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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

Automate Storage Tiering Simply and Efficiently with Dell EqualLogic PS Series Virtualized iSCSI SANs sponsored by DellEMC and Intel® WHITE PAPER: Tiered storage is a smart storage solution that directs application workloads to a specific storage location (or "tier") based on performance and cost characteristics. This white paper provides an introduction to tiered storage; learn exactly how tiered storage functions, and how to determine which data should be sent to which tier. Posted: 01 Dec 2011 \| Published: 01 Dec 2011 TOPICS: SAN \| Storage Appliances \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Management \| Storage Optimization \| Tiered Storage

Achieving Five-9's Availability sponsored by Dot Hill Systems Corp. WHITE PAPER: This white paper describes the stringent quality and measurement procedures that ensure maximum uptime. Posted: 09 Apr 2014 \| Published: 11 Jan 2012 TOPICS: Data Replication \| Data Storage \| RAID \| SAN \| SAN and Virtualization \| Storage Architectures \| Storage Efficiency \| Storage Hardware \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Management

Using Tiered Storage in a PS Series SAN sponsored by Dell and VMware WHITE PAPER: This Technical Report describes the concepts and benefits of tiered storage, and describes how to take advantage of storage pools and other features of EqualLogic PS Series Firmware to implement tiered storage in a PS Series SAN. Posted: 10 Mar 2011 \| Published: 10 Mar 2011 TOPICS: iSCSI SAN \| SAN \| Storage Hardware \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Management \| Storage Systems \| Tiered Storage

Dell Fluid Data Technology Heals ZGT's Rapid Patient Data Growth Ills sponsored by Dell Compellent WHITE PAPER: ZGT needed the fl exibility to meet the demands of rapid patient data growth while lowering the cost of scaling its storage infrastructure. Read this white paper to learn how ZGT successfully migrated to a Dell Compellent Storage Center SAN with Dell Fluid Data. Posted: 09 Sep 2011 \| Published: 09 Sep 2011 TOPICS: Backup for Virtualized Servers \| Data Compression \| Data Replication \| Data Storage \| Disaster Recovery Planning for Virtual Environments \| SAN \| SAN and Virtualization \| Storage Capacity \| Storage for File Virtualization/NAS Virtualization

Running Highly Available, High Performance Databases in a SAN-Free Environment sponsored by Symantec Corporation WHITE PAPER: This white paper highlights an in-server solid-state solution that will provide you with 4 times the performance of traditional SAN at an 80% cost reduction. Posted: 05 Mar 2014 \| Published: 31 Jan 2014 TOPICS: Flash Memory \| SAN \| Solid State Disks \| Solid State Storage \| Storage Appliances \| Storage Architectures \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Efficiency \| Storage Management \| Storage Optimization

Simplify Virtual Desktop Deployments to Ensure Cost-Effective Implementations sponsored by Dell and VMware WHITE PAPER: This short solution brief showcases innovative blade storage arrays that enable a fully virtualized architecture that integrates storage, servers and networking within one blade chassis. Posted: 12 Nov 2013 \| Published: 30 Sep 2013 TOPICS: Desktop Virtualization \| SAN \| SAN and Virtualization \| Storage for Virtualized Servers \| Storage Management \| Storage Strategy for Virtual Data Centers \| VDI \| Virtual Desktop Infrastructure \| Virtual Machine \| VM \| VMware

VSAN: Reimagining Storage in vSphere sponsored by Global Knowledge WHITE PAPER: This whitepaper details a new solution from VMware that will help limit your spending on storage. Posted: 14 Apr 2014 \| Published: 14 Apr 2014 TOPICS: Data Center Design \| Data Center Management \| Data Centers \| SAN \| SAN and Virtualization \| Storage Architectures \| Storage Best Practices \| Storage for File Virtualization/NAS Virtualization \| Storage for Virtualized Servers

Highly efficient, scalable storage for managing unstructured data sponsored by Dell, Inc. and Intel® WHITE PAPER: This white paper delves into an enterprise-class distributed file system that provides you with the tools necessary to manage multiple file workloads in an efficient and simple manner. Posted: 09 Jun 2014 \| Published: 30 Dec 2013 TOPICS: Converged Networks \| Data Management \| Flash Memory \| NAS \| SAN \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Efficiency \| Storage Management \| Storage Optimization \| Unstructured Data

Solution Brief: Unified Backup and Disaster Recovery (DR) for VMware Environments sponsored by FalconStor Software WHITE PAPER: Organizations investing in VMware vSphere can leverage the data protection capabilities and application awareness of FalconStor CDP to protect and maximize their VMware purchases. FalconStor CDP enables flexible, affordable, automated, and dependable backup and DR for any VMware vSphere environment. Posted: 22 Jul 2011 \| Published: 22 Jul 2011 TOPICS: Backup for Virtualized Servers \| Backups \| Continuous Data Protection \| Data Recovery \| Data Replication \| Disaster Recovery \| SAN \| Server Virtualization \| VMware Disaster Recovery