Storage Virtualization White Papers

WHITE PAPER: This paper is designed to help users who would like to understand virtualization better in order to evaluate the operational benefits it could provide.

Posted: 30 Jun 2008 | Published: 01 Feb 2008

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

WHITE PAPER: This paper covers best practices for designing solutions for--and protecting--VMware virtual machines.

Posted: 03 Jun 2008 | Published: 01 Nov 2007

WHITE PAPER: Timmons Group is a leader in the civil engineering industry; however, their storage requirements were growing at an unprecedented pace. Read this case study to learn how this company was able to overcome their challenges with innovative SAN solutions.

Posted: 02 Apr 2008 | Published: 02 Apr 2008

WHITE PAPER: Unified I/O in VMware ESX servers deliver many cost and power savings advantages.

Posted: 02 Apr 2008 | Published: 01 Mar 2008

WHITE PAPER: The purpose of this white paper is to provide examples of how HP server virtualization and HP storage virtualization technologies work together to improve data center operational efficiency.

Posted: 19 Mar 2008 | Published: 01 Dec 2005

WHITE PAPER: A consolidated infrastructure based on virtualization capabilities can help lower costs by reducing complexity, improving utilization and easing management through a common management platform and efficient tooling.

Posted: 13 Mar 2008 | Published: 12 Mar 2008

WHITE PAPER: Virtualization allows companies to respond quickly to changing storage capacity requirements and much more. This white paper presents an overview of storage virtualization technology and highlights an innovative new virtualization solution.

Posted: 05 Mar 2008 | Published: 01 Feb 2008

WHITE PAPER: InfiniBand defines an industry-standard implementation of remote direct memory access, protocols and kernel bypass to minimize CPU overhead allowing computing resources to be fully used on application processing rather than network communication.

Posted: 04 Mar 2008 | Published: 01 Dec 2007

WHITE PAPER: The focus of this article is to discuss what application developers need to know to enable their IP, SCSI, iSCSI, sockets or file system based applications to operate over InfiniBand.

Posted: 04 Mar 2008 | Published: 01 Dec 2007

WHITE PAPER: Virtualization is top priority for CIOs and data center managers. Download this guide on virtualization and discover an approach that distributes intelligence across all levels, while centralizing the control and management of your entire environment.

Posted: 12 Nov 2007 | Published: 01 Oct 2007

WHITE PAPER: Many organizations have consolidated their storage infrastructures and a growing number see storage virtualization as an essential part of an effective consolidation strategy. Read this white paper to learn the benefits delivered from this strategy.

Posted: 01 Nov 2007 | Published: 01 Nov 2007

WHITE PAPER: Virtualization is an approach to pooling and sharing IT resources so they can flexibly and automatically meet fluctuating business demand. This special report provides a complete outline on virtualization from how to get started technically and organiz...

Posted: 01 Nov 2007 | Published: 01 Nov 2007

WHITE PAPER: Enterprises of all sizes are building flexible storage infrastructures using iSCSI and advanced virtualization technologies to achieve a flexible and dynamic IT infrastructure that is simple to manage and scale. Read this white paper to learn more.

Posted: 20 Sep 2007 | Published: 20 Sep 2007

WHITE PAPER: Virtualization is one of the hottest topics in IT. This white paper provides an introduction to virtualization and explores the relationship between virtualization and open source and its effect on user control and efficiency.

Posted: 18 Sep 2007 | Published: 01 May 2007

WHITE PAPER: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 was released in early 2007. Learn about its enhanced level of capabilities and new levels of performance, scalability and security.

Posted: 18 Sep 2007 | Published: 01 Feb 2007

WHITE PAPER: Open source software has developed dramatically over the past few years. View this white paper to learn how open source is essential for a successful IT department.

Posted: 18 Sep 2007 | Published: 01 Jan 2007

WHITE PAPER: Data is constantly growing at exponential rates, but how do you stop this cycle? This white paper looks at how correcting provisioning inefficiencies and eliminating data redundancies through data virtualization tools can enable space-effic...

Posted: 05 Jul 2007 | Published: 01 Jun 2007

WHITE PAPER: Server virtualization is an important new technology that enables you to reduce data center costs and improve IT's business responsiveness. Download this white paper to learn how one solution can create SAN-enabled virtual machines for your dat...

Posted: 07 Jun 2007 | Published: 01 Nov 2006

WHITE PAPER: Hands-on lab testing of Fibre Channel directors including measurements by an independent electrician. Learn how power savings can leave more watts and amps available per rack and per floor tile for bladed servers and storage.

Posted: 15 May 2007 | Published: 01 Mar 2007

WHITE PAPER: This document describes how VMware software can be used with Double-Take from Double-Take Software to provide solutions for challenging high availability and disaster recovery problems. When recoverability matters, depend on Double-Take Software.

Posted: 24 Apr 2007 | Published: 01 Mar 2007

WHITE PAPER: Virtualization, while an important advancement for IT, has been put on the "back burner" by many organizations that think the project will be time consuming and costly. Learn about the realities of virtualization and why organizations should not wait.

Posted: 25 Jan 2007 | Published: 25 Jan 2007

WHITE PAPER: Virtualization has the power to improve performance across IT and new hardware components like blades and 64-bit processors have only fueled its popularity. Download this paper to get a comprehensive overview of the virtualization infrastructure.

Posted: 21 Dec 2006 | Published: 01 Dec 2006