WHITE PAPER - This white paper from storage expert George Crump introduces a new category of Ethernet SAN solutions that can deliver an unprecedented price-performance ratio while maintaining easy installation and simplified management. Read on to learn more about this technology and its benefits.
Posted: December 7, 2011 | Published: December 7, 2011


Topics:  Fibre Channel SAN | IP SAN | iSCSI SAN | NAS | SAN | Storage Hardware | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Management | Storage Virtualization

WHITE PAPER - This ESG lab review explores the results from hands-on testing of an emerging SAN solution designed to meet today's growing storage challenges. In this paper, learn how this integrated technology can deliver an unprecedented price-performance ratio while maintaining easy installation and simplified management.
Posted: December 7, 2011 | Published: March 1, 2011


Topics:  Fibre Channel SAN | SAN | SAN and Virtualization | Storage Hardware | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Management | Storage Virtualization

WHITE PAPER - Unified networking over the 10 Gigabit Ethernet in the data center offers numerous benefits for the virtualized data center.
Posted: November 30, 2011 | Published: November 30, 2011


Topics:  10 Gigabit Ethernet | Cloud Computing | Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Networking | Ethernet Networks | Fibre Channel | Fibre Channel SAN | iSCSI SAN | LAN | NAS | Network Traffic Management | SAN | SAN and Virtualization | Storage for Virtualized Servers

WHITE PAPER - IT organizations have the ability to simplify data center connectivity and reduce costs if they consolidate LAN, NAS, iSCI SAN, and Fibre Channel SAN traffic onto a single 10 Gigabit Ethernet wire.
Posted: November 29, 2011 | Published: November 29, 2011


Topics:  10 Gigabit Ethernet | Converged Networks | Fibre Channel | Fibre Channel SAN | iSCSI SAN | LAN | NAS | Network Architectures | Network Capacity | Network Convergence | Network Design | Network Infrastructure | Network Management | Network Traffic Management | Networking | Networking Hardware | VMware

EGUIDE - This Q&A featuring VMware expert Eric Siebert divulges the advantages and disadvantages of implementing FC SANs to support your virtual server platform.
Posted: October 11, 2011 | Published: October 11, 2011


Topics:  Fibre Channel SAN | SAN and Virtualization | Server Virtualization | Storage for Virtualized Servers | Storage Hardware | Storage Virtualization

PODCAST - In this podcast, Eric Siebert, a VMware expert and author of two books on virtualization, discusses Fibre Channel (FC) SANs for virtual server environments. Learn about the advantages and disadvantages of implementing FC SANs to support your virtual server platform. Listen to this podcast to learn more.
Posted: September 23, 2011 | Premiered: September 23, 2011


Topics:  Fibre Channel | Fibre Channel SAN | SAN | Server Virtualization | Storage for Virtualized Servers | Storage Systems | Storage Virtualization

WHITE PAPER - This white paper looks at how to match the right storage infrastructure with business size — whether it’s 50, 100 or 250 employees. Organizations must consider their needs and future growth in deciding what storage technology to choose. Find out how Dell and Intel technologies can help businesses of these sizes grows.
Posted: January 28, 2011 | Published: January 27, 2011


Topics:  Fibre Channel SAN | iSCSI SAN | RAID | SAN | SMBs | Storage Hardware | Storage Management | Storage Spending

WHITE PAPER - This report examines a promising new category of technology—Ethernet SAN—that may be poised to disrupt the economics of the storage industry. This ESG Lab report documents hands-on testing of Coraid EtherDrive SAN storage with a focus on usability, scalability, and price-performance efficiency.
Posted: January 10, 2011 | Published: August 2, 2010


Topics:  Fibre Channel SAN | iSCSI SAN | SAN | Server Virtualization | Storage Appliances | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Management | Storage Virtualization

WHITE PAPER - In the on-going war between storage technologies, Fibre Channel and iSCSI continue to battle it out. Both have strong arguments to recommend them, and flaws to consider. How do you choose? Read this white paper to find out.
Posted: December 10, 2010 | Published: December 10, 2010


Topics:  Data Storage | Emerging Technologies | Fibre Channel SAN | High Availability | iSCSI SAN | Network Architectures | Network Performance | SAN

ANALYST REPORT - If you're not saving as much money as you'd hoped from your virtualization and consolidation efforts, you can learn from the best practices of the companies that are realizing huge savings. These companies run at least five times more virtual machines per physical host than other companies and use streamlined IT processes.
Posted: June 16, 2010 | Published: January 28, 2009


Topics:  Backups | Disaster Recovery | Fibre Channel SAN | High Availability | Server Consolidation | Server Management | Server Provisioning | Server Virtualization | Virtual Machine | Virtual Machine Backups

WHITE PAPER - The protocol utilized to transport data between servers and storage for High Performance Computing (HPC) and to define a Storage Area Network (SAN) is Fibre Channel(FC). Fibre Channel is an "invisible" protocol, because it is only known to the technicians that implement it and keep it working. This paper will provide an overview of this technology.
Posted: January 25, 2010 | Published: January 25, 2010


Topics:  Data Centers | Fibre Channel | Fibre Channel SAN | Fibre Channel Switches | High Performance Computing | Network Management | Network Management Protocols

CASE STUDY - An aging, proprietary enterprise resource planning (ERP) system at Kelly Tractor limited the company's ability to integrate information from separate departments and build new, innovative sales and services tools. Read how the company benefited from Dell and VMware virtualization.
Posted: June 1, 2009 | Published: July 1, 2008


Topics:  Fibre Channel | Fibre Channel SAN | SAN | Server Consolidation | Server Management | Server Provisioning | Server Virtualization | Storage Architectures | Storage Capacity | Storage Consolidation | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Management

CASE STUDY - When deadlines are tight and speed is of the essence, you need data management software that makes data sharing faster and organizes effectively. Download this white paper and discover a new data management solution that does all this and more.
Posted: February 28, 2007 | Published: August 1, 2006


Topics:  Data Management | Data Management Software | Fibre Channel SAN | LAN | RAID | Storage Infrastructure | Workflow Software

WHITE PAPER - This paper will focus on the advantages and disadvantages of both native FC tape drive and SCSI-to-FC router solutions (both internal, as used in ATL Tape Libraries™, and external).
Posted: April 8, 2004 | Published: January 1, 2002


Topics:  Fibre Channel SAN | SCSI Devices | Tape Drives | Tape Libraries

CASE STUDY - The Quantum P-Series tape library provides USinternetworking, a leading enterprise application service provider, with the flexibility and scalability the company and its customers require.
Posted: January 12, 2004 | Published: January 1, 2002


Topics:  Backups | Bridges | Fibre Channel SAN | SCSI Devices | Tape Drives | Tape Libraries