SAN Reports

Comcast Revolutionizes Network Performance Data Analysis
sponsored by Vertica Systems
CASE STUDY: After briefly considering and rejecting an open-source tool, Harvell and his team selected Vertica Analytic Database 2.0, as it is a high-speed, relational SQL database management system.
Posted: 12 Nov 2008 | Published: 12 Nov 2008

Vertica Systems

Auto-Snapshot Manager/ VMware® Edition: Automated, Integrated, And Scalable Protection Of Virtual Machines
sponsored by DellEMC and Intel®
PRODUCT LITERATURE: Auto-Snapshot Manager/VMware Edition (ASM/VE) is a unique and innovative data protection feature of the Dell EqualLogic™ PS Series iSCSI SAN that enables fast online backups and quick restores of VMware virtual machines and VMFS file systems.
Posted: 10 Nov 2008 | Published: 10 Nov 2008

DellEMC and Intel®

Integrating Dell Equallogic™ Sans with Citrix XENSERVER: Realizing Virtualization's Full Potential
sponsored by DellEMC and Intel®
WHITE PAPER: XenServer enables consolidation of server and other infrastructure resources, by combining servers and storage into resource pools that can be apportioned to the applications with the highest business need.
Posted: 10 Nov 2008 | Published: 10 Nov 2008

DellEMC and Intel®

Cisco MDS 9000 Family: Total Investment Protection
sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc.
PRODUCT LITERATURE: As discussed in this document, the Cisco® MDS 9000 Family provides the leading high-density, highbandwidth storage networking solution along with Integrated Fabric Applications to support dynamic data center requirements.
Posted: 04 Nov 2008 | Published: 04 Nov 2008

Cisco Systems, Inc.

PODCAST: Virtualized Infrastructure Management with LSI StoreAge SVM
sponsored by LSI Corporation
PODCAST: This Podcast highlights a new solution with improved and secure tools to manage large SANs for overall better utilization of SAN assets.
Posted: 31 Oct 2008 | Premiered: Oct 7, 2008

LSI Corporation

The Roadmap to Virtual Infrastructure: Practical Implementation Strategies
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: This VMware® white paper, especially useful for senior IT managers, describes best practices for implementing virtualization technology and provides strategies for convincing decision makers and others to support server virtualization.
Posted: 27 Oct 2008 | Published: 27 Oct 2008

IBM

Solving the Distributed Data Problem
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: Companies need to reevaluate traditional methods of protecting branch office and PC data such as tape backups and other localized do-it-yourself solutions. Read this white paper to learn about remote on-demand services.
Posted: 27 Oct 2008 | Published: 27 Oct 2008

IBM

The Virtual Machine Aware SAN
sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: This white paper describes the innovative approach introduced by the Cisco MDS 9000 Family to support an end-to-end virtualized SAN environment that is flexible, secure, scalable, and mobile.
Posted: 24 Oct 2008 | Published: 24 Oct 2008

Cisco Systems, Inc.

MDS 9000 SAN-OS Software: The Virtual Machine Aware SAN
sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: This document describes the innovative approach introduced by the Cisco MDS 9000 Family to support an end-to-end virtualized SAN environment that is flexible, secure, scalable, and mobile.
Posted: 24 Oct 2008 | Published: 24 Oct 2008

Cisco Systems, Inc.

Maximizing IT Value by Using High-End Server Processors
sponsored by Dell, Inc. and Intel®
WHITE PAPER: Intel IT has standardized on Intel® Xeon® processors with a core frequency of 3 GHz for two-socket servers for design computing and enterprise server virtualization.
Posted: 24 Oct 2008 | Published: 23 Oct 2008

Dell, Inc. and Intel®

Storage Networking Case Study: How Cisco IT Uses a SAN to Automate the Legal Discovery Process
sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc.
CASE STUDY: This case study describes Cisco IT's internal deployment of a storage area network (SAN) within the Cisco network, a leading-edge enterprise environment that is one of the largest and most complex in the world.
Posted: 08 Oct 2008 | Published: 08 Oct 2008

Cisco Systems, Inc.

