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Are ever-increasing demands for data accessibility causing your storage area network (SAN) to stretch beyond its limits?
And as you consider various solutions, are you concerned that your IT budget is being stretched too thin? Put those worries
to rest: SAN consolidation solutions can extend the life of (...)
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Are ever-increasing demands for data accessibility causing your storage area network
(SAN) to stretch beyond its limits? And as you consider vario... ...
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2010-03-11
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Scalability—or performance? In the past, storage area network (SAN) architects had to choose one over the other with regard
to their SANs. Now, however, compromise is no longer necessary. Stackable switch solutions allow for seamless scaling and
high performance—which means you can breathe as easily (...)
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storage area network san:
Scalability—or performance? In the past, storage area network (SAN)
architects had to choose one over the other with regard to their SANs. Now, ho... ...
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2010-03-11
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The first step to a successful storage area network (SAN) implementation is preplanning. Architecting a SAN not only helps
solve issues of storage consolidation, it facilitates day-to-day data center support and maintenance. A SAN investment should
save support dollars, not require additional support res (...)
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storage area network san:
The first step to a successful storage area network (SAN)
implementation is preplanning. Architecting a SAN not only helps solve issues of storage...
...
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2010-03-11
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The days of storage area networks (SANs) built with hubs and based on private, arbitrated loops are gone. Today’s fully public
switches—which include a variety of switch features—make managing large SANs a lot easier. The key to a flexible SAN is the
switch’s ability to create zones, which allows (...)
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Zoning: The Key to Flexible SAN Management. Source: QLogic Corporation. Document Type: White Paper Description:
The days of storage area networks (SANs) built ...
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2010-03-11
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The limited distance capabilities of storage area networks (SANs) make it difficult for IT managers to share, protect, and
move data over areas greater than ten kilometers. Using routers and switches that link SANs over Internet protocol wide area
networks (IP WANs) is one way to approach this difficulty (...)
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... Accelerating SAN-over-WAN Performance. Source: QLogic Corporation. Document Type: White
Paper Description: The limited distance capabilities of storage area ...
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2010-03-11
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How to Use a Network Appliance SAN for Server and Storage Consolidation. Reports and Other Software Package to Use In Your
Dynamic System for Server and Storage Consolidation. If you’re dealing with increasing demands on your server storage by adding
servers one at a time, the number of servers is growi (...)
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storage area network san:
How to Use a Network Appliance SAN for Server and Storage Consolidation. Reports and Other Software Package to Use In Your
Dynamic System for Serve...
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2010-03-11
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VMware and blade servers have taken the IT world by storm. Virtual server use has grown over 50 percent, and blade servers
account for 12.5 percent of all new servers. Can you incorporate them into your existing frameworks? Yes. Routers can scale
server numbers with virtual interfaces, and with fibre cha (...)
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... Yes. Routers can scale server numbers with virtual interfaces, and with fibre channel storage
area network (SAN) connectivity, you can reduce testing and ...
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2010-03-11
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Storage area network (SAN) administrators are under constant pressure to reduce costs, particularly in the area of storage
systems. iSCSI technology offers an alternative to fibre channel for implementing SANs enabled by Ethernet at a significantly
lower total cost of ownership. We contrast the options f (...)
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storage area network san:
Storage area network (SAN) administrators are under constant
pressure to reduce costs, particularly in the area of storage systems. iSCSI technolo...
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2010-03-11
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Ideally, your service area network (SAN) permits an uninterrupted flow of data all the time. Unfortunately, with changes
to the SAN fabric—when a server comes online, or when storage ports are added—the attendant tape backups might cause a serious
lapse in the flow of data. However, an interoperable (...)
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... Paper Description: Ideally, your service area network (SAN)
permits an ... with changes to the SAN fabric—when a server comes online, or when storage
ports are ...
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2010-03-11
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Abstract:
Reducing costs and increasing the quantity and availability of data have always been concerns for IT departments. Booting
up with a local area network (LAN) has long been one effective way of meeting those needs. However, what you might not know
is that storage area network (SAN) booting with iSCSI conne (...)
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... However, what you might not know is that storage area network
(SAN) booting with iSCSI connections can be even more effective in cutting costs and supplying ...
