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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]

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]

A Comparison of EMC CLARiiON and the Network Appliance FAS Array: A Detailed Review

whitepaper This paper describes why CLARiiON storage systems provide superior performance, availability, flexibility, and features when compared with NetApp's FAS series. The CLARiiON line of storage systems from EMC and the Network Appliance FAS series are...

Tags: storage management

[11 Mar 2008]

Using a Network Appliance SAN With VMware Infrastructure 3 to Facilitate Server and Storage Consolidation

whitepaper Using NetApp technology, storage can be consolidated onto one or a few storage systems accessed across Fibre Channel SANs or regular IP networks. Many companies are experiencing a rapid proliferation of commodity Intel and AMD x86 servers.

Tags: storage management

[29 Feb 2008]

Linux (RHEL 4) 64-Bit Performance With NFS, iSCSI, and FCP Using an Oracle Database on NetApp Storage

whitepaper The focus of this paper is technical, and the reader should be experienced with Linux system administration, Oracle10g database administration, network connectivity, Fibre Channel administration, and NetApp storage administration.

Tags: storage management

[08 Jan 2008]

Data Management for Exchange Servers: Affordable Automation

whitepaper A NetApp IP SAN solution replaces existing DAS or legacy Fibre Channel storage to streamline and automate Exchange data management tasks while providing a flexible infrastructure that eliminates downtime, decreases manpower and other costs, and...

Tags: back-office, recovery, exchange, data protection

[12 Dec 2007]

Data Management for Exchange Servers: Affordable Automation

whitepaper A NetApp IP SAN solution replaces existing DAS or legacy Fibre Channel storage to streamline and automate Exchange data management tasks while providing a flexible infrastructure that eliminates downtime, decreases manpower and other costs, and...

Tags: recovery, exchange, data protection, data management

[12 Dec 2007]

Performance Report: Oracle10g RAC on Linux - A Performance Comparison Study of Oracle Real Application Clusters Against FCP, NFS, and iSCSI

whitepaper Six different 3-node RAC configurations were tested using NFS, iSCSI and Fibre Channel Protocol (FCP), running on NetApp FAS980 storage systems. Recently a series of tests were conducted by Network Appliance, Inc.to demonstrate the high level of...

Tags: storage management, appliance, low cost, network appliance

[01 Oct 2007]

Oracle GIT to Save U.S. $2 Million With Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control and NetApp Fibre Channel SAN

whitepaper As Oracle GIT began to evaluate Fibre Channel solutions, it became clear that NetApp was one key vendor that Oracle GIT should consider. The logical decision was to move to a Fibre Channel SAN architecture to provide an immediate boost in performance.

Tags: storage management, channel, fibre, fibre channel

[11 Sep 2007]

Using NetApp Fibre Channel SAN and NAS Storage to Support a Perforce Software Configuration Management Environment

whitepaper NetApp provides robust unified storage solutions proven to work with the industry's leading SCM platforms. This case study describes a deployment of the Perforce SCM system running on clustered Network Appliance storage configured to provide...

Tags: storage management, network appliance, scm, perforce

[11 Sep 2007]

Performance Report: Oracle10g RAC on Linux - A Performance Comparison Study of Oracle Real Application Clusters Against FCP, NFS, and iSCSI

whitepaper Six different 3-node RAC configurations were tested using NFS, iSCSI and Fibre Channel Protocol (FCP), running on NetApp FAS980 storage systems. Recently a series of tests were conducted by Network Appliance, Inc.to demonstrate the high level of...

Tags: appliance, low cost, network appliance, storage systems

[11 Sep 2007]

SAN and NAS Combine to Deliver a Comprehensive Storage Solution at the GRZ IT Center

whitepaper Brocade Silkworm fibre channel switches and a Hitachi Data Systems/NetApp Enterprise GF960 NAS Gateway. Founded in 1971, the GRZ IT Center in Linz has grown to become one of the largest and most successful IT systems houses in Austria.

Tags: removable storage, san, nas, data systems

[11 Sep 2007]

Fibre Channel and iSCSI Performance Comparison for DSS Workloads Using SQL Server 2005

whitepaper For many years, large enterprises have relied on Fibre Channel (FCP) as the default Storage Area Network (SAN) protocol for high-performance application and database workloads. As enterprises look to drive down costs and reduce the Total Cost of...

Tags: application servers, tcp ip, fibre channel, storage area network

[31 Aug 2007]

Oracle Gitto Save U.S. $2 Million With Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control and NetApp Fibre Channel SAN

whitepaper Recognizing the limitations of its existing storage configurations, four years ago Oracle began adopting network storage model using NetApp storage solutions. Oracle is the world's largest enterprise software company, specializing in database...

Tags: back-up, configurations, availability, asset

[20 Jul 2007]

NetApp Technology Enables LightEdge to Store 70% More Volume With Same Footprint

whitepaper As a solution the company deployed NetApp NearStore R200s in Fibre Channel SANs and FAS250 storage server provide co-located and remote data protection. LightEdge Solutions Inc.is a leading provider of fully managed network and business services...

Tags: storage management, managed, medium, data protection

[20 Jul 2007]

Ford Otosan Builds on NetApp SAN and NAS Solution for Faultless Disaster Recovery in an Earthquake Zone

whitepaper A thorough review of storage solutions yielded a choice of two alternatives: a NetApp unified storage solution or a dedicated Fibre Channel SAN. The IT team ultimately selected the NetApp solution because it offered the highest levels of...

Tags: disaster recovery, availability, fibre channel san, ford motor company

[20 Jul 2007]

Siemens Shanghai Mobile Communications Consolidates Critical Infrastructure on NetApp SAN Storage

whitepaper SSMC deployed a 6TB NetApp Fibre Channel SAN storage solution, with two NetApp systems clustered for high availability. Siemens Shanghai Mobile Communications Co. Ltd. SSMC) is Siemens's biggest manufacturing facility outside Germany and the...

Tags: sans, china, netapp, channel

[30 Jun 2007]

Exchange and Archive Consolidation at SAP Hosting

whitepaper As a solution the company sought data consolidation on redundant NetApp storage and synchronous mirroring across Fibre Channel provides fail-safe operation. SAP Hosting AG & Co. KG is a wholly owned subsidiary of SAP AG and operates all of SAP's...

Tags: storage management, sap, fibre channel, sap ag

[30 Jun 2007]

SAP Migration Gives SMS Demag AG Next-Generation Storage Management

whitepaper SMS Demag AG deployed uniform, high-availability Fibre Channel (FC) SAN infrastructure based on a NetApp FAS960 MetroCluster system and Intelligent software for simple, flexible administration as well as automated backup and recovery.

Tags: storage management, fibre channel, administration, downtime

[30 Jun 2007]

West Bend Mutual Partners With Network Appliance, Datalink, and Vignette to Upgrade Service for Customers and Agents

whitepaper West Bend Mutual replaced both the optical jukeboxes and the prior disk cache array with NetApp storage to support image access from within the company's Vignette imaging application. NetApp NearStore systems then serve the critical role of...

Tags: jukeboxes, disk, image, array

[30 Jun 2007]

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