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May 26, 2013

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ALSO CALLED: SAN Architecture, Storage Network, Server Area Networks, Storage SANs, Storage Area Networks DEFINITION: A SAN file system (that is, a storage area network file system) is programming that enables the sharing of the same copies of files stored on common storage media among multiple servers that may have different operating systems. Without a SAN file system, although different servers may share common storage media (using virtualization approaches), they cannot share the same files. A SAN file system … Definition continues below.
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Eliminate Tradeoffs between DAS and Networked Storage sponsored by Coraid WHITE PAPER: This white paper explores modern solutions that bring together the best qualities of direct-attached storage and shared storage. Read now to learn more. Posted: 25 Mar 2013 \| Published: 20 Mar 2013 TOPICS: DAS \| Ethernet Networks \| Fibre Channel \| Fibre Channel SAN \| iSCSI SAN \| SAN \| SAN and Virtualization \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Spending \| Storage Virtualization

Keep up with the Speed of Business sponsored by SanDisk Corporation WHITE PAPER: This white paper reveals the benefits of switching to solid state solutions which will provide the support to meet customer demands from sales enablement to advanced training to business planning and performance. Posted: 21 Mar 2013 \| Published: 21 Mar 2013 TOPICS: Backups \| Disk Backups \| SAN \| Solid State Disks \| Solid State Storage \| Storage Hardware \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Management

Coraid eyes cloud storage opportunity, grows revenue sixfold over two years sponsored by Coraid WHITE PAPER: Check out this research report to explore the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats around ATA over Ethernet and cloud orchestration technology. Read on for more information on the latest innovations in these developing spaces! Posted: 20 Mar 2013 \| Published: 29 Feb 2012 TOPICS: Cloud Storage \| SAN \| SAN and Virtualization \| Solid State Storage \| Storage Hardware \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Virtualization

Coraid for Hadoop: Scale Out Storage for Big Data Analytics sponsored by Coraid WHITE PAPER: Access this brief paper to learn about an Ethernet SAN technology with the simplicity, performance and cost of DAS designed to expand the benefits of Hadoop file systems. Read on to learn how this storage can help you optimize your big data analytics. Posted: 19 Mar 2013 \| Published: 19 Mar 2013 TOPICS: DAS \| Data Analytics \| SAN \| SAN and Virtualization \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Efficiency \| Storage Management \| Unstructured Data

HP Enterprise Virtual Array Storage and VMware vSphere 4.0, 4.1 and 5.x configuration best practices sponsored by HP and VMware WHITE PAPER: This white paper introduces a family of storage solutions that combine with VMware vSphere 4 and 5 to provide simplified management and maximized performance of a vSphere infrastructure. Posted: 18 Mar 2013 \| Published: 31 Jan 2013 TOPICS: Data Center Management \| SAN \| Server Virtualization \| Storage Best Practices \| Storage Consolidation \| VMware

Simplifying Microsoft Windows Server environments with virtualized, unified IP-based storage sponsored by Dell and VMware WHITE PAPER: Access this two-page solution brief to learn about a unified, virtualized, IP-based storage system designed to reduce costs and complexities, centralize storage management, grow with your business and to integrate with Microsoft Windows Server environments. Posted: 22 Feb 2013 \| Published: 07 Jan 2013 TOPICS: iSCSI SAN \| NAS \| SAN \| SAN and Virtualization \| Storage for File Virtualization/NAS Virtualization \| Storage for Virtualized Servers \| Storage Hardware \| Storage Spending \| Storage Virtualization

7 ways Dell Compellent optimizes VMware server virtualization sponsored by Dell and VMware WHITE PAPER: Access this white paper to learn how one leading vendor's storage center SAN complements VMware environments and explore 7 ways this SAN optimizes VMware server virtualization. Posted: 22 Feb 2013 \| Published: 31 May 2010 TOPICS: Data Recovery \| Data Storage \| SAN \| SAN and Virtualization \| Storage Capacity \| Storage for Virtualized Servers \| Storage Hardware \| Storage Optimization \| Storage Provisioning \| VMware

2013 Midrange Unified Storage Array Buyer's Guide sponsored by NetApp WHITE PAPER: This Buyer's Guide on midrange unified storage arrays aims to help any organization accelerate their evaluation process by providing information about available solutions and detailing models which should be analyzed further. View now for help finding your ideal midrange unified storage array. Posted: 20 Feb 2013 \| Published: 20 Feb 2013 TOPICS: Backups \| Midrange Server Hardware \| NAS \| SAN \| Small Businesses \| SMBs \| Storage Appliances \| Storage Architectures \| Storage Best Practices \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Consolidation \| Storage Devices \| Storage Efficiency \| Storage Hardware \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Management \| Storage Virtualization

Buyer's Guide to Tomorrow's SAN Technology sponsored by ORACLE APAC WHITE PAPER: Access this white paper to find 3 criteria for SAN storage systems worthy of your investment and find five questions geared to help you determine your SAN needs. Read on to learn how finding the right SAN system for your company can lead to maintained costs and a sharpened competitive edge. Posted: 23 Oct 2012 \| Published: 23 Oct 2012 TOPICS: Capacity Planning \| Data Security \| Data Storage \| SAN \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Management \| Storage Spending

