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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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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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A New Look at Storage Consolidation
By :Creekpath Published Date: Dec 20, 2005
"Storage consolidation" is a term that has typically meant the consolidation of direct attached storage to a storage network, whether it is Network Attached Storage (NAS) or Storage Area Network (SAN). Consolidation has usually been undertaken to improve utilization of assets, lower the total cost of ownership (TCO), increase return on capital investment, improve IT operational efficiency and increase service levels.
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Backup and Recovery for Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 on HP BladeSystem
By :HP Published Date: Mar 08, 2006
Download this whitepaper to learn how servers in an HP BladeSystem enclosure connect to the rest of the environment and how Exchange data can be moved from primary storage to backup media.
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Best Practices for the Replication of Oracle Storage Area Network
By :HP Published Date: Oct 27, 2005
When Continuous Access XP is combined with Continuous Access XP Extension, it becomes a strategic tool for cost effective continental-distance data replication and disaster recovery. Download this paper to learn more.
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Breaking Through the Dissimilar Hardware Challenge
By :Symantec Published Date: Aug 30, 2006
IT administrators need to minimize downtime for critical IT services by rapidly recovering entire systems to dissimilar hardware platforms or virtual environments. Symantec Backup Exec System Recovery Server Edition combines the speed and reliability of disk-based, bare-metal Windows system recovery with dissimilar hardware restoration and lights-out operation.
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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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Building High Performance iSCSI SAN Configurations
By :Alacritech Published Date: Nov 28, 2005
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.
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Building Proven Data Protection Strategies
By :Data Domain Published Date: Aug 28, 2006
Will traditional data protection applications survive the demands for ultra-high availability and the growing requirements for nearly instantaneous recovery? In this paper, data protection expert Fred Moore of Horison Information Strategies explores today’s backup and recovery strategy options, comparing traditional methods, such as backup, disk mirroring, snapshots, CDP, and VTLs.
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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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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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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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Curb the Data Chaos: Download Top Ten Tips for Stepping Up to SAN
By :EMC Insignia Published Date: Aug 01, 2006
EMC, the world leader in storage and IT management, developed these Top 10 Tips for SMBs considering stepping up to SAN. The following tips can help you make informed decisions when selecting the hardware and technologies that you use.
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Data Migration Strategy: Managed Server HSM for NetWare and Windows 2000/2003
By :Caminosoft Published Date: Oct 20, 2005
Companies today are faced with managing an ever-increasing amount of data. The traditional solution to this problem was to increase the amount of space on a server by adding more hard drives. This strategy would be similar to a person continually building additional rooms onto a house in order to have more space in which to store all his or her belongings, but without any thought as to where items were being stored.
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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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Disk-to-Disk-to-Tape Backups with EMC Insignia Solution for Data Protection
By :EMC Insignia Published Date: Sep 08, 2006
By utilizing the speed and reliability of the EMC CLARiiON® AX150 networked storage system and the convenience of EMC Retrospect® 7.5 for Windows backup and recovery software, SMBs can implement fast, effective, reliable data protection that is easy to set up and manage without placing undue strain on IT resources.
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Enabling Cost Effective Global Enterprise Storage Area Networks Using 10 Gigabit Ethernet
By :Neterion Published Date: Apr 13, 2006
The demands on Storage Area Networks (SANs) go far beyond where they were only a few years ago. It is no longer good enough to just provide a large pool of scalable storage with good performance.
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Neterion
Enabling Virtualization in the Datacenter
By :Neterion Published Date: Apr 19, 2006
Virtualization is a key strategy for simplifying deployment of IT resources and maximizing their utilization. Specifically, virtualization refers to the concept of abstracting physical resources such as compute cycles, data storage, and network bandwidth, and then provisioning and sharing these resources amongst multiple applications.
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Neterion
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
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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File Fragmentation, SANs, NAS and RAID
By :Diskeeper Corporation Published Date: Aug 30, 2005
This document will explain the behavior and benefit of implementing Diskeeper defragmentation software with intricate modern hardware technologies such as RAID, NAS and SANs. SANs, NAS devices, corporate servers, and even high end workstations and multimedia-centric desktops characteristically implement multiple physical disk drives in some form of fault tolerant disk striping (RAID).
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Diskeeper Corporation
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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Grid Computing in Europe: Laying the Foundations for an Inevitable Shift
By :Quocirca Published Date: Nov 10, 2004
Grid computing was only introduced into mainstream business sector relatively recently. Nevertheless, about a quarter of the 603 members of the IT management community we spoke with were already comfortably familiar with Grid.
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Quocirca
HP StorageWorks Data Protector Express
By :HP Published Date: Nov 17, 2005
HP StorageWorks Data Protector Express is designed for simple operation that does not require specialist IT skills or a big investment in training. Complexities such as licensing per processor, licensing by backup capacity, or mandatory installation services are deliberately avoided. Download this whitepaper today to see how HP StorageWorks Data Protector Express can help.
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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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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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