for Microsoft Exchange Server along with solutions from Data Domain.
Posted: 08 May 2009 | Published: 08 May 2009
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Modular Systems: The Evolution of Reliability
sponsored by APC by Schneider Electric
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Modularity is an established technique for organizing and simplifying a complex system. In data centers, modular design has already taken root in new fault-tolerant architectures for servers and storage systems. The mission of this paper is to illustrate how modularity delivers a profound reliability benefit: fault tolerance
Posted: 29 Apr 2009 | Published: 01 Jan 2005
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Agentless Architecture: Agentless Backup is Not a Myth
sponsored by Asigra
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Agentless backup is NOT a myth. The Asigra solution is proof because it requires no agents, which inherently makes it easier to install and support than legacy backup and recovery solutions. This paper serves as an introduction to Asigra's Hybrid Cloud Backup and Recovery Software.
Posted: 20 Apr 2009 | Published: 20 Apr 2009
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An Economical Approach To Maximizing Data Availability: Sun Storage 7000 Unified Storage Systems
sponsored by Sun Microsystems, Inc. and Microsoft
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Sun Storage 7000 Unified Storage Systems offer enterprise-class storage features while leveraging open source software and industry standard components to lower costs and provide greater innovation. Read this paper and see how your organization can benefit from Sun Storage 7000 Unified Storage Systems.
Posted: 08 Apr 2009 | Published: 30 Nov 2007
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Best Practices: Backing Up VMware with Veritas NetBackup
sponsored by Symantec Corporation
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As there are many ways of using VMware technology, there are just as many methods available for protecting this innovative technology. System administrators and IT technologists can use this paper to determine one of three recommended solutions for protecting VMs. Each of these technologies has relative advantages and disadvantages.
Posted: 17 Mar 2009 | Published: 01 Jan 2009
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HP StorageWorks SAN Virtualization Services Platform: Simplifying Heterogeneous Storage Virtualization
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
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Read this report and learn the results of ESG Lab testing of the HP StorageWorks SAN Virtualization Services Platform (SVSP) with a focus on the fundamentals of heterogeneous storage virtualization including centralized management, ease of use, thin provisioning, data mobility and capacity-efficient point-in-time snapshots.
Posted: 16 Mar 2009 | Published: 16 Mar 2009
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Comparative Management Cost Survey: Workload Weighting for Mid-range Storage Array Administrators
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
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Data center and storage administrators will find this white paper to be a valuable source on the time and cost savings, from a storage administrator's perspective, that can be realized from using StorageWorks EVA as compared to competing solutions from EMC and NetApp.
Posted: 16 Mar 2009 | Published: 23 Feb 2009
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Three Must Haves for the Virtual Data Center
sponsored by Dell Compellent
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To take full advantage of server virtualization, and create a true virtual data center, IT departments need a holistic storage solution that allows fully shared resources, easy and automated storage classification and migration and complete data protection. Read this white paper for three "must haves" to achieve those objectives.
Posted: 09 Mar 2009 | Published: 01 Jan 2009
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Virtually Effortless Backup for VMware Environments
sponsored by FalconStor Software
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VMware Consolidated Backup (VCB) improves virtual server backup, but there are a number of limitations. FalconStor Software has a solution that works with VCB while overcoming these limitations. Using this solution, you can quickly and efficiently back up virtual machines and retain transactional consistency, without management complexity.
Posted: 09 Mar 2009 | Published: 09 Mar 2009
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Best Practice for NDMP Backup Veritas NetBackup
sponsored by Symantec Corporation
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Customers are confronting the confusing number of options and configurations when it comes to backing up and restoring their network attached storage servers. This paper addresses this by describing the best practices for protecting and recovering NAS devices utilizing the Network Data Management Protocol.
Posted: 06 Mar 2009 | Published: 05 Jan 2009
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Next Generation Management Software for Blade Environments
sponsored by HP & Intel®
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One approach being used to reduce complexity and TCO in the data center is the implementation of new management software for blade servers, increasing business value and trimming expenses that vex IT budgets and divert important resources for transformational projects.
Posted: 03 Mar 2009 | Published: 03 Mar 2009
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HP Dynamic Deduplication - achieving a 50:1 ratio
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
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In 2008, HP introduced two products to the HP StorageWorks D2D Backup System Family. Both feature Dynamic deduplication based on an HP-patented algorithm that packs up to 50 times more backup data into the same disk footprint. This paper explains how Dynamic deduplication works and also establishes how a 50:1 deduplication ratio may be achieved.
Posted: 03 Mar 2009 | Published: 03 Mar 2009
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Comparison of Performance and Ease of SAN Deployment using HP Simple San Connection Manager (SSCM) Solution
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
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This report compares the performance of HP's 8Gb FC solution alone versus it's performance in conjunction with the Simple SAN Connection Manager. The results are remarkable! The Simple SAN Connection Manager took half the time to configure and 2/3rd fewer configuration step to deploy a FC SAN compared with configuring each component separately.
Posted: 03 Mar 2009 | Published: 03 Mar 2009
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Primary Data Compression in Oracle Environments
sponsored by Storwize
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The amount of data that organizations need has escalated. Expanding storage capacity to keep up with data growth requires capital investment and ongoing expenses. This paper explores a StorWize solution with compression, performance, and data integrity advantages over other approaches, translating into financial benefits and assurance..
Posted: 25 Feb 2009 | Published: 25 Feb 2009
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Taming The Power Hungry Data Center
sponsored by Fusion-IO
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The widening disparity between CPU performance and that of storage subsystems has spawned numerous solutions that do not fix the problem. This white paper exposes this fundamental flaw and introduces the means available today to substantively reduce power consumption while improving performance: Fusion-io's flash memory-based storage technology.
Posted: 16 Feb 2009 | Published: 16 Feb 2009
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Solid State Storage - A New Standard for Enterprise-Class Reliability
sponsored by Fusion-IO
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With throughput and seek times faster than disk arrays, data centers are including NAND flash as part of their server infrastructure. Fusion-io offers solid state storage solutions with NAND flash that provides integrity for data exceeding today's solid state storage solutions and surpasses enterprise-class rotating magnetic storage devices.
Posted: 16 Feb 2009 | Published: 16 Feb 2009
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User Directed Storage Management: How To Make Users Accountable For Responsible Storage Usage
sponsored by Northern Parklife
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The accelerated pace of doing business in today's world puts organizations under tremendous pressure. They need to be fleet and flexible, able to rapidly respond to opportunities, make decisions, and deploy resources. Critical to this is the way information is managed and stored.
Posted: 12 Feb 2009 | Published: 12 Feb 2009
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Streamline Your Storage Usage: 4 Straightforward Ways To True NAS Management
sponsored by Northern Parklife
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In a relatively short span of time, Network Attached Storage [NAS] has become a popular, widely implemented technology given its many attractive features and benefits. This whitepaper details four techniques for managing network attached storage, including file management simplification and data access without server intervention.
Posted: 12 Feb 2009 | Published: 12 Feb 2009
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