Data ONTAP 8.1 and 8.1.1 Operating in Cluster-Mode: An Introduction sponsored by NetApp WHITE PAPER: This white paper provides an overview of Data ONTAP 8.1 operating in Cluster-Mode, including its architecture and core capabilities, and positions it firmly in the 21st-century data center. Read now to learn more. Posted: 08 Oct 2012 \| Published: 29 Jun 2012 TOPICS: Data Compression \| Data Deduplication \| NAS \| NAS Software \| SAN \| SAN and Virtualization \| Storage Architectures \| Storage Best Practices \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Consolidation \| Storage Controllers \| Storage for Virtualized Servers \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Management \| Storage Optimization \| Storage Provisioning \| Storage Spending

Scalable Storage Gives Law Firm Dickinson Wright Stronger Foundation for Growth sponsored by Dell and VMware CASE STUDY: Learn how a 530-employee law firm transformed a sprawl of physical servers with DAS into a cost-efficient, reliable infrastructure that allowed for an estimated seven-figure software cost avoidance, one-hour DR and seven locations to be equipped with SAN and DR - for the price of one. Posted: 17 Sep 2012 \| Published: 01 Jun 2012 TOPICS: Data Loss Prevention (DLP) \| Disaster Recovery \| SAN \| SAN and Virtualization \| Storage Architectures \| Storage Efficiency \| Storage Management \| VMware Disaster Recovery

Real-time Compression Advances Storage Optimization sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: This white paper explores how next-gen, real-time compression is changing the game by offering a robust, efficient, and cost-effective optimization solution. Read now to learn more. Posted: 10 Sep 2012 \| Published: 30 Apr 2012 TOPICS: SAN \| SAN and Virtualization \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Consolidation \| Storage for Virtualized Servers \| Storage Industry \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Optimization \| Storage Provisioning \| Storage Security \| Storage Spending \| Storage Strategy for Virtual Data Centers

Customer Video - TCCT improves performance 20% on SAP with XIV sponsored by IBM VIDEO: This short clip reveals the use of IBMs XIV storage system and how it cost effectively provides robust SAP services to customers at blazing speeds. Posted: 20 Mar 2013 \| Premiered: 30 Jan 2012 TOPICS: Backup for Virtualized Servers \| Backups \| Cloud Backup \| Cloud Storage \| NAS \| SAN \| SAN and Virtualization \| Storage for File Virtualization/NAS Virtualization \| Storage for Virtualized Servers \| Storage Management \| Storage Virtualization \| Virtual Desktop Infrastructure \| VMware

VMware SAN configuration: Concerns and limitations sponsored by Dell, Inc. PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: In this expert presentation transcript from SearchVirtualStorage.com, Howard Marks, chief scientist and founder of DeepStorage.net, discusses VMware SAN configuration issues that could cause problems in your virtualized environment. Posted: 20 Mar 2013 \| Published: 20 Mar 2013 TOPICS: Data Storage \| SAN \| SAN and Virtualization \| Storage for Virtualized Servers \| Storage Management \| Storage Strategy for Virtual Data Centers \| VMware

Silverton Whitepaper: NetApp SAN Performance and Clustered ONTAP sponsored by NetApp WHITE PAPER: This comprehensive white paper explores how a modern unified storage system with integrated data protection can provide a more agile and responsive storage infrastructure that can continually change and adapt as new, unforeseen demands arise. Read now to learn more. Posted: 14 Mar 2013 \| Published: 28 Dec 2012 TOPICS: SAN \| Storage Appliances \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Consolidation \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Management \| Storage Optimization \| Storage Security \| Storage Spending

Future Predictions for Dell SAN Strategy sponsored by Dell, Inc. EGUIDE: This E-Guide explores Dell's recent acquisitions and how they're shaping the current and future storage landscape. Read now to learn more. Posted: 04 Mar 2013 \| Published: 04 Mar 2013 TOPICS: DRAM \| RAM \| Rambus DRAM \| SAN \| Storage Architectures \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Consolidation \| Storage Hardware \| Storage Industry \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Management \| Storage Optimization \| Storage Resource Management \| Storage Spending

Expert Strategies for Virtual Machine Performance Monitoring sponsored by ORSYP EGUIDE: This expert e-guide explores top strategies and tools for successfully monitoring virtual machine (VM) performance. Included are details concerning why performance data retrieved from within the VM may not always be accurate, and how the right performance monitoring tool can resolve any discrepancy in performance numbers. Posted: 05 Feb 2013 \| Published: 05 Feb 2013 TOPICS: Data Center Management \| Enterprise Systems \| SAN \| Server Virtualization \| Virtual Machine \| Virtual Machine Monitor

