Storage Area Networks White Papers

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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.

Integrating Blades Solutions with Dell EqualLogic SANs
sponsored by DellEMC and Intel®
WHITE PAPER: There are many ways that blade enclosures can be attached to a Dell EqualLogic SAN. This paper reviews three ways, but depending on the blade enclosure design features there may be other options. Each of the three architecture strategies presented here provides different trade-offs in cost, complexity and scalability.
Posted: 05 May 2009 | Published: 30 Dec 2008

DellEMC and Intel®

Network Appliance and VMware Virtual Infrastructure 3 Storage Best Practices
sponsored by Arrow Electronics, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: This technical report reviews the best practices for implementing VMware Virtual Infrastructures on Network Appliance fabric-attached storage (FAS) systems.
Posted: 29 Jan 2008 | Published: 01 Oct 2007

Arrow Electronics, Inc.

S2A Nearline SATA Solution
sponsored by DataDirect Networks
WHITE PAPER: Looking for a solution that can balance your data and storage requirements in terms of reliability, accessibility, performance and costs? Download this white paper to learn how you can make your storage infrastructure more efficient and less expensive tod
Posted: 19 Apr 2007 | Published: 01 Jul 2006

DataDirect Networks

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

Intel IT: Implementing Virtualization in a Global Environment
sponsored by Intel Corporation
WHITE PAPER: Learn all the ways that server virtualization and consolidation can benefit IT: everything from greater agility to lower energy bills.
Posted: 21 Nov 2008 | Published: 21 Nov 2008

Intel Corporation

ISCSI SAN BOOT - Simplifying Server Operations on SANS
sponsored by DellEMC and Intel®
WHITE PAPER: Storage area networks (SAN) deliver consolidated storage and advanced storage management features.
Posted: 09 May 2008 | Published: 09 May 2008

DellEMC and Intel®

iSCSI for TL-Series Tape Libraries
sponsored by DellEMC and Intel®
WHITE PAPER: To supplement the growth in iSCSI SANs, Dell has introduced an iSCSI-to-SAS bridge card for the TL-series of tape libraries. This allows a customer to directly attach a tape backup target to their iSCSI 1Gb Ethernet SAN with little to no degradation in transfer speed. This white paper explores this setup and configuration.
Posted: 06 May 2009 | Published: 30 Sep 2008

DellEMC and Intel®

HP BladeSystem c-Class SAN Connectivity Technology Brief
sponsored by PC Connection and HP
WHITE PAPER: This paper describes the hardware and software required to connect HP BladeSystem c--Class server blades to Storage Area Networks1 (SANs) using Fibre Channel (FC) interconnect technology.
Posted: 15 Apr 2008 | Published: 01 Jun 2007

PC Connection and HP

IT Briefing: Efficient SAN-Based Tape Encryption
sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: This document discusses the protection of stored data, particularly the data that resides on backup tapes.
Posted: 17 Dec 2008 | Published: 16 Dec 2008

Cisco Systems, Inc.