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IBM System Storage DS4800 8000 Mailbox Exchange Server 2007 Storage Solution

whitepaper The tested solution consists of one IBM System Storage DS4800 dual controller attached to 3 fibre channel EXP810 storage expansion arrays, for a total of 48 disks. The DS4800 maximum configuration offers up to 67 TB of fibre channel (112 TB SATA...

Tags: application servers

[16 May 2008]

IBM BladeCenter Deployment Guide Part 1a - Advanced Management Module

whitepaper The blade servers utilize the IBM BladeCenter Fibre Channel Expansion Card connected to the BladeCenter Fibre Channel Switch Modules via the BladeCenter backplane. The paper is intended to present the general steps necessary to successfully deploy...

Tags: blades

[16 May 2008]

Sun and Brocade: The Green Combination for Your Datacenter

whitepaper This paper reviews the energy consumption of tape libraries and Director-class Fibre Channel switches that make up an enterprise Tape SAN. The combination of the Sun StorageTek SL8500 Tape Library and the Brocade 48000 Director can reduce the...

Tags: storage management

[16 May 2008]

SVC Volume Migration

whitepaper SVC implements an indirection, or "virtualization", layer in a Fibre Channel storage area network (FC SAN). The IBM SAN Volume Controller (SVC) is a block storage virtualization appliance. The purpose of this paper is to provide detailed, step-by...

Tags: storage management

[16 May 2008]

Fibre Channel Over Ethernet in the Data Center: An Introduction

whitepaper Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) is a newly proposed standard that is being developed by INCITS T11. The FCoE protocol specification maps Fibre Channel natively over Ethernet and is independent of the Ethernet forwarding scheme.

Tags: ethernet

[11 Apr 2008]

Cisco MDS FC Bladeswitch for IBM BladeCenter: Technical Overview

whitepaper The Cisco MDS FC Bladeswitch for IBM BladeCenter delivers embedded 4-Gb Fibre Channel performance for IBM BladeCenter platforms, allowing customers to consolidate Storage Area Network (SAN) environments with a Fibre Channel switch that delivers...

Tags: switching

[11 Apr 2008]

Implementing SATA Technology in the Enterprise Data Center

whitepaper Solutions with the right level of robustness were too expensive because of high-priced Fibre Channel (FC) drives. The enterprise data center has large amounts of business-important information that is only accessed periodically, but still must be...

Tags: storage management

[11 Apr 2008]

Compaq Fibre Channel Storage System Technology

whitepaper Through extensive study of possible alternatives, Compaq determined that Fibre Channel is the best interconnect technology to propel future growth of enterprise storage. As a result, Compaq actively participates in industry standardization efforts...

Tags: fibre, demand, channel, capacity

[10 Apr 2008]

Fibre Channel over IP Design Using the MDS 9000 Family of Multilayer Switches

whitepaper Data distribution, data protection, and business continuance strategies are critical components of today’s information-centric businesses. The ability to efficiently replicate critical data on a global scale not only ensures a higher level of...

Tags: fibre, protection, strategies, total cost

[10 Apr 2008]

Fibre Channel over SONET/SDH

whitepaper This white paper is an introduction to Cisco Systems optical and storage product offerings, with a focus on the new SL-Series Fiber Channel/FICON over SONET/SDH interface card for the Cisco ONS 15454, and the Cisco MDS 9000 Family.

Tags: fibre, channel, cisco systems, cisco

[10 Apr 2008]

High Performance Fibre Channel Solution With SONET/SDH

whitepaper This paper discusses the factors that need to be considered when extending FC SANs over existing MAN/WAN infrastructures, and summarizes the three options in extension technologies: IP/Ethernet networks, Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM...

Tags: optical networking, infrastructures, sans, sdh

[10 Apr 2008]

NAS vs. SAN for Database Applications: Using NAS Protocols with Databases

whitepaper 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...

Tags: nas, environments, channel, fibre

[10 Apr 2008]

Storage Area Network Security: Data Access and Fabric Management

whitepaper Storage Area Networks (SANs), using Fibre Channel technologies have become the storage solution of choice for data access and management in environments where data is growing exponentially. SANs offer data centralization, high performance, and easy...

Tags: storage management, environments, fibre channel, data access

[10 Apr 2008]

Microsoft SQL Application With Cisco SN 5428

whitepaper This application note provides a performance comparison of the Sequenced Query Language (SQL) 2000 Server between Fibre Channel and Internet Small Computer Systems Interface (iSCSI) implementation via the Cisco SN 5428 Storage Router.

Tags: file and network servers, channel, medium, attached

[10 Apr 2008]

Understanding the Alternatives for Extending Storage-Area Networks

whitepaper The most popular protocols for SANs include Fibre Channel, Enterprise Systems Connection (ESCON), and IBM Fiber Connection (FICON). To accommodate the vast amounts of data needed throughout enterprises, many IT organizations are switching from...

Tags: sans, connection, fibre channel, channel

[10 Apr 2008]

Hitachi Storage at Work: GRZ IT Center Linz GmbH

whitepaper Brocade Silkworm fibre channel switches and a Hitachi Data Systems/NetApp Enterprise GF960 NAS Gateway. GRZ IT Center had difficulties with the failsafe capability of their IT center. In order to facilitate business expansion and support their...

Tags: storage management, san, nas, data systems

[10 Apr 2008]

CIENA's CN 2000 Provides High Performance, Low Cost SRDF Extension for Business Continuance

whitepaper FPL implemented CIENA's CN 2000 Storage Extension Solution which extends up to 16 Fibre Channel (FC), Gigabit Ethernet (GbE), ESCON, and FICONTM applications across any SONET/SDH, WDM, or Dark Fiber network through DS3, OC-3/12/48, or STM-1/4/16...

Tags: optical networking, trading, energy, united states

[10 Apr 2008]

The Ohio State University Newark and Central Ohio Technical College

whitepaper With Dell, the campus consolidated storage using a storage area network(SAN) with a Dell/EMC CX400 Fibre Channel storage array; supplied faculty with IEEE 802.11b-compliant Dell notebooks equipped with Dell TrueMobile technology; and equipped Dell...

Tags: sans, dell, students, ethernet

[10 Apr 2008]

PaymentOne

whitepaper To do this, PaymentOne worked closely with Dell Professional Services and the account team to deploy a scalable Dell cluster with no single point of failure; installed several Dell PowerEdge 1750, 2650, and 6650 nodes running Microsoft SQL Server...

Tags: x86-standard servers, payment, dell, microsoft sql server

[10 Apr 2008]

SuperClubs International

whitepaper SuperClubs worked with Dell to implement a fully redundant, load-balanced Dell/EMC Fibre Channel storage unit; deploy SAP software on a server cluster running the Microsoft Windows 2000 Server operating system; and back up data on a Dell...

Tags: crm, method, functions, payment

[10 Apr 2008]

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