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Taneja Group: Next-Gen Fibre Channel Storage Systems Market Forecast

The Fibre Channel storage market is undergoing significant architectural and technological transition as end user purchasing criteria shift to emphasize price-performance, energy efficiency, capacity optimization, and simplified storage management. A new class of system designs has emerged that offer a simpler, more efficient, high-performance alternative to traditional monolithic and dual-controller...

Tags: Fibre Channel Storage System, Fibre Channel, Taneja Group, 3PARData Inc., Fibre Channel Storage Market, Storage Area Networks (SAN), Storage, Ip storage, Hardware

White papers 2007-10-31

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Citrix launches Citrix Essentials for Hyper-V

The folks at Citrix are at it again. They are trying to execute a preemptive strike so that their technology will come to be pervasive. It is clear that Citrix is taking a page out of the open source strategy book. This "give something of value away...

Tags: Citrix Systems Inc., Microsoft Windows Server Hyper-V, Express Edition, Storage, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2009-07-16

Apple Xsan 2.2 (Mac)

Xsan is a 64-bit cluster file system specifically designed for small and large computing environments that demand the highest level of data availability. This specialized technology enables multiple Mac desktop and Xserve systems to share RAID storage volumes over a high-speed Fibre Channel network. Each client can read and write...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, File System, Apple Inc., Xsan, Storage, RAID, Desktops, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-06-21

Advanced File Sharing and Management in the Dell NX4

The Dell NX4 Network Attached Storage NAS device goes beyond simple file servers to provide advanced features ranging from point-in-time snapshots and replication to deduplication, file-level retention, and tiered storage access. Combined with support for both Internet SCSI iSCSI and Fibre Channel, this system can help meet enterprise-class requirements, simplify...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., File-sharing, Dell NX4 Network Attached Storage Device, Network-Attached Storage (NAS), Data Management, File Servers, Storage, Storage Area Networks (SAN), Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software

White papers 2009-06-01

Emulex to Broadcom's merger overture: No thanks

Emulex on Monday said its board has rejected Broadcom's unsolicited takeover offer at $9.25 a share.  In a statement, Paul Folino, chairman of Emulex's board, said the Broadcom offer was an "opportunistic attempt" to get the company on the cheap. Emulex argued that Broadcom knew that the...

Tags: Merger, Broadcom Corp., Emulex Corp., Proposal, Company, Corporate Governance, Data Centers, Manufacturing, Storage, Leadership, Investment, Networking, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Hardware, Data Management, Management, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-05-04

HP answers Cisco with Matrix; Data center visions galore

Hewlett-Packard on Monday unveiled its answer to making data centers more modular and more cost effective and the target is pretty clear: Cisco Systems. HP's latest entry into the data center wars is dubbed the BladeSystem Matrix and Matrix Orchestration Environment. These products reside in HP's Adaptive...

Tags: Data Center, Hewlett-Packard Co., Vision, Server, Cisco Systems Inc., BladeSystem Matrix, Storage Lineup, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-04-20

EMC rolls out new high-end storage lineup; Aims to push data center flash adoption

EMC on Tuesday will unveil a new high-end storage lineup and a new architecture that's designed to be a bridge between legacy data centers and the newfangled virtual ones. EMC, along with Cisco Systems, IBM, HP and a bevy of others, has been busy pushing the next...

Tags: EMC Symmetrix, Data Center, EMC Corp., Storage, Data Centers, Hardware, Data Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-04-14

Do IT pros demand Apple's new Xserve?

I posted this morning that Apple has debuted its new Xserve with Intel Nehalem processors, but I didn't give the full rundown of the product. So here's the who, what, why and how. Apple today announced an updated Xserve that it says "delivers...

Tags: Apple Xserve, Information Technology, Apple Inc., PC Magazine, Servers, Processors, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-04-07

VI Webstart: Deep Dive Into Storage and Network Configurations

This webcast gives a deeper dive into storage and networking in VMware Infrastructure. Storage topics included the details on how VMware ESX and ESXi use Fibre Channel, iSCSI, and NAS storage; the architecture of VMware vStorage Virtual Machine File System VMFS; multipathing in Fibre Channel and iSCSI SANs; raw disk...

Tags: Disk, Network Configuration, Network, Storage, VMware Inc., Virtualization, Hardware

Webcasts 2009-03-16

Virtual Machine and Storage Integration With VMware and Dell

This webcast take a deeper dive into storage and networking in VMware Infrastructure. Storage topics included the details on how VMware ESX and ESXi use Fibre Channel, iSCSI, and NAS storage; the architecture of VMware vStorage Virtual Machine File System VMFS; multipathing in Fibre Channel and iSCSI SANs; raw disk...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Disk, Storage, VMware Inc., Virtual Machine, Integration, Virtualization, Hardware

Webcasts 2009-03-16

Virtualization and Emulex

Although I wouldn't have thought of Emulex and virtualization technology at the same time, a conversation with the company changed my viewpoint.  How did Emulex achieve the improbable? Read on. Here's what Emulex says about itself Emulex makes a wide range of enterprise-class products...

