A Storage Area Network (SAN) is a network designed to attach computer storage devices such as disk array controllers and tape libraries to servers. As of 2006, SANs are most commonly found in enterprise storage. A SAN allows a machine to connect to remote targets such as disks and tape drives on a network for block level I/O.
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HP SVSP: Unleash your Storage!
published by HP Virtualization on Feb 25, 2010
HP SAN Virtualization Services Platform (SVSP) for storage virtualization takes you closer to a truly virtualized and Converged Infrastructure by increasing utilization by 300% and managing 3 times more storage per administrator.
IDC: Choosing Storage for Virtualized Servers
published by HP Virtualization on Feb 25, 2010
For IT managers in midsize organizations, the rapid adoption of server virtualization has had a fundamental impact on the way server and storage resources are managed. What started simply as an effective tool for server consolidation has matured, for many, into a new way of managing IT that is significantly more dynamic and responsive to business needs.
Enterprise Strategy Group Lab Report: The Business Value of Reservationless Storage
published by HP Virtualization on Feb 25, 2010
Forward looking IT vendors are developing reservationless storage capabilities -- instead of having to reserve and purchase storage capacity up front, capacity is provided on demand to meet the needs of the business. As a result, upfront capital equipment costs are reduced due to an increase in storage utilization. This paper discusses how Reservationless storage streamlines the delivery of block-based storage capacity that is used for storage volumes (thin provisioning) and point in time images (snapshots).
ESG Lab Report: The Context and Value of a Fully Virtualized Storage Infrastructure
published by HP Virtualization on Feb 25, 2010
This paper focuses on the power of virtualization in general and the value of HP's Virtualized Storage Infrastructure in particular. HP's response to data growth and IT sprawl challenges and even broader economic impacts is far more comprehensive and holds the potential for a step-change in the provisioning of corporate IT resources.
Closing critical IT gaps and driving towards converged infrastructure with storage virtualization
published by HP Virtualization on Feb 25, 2010
This paper is intended for IT and business managers who are concerned about controlling budget while closing infrastructure gaps and extending the benefits of IT virtualization. Discussion includes identifying your storage virtualization strategy, four critical IT infrastructure gaps, introducing HP's approach to storage virtualization, and quantifying the benefits of end-to-end storage virtualization.
Driving Storage Efficiency in SAN Environments
published by NetApp on Feb 22, 2010
This paper outlines the considerations for architecting an efficient SAN data storage infrastructure with a focus on the NetApp solutions for increased utilization, improved performance and streamlined protection to reduce operational costs.
Unified Email Management for Domino
published by Mimecast on Feb 05, 2010
Email is possibly today's most important business tool but its use also carries many risks. Scalable, secure archiving, email continuity, data leak prevention - not to mention the constant onslaught of spam and malware - are just some of the issues that IT professionals have to deal with on a daily basis.
Email as Evidence
published by Mimecast on Jan 28, 2010
Today, email management is not only a filing and storage challenge. Because law firms and attorneys must be equipped to take control of litigation, email authenticity must be unquestionable with strong chains of custody, constant availability, and tamper-proof security. This white paper summarizes the author's experiences of litigating in fractured environments, particularly as they pertain to email. Learn the 12 steps that will help you gain control of your electronically stored data.
IDC: IDC Expert ROI Spotlight
published by NetApp on Jan 12, 2010
This case study outlines how Gateway Health realized a 291% ROI by using NetApp solutions to reduce infrastructure costs, increase IT staff efficiency and increase user productivity through simplification and virtualization of their SAN environment.
ESG: Driving Storage Efficiency in SAN Environments
published by NetApp on Jan 12, 2010
Today's IT organizations need to operate on slimmer budgets while managing the increased demands of the data center. This ESG paper outlines the considerations for architecting an efficient SAN data storage infrastructure with a focus on the NetApp solutions for increased utilization, improved performance and streamlined protection to reduce operational costs.
Business Case Study: Assessing Storage Efficiency within NetApp's Data Centers
published by NetApp on Jan 12, 2010
This report looks at ways NetApp IT was able to put into practices what the company has been saying to its customers for some time: That the use of NetApp storage offers such efficiency that it can save companies significantly more money and management time than the use of an alternate storage system.
