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NetApp FAS2240 - An Inside Look sponsored by NetApp WHITE PAPER: This article takes an inside look at the unique design features of the NetApp FAS2240, including: Integration of controllers within NetApp SAS disk shelves; I/O and performance enhancements; New resiliency and availability features. Posted: 10 Oct 2013 \| Published: 31 Dec 2012 TOPICS: Data Management \| Fibre Channel SAN \| iSCSI SAN \| NAS \| SAN \| Storage Architectures \| Storage Efficiency \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Management \| Storage Optimization \| Storage Systems

Optimizing SAN Connectivity for Microsoft Virtual Server with VMPilot sponsored by Emulex Corporation, Inc. 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 TOPICS: Data Center Management \| Fibre Channel SAN \| Host Adapters \| Server Virtualization \| Server Virtualization Software \| Storage Virtualization

Importance of Unified I/O in VMware® ESX Servers sponsored by Mellanox Technologies, Inc. WHITE PAPER: Unified I/O in VMware ESX servers deliver many cost and power savings advantages. Posted: 02 Apr 2008 \| Published: 01 Mar 2008 TOPICS: Data Management \| Fibre Channel SAN \| Infiniband Architecture \| iSCSI SAN \| Server Virtualization \| Storage Best Practices \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Virtualization \| Storage Virtualization Software \| VMware	All resources sponsored by Mellanox Technologies, Inc.

Virtualized iSCSI SANs: Flexible, Scalable Enterprise Storage for Virtual Infrastructures sponsored by DellEMC and Intel® 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 TOPICS: Continuous Data Protection \| Data Management \| Disaster Recovery \| Fibre Channel SAN \| iSCSI SAN \| RAID \| Server Virtualization \| Storage Consolidation \| Storage Virtualization \| Storage Virtualization Software \| VMware

ESG Whitepaper - NetApp in the New Tier-1 Application World sponsored by NetApp WHITE PAPER: The performance, availability, and data protection requirements associated with tier-1 applications were easy to meet when one application mapped to one server and a dedicated storage system. But a virtual world with shared infrastructure and unpredictable workloads creates new demands. Discover how NetApp solutions address this challenge. Posted: 01 Jul 2013 \| Published: 31 Jan 2013 TOPICS: Disaster Recovery Planning for Virtual Environments \| Fibre Channel SAN \| High Availability \| Server Virtualization \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Efficiency \| Storage for Virtualized Servers \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Management

Dual Mode Fibre Channel and iSCSI SAN - The Best of Both SAN Storage Worlds sponsored by Dell \| EMC WHITE PAPER: Discover how you can get the best of both SAN storage worlds. Download this white paper to learn about a solution that brings together the high performance and reliability of Fibre Channel and the low cost and versatility of iSCSI. Posted: 16 Aug 2007 \| Published: 10 Aug 2007 TOPICS: Continuous Data Protection \| Data Management \| Fibre Channel SAN \| iSCSI SAN \| Storage Best Practices \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Consolidation \| Storage Security \| TCO \| VMware

InfiniBand for Storage Applications sponsored by Mellanox Technologies, Inc. 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 TOPICS: Data Management \| Fibre Channel SAN \| Infiniband Architecture \| iSCSI SAN \| Server Virtualization \| Server Virtualization Software \| Storage Best Practices \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Virtualization \| Storage Virtualization Software	All resources sponsored by Mellanox Technologies, Inc.

Hitachi IT Operations Analyzer: Root Cause Analysis for Supporting Fault Identification sponsored by Hitachi Vantara WHITE PAPER: Hitachi Data Systems introduces Hitachi IT Operations Analyzer software with unique Root Cause Analysis functionality. The IT Operations Analyzer is a powerful, proven approach to simplifying IT infrastructure management, with comprehensive performance and availability monitoring of up to 250 server, network and storage nodes. Posted: 04 Jun 2009 \| Published: 01 May 2009 TOPICS: Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency \| Data Center Management \| Data Centers \| Fibre Channel SAN \| Fibre Channel Switches \| IT Management \| Network Monitoring \| TCO

Introduction to using VMware vSphere with Dell/EMC Unified Storage sponsored by DellEMC and Intel® WHITE PAPER: This document provides a detailed overview of using EMC Celerra with VMware vSphere 4. VMware vSphere is an infrastructure virtualization suite that provides virtualization, management, resource optimization, application availability, and operational automation capabilities in an integrated package. Posted: 13 Jul 2010 \| Published: 01 May 2009 TOPICS: Data Deduplication \| Fibre Channel SAN \| iSCSI SAN \| NAS \| Storage Hardware \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Management \| Storage Provisioning \| Storage Systems \| Storage Virtualization \| VMware

Ethernet SAN or Fibre Channel SAN sponsored by Coraid WHITE PAPER: When it comes to choosing a storage area network (SAN) infrastructure, questions about performance, ease-of-use and cost are sure to come up. This technical brief reviews key differences to consider between Ethernet SAN and Fibre Channel SAN infrastructure when choosing a storage solution for your next virtual server or cloud storage project. Posted: 10 Jan 2011 \| Published: 07 Jan 2011 TOPICS: Fibre Channel SAN \| SAN \| Storage Appliances \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Consolidation \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Management