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Configuring iSCSI Connectivity with Vmware vSphere 5 and Dell EqualLogic PS Series Storage sponsored by DellEMC and Intel® WHITE PAPER: This white paper addresses some of the new features in vSphere, as well as how to connect a vSphere 5 environment to a Dell EqualLogic PS Series iSCSI SAN. Posted: 02 Dec 2011 \| Published: 02 Dec 2011 TOPICS: iSCSI Protocol \| iSCSI SAN \| SAN \| SAN and Virtualization \| Storage Architectures \| Storage for Virtualized Servers \| Storage Management \| VM

Affordable High Availability (HA) Delivers Convenience, Value and Improved Response Time to Retail Branches sponsored by LSI Corporation. WHITE PAPER: Need to minimize the risk of server failures and optimize your inventory database? LSI shows why deploying HA servers at your retail branch locations is critical to adding value to your business. Posted: 19 Jul 2013 \| Published: 30 Nov 2012 TOPICS: Business Continuity Planning \| Clustering \| DAS \| Disaster Recovery \| High Availability \| NAS \| Remote Office Connectivity \| Remote Offices \| SAN \| Server Accelerators \| Server Hardware \| Server Management \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Hardware \| Storage Management \| Storage Systems

Symantec Storage Foundation 6.1: Flexible Storage Sharing sponsored by Symantec Corporation WHITE PAPER: This brief resource explores a storage virtualization solution that combines shared and direct-attached storage together without the complexity, cost, or siloed appraoches to typical SAN management. Posted: 03 Mar 2014 \| Published: 31 Dec 2013 TOPICS: DAS \| SAN \| SAN and Virtualization \| Storage Appliances \| Storage Architectures \| Storage Efficiency \| Storage Management \| Storage Management Services \| Storage Virtualization

Avoiding SAN Performance Problems sponsored by Virtual Instruments WHITE PAPER: Maintaining peak performance while simultaneously addressing the root cause of SAN errors is challenging. This paper presents a high level summary of the most common SAN problems and explores new ways to dramatically improve application performance and availability. Posted: 02 Feb 2011 \| Published: 01 Feb 2011 TOPICS: Fibre Channel \| Fibre Channel SAN \| SAN \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Management \| Storage Management Software \| Storage Virtualization \| Storage Virtualization Software

Hitachi's Approach to Storage Capacity Efficiency sponsored by Hitachi Vantara WHITE PAPER: This report examines and details the Hitachi approach to delivering storage capacity efficiency via its USP V and VSP platforms. In doing so, it will highlight how Hitachi looks at the overall economics of storage by reducing relevant operating expenses which they address with the characteristics of their storage systems and software. Posted: 29 Apr 2013 \| Published: 30 Apr 2012 TOPICS: Data Center Management \| Data Management \| Data Storage \| NAS \| SAN \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Efficiency \| Storage Management \| Storage Virtualization \| Strategic Planning \| Tiered Storage

The Value of Shared Cached in Enterprise Computing sponsored by QLogic Corporation WHITE PAPER: Access this white paper to uncover the key design features of this I/O accelerating technology. Posted: 27 Feb 2014 \| Published: 31 Jul 2013 TOPICS: Cache Server Hardware \| Cache Server Software \| Caching \| SAN \| Storage Architectures \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Efficiency \| Storage Hardware \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Management

NetApp Clustered Data ONTAP 8.3 and 8.2x - An Introduction sponsored by NetApp WHITE PAPER: This technical report provides an overview of NetApp® clustered Data ONTAP® 8.3 and 8.2x, including basic components of the hardware and software architecture. Posted: 12 Jun 2013 \| Published: 12 Jun 2013 TOPICS: Data Management \| Data Migration \| NAS \| SAN \| Storage Architectures \| Storage Efficiency \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Management \| Storage Virtualization \| Virtual Machine

Hitachi Unified Storage Family sponsored by Hitachi Vantara WHITE PAPER: Check out this informative paper to explore one leading vendor's unified storage solution that can infuse your overburdened data center with greater flexibility, investment protection and cost savings. Read on to learn more. Posted: 06 Sep 2013 \| Published: 31 Jul 2013 TOPICS: Data Storage \| NAS \| SAN \| Storage Architectures \| Storage Best Practices \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Consolidation \| Storage Efficiency \| Storage for Virtualized Servers \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Management \| Storage Strategy for Virtual Data Centers \| Storage Systems \| Virtual Machine \| Virtual Machine Backups \| VM \| VMware

Symantec Storage Foundation 6.1: SmartIO sponsored by Symantec Corporation WHITE PAPER: This white paper highlights a storage solution that brings granular, online caching to applications architects, server admins, and database admins to move reads and writes inside the server. Posted: 03 Mar 2014 \| Published: 31 Jan 2014 TOPICS: Caching \| Caching Devices \| SAN \| Solid State Disks \| Solid State Storage \| Storage Architectures \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Controllers \| Storage Efficiency \| Storage Management \| Storage Optimization \| Tiered Storage

Optimizing VDI data management with unified virtualized storage sponsored by DellEMC and Intel® WHITE PAPER: This brief white paper explores how optimizing VDI helps simplify user data management and enables device – and location – independent data access. Find out how a unified virtualized storage technology helps boost IT flexibility. Posted: 28 Oct 2013 \| Published: 31 Dec 2011 TOPICS: Data Management \| NAS \| SAN \| Storage Efficiency \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Management \| Storage Virtualization \| VDI \| Virtual Desktop Infrastructure \| Virtual Machine \| VM