storage systems
Transforming the Data Center with Unified Fabric
White Paper Is Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) really the long-awaited breakthrough that will transparently integrate your network servers and storage, or is it simply the latest industry hype? Get the answers and expert insights from some of the most... [17 Jul 2008]
Photos: Inside a supercomputer lab
Photo The Cray X1E supercomputer at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory requires a separate array of discs to handle its storage needs. The main supercomputer room at Oak Ridge has about 30 of these massive cooling systems. [14 Jul 2008]
Siebel 8 CRM on System x3850, Red Hat Linux and DS4700
White Paper The purpose of this paper is to describe the performance characteristics of Seibel 8.0 CRM Enterprise running Linux Red Hat 4.0 and Oracle 10g on an IBM System x3850 attached to an IBM Systems Storage DS4700 Storage Server. [11 Jul 2008]
Modularizing Variability and Scalability Concerns in Distributed Real-Time and Embedded Systems With Modeling Tools and Component Middleware
White Paper This paper describes the experience of applying Model-Driven Development (MDD) tools and QoS-enabled component middleware technologies to address domain- and middleware-specific variability challenges in an inventory tracking system, which manages... [11 Jul 2008]
Efficient Data Migration for Load Balancing Large-Scale Storage Systems
White Paper This paper argue that techniques employed to load-balance large-scale storage systems do not optimize for the scale of the reconfiguration - the amount of data displaced to realize the new configuration. [10 Jul 2008]
An Evaluation of Storage Load Balancing Alternatives for Database Systems
White Paper Similar techniques are also suggested in user manuals and are implemented in automatic storage features, for example in DB2. Modern relational DataBase Systems (DBMSes) are often a critical part of the IT infrastructure for many enterprises. [10 Jul 2008]
Storage-Based Intrusion Detection for Storage Area Networks (SANs)
White Paper Storage systems are the next frontier for providing protection against intrusion. Since storage systems see changes to persistent data, several types of intrusions can be detected by storage systems. Intrusion Detection (ID) techniques can be... [10 Jul 2008]
DLB - A Dynamic Load Balancing Tool for Grid Computing
White Paper With grid computing, an individual can unite pools of servers, storage systems and networks into a large system. A cluster, a network attached storage device, a scientific instrument, or a network is not a grid by itself, but each might be an... [10 Jul 2008]
Built Engine Based on BEA WebLogic Integration for Its Next Generation System
White Paper The reliability of hardware system was very low, and the data surge in distributed storage environment led to overload in data resources management. KEB deployed BEA systems for its solution and implemented BEA WebLogic Integration which further... [10 Jul 2008]
Optimizing Pattern Matching for Intrusion Detection
White Paper A memory efficient variant uses sparse matrix storage to reduce memory requirements and further improve performance on large pattern groups. Intrusion Detection Systems are very specialized applications that require real-time pattern matching... [10 Jul 2008]
Distributed Intrusion Detection and Attack Containment for Organizational Cyber Security
White Paper At the same time, these networks are being called upon to play a key role in processing, data storage, monitoring and control of critical infrastructures such as energy, transportation, and finance. Current cyber security systems are not capable of... [10 Jul 2008]
Algorithmic Mechanism Design for Load Balancing in Distributed Systems
White Paper Computational Grids are large scale computing system composed of geographically distributed resources (computers, storage etc.owned by self interested agents or organizations. Using this theory a truthful mechanism is designed for solving the... [10 Jul 2008]
24*7 Data Center Support for a Manufacturing Company
White Paper The client is the world's largest manufacturer of disk drives, magnetic discs & read-write heads and a leader in storage area network (SAN) solutions and server appliances. The customer required 24*7 support for servers, operating systems and... [09 Jul 2008]
Dell Case Study: Selection.com
White Paper The company deployed Dell PowerVault integrated Network Attached Storage (NAS) systems to create a mirrored storage environment with unified application and file data, and installed Dell PowerEdge servers to build a virtualized server environment. [09 Jul 2008]
German Hospital Group Deploys New Storage Area Network (SAN) to Gain 14 Times More Space for Clinical Images
White Paper The hospital group also needed additional storage for clinical images and increased flexibility with scalable servers. Dell installed the storage system and virtualized servers. They also deployed the systems and provided training for the customer... [08 Jul 2008]
