Storage refers to computer components, devices and recording media that retain data for some interval of time. Storage provides one of the core functions of the modern computer, that of information retention. Topics include Storage Area Networks, NAS, and Virtualization.
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Previewing Brocade FCoE Server Connectivity Solutions
published by Brocade on Aug 04, 2008
This paper describes how Brocade® is following an evolutionary approach to driving FCoE standards and building CEE networks.
Storage Networking: Critical Enabler of Server Virtualization
published by Brocade on Oct 13, 2008
Server virtualization is transforming the way IT delivers services back to the business. Companies are leveraging this technology to consolidate servers, increase utilization, and reduce costs. Before exploring the primary drivers of server virtualization, it is important to understand the role server virtualization plays in the data center. Learn more today!
Extending Fabric Services from the Fabric to Brocade Fibre Channel (FC) Host Bus Adapters (HBAs)
published by Brocade on Jun 18, 2009
Providing server connectivity products is the next logical step in fulfilling Brocade's mission to deliver enterprise-class, end-to-end storage networking solutions. With the introduction of Brocade server connectivity solutions, Brocade is now extending fabric based services to data center server platforms for dependable and high-performance storage access.
Messaging, Compliance, and Archiving
published by Mimosa Systems on Apr 25, 2008
Since the rise of archiving systems in business more than a decade ago, the technology has made great strides forward. Recently, stringent regulations and highly demanding litigation procedures have amplified the need for a strong archive system. Messaging systems such as Microsoft® Exchange Server 2007—Microsoft’s latest version of Exchange Server—have also seen their share of changes and improvements in archiving and compliance. This document is intended as a guide and a blueprint for organizations looking at deploying Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 and Mimosa™ NearPoint™ in their environment.
Modular Systems: The Evolution of Reliability
published by APC by Schneider Electric on Feb 23, 2009
The mission of this paper is to illustrate, through case studies, how modularity not only delivers its more obvious and easily understood benefits but also its most subtle, least understood, and profound reliability benefit: fault tolerance. The inherent fault tolerance of modular design provides a powerful new defense against failure, introducing into complex systems a strategy for reliability that is not only adequate, but superior.
Monitoring Physical Threats in the Data Center
published by APC by Schneider Electric on Jun 05, 2007
This paper discusses physical threats that can be mitigated by distributed monitoring strategies, and offers guidelines and best practices for implementing sensors in the data center. It also discusses the use of data center design tools to simplify the specification and design process of these distributed monitoring systems.
NetApp and VMware Virtual Infrastructure 3 Storage Best Practices
published by NetApp on Dec 03, 2008
NetApp has been providing advanced storage features to VMware ESX solutions since the product began shipping in 2001. During that time, NetApp has developed operational guidelines for the FAS systems and ESX Server. This technical report reviews the best practices for implementing VMware® Virtual Infrastructure on NetApp fabric-attached storage (FAS) systems.
NetApp and Microsoft Virtualization: Making Integrated Server and Storage Virtualization a Reality
published by NetApp on Aug 21, 2008
This document provides technical insight into the unique value propositions of virtual storage solutions from NetApp for a Microsoft® Hyper-V environment that can help reduce costs, increase storage utilization, increase fault tolerance, and address the challenges associated with backup and restore in virtual infrastructures.
New Strategies for Discovery of Email
published by Mimosa Systems on Jul 25, 2008
This white paper will present an improved approach to legal discovery for Microsoft® Exchange systems provided by Mimosa Systems. Unlike existing methods for legal discovery of Exchange Server data, Mimosa’s approach delivers major advances in performance and granularity of information. To begin this paper, we will review the industry forces that are driving the need to manage email for legal discovery, followed by a discussion of the market-leading enterprise messaging application—Microsoft Exchange Server and the challenges it presents for legal discovery.
New World Data Center Environment: Facilities for High-Density Computing
published by HP Data Center on Oct 24, 2008
Today's data centers are embarking down a path in which "old world" business, technology, and facility metrics are being pushed aside in order to provide unparalleled service delivery capabilities, processes, and methodologies. The expectations derived from today’s high-density technology deployments are driving service delivery models to extremes with very high service delivery capabilities adopted as baseline requirements within today’s stringent business models. Part of the "revolution" that is driving today's data center modeling to unprecedented high performance and efficiency levels is the fact that computer processing advances with regard to high-performance and smaller footprints have truly countered each other.
Stratus Avance: Defining True High Availability
published by Stratus Technologies on Mar 09, 2009
Lee Kaminski, Product Manager for Stratus Avance High Availability Solution, discusses what an effective availability solution requires and how Avance delivers.
Stratus Avance: An IT Administrator's View
published by Stratus Technologies on Mar 10, 2009
Haitham Al-Beik, Product Development Engineer, highlights the key product attributes of Avance that deliver ease of use and other elements designed to improve an IT Administrator's world.
Swisscom IT Services Implements Simply Managed Linux (SIMLUX) with Red Hat and JBoss Solutions
published by Red Hat, Inc. on Aug 10, 2007
Under the name 'Simply Managed Linux' (SIMLUX), Swisscom decided to work with Red Hat to develop a highly flexible and effective infrastructure for its data centres. Swisscom IT Services is a strategic subsidiary of the Swisscom Group, the largest Swiss telecommunications provider, and is one of the largest outsourcing companies in Switzerland. It offers services that range from the integration, operation, and further development of complex IT environments to the development and maintenance of applications.