The New Storage: Flexible, Scalable, and Green
sponsored by Dell | EMC
WHITE PAPER: Any organization with growing data storage -- and that's just about everybody now -- needs to do something, and what they did in the past won't work in the future. This paper gives a brief view into "new storage" -- flexible, scalable and green.
Posted: 19 Sep 2008 | Published: 19 Sep 2008

Dell | EMC

Auto-Snapshot Manager/VMware® Edition: Automated, Integrated, and Scalable Protection of Virtual Machines
sponsored by DellEMC and Intel®
PRODUCT LITERATURE: Auto-Snapshot Manager/VMware Edition (ASM/VE) is a unique and innovative data protection feature of the Dell EqualLogic™ PS Series iSCSI SAN that enables fast online backups and quick restores of VMware virtual machines.
Posted: 15 Sep 2008 | Published: 15 Mar 2008

DellEMC and Intel®

Dell PowerVault MD3000 1000 Mailbox Local Continuous Replication Microsoft Exchange 2007 Storage Solution
sponsored by DellEMC and Intel®
WHITE PAPER: This white paper describes a tested and validated storage solution for a 1000 mailbox Exchange Server 2007 environment with Local Continuous Replication (LCR) feature.
Posted: 27 Aug 2008 | Published: 27 Aug 2008

DellEMC and Intel®

Modular Storage: The Dell™ Powervault™ MD Storage Family
sponsored by DellEMC and Intel®
BROCHURE: The Dell™ PowerVault™ MD family can simplify IT by optimizing your data storage architecture and ensuring the availability of your data.
Posted: 27 Aug 2008 | Published: 27 Aug 2008

DellEMC and Intel®

ExaGrid: Simply State-of-the-Art D2D
sponsored by ExaGrid Systems, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: Disk-based backup took the market by storm several years ago with a compelling proposition: replace tape with high-speed disk to speed up and simplify backup.
Posted: 15 Aug 2008 | Published: 15 Aug 2008

ExaGrid Systems, Inc.

Hitachi Dynamic Provisioning Software at United Airlines
sponsored by Hitachi Vantara
WHITE PAPER: This paper describes virtualization capabilities of the new Hitachi Universal Storage Platform™ V with Hitachi Dynamic Provisioning software which improve storage utilization to new levels...
Posted: 11 Aug 2008 | Published: 01 Mar 2008

Hitachi Vantara

Protecting Vital Business Interests with a Simplified Storage Solution
sponsored by Dell | EMC
PRODUCT LITERATURE: Effective storage systems have become a critical element of enterprise operations. This paper explains how Dell Services enables organizations to maximize business continuity and mitigate the risk of disaster or litigation.
Posted: 08 Aug 2008 | Published: 01 Nov 2007

Dell | EMC

Keeping It Simple: How to Protect Growing VMware Environments
sponsored by BakBone
WHITE PAPER: VMware has evolved to meet the needs of its growing customer base and has built an excellent foundation for data protection. It's Designed to work in conjunction with third-party backup software applications.
Posted: 16 Jul 2008 | Published: 01 Jul 2008

BakBone

Remote Replication Best Practices for Oracle 10g Using XP Continuous Access White Paper
sponsored by Hewlett Packard Enterprise
WHITE PAPER: The test results and information presented in this paper explain how to properly plan for and successfully deploy a remote copy infrastructure for an Oracle 10g database using HP XP12000 Disk Arrays and HP StorageWorks XP Continuous Access Software.
Posted: 11 Jun 2008 | Published: 01 Apr 2008

Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Flexible Storage Enables Growth
sponsored by Dell | EMC
CASE STUDY: The AX4-5 has allowed McNeil to stand shoulder-to shoulder with much larger enterprises when it comes to data storage sophistication and efficiency.
Posted: 10 Jun 2008 | Published: 10 Jun 2008

Dell | EMC

NetBackup Disk Based Data Protection Options
sponsored by Symantec Corporation
WHITE PAPER: This paper explains the disk options and their capabilities as well as the other new features in NetBackup 6.5 that make up the Enterprise Disk Foundation, also it provides guidance in choosing the appropriate disk options for your environment.
Posted: 03 Jun 2008 | Published: 01 Oct 2007

Symantec Corporation

Veritas NetBackup™ 6.5 for VMware 3.x: Best Practices
sponsored by Symantec Corporation
WHITE PAPER: This paper covers best practices for designing solutions for--and protecting--VMware virtual machines.
Posted: 03 Jun 2008 | Published: 01 Nov 2007

Symantec Corporation

Best Practices Guide: Emulex Virtual HBA® Solutions and VMware® ESX Server 3.5
sponsored by Emulex Corporation, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: This paper provides an overview of some of the cases and outlines the steps required to deploy NPIV on ESX Server 3.5.
Posted: 03 Jun 2008 | Published: 01 Apr 2008

Emulex Corporation, Inc.

Dell™ Equallogic™ PS Series with VMware Site Recovery Manager Simple, Affordable, Automated Disaster Recovery
sponsored by DellEMC and Intel®
PRODUCT LITERATURE: VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM) is a new VMware Infrastructure 3-based solution that is tightly integrated with Dell EqualLogic PS Series storage to offer centralized disaster recovery management and testing for a virtualized datacenter.
Posted: 28 May 2008 | Published: 01 May 2008

DellEMC and Intel®