3 Steps to Faster Data Migrations and Consolidations
published by Varonis on Dec 14, 2009
Varonis is uniquely able to identify the data owners and data users for unstructured data on file servers and NAS devices. It does this through comprehensive data access auditing that has no performance impact on storage servers.
Next-Generation data protection for mid-sized companies
published by IBM on Sep 10, 2009
You feel the same pressures to secure your data as a massive corporation does, but without the massive budget. This white paper gives an overview of next-generation data protection and recovery options designed and priced for small and mid-sized business.
Optimizing and Protecting Storage with Oracle Database 11g Release 2
published by Oracle Corp. on Jan 11, 2010
Many IT organizations today use inefficient storage management techniques underneath their Oracle Databases that are based on traditional practices that are no longer the industry's best operating procedure.
Guide to Reducing IT Costs Through Virtualization With Blades
published by Sun Microsystems on Jan 11, 2010
This free white paper from the experts at IDC posits solutions to the key problems posed by data center crowding: geometrically growing power and cooling costs; the spiraling cost of management; and the sheer number of server footprints.
Guide to Cost-Effectively Refreshing Aging Servers
published by Sun Microsystems on Jan 11, 2010
This free white paper from the experts at IDC posits solutions to the key problems posed by data center crowding: geometrically growing power and cooling costs; the spiraling cost of management; and the sheer number of server footprints.
Managing Web Infrastructure Storage Cost, Complexity, and Performance
published by Sun Microsystems on Jan 11, 2010
Storage costs are exploding. The culprits, according to this white paper: new Web-based applications that demand more I/O throughput and higher performance than ever. So how can you handle this onslaught while keeping your cost per GB (and cost per user) reasonable?
How to Utilize Open, Simple, and Scalable Storage at a Fraction of the Cost of Traditional Systems
published by Sun Microsystems on Jan 11, 2010
This white paper demonstrates how power, cooling, and real estate requirements are finally combining-to form a perfect storm for expensive, locked-in, proprietary hardware. Is there a way out?
Reducing Storage Complexity
published by Sun Microsystems on Jan 11, 2010
The experts at IDC predict that external disk storage capacity will grow 50% through 2010. In this free white paper, they'll show you how to simplify managing all that extra data while lowering costs, by implementing unified storage.
What Is Open Storage? The Need for a New Storage Architecture
published by Sun Microsystems on Jan 11, 2010
This free white paper reveals how businesses are benefiting from latest generation of open storage systems. Years ago, all servers were closed and proprietary; then open systems hit the market, combining rapid technological innovation with market-driven choice. In the white paper, you'll explore how open architectures are helping some of today's best-known enterprise names stay flexible and profitable.
Removing Barriers To Better Server Virtualization Efficiency
published by vWire on Dec 02, 2009
A commissioned study conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of Tripwire. This study included inquiry into the current role of virtualization in the overall environment and barriers to further deployment, as well as how performance is measured for both the environment and those managing virtualized servers.
Confidence in a downturn: Growing revenue fast on an HP BladeSystem and HP LeftHand P4000 SAN
published by HP StorageVirtualization on Nov 25, 2009
Deploying a VMware environment on HP ProLiant BL490c G6 Servers with HP Virtual Connect Flex-10 technology and HP LeftHand P4000 SAN Solutions, Gradwell maximizes uptime and minimizes costs to bring their customers an advantage in Internet telephony.
Fundamentals of a Well-Built SAN
published by HP StorageVirtualization on Nov 25, 2009
HP LeftHand SANs use distributed, clustered technology to deliver all of the functionality expected of a storage area network. They deliver functionality including synchronous replication, asynchronous replication, and remote copy.
HP LeftHand P4000 SAN Solutions Family Data sheet
published by HP StorageVirtualization on Nov 25, 2009
HP LeftHand P4000 SAN Solutions reduce costs with an all-inclusive software management feature set, that simplifies management in a virtual environment.
Storage Area Network (SAN) Technology and Management
published by Mainline Information Systems on Oct 20, 2009
This webcast includes interviews from leading SAN vendors including AJ Casamento, Solutioneer at Brocade, Bob Nusbaum, MDS Product Manager at Cisco and Jim Morin, Portfolio Management at Ciena.
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