The New Reality of Balance and Optimization in Planning Green Data Centers
published by HP Data Center on Oct 21, 2008
The recent release of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) study on data center energy efficiency is adding fuel to the fire in the research and development of new ways to reduce energy use in centers. The findings, summarized on the EPA website, are staggering: Data centers consumed about 60 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh) in 2006, roughly 1.5 percent of total US electricity consumption -Energy consumption of servers and data centers has doubled in the past five years and is expected to almost double again in the next five years to more than 100 billion kWh, costing about $7.4 billion annually.
Virtual Servers Need Virtual Storage
published by Dell EqualLogic on Jan 24, 2008
Virtualization is a sea change from the days of one image per physical machine. And the benefits are clear, from better hardware utilization to lower costs to easier management. But while the resulting server consolidation is a good thing, it only solves half the problem. You still need to ensure that best-practice storage management is available to both your physical and virtual servers.
Virtualization meets Fault Tolerance - Raising the Hardware Bar
published by Stratus Technologies on Dec 03, 2008
As server virtualization goes mainstream, the workloads of virtual machines are taking on mission-critical proportions.
Virtualization and Fault-Tolerance
published by Stratus Technologies on Dec 04, 2008
Understand why, if you are planning to use virtualization to implement business continuity or disaster recovery, ensuring you have the most reliable hardware is essential.
Virtualized Environments using Microsoft Virtual Server and NetApp
published by NetApp on Aug 07, 2008
Virtualization provides many benefits, including stretching the IT budget, getting more out of hardware, and increasing efficiency. Through combining the storage power of NetApp, the virtualization technology of Microsoft, and the know-how of Avanade, the custom application development space has been completely revolutionized by virtualization. Read this white paper to find out how.
What's Old is New Again
published by Stratus Technologies on Dec 04, 2008
Today's hottest technology has its roots in the mainframe era. Are there lessons to be learned from the past?
Application Server Choices: Important Considerations in Selecting an Application Server
published by IBM on Aug 25, 2008
With a dizzying array of application server options available, organizations are concerned with compatibility when their investment dollars are at stake. This competitive snapshot compares and reviews some prominent open source application server offerings, particularly those from BEA, Oracle and IBM®.
Cost and Breakeven Analysis of Email Discovery Using Mimosa NearPoint Email Archiving with eDiscover
published by Mimosa Systems on May 15, 2008
This paper describes how Cost and Breakeven Analysis of Email Discovery Using Mimosa NearPoint Email Archiving with eDiscovery Option. This customer is one of the largest manufacturers and marketers of healthcare supplements in North America with corporate headquarters in California. The company wanted to solve two related problems: eDiscovery risk and cost and PST propagation.
CA ARCserve Backup, CA XOsoft Replication, CA XOsoft High Availability - Disaster Recovery Features
published by VMware on Apr 16, 2008
This flash provides an overview of how CA ARCserve® Backup r12 provides several new disaster recovery enhancements, including an easy-to-use Disaster Recovery wizard. Together with the replication and application failover functionality in CA XOsoft™ Replication and CA XOsoft™ High Availability, and the integrity testing features in CA XOsoft™ Assured Recovery, these tools enable you to recover servers, applications, and data swiftly and effectively.
CA ARCserve Backup, CA XOsoft Replication, and CA XOsoft High Availability - Virtualization Support
published by VMware on Apr 16, 2008
CA ARCserve® Backup, CA XOsoft™ Replication, and CA XOsoft™ High Availability provide several key features that enable you to both protect virtualized servers and benefit from server virtualization in your overall recovery management strategy
Disaster Recovery Enhancements in CA ARCserve Backup and CA XOsoft Replication/High Availability
published by VMware on Feb 26, 2009
This flash demonstrates how CA ARCserve Backup, CA XOsoft High Availability and CA XOsoft Replication help protect the virtualization data without impacting performance.
Economic Catalyst webcast: Four Pillars of Strategic Storage
published by IBM on Dec 16, 2008
Research giant Forrester estimates that on average, data repositories for large applications grow by fifty percent annually. However, up to half of all that data can be duplicate or otherwise unnecessary. With no end in sight for the increase of raw data (both structured and unstructured), organizations must be ever more strategic about where and how to store enterprise information. Meanwhile, a tightening economy is putting pressure on costs, just as compliance mandates call for greater visibility into processes and data. What to do? Register for this Web Seminar to learn the four pillars of strategic storage, and how they can be used to simultaneously reduce costs, while improving speed, accuracy and accountability. The four pillars will be discussed in detail, with real-world examples of each: deep compression, database archiving,de-duplication
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Cooling Strategies for IT Wiring Closets and Small Rooms
The design of data centers and large computer rooms always includes a cooling system. Yet many IT devices are located in distributed spaces outside of the computer room in closets, branch offices, and other locations that were never designed with provisions for cooling IT equipment. The power density of IT equipment has increased over time and the result is that distributed IT equipment such as VoIP routers, switches or servers often overheat or fail prematurely due to inadequate cooling. This paper describes the science and practical application of an improved method for the specification of cooling for wiring closets.