Tags: Emulex Corp., Storage, Virtualization, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-12-01

Virtualizing on Dell Servers Helps Xtralis Reduce Servers by Over 85 Percent, Improve System Performance, and Reduce Downtime

Xtralis sought to align IT with the company's strategy of tripling its business in three years by quickly standardizing on a global technology infrastructure and reducing downtime. Virtual servers using VMware Infrastructure 3 on Dell PowerEdge servers, a Dell/EMC Fibre Channel Storage Area Network SAN, and EMC tape backup helped...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Performance, Downtime, Dell Server, Servers, Hardware

Case studies 2008-11-01

Cut Virtualization Costs Using the Best Storage for Your Environment: iSCSI, NFS, or FC SAN

IT storage administrators like infrastructure virtualization because it maximizes system scalability and flexibility while minimizing an organization's time, cost, and resource investments. Now administrators have to evaluate how various storage technologies - Fibre Channel Storage Area Network FC SAN, iSCSI, and Network File System NFS - come into play. Each...

Tags: iSCSI, Virtualization, Network File System, Environment, EMC Corp., Storage, Hardware

Webcasts 2008-08-14

Booting Servers Directly From a Storage Area Network: The Benefits of SAN Fibre Channel and FCoE Connectivity

This paper discusses the capability of booting servers directly from OS images located on the SAN through a Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter HBA or a Fibre Channel over Ethernet FCoE Converged Network Adapter CNA. It describes the Emulex "Boot from SAN" implementation, and how it delivers a markedly enhanced...

Tags: Operating System, Emulex Corp., SAN, Benefit, Server, Storage Area Networks (SAN), Storage, Storage Management, Hardware

White papers 2008-07-01

Enhanced SAN Connectivity for System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2007 and 2008

Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager VMM provides a comprehensive management application for Microsoft virtualized environments. Emulex 4Gb/s and 8Gb/s Fibre Channel HBAs and FCoE Converged Network Adapters CNAs work with Virtual Machine Manager to provide a fully integrated SAN solution for Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V, Microsoft Hyper-V Server and...

Tags: Emulex Corp., SAN, Microsoft Corp., Virtual Machine, Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager, Storage Area Networks (SAN), Desktop Virtualization, Storage, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Storage Management, Hardware, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software

White papers 2008-07-01

Technical Report: IBM System Storage N5600 FC 26,000-User Microsoft Exchange 2007 Storage Solution

This paper provides best-practice information on an IBM System Storage N series solution, specifically on the IBM N5600 Fibre Channel FC storage solution for Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 in a 26,000-user configuration. The ESRP - Storage program was developed by Microsoft Corporation to provide a common storage testing framework for...

Tags: Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft Corp., IBM Corp., E-mail Servers, Storage, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Software, Hardware

White papers 2008-06-09

Red Hat's PV drivers boosts performance of Windows, older Linux guests on Xen-based RHEL 5

Red Hat has significantly sped up the performance of Windows and Linux guests running on its Xen-based Red Hat Enterprise 5 platform. The Raleigh, NC software company released on May 20 paravirtualized drivers that significantly improve the performance of older Red Hat Enterprise 3 and 4 workloads...

Tags: Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Linux, Performance, Red Hat Inc., Photovoltaics, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, Xen, Microsoft Windows, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Servers, Software, Hardware, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2008-05-29

High-end disks dead in 2 years

Dave Donatelli, a senior exec at EMC - the largest data storage vendor - predicted that high-end flash drives will replace high-end hard drives in 2 years. Is this the beginning of the end for disk drives? What is a high-end hard drive? Unlike the...

Tags: Notebook, Disk, USB Flash Drive, Chip, PC Board, Notebook Disk, Serial ATA, Storage, Hardware, Robin Harris

Blog posts 2008-05-20

6 Gbit drives coming

Chip vendor PMC-Sierra and Seagate announced that they've . . . achieved interoperability between PMC-Sierra’s end-to-end 6Gb/s SAS chipset and Seagate’s early development 6Gb/s SAS Hard Disk Drives HDDs. This successful demonstration of 6Gb/s Serial Attached SCSI SAS interoperability provides server and storage system equipment...

Tags: Disk, PMC-Sierra Inc., Serial Attached SCSI, Seagate Technology LLC, Serial ATA, Chipsets, Storage, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components, Robin Harris

Blog posts 2008-05-13

FUJITSU ETERNUS2000 Storage System Model 100 2500 Mailbox Exchange Server 2007 Storage Solution

ETERNUS2000 storage system model 100 can connect with maximum four 4Gpbs Fibre Channel, 3Gbps SAS or 1Gbps iSCSI host paths. And it has 2GB battery backed cache. To support 12500 user mailbox, the tested configuration uses 15 146GB/15krpm disks for database, logs and hot-spare disk. Database uses 10 146GB/15krpm disks,...

Tags: Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, Database, Disk, Mailbox, Microsoft Exchange Server, Fujitsu Ltd., Storage System, RAID, Storage, Hardware

White papers 2008-02-26