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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

The Value of Shared SSDs in Enterprise Computing sponsored by QLogic Corporation WHITE PAPER: This paper covers the advantages of the QLogic FabricCache 10000 Series adapters bringing transparent, shared caching to enterprise application environments. It combines a QLogic Fibre Channel adapter with intelligent caching to bring new levels of scalable application performance to existing SAN environments. Posted: 25 Apr 2013 \| Published: 31 Mar 2013 TOPICS: Cache \| Caching \| Fibre Channel \| Fibre Channel SAN \| SAN \| Server Accelerators \| Server Management \| Solid State Disks \| Solid State Storage

Delivering Tomorrow's Backup and Recovery Infrastructure sponsored by EMC Corporation WHITE PAPER: This white paper explores the best practices for modernizing all facets of your backup and recovery architecture in a fashion that suits your budget and established processes. Read now to learn more. Posted: 02 Aug 2013 \| Published: 30 Jan 2012 TOPICS: Data Deduplication \| Data Management \| Disk Drives \| NAS Software \| SAN \| Storage Architectures \| Storage Hardware \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Management \| Storage Virtualization

Forrester Thought Leadership White Paper: Exploring the Potential Benefits of End-to-End Convergence of Data Center Networks sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc. WHITE PAPER: This whitepaper discloses the results of an evaluation of end-to-end storage area network/local area network (SAN/LAN) networking issues including Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) adoption. Posted: 14 Feb 2012 \| Published: 14 Feb 2012 TOPICS: Converged Networks \| Data Center Networking \| Data Centers \| Ethernet Networks \| Fibre Channel \| Fibre Channel SAN \| iSCSI Protocol \| iSCSI SAN \| LAN \| LAN Hardware \| Network Architectures \| Network Design \| Network Infrastructure \| Network Management \| Network Performance \| Network Traffic Analysis \| Network Traffic Management \| Networking \| Networking Hardware \| SAN

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

Unified Visibility Fabric Architecture – A New Approach to Visibility sponsored by Gigamon WHITE PAPER: In this informative white paper, uncover a unified visibility fabric architecture that centralizes network monitoring and management tools for improved and simplified performance and security analysis. Posted: 24 Sep 2013 \| Published: 30 Aug 2013 TOPICS: Application Monitoring \| Application Performance Management \| Bandwidth Management \| Cloud Computing \| Ethernet Networks \| Fibre Channel \| LAN \| Network Architectures \| Network Capacity \| Network Infrastructure \| Network Management \| Network Management Services \| Network Managers \| Network Monitoring \| Network Performance \| Network Processing \| Network Processors \| Network Security \| Network Traffic Analysis \| Network Traffic Management \| SAN \| Security Management

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

Unified Networking on 10 Gigabit Ethernet sponsored by Intel WHITE PAPER: Unified networking over 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) in the data center offers compelling benefits, including a simplified infrastructure, lower equipment and power costs, and the flexibility to meet the needs of the evolving, virtualized data center. Posted: 01 Dec 2010 \| Published: 30 Nov 2010 TOPICS: 10 Gigabit Ethernet \| Data Center Management \| Data Centers \| Ethernet Cable \| IT Departments \| LAN \| Network Management \| SAN \| Scalability Testing \| Server Virtualization \| Storage Virtualization

Kareo’s SaaS Performance Gets Healthy with Pure Storage sponsored by Pure Storage WHITE PAPER: This whitepaper presents a case study in which a medical supply company was able to upgrade legacy SAN with a Tier 1 storage solution for high capacity, high throughput and low latency, creating a 80% performance gain and invigorating customer service. Posted: 19 Jun 2014 \| Published: 19 Jun 2014 TOPICS: SAN \| SAN and Virtualization \| Tiered Storage

Delivering Storage Quality of Service with Oracle Pillar Axiom 600 sponsored by Oracle Corporation UK Ltd WHITE PAPER: In this white paper, you will discover an Oracle storage technology designed from the ground up to deliver business-critical, guaranteed quality of service consistent with the business value of the application and its data. Posted: 16 Jul 2013 \| Published: 30 Sep 2011 TOPICS: Data Management \| Disk Drives \| IP Networks \| QOS \| ROI \| SAN \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Management \| Storage Optimization \| Storage Virtualization \| TCO