A Storage Area Network (SAN) is a network designed to attach computer storage devices such as disk array controllers and tape libraries to servers. As of 2006, SANs are most commonly found in enterprise storage. A SAN allows a machine to connect to remote targets such as disks and tape drives on a network for block level I/O.
White Paper Published By: Acronis
Published Date: Dec 28, 2011
According to a 2010 ESG survey, 73% of midmarket companies face "significant revenue loss or other adverse business impact" within three hours of experience downtime. Read this article to find out why you need the automated disaster recovery plan that's built in to Acronis Backup & Recovery® 11!
White Paper Published By: Acronis
Published Date: Apr 26, 2011
In this paper we introduce initiatives you can put into effect to survive and thrive in our virtualized world. Then we show how Acronis virtual solutions can save administration time, lower IT expenses and improve your ability to meet both RTO and RPO goals.
White Paper Published By: Alacritech
Published Date: Aug 21, 2009
IP storage using Internet SCSI (iSCSI) provides opportunity for many organizations looking to extend existing Fibre Channel SANs to stranded servers, or looking to deploy Ethernet-based SANs. It can reduce costs by allowing IT managers to take advantage of existing, familiar Ethernet networks. Often the biggest complaint white new technology like iSCSI is its ability to provide more than simple functionality and connectivity.
White Paper Published By: Bell Micro
Published Date: Jun 14, 2010
This paper discusses how the IBM XIV Storage System's revolutionary built-in virtualization architecture provides a way to drastically reduce the costs of managing storage systems.
BlueArc’s Titan 3000 Series is designed to meet the requirements of today’s sophisticated enterprise data centers and vertical applications with new levels of storage performance, scalability and reliability. Titan is the first storage solution that consolidates and manages up to 4 petabytes of data in a single storage pool.
White Paper Published By: Box
Published Date: May 31, 2012
This IDC Vendor Profile analyzes Box, a company playing in the public cloud advanced storage services market and the content management and collaboration market, and reviews key success factors, highlighting market information tailored to investment.
White Paper Published By: Box
Published Date: May 31, 2012
This Gilbane Group Beacon examines how large-scale trends are changing enterprise collaboration and content sharing expectations. It defines Cloud Content Management, an emerging set of content management practices.
White Paper Published By: Box
Published Date: May 31, 2012
Read how one company's continuing consolidation of file sharing technologies reaped benefits that any organization may derive by undertaking that effort.
White Paper Published By: Box
Published Date: May 30, 2012
This report analyzes the longer-term, five-year cost of ownership and value for cloud applications across four categories: CRM, ERP, collaboration (including email), and IT service management.
White Paper Published By: CDW Vmware
Published Date: Aug 02, 2012
Following the sale of a company division housing its corporate data center, Source Interlink had to relocate core IT operations. Teaming with CDW, they were able to not only relocate, but lower capital and operating costs, reduce
their carbon footprint, and increase efficiency.
White Paper Published By: CDW Vmware
Published Date: Aug 02, 2012
There's a reason why the buzz around cloud computing never seems to die down. Concrete results are replacing the initial hype. Many organizations are taking advantage of private clouds which come with the accessibility of a public cloud and the security of a local server.
White Paper Published By: CDW Vmware
Published Date: Aug 02, 2012
In today's competitive business landscape, users' needs are continuously changing. Employees want access to their data and applications anytime, anywhere, from any device. The journey to seamlessly integrate data and applications across all devices begins with desktop modernization.
White Paper Published By: CDW Vmware
Published Date: Aug 02, 2012
Your business counts on you for reliable, secure, responsive IT services. It's a nonstop job, with no time off to figure out complex new technologies or wrestle with software solutions designed for larger firms. Virtualization is the way
to simplify your IT without unnecessary complexity or cost.
White Paper Published By: Cisco
Published Date: Feb 13, 2009
This white paper highlights two new additions to the Cisco® Small Business Network Storage System (NSS) line of products. The Cisco NSS2000 Series is a 2-bay network attached storage (NAS) system, and the Cisco NSS3000 Series is a 4-bay system.
White Paper Published By: Creekpath
Published Date: Aug 21, 2009
Imagine a world where storage management is simplified; everything works together; there are no configuration issues when upgrading, and vendors all cooperate to allow information to be easily stored and retrieved seamlessly. This was a reality in the mainframe world, but the deployment of open systems shattered these concepts.
White Paper Published By: Decru
Published Date: Apr 23, 2007
Company data is vulnerable to threats from - insiders, unauthorized access to data, data backup, off-site mirroring - just to name a few. Encrypting data at rest, on tape or disk, significantly mitigates these threats. This document provides guidance into some of the factors a company should consider when evaluating storage security technology and solutions.
White Paper Published By: Dell
Published Date: Sep 24, 2012
The EqualLogic family of virtualized storage solutions from Dell is fundamentally changing the way enterprises think about purchasing and managing storage.
White Paper Published By: Dell Storage
Published Date: Nov 08, 2011
Read how to speed up storage provisioning, automatically fine-tune data placement, minimize disk capacity and integrate storage with SRM by implementing Fluid Data storage.
White Paper Published By: Dell Storage
Published Date: Nov 08, 2011
Learn the steps to realizing the benefits of end-to-end datacenter efficiency by combining Microsoft server virtualization and Dell Compellent storage virtualization.
White Paper Published By: Dell Storage
Published Date: Nov 08, 2011
The VMware® vCenter Plug-In for Dell PowerVault MD Series storage arrays enables VMware administrators to perform a wide range of storage provisioning and management tasks themselves - without having to rely on external IT resources.