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2010-03-11
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Trying to stake its claim on the rapidly-growing enterprise storage market, Hewlett-Packard announced the formation of its
new Storage Organization, while unveiling products it hopes will give it a credible presence in the Network-Attached Storage
market. (...)
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Trying to stake its claim on the rapidly-growing enterprise storage market, Hewlett-Packard announced the formation of its
new Storage Organizatio...
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2000-04-13
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Abstract:
As the Microsoft Exchange environment continues to grow, building and managing the underlying IT infrastructure becomes increasingly
difficult for Exchange administrators. Adding more and more storage can lead to frequent system downtime and slower response
times. Discover seven ways your administrators (...)
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storage area network san:
... Exchange administrators. Adding more and more storage can lead to frequent system downtime
and slower response times. Discover seven ...
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2010-03-11
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Want even more connectivity options for your storage area network (SAN)? Need to boot your blade server up to iSCSI-based
storage systems? Itching to offload iSCSI traffic from the host processor and allow your server to support boot from SAN configurations?
This paper outlines how dynamic host configura (...)
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Want even more connectivity options for your storage area network (SAN)?
Need to boot your blade server up to iSCSI-based storage systems? Itching... ...
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2010-03-11
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Abstract:
The enterprise environment continues to evolve and change. Regardless of technology breakthroughs and system designs, storage
area networks (SANs) continue to provide IT with severe administrative challenges. But by implementing a cost-effective and
robust core-to-core solution, system administrators can (...)
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... breakthroughs and system designs, storage area networks (SANs ...
and provide greater access to network resources ... Download <strong>Extending the
SAN for SANbox 9000 ...
Published:
2010-03-11
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Abstract:
Microsoft System Management Server 2003 and Operations Manager 2005 storage monitoring solutions provide the necessary tools
to centrally manage and monitor Windows client and server infrastructure. Now, Sanbolic’s LaScala clustered volume manager
and related products offer a complementary toolkit whic (...)
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storage area network san:
... products offer a complementary toolkit which enables administrators to centrally configure and assign
storage assets in a storage area network (SAN)
environment ...
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2010-03-11
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The storage industry provides an abundance of white papers discussing the ever-changing data management and retention regulations,
the need for business continuity, and disaster recovery. The core of these data services is the ability to copy, move, and
replicate data—locally and far away. Unfortunatel (...)
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Extending SAN Connectivity for Engenio Arrays. Source: QLogic Corporation. Document Type: White Paper Description:
The storage industry provides an abundance of ...
Published:
2010-03-11
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The University of Maryland School of Medicine had already experienced VMware technology as a way to consolidate its servers;
what it didn’t realize was that the company’s solution could also address its disaster recovery needs. By combining two storage
technologies—creating a common storage area ne (...)
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storage area network san:
... By combining two storage technologies—creating a common storage area
network (SAN)—the school has reduced unexpected downtime from hours to seconds and has ...
Published:
2010-03-11
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Traditionally, 1U and blade servers have not been attached to high-end fibre channel storage due to the cost of adding those
servers to the storage area network (SANs). However, by leveraging the HP StorageWorks EVA iSCSI Connectivity Option, you
can solve this problem. (...)
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storage area network san:
... 1U and blade servers have not been attached to high-end fibre channel storage due to
the cost of adding those servers to the storage area network (SANs). ...
Published:
2010-03-11
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Abstract:
A critical element of storage area network performance is the selection and deployment of a host bus adapter (HBA) with the
right architecture. But high-performance database solutions also need to be complemented by high-performance and scalable
input/output connectivity. Choosing the wrong components ca (...)
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storage area network san:
... Description: A critical element of storage area network
performance is the selection and deployment of a host bus adapter (HBA) with the right architecture. ...
Published:
2010-03-11
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Permanent node-to-node data paths through a service area network (SAN) fabric are surprisingly inefficient. Some interswitch
links (ISLs) become oversubscribed, while others are underused, and don’t allow you to maximize the function of your existing
switch investments. Unclog your SAN’s data paths (...)
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storage area network san:
... Corporation. Document Type: White Paper Description: Permanent node-to-node data paths through a service
area network (SAN) fabric are surprisingly inefficient. ...
Published:
2010-03-11