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The past decade saw the emergence of the storage area network as a way to centralize, consolidate, and virtualize deployment
and management of storage resources. This architecture was developed to address complex problems that arose as storage moved
from a central point (the mainframe-based data center) (...)
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The past decade saw the emergence of the storage area network as a way
to centralize, consolidate, and virtualize deployment and management of sto... ...
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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:
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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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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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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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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... Source: QLogic Corporation. Document Type: White Paper Description: The limited distance capabilities
of storage area networks (SANs) make it difficult for IT ...
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2010-03-11
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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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... 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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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) 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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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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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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A critical element of storage area network performance is the selection
and deployment of a host bus adapter (HBA) with the right architecture. Bu... ...
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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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... Corporation. Document Type: White Paper Description: The days of storage area
networks (SANs) built with hubs and based on private, arbitrated loops are gone. ...
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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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... By combining two storage technologies—creating a common storage area
network (SAN)—the school has reduced unexpected downtime from hours to seconds and has ...
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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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... 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). ...
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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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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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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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Document Type: White Paper Description: Ideally, your service area network (SAN) permits
... the SAN fabric—when a server comes online, or when storage ports are ...
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2010-03-11
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Today’s business processes place high demands on IT infrastructure, and the answer often is integration of software and hardware
resources. Now you can integrate by separating: divide logical processing and storage resources from the physical hardware
on which they run, and help make virtualization a p (...)
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... Now you can integrate by separating: divide logical processing and storage resources
from the physical hardware on which they run, and help make virtualization ...
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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 networks (SANs) are complex structures that contain an infinite number of configuration possibilities—making
the process of configuring the devices to be installed into the SAN a lengthy one. To simplify the process, QLogic’s configuration
wizard provides users with some basic tools to g (...)
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... Source: QLogic Corporation. Document Type: White Paper Description: Storage area
networks (SANs) are complex structures that contain an infinite number of ...
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2010-03-11
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Storage area networks (SAN) continue to grow in size and complexity. Often, the ongoing cost of maintenance and upgrades
exceeds the initial acquisition and implementation cost. The ideal solution is to find an architecture that provides a simple
migration path without disrupting the existing infrastruct (...)
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storage area network:
... Source: QLogic Corporation. Document Type: White Paper Description: Storage area
networks (SAN) continue to grow in size and complexity. ...
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2010-03-11
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Company employees, business partners, and customers all demand secure and low-response-time access to business applications—from
wherever they are. While SAP addresses this need through its enterprise service-oriented architecture (SOA) solution, when
security features are added the application respons (...)
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Testing Secure Enterprise SOA Applications Across Wide Area Networks. Source: Shunra Software. Document Type:
White Paper Description ...
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2010-03-11