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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.

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LeftHand Networks Virtual SAN Appliance for VMware ESX
By :LeftHand Networks Published Date: Feb 21, 2008
LeftHand’s Virtual SAN Appliance for VMware is the industry’s first fullfeatured, virtual iSCSI SAN. A virtual SAN is ideal for customers who are looking to realize the benefits of advanced server virtualization in data centers and remote offices where physical SAN deployment is inhibited by space and/or budget constraints. Download this data sheet for more information.
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TheInfoPro Study: Why Deduplication Technology is Causing a Paradigm Shift in Storage Tiering
By :Data Domain Published Date: Feb 15, 2008
This recent research paper by TheInfoPro goes in depth as to why deduplication has sustained its #1 position on the TIP Storage Backup and Recovery Technology Heat Index®. 15% of storage organizations have already deployed deduplication technology and 59% of storage organizations are planning to deploy “dedupe” by the end of 2008. Managing storage growth, capacity reporting and planning, and backup management are the top pain points for most storage organizations.
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Oracle on NetApp, Part 3: Why Protocol Should Be Irrelevant
By :NetApp Oracle Published Date: Jan 30, 2008
In the final installment of this special feature, we bring you a case study of Catholic Heathcare West running Oracle on NFS, FC, and iSCSI. CHW believes that unified storage—not a particular storage protocol—is the key thing.
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NetApp Oracle
Intelligent Platform for File Services: Titan 3000 Series
By :BlueArc Corporation Published Date: Jan 18, 2008
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.
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BlueArc Corporation
Charlotte County Finds An Ideal Business Continuity Solution
By :LeftHand Networks Published Date: Dec 14, 2007
Located in Southwestern Florida, Charlotte County has a population of nearly 150,000 people. The local government of Charlotte County is responsible for handling everything from planning & zoning, to permitting & licensing for this population. Charlotte County found an ideal business continuity solution by combining VMware Infrastructure 3 with LeftHand Network’s multisite SAN architecture.
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Building A Virtual SAN Using VMware ESX Internal Storage
By :LeftHand Networks Published Date: Oct 31, 2007
To derive maximal benefit from system virtualization, storage virtualization, as implemented in a SAN, is a necessary prerequisite. The mobility of a virtual machine (VM) and its data plays an important role in daily operational tasks from load balancing with VMotion™ and VMware Distributed Resource Manager (DRS) to system testing. The issues of availability and mobility really rise to the forefront in a disaster recovery scenario.
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Scalable NAS & SAN Storage Systems Using Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2003 R2
By :Sanbolic Published Date: Oct 26, 2007
A Windows-based Storage server can utilize its internal disk drives, or connect to an external storage array, which provides more flexibility for expansion and allows file services to be integrated into an existing SAN.
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Sanbolic
Centrally Manage SAN Storage Configuration and Assignment for Microsoft Windows Servers
By :Sanbolic Published Date: Oct 23, 2007
Clustered volume manager enables administrators to centrally configure and assign storage assets in a SAN storage environment in Microsoft System Management Server 2003 and Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 environments.
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Sanbolic
Oracle on NetApp, Part 2: Simplified FC SAN Management
By :NetApp Oracle Published Date: Oct 12, 2007
Learn how NetApp engineers have streamlined Oracle on SAN environments by developing tools that integrate NetApp storage with Oracle RMAN and ASM, any-to-any DR capabilities, and more.
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NetApp Oracle
Technical Sheet: TeraCloud Storage Framework
By :TeraCloud Published Date: Sep 19, 2007
TSF delivers the first Java-enabled enterprise Storage Resource Management (SRM) solution that simplifies the administration and management of distributed and mainframe storage resources across the entire enterprise, from a single point of control. TSF helps you plan more effectively, lower administration costs, and puts you in control of your storage environment.
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UT Health Science Center at Houston Safeguards Personal Health Information with NeoScale
By :Neoscale Systems, Inc. Published Date: Sep 07, 2007
The HSC network services group supports more than 2000 desktops, servers and backend systems such as e-mail, file, networking, application and storage services for general administration, dental and medical schools. HSC wanted to manage and reduce HIPAA compliance costs and processes associated with protecting PHI data within its storage infrastructure – a legacy SAN environment with evolving applications.
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Neoscale Systems, Inc.
Learn About Network Attached Storage and Integrating Storage into Datacenter Operations
By :Onaro Published Date: Jul 26, 2007
VPs of Infrastructure and Operations are under constant pressure to more rapidly provision infrastructure to support applications, hit cost reduction targets, and maintain or improve application availability for network attached storage. To meet these goals, they are the directors of a carefully orchestrated dance of network, server, storage and datacenter operation teams.
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Onaro
ESG Lab Report: Data Deduplication and Disk-to-Disk Backup Systems - What to Know and Ask
By :Data Domain Published Date: Jul 17, 2007
While disk-to-disk (D2D) backup systems have been widely accepted as functionally superior to tape, they still carry a significant cost penalty. However, with the addition of data deduplication technology, D2D systems now provide compelling operational and cost efficiencies, thanks to increased manageability and reduced storage and bandwidth needs.
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Data Domain
Gaining Maximum Value from Information and Data
By :Quocirca Published Date: Jul 11, 2007
Mid-sized organizations have similar issues to large organizations when it comes to the storage and management of information and data, yet they often have limited capability to attract, retain and maintain the skills that large organizations will use in managing their data assets.  There is a strong need for more effective tools that will enable mid-sized organizations to manage their data assets and gain the greatest value from them.
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Quocirca
HP XP 'Bulletproof Software' for High Availability - ESG Lab Validation Report
By :HP Published Date: Jul 06, 2007
If you still think of disaster recovery only in terms of data redundancy you're only getting half the story. True "bulletproof" disaster recovery requires both data stability and application availability for business continuance. Read why one independent lab gave HP XP disaster recovery software systems glowing marks for its ability to reliably deliver both requirements.
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HP
Business Continuity and Availability: XP24000 Disk Array
By :HP Published Date: Jun 13, 2007
For financial services and other companies with grave requirements for business continuity, complexity of the data storage configuration can make meeting service-level and uptime objectives a nail-biter. Find out why HP's XP24000 Disk Array can offer peace of mind for any situation involving heterogeneity, long distances, extended clusters, and more.
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HP
Improving Storage Infrastructure Utilization
By :Onaro Published Date: May 01, 2007