Will the future of enterprise storage be defined by software? sponsored by The 451 Group WHITE PAPER: Over the last 20 years, the emergence of the networked-storage-systems market has given rise to an entire multibillion-dollar industry. Although many things have changed over this period, there has been one constant: Systems were largely defined by, and features were mainly delivered through, hardware. Posted: 08 Jan 2013 \| Published: 03 Dec 2012 TOPICS: Data Storage \| NAS \| NAS Software \| SAN \| SAN and Virtualization \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Hardware \| Storage Industry

Unlocking the Value of Global Deduplication for Enterprise Data Management sponsored by CommVault Systems, Inc. WHITE PAPER: CommVault Simpana software is the only end-to-end data management solution that delivers global data deduplication across replication, backup and archiving functions. This white paper explains more about this single-platform architecture that keeps compressed data on shared storage resources, giving you control over all data management functions. Posted: 27 Dec 2012 \| Published: 16 Feb 2009 TOPICS: Continuous Data Protection \| Data Management \| Disaster Recovery \| NAS Software \| RAID \| SAN \| Storage Resource Management

Addressing SAN Management Issues in Virtual Environments sponsored by APTARE EGUIDE: This expert SearchStorage.com E-Guide dives into warning signs of SAN management problems-to-come so you can catch them before they manifest in your virtual environment. Check it out to learn how your peers are responding to these pain points. Posted: 17 Dec 2012 \| Published: 17 Dec 2012 TOPICS: SAN \| SAN and Virtualization \| Server Virtualization \| Storage Efficiency \| Storage for Virtualized Servers \| Troubleshooting

Cloud Backup Versus Cloud Storage Comparison sponsored by Symantec Corporation EGUIDE: This exclusive SearchStorage.com E-Guide takes a close and clear look at cloud storage and backup so you can arm yourself with the correct facts. Check it out now for a comparison of cloud backup, cloud storage and storage in the cloud, and learn how to differentiate between cloud backup, recovery and restore. Posted: 05 Dec 2012 \| Published: 05 Dec 2012 TOPICS: Backups \| Cloud Backup \| Cloud Disaster Recovery \| Cloud Management \| Cloud Storage \| Data Management \| Data Recovery \| Data Storage \| NAS \| SAN

Unified Data Center Fabric: Reduce Costs and Improve Flexibility sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc. WHITE PAPER: Discover how implementing a Unified Fabric can reduce costs and improve the alignment of data center assets to better fulfill business requirements. Posted: 18 Oct 2012 \| Published: 18 Oct 2012 TOPICS: Data Center Cooling \| Data Center Design \| Data Center Networking \| Data Center Power Management \| LAN \| Network Architectures \| Network Design \| Network Infrastructure \| Network Management \| Network Performance \| Network Traffic Management \| Networking \| SAN \| Server Management \| Server Virtualization \| TCO \| Virtual Machine \| VM

Slashing Energy Costs by Improving Storage Efficiency sponsored by Oracle Corporation UK Ltd WHITE PAPER: This paper examines some of the innovative ways in which organizations all around the world are optimizing storage resources to save space, improve performance and reduce energy waste and costs. Posted: 18 Sep 2012 \| Published: 08 Dec 2010 TOPICS: NAS \| NAS Software \| Oracle (Product) \| SAN \| SAN and Virtualization \| Storage Appliances \| Storage Architectures \| Storage Best Practices \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Efficiency \| Storage for File Virtualization/NAS Virtualization \| Storage Optimization \| Storage Provisioning \| Storage Spending \| Storage Strategy for Virtual Data Centers

E-Guide: Best Practices for Building a Cost-effective Oracle Database on SANs sponsored by Dell, Inc. EGUIDE: This SearchStorage.com E-Guide outlines best practices for building a cost-effective database infrastructure on SANs and how to ensure uptime in these Oracle, SAN environments. Read on to learn what it takes to deploy a scalable, efficient and cost-controlled database infrastructure. Posted: 12 Sep 2012 \| Published: 11 May 2011 TOPICS: Data Center Management \| Database Management \| Database Server Software \| Oracle (Product) \| SAN \| SAN and Virtualization \| Storage Management

SAN Monitor for EMC sponsored by SolarWinds, Inc. SOFTWARE DOWNLOAD: SolarWinds® SAN Monitor for EMC® is a free desktop tool that gives you the visibility into your physical storage to make sure it's in good health and lets you quickly and easily monitor EMC CLARiiON® arrays with at-a-glance insight into storage. Posted: 03 Aug 2012 \| Premiered: 03 Aug 2012 TOPICS: Performance Testing \| SAN \| Server Hardware \| Server Management \| Software \| Storage Efficiency \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Management \| Storage Optimization

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SAN DEFINITION (continued): … simplifies and streamlines SAN management, minimizes storage and retrieval time, optimizes the use of storage resources, allows network components to be scaled individually, and eliminates the need for storage redundancy.The SAN programming consists of a client on each server that is written especially for the operating platform used by that server. To create or write to a file, the client makes a request to a common metadata server which controls traffic in the SAN. Once access is granted, a server can access the file without having to go through the metadata server, ensuring that most I/O …
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