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RSS netappNAS vs. SAN for Database Applications: Using NAS Protocols with Databases
White Paper Depending on the available infrastructure, the exact performance requirements, and the customer's preference, either a Fibre Channel or a NAS infrastructure may be appropriate. This paper shows a number of reasons to give NAS strong consideration... [03 Jul 2008]
Total Cost Comparison: NetApp vs. EMC Solutions for Windows File Services Consolidation
White Paper This independent research by Mercer Management Consulting reviews the cost of acquiring, deploying, operating, and managing EMC Celerra and NetApp FAS environments. Once companies have made the decision to consolidate their Windows file services... [01 Jul 2008]
Best Practices for VMware ESX Server 3.0 Backup on NetApp
White Paper The goal of the VMware/NetApp solution is to provide a crash-consistent process that takes advantage of snapshot-based backups. The decision to use RDMs instead of vmdk (VM file system) was based on the desire for file-level restore capability. [01 Jul 2008]
The Next Step in Virtualization: - Ditch the LUN! (Part 1 of 2)
White Paper There have been some great innovations introduced in storage networking technology over the years, some more significant than others. Virtualization is certainly one of those that would rise near the top of the technology pyramid had it not been... [30 Jun 2008]
Disk Drive Vintage and Its Effect on Reliability
White Paper Field failure data for 3 disk drive families from 3 drive manufacturers is analyzed. The analyses illustrate the effects of design and manufacturing process improvements implemented throughout the drive's production life on the reliability of disk... [30 Jun 2008]
Network Appliance Filers Competitive Fibre Channel Performance: Comparing NetApp FAS Storage With EMC CLARiiON Arrays Using Cached Read Performance
White Paper Fibre Channel storage subsystems are complex computing systems. Because each system has its strengths and weaknesses, no single figure of merit captures the relative performance of storage systems across all workloads. [13 Jun 2008]
Best Practices Guide for Data Protection with NetApp Filers Running iSCSI
White Paper Network Appliance is committed to providing fast, simple, highly available, and flexible solutions. In keeping with this tradition, Network Appliance has now added support for the iSCSI protocol to its core line of filers. [06 Jun 2008]
Server Class Disk Drives: How Reliable Are They?
White Paper Hard disk drive manufacturers frequently set high expectations for drive reliability from their specifications, test results and "Global returns database". However, field reliability experienced by customers often does not match those expectations. [03 Jun 2008]
Edison Group TCO White Paper: EMC, NetApp, and HP Midrange Storage Arrays
White Paper The same tasks were also evaluated on similar systems from NetApp and EMC. Edison Group analysts put the management software of an HP Enterprise Virtual Array (EVA) system through a series of typical day-to-day storage management tasks. [31 May 2008]
Netapp Storage Systems in a Microsoft Windows Environment
White Paper NetApp storage systems deliver highly reliable file services to Microsoft Windows clients via the Common Internet File System (CIFS) protocol. This paper provides a high-level view of how NetApp storage systems integrate in Microsoft Windows... [31 May 2008]
Network Appliance and VMware Virtual Infrastructure 3 Storage Best Practices
White Paper NetApp provides industry-leading solutions in the areas of data protection; ease of provisioning; thin storage provisioning; file-based backups; instantaneous Virtual Machine (VM) backup and restores; instantaneous VM cloning for testing... [31 May 2008]
Benefits of Upgrading to a 4Gb SAN Infrastructure
White Paper Today's organizations must weigh the decision to upgrade to a 4Gb SAN infrastructure against their current and future service requirements in terms of functionality, scalability, and strategic growth. [31 May 2008]
Storage Block Alignment With VMware Virtual Infrastructure
White Paper In order to get the best performance from a storage system, the storage blocks on the LUN must be aligned to the file system on the operating system. This is typically done by setting the OS type when the LUN is created on the storage system. [31 May 2008]
An Analysis of Latent Sector Errors in Disk Drives
White Paper The reliability measures in today's disk drive-based storage systems focus predominantly on protecting against complete disk failures. Previous disk reliability studies have analyzed empirical data in an attempt to better understand and predict... [31 May 2008]
SnapVault Best Practices Guide
White Paper This white paper is designed for storage administrators and architects who are already familiar with SnapVault software and are considering deployments for production environments. The purpose of this paper is to present a guide for implementing... [31 May 2008]
