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TechNet Edge Series: Windows Server®2008 Failover Clustering: Demonstration uses six virtual machines all running on one laptop (domain controller, iSCSI SAN, three Server Core cluster nodes and a 2008 member server from which he runs the demo). To view the entire video click here.; Tags: Microsoft Windows Server, Clustering, Microsoft TechNet, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Operating Systems, Software, Windows Server 2008, Storage Area Networks (SAN), Microsoft Windows, Servers, Storage, Hardware; Videos 2008-04-29
Apple updates Xsan, gets out of RAID business: Apple on Tuesday released its Xsan 2 package, a major revision to its Storage Area Networking software package. The update revamps administration tools, adds support for third-party storage and features Spotlight/Leopard Server optimizations. The new Xsan 2 tools let storage managers easily tune the Xsan 2 for...; Tags: Software, SAN, Server, Apple Inc., Xsan 2, RAID, Storage, Storage Area Networks (SAN), Data Centers, Hardware, Data Management, David Morgenstern; Blog posts 2008-02-19
SAN Volume Controller: Best Practices and Performance Guidelines: The IBM SAN Volume Controller SVC has unique SAN fabric configuration requirements that are different from what one may be used to for other storage devices. A quality SAN configuration can go a long way towards a stable, reliable, and scalable SVC installation; conversely, a poor SAN environment can make...; Tags: Performance, IBM TotalStorage SAN Volume Controller, SAN, Best Practice, IBM Corp., IBM SAN Volume Controller, Storage Area Networks (SAN), Storage Management, Storage, Hardware; White papers 2008-02-10
Live Webcast: Maximize data management and performance with a Storage Area Network: Simplified and scalable storage solutions are now critical to businesses of all sizes. Storage Area Networks, or SANs, are maximizing access to data as well as improving overall network management and performance. Sponsored by EqualLogic and now available on demand, this ZDNet Webcast: ...; Tags: Webcast, Performance, SAN, Data Management, Storage Area Networks (SAN), Storage, Storage Management, Hardware; Webcasts 2008-01-28
One of Oregon's Largest Counties Deploys Equallogic: Clackamas County, Oregon, is home to more than 338,000 people. Heavily timbered, the county's geographical features include Mt. Hood and numerous rivers - the Willamette, Clackamas, Sandy, Pudding, Molalla and Salmon. The Aging Fibre Channel SAN could not scale to meet growing demands. Clackamas County replaced old Fibre Channel SAN...; Tags: EqualLogic, Oregon, Storage Area Networks (SAN), Storage Management, Storage, Hardware; Case studies 2008-01-18

Brookfield Homes Saves with Equallogic SAN and Thin Provisioning: Brookfield Homes is a home builder and land developer with operations on the West and East coasts. In addition to land purchases and home building, the company transforms unused urban shopping areas into new communities. Brookfield Homes Southland Division, covering southern California north of San Diego County, employs about people...; Tags: EqualLogic, SAN, Provisioning, Brookfield Homes, Storage Area Networks (SAN), Storage Management, Storage, Hardware; Case studies 2008-01-18
Dell EqualLogic PS Series Product Demonstration: Join Dell EqualLogic for a one-hour live presentation and product demonstration of its award-winning PS Family of intelligent, iSCSI-based storage solutions. Choose from a list of dates and times that suit your schedule.; Tags: Dell Computer Corp., EqualLogic, Storage Area Networks (SAN), Storage, Network Technology, Hardware, Networking; Webcasts 2008-01-01
How Cisco Multilayer Director Switch Operates With Other SAN Switches During SAN Migration: Cisco Systems IT has long been a proponent of Storage Area Networks SANs over the less efficient and more complex Direct-Attached Storage DAS-based networks. The majority of early Cisco SAN efforts used the McDATA Enterprise Director 6064 switch at the core and McDATA Sphereon 3032 switches at the edge. This...; Tags: McDATA Corp., SAN, Migration, Cisco Systems Inc., Cisco Systems IT, Storage Area Networks (SAN), Storage, Hardware; Case studies 2007-12-19
How Cisco Migrated to a SAN Environment in Small European Data Center: During 2001 and 2002, the hosting team faced some challenges because of the dramatic demand in data growth and the limitations of the early DAS model. Another problem is that DAS architecture is inflexible. Moreover, tools for storage inventory, capacity planning, and storage provisioning in such a large and fragmented...; Tags: SAN, Cisco Systems Inc., Storage Area Networks (SAN), Storage, Storage Management, Hardware; Case studies 2007-12-17
Waiting for Leopard's iSCSI support: Scanning though Apple's server discussion boards recently, I noticed a thread on iSCSI. This technology was a hot topic last year at the Macworld Expo in San Francisco and we can expect more of the same next month. iSCSI is a standard that uses the familiar SCSI...; Tags: iSCSI, Apple Inc., Technology, Storage Area Networks (SAN), Network Technology, Storage, Hardware, Networking, David Morgenstern; Blog posts 2007-12-10
Business Continuity: No Longer Out of Reach: Business continuity has historically been out of reach for small- and medium-sized businesses SMBs because it was too costly and complicated. While large companies could afford expensive fibre channel storage area networks FC SANs, the highly trained staff to manage them, duplicate data centers, channel extenders, and expensive replication software,...; Tags: Environment, EqualLogic, SAN, Business Continuity, Small And Medium Business, Smb/Sme, Storage Area Networks (SAN), Storage, WANs, It Services, Storage Management, Hardware, Networking; White papers 2007-12-01