Endless capital requests for additional storage resources are the bane of existence for many storage directors and infrastructure VPs. This white paper proposes a more effective approach to solving the utilization challenge in complex SANs.


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Onaro
Disaster Recovery Solutions in a VMware Environment
By :HP Published Date: Apr 13, 2007
Everybody is discovering the significant benefits of virtualization, but it shouldn't come at the expense of business continuity. Read on to find out why HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array is the perfect accompaniment to a VMware Virtual Infrastructure 3 solution.
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HP
5 Benefits of IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller Based on Real World Deployments
By :IBM Published Date: Mar 20, 2007
It has become clear that storage virtualization has become a core element of the storage strategy of forward-thinking end users and that the technology is finally delivering the value that it had promised earlier this decade. In this paper by Taneja Group, you'll learn about IBM SAN Volume Controller, its architecture and features, and about 5 tangible benefits of storage virtualization.
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IBM
Use of Efficient Data Storage Increases Revenue
By :Xiotech Published Date: Feb 27, 2007
Data keeps growing with no signs of stopping. An effective storage solution seamlessly scales to meet an organization’s growing appetite for capacity, while ensuring availability and fast access.  SAN storage should be designed to deliver strong top-end performance so throughput does not degrade as storage needs scale higher.
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Xiotech
Evaluating a Storage Security Solution
By :Decru Published Date: Dec 01, 2006
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.
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Decru
Multi-Tier Storage Strategies
By :SBE Published Date: Nov 17, 2006
This white paper covers the use of new growth-oriented file systems with snapshot capabilities, iSCSI for network layer independence, and a collection of other technologies provided by various vendors and open source projects to create a multi-tiered storage solution with self-service data restoration, long term growth, and disaster recovery.
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SBE
IBM SAN Volume Controller (SVC): Reducing the Complexity and Cost of Managing Storage Networks
By :IBM Published Date: Oct 24, 2006
Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG) Labs performed a hands-on analysis of IBM's System Storage SAN Volume Controller storage virtualization solution in order to validate its value proposition to customers. ESG Labs found that SAN Volume Controller is a rock-solid, feature-rich platform that delivers on the promise of network based storage virtualization: reducing the complexity and cost of managing SAN attached storage.
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IBM
The Storage Area Network Goes Global
By :Neterion Published Date: Oct 10, 2006
As the demand for bandwidth grows, so does the reach of networks. Users need to access data globally, from multiple locations around the world, quickly and transparently without breaking budgets. Data centers locked into servicing only local users unnecessarily constrain growth and expansion.
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Neterion
IT Users Discuss New Ways to Protect Enterprise Data
By :Data Domain Published Date: Sep 10, 2006
This paper chronicles the implementations of three enterprises that represent a diverse set of industries (Financial, Legal and Technology). The IT managers responsible for protecting company data had the foresight to recognize the growing gap between their business continuity requirements and the ability of tape-based backup systems to meet those requirements.
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