Apple Xsan Tuner (dmg): The Xsan Tuner application is used to test the data and video transfer capabilities of your storage area network and its Xsan volumes. Xsan Tuner can simulate both standard UNIX reads and writes as well as Final Cut Pro video reads and writes for a variety of common video formats....; Tags: SAN, Apple Inc., Video, Xsan Tuner Application, Xsan Tuning Guide, Storage Area Networks (SAN), Corporate Communications, Storage Management, Storage, Hardware, Marketing; Software downloads 2007-11-28
How Cisco IT Deployed a SAN for ERP Data Storage: Until recently, Fibre Channel switches were characterized by low port density and low-availability designs. Director-class switches promised to change the landscape, but failed to deliver all the necessary features and enhancements needed to build the SAN infrastructure required to complete Phase II. Given the size of the business functions within...; Tags: Information Technology, SAN, ERP, Cisco Systems Inc., Storage Area Networks (SAN), Storage, Hardware; Case studies 2007-11-20
Enabling IT Consolidation with iSCSI SANs and Wide-area Data Services: To set up and manage a consolidated IT infrastructure that shares server and storage resources among distributed branch offices, many companies are turning to a combination of intelligent, enterprise-class iSCSI SANs and Wide-area Data Services. Now available: Download as a Podcast! ...; Tags: iSCSI, Information Technology, EqualLogic, IT Consolidation, Storage Area Networks (SAN), Data Centers, Podcasts, Network Technology, WANs, Strategy, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Internet, Networking, Management; Webcasts 2007-11-13
Enabling IT Consolidation with iSCSI SANs and Wide-area Data Services (Podcast): To set up and manage a consolidated IT infrastructure that shares server and storage resources among distributed branch offices, many companies are turning to a combination of intelligent, enterprise-class iSCSI SANs and Wide-area Data Services. During this TechRepublic Webcast available as a downloadable Podcast, you'll learn...; Tags: iSCSI, Information Technology, EqualLogic, IT Consolidation, Storage Area Networks (SAN), Data Centers, Podcasts, Network Technology, WANs, Strategy, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Internet, Networking, Management; Download resources 2007-11-13
TechNet Webcast: Using Melio Cluster File System With Virtual Server 2005 R2 to Enable Virtual Machine Migration and Availability (Level 300): Melio cluster file system and SAN storage greatly increases the flexibility of Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2, enables to migrate applications across physical hosts in response to changes in load, or to maintain availability when hardware maintenance is required. Using Sanbolic software and SAN storage, all Virtual Hard Disk (.vhd)...; Tags: Microsoft Virtual Server, Webcast, Microsoft Virtual Server 2005, Migration, Microsoft Corp., Virtual Machine, Microsoft TechNet, Storage, Storage Area Networks (SAN), Storage Management, Servers, Hardware; Webcasts 2007-10-25
Building 24x7 iSCSI SANs: Many believe that building an iSCSI SAN means sacrificing performance and availability. But SAN reliability, whether it is iSCSI or Fibre Channel, depends on the overall system design and manufacturing quality - not the networking technology. In fact, not only are there no risk-related sacrifices required with iSCSI SANs,...; Tags: iSCSI, High Availability, Storage Area Networks (SAN), Storage, Network Technology, Hardware, Networking; Webcasts 2007-10-16
Fibre Channel Over Ethernet in the Data Center: An Introduction: Fibre Channel over Ethernet FCoE is a newly proposed standard that is being developed by INCITS T11. The FCoE protocol specification maps Fibre Channel natively over Ethernet and is independent of the Ethernet forwarding scheme. It allows an evolutionary approach towards I/O consolidation by preserving all Fibre Channel constructs, maintaining...; Tags: Data Center, Fibre Channel, Fibre Channel Over Ethernet, Storage Area Networks (SAN), Ethernet, Storage, Hardware, Networking; White papers 2007-10-09
Are You Ready for a SAN? How a Storage Area Network Can Improve Your Life: If your IT organization is struggling to manage growing data in a direct-attached storage environment, it might be time to migrate to a storage area network SAN. There are several ways that a SAN can dramatically improve your storage management situation: Improve efficiency of...; Tags: SAN, Storage, Storage Area Networks (SAN), Storage Management, Hardware; White papers 2007-10-01
FibrChanl-02 (fclp) Fibre Channel Mass Storage Driver for HP-UX 11i V2 Release Notes: This paper provides information about the B.11.23.0712 release of the FibrChanl-02 fclp Fibre Channel Mass Storage Driver for HP-UX 11i v2. This release of the FibrChanl-02 fclp Fibre Channel Mass Storage Driver for HP-UX 11i v2 (version B.11.23.0712) now supports online firmware updates, optical diagnostics, and enables the ns_query_ports option...; Tags: HP-UX, Hewlett-Packard Co., Fibre Channel, Oracle11i, IBM Lotus Notes, Storage Area Networks (SAN), Storage, UNIX, Operating Systems, Databases, Servers, Hardware, Software, Enterprise Software, Data Management; White papers 2007-10-01