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Enterprise Vault 8.0 Security Model for File System Archiving

This paper will give readers a better understanding of how the Enterprise Vault EV solution integrates with security features already built into Active Directory, NetApp Filers, and EMC Celerras. It also provides insight as to how to change some of the settings to be configured in line with organizational preferences....

Tags: NetApp Inc., EMC Celerra, NetApp Filer, File System, EMC Corp., Storage, Security, Hardware

White papers 2009-03-01

Reducing Total Cost of Ownership for NetApp Filers With Folderscape

Years ago, the terms "Server" and "File server" were almost synonymous. Centralized storage of data in the form of user-accessible folders and files was the primary function of most servers. Over time, servers have taken on a much wider set of roles - including such things as email servers, database...

Tags: NetApp Filer, TCO, NetApp, PAC Software, Servers, Hardware

White papers 2006-11-08

Accenture Report: mySAP Utilities on NetApp Filers

As a founding member of the mySAP.com Partner Network, Accenture has worked directly with SAP to develop and enhance mySAP.com solutions. Accenture has received the SAP Award of Excellence on numerous occasions and has helped implement more than 1,000 SAP software solutions. Accenture was engaged by Network Appliance NetApp to...

Tags: mySAP, NetApp Inc., Accenture Ltd., NetApp Filer, SAP AG, Storage, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software

White papers 2005-07-12

Reducing Administration Costs for Oracle E-Business Suite Using NetApp Filers

Deploying and maintaining Oracle E-Business Suite in a distributed environment can be very challenging for IT staff. One of the most important tasks in Oracle E-Business Suite lifecycle management is ability to facilitate the process of development, testing, upgrade, and deployment of patches with minimal production downtime. Taking into consideration...

Tags: Oracle Corp., NetApp Filer, Administration, Oracle E-Business Suite, NetApp, Storage, Operational Accounting, Hardware, Finance

White papers 2005-05-06

Sybase ASE 12.5.x for UNIX: Integrating "Quiesce Database" Feature With Backup and Recovery Using a NetApp Filer Without Reboot

This paper covers the techniques for integrating the quiesce database feature provided in ASE for backing up and restoring a Sybase ASE 12.5.x server henceforth called Sybase server for a UNIX database when a Network Appliance filer is used for database storage. This paper covers the following topics: using the...

Tags: Recovery, NetApp Filer, Backup, Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise, Sybase Inc., Unix, NetApp, Databases, Storage, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Hardware

White papers 2005-03-01

Integrating Sybase Adaptive Server (ASE 12.5.x) for UNIX With a NetApp Filer

This paper describes the steps necessary to integrate Sybase Adaptive Server (ASE 12.5.x) for UNIX with a Network Appliance filer. This paper covers the following issues: installing Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise ASE 12.5.x on supported platforms with a filer, creating a new database with database devices on a filer and...

Tags: NetApp Filer, Sybase Adaptive Server, Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise, Server, Sybase Inc., Unix, NetApp, Databases, Storage, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Hardware

White papers 2005-03-01

Oracle 9i for UNIX: Cloning Database Using NetApp Filer Flexible Volumes in NAS and SAN Environments

Database administrators and developers clone databases for various reasons, such as updating test or development environments from production or switching the production database to the clone in case of an emergency. Cloning databases usually involves both backup and recovery procedures. The clone can exist on the same host as the...

Tags: NAS, Oracle Corp., NetApp Filer, SAN, Oracle9i, Unix, NetApp, Storage, Network-Attached Storage (NAS), Databases, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management

White papers 2004-11-01

Best Practices Guide for Data Protection with NetApp Filers Running iSCSI

Network Appliance is committed to providing fast, simple, highly available, and flexible solutions. In keeping with this tradition, Network Appliance has now added support for the iSCSI protocol to its core line of filers. Now iSCSI, SAN, and NAS technologies are available together on the same physical device with the...

Tags: iSCSI, Data Protection, Network Appliance Inc., NetApp Filer, Best Practice, NetApp, Storage Area Networks (SAN), Storage, Ip storage, Network Technology, Hardware, Networking

White papers 2003-04-29

Integrating NetApp Filers and Mac OS X

The inclusion of both the NFS and CIFS network file sharing protocols in Apple OS X dramatically simplifies the integration of Apple systems into multiprotocol file sharing environments that include Windows, UNIX and other systems. This paper explores OS X integration and protocol performance, and offers guidelines for the implementation...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, NetApp Filer, File-sharing, NetApp, Apple Mac OS X, Storage, Peer To Peer (P2P), Operating Systems, Software, Apple Mac OS, Hardware, Internet

White papers 2003-02-01

Additional Resources

Cloud vs sand: Google vs Microsoft

The numbers don't lie An independent study found on-site Microsoft apps - Office and Exchange - cost 20x in capital dollars and 5x-6x more than Google Apps on a 3 year Total Cost of Ownership TCO basis. How can Microsoft compete? The debate Cloud, as...

Tags: Google Inc., Google Apps, Network, Data Loss, Downtime, Microsoft Corp., Business Problem, TwinStrata, SATA RAID 5, Capital Requirement, Update:Here, Robin Harris

Blog posts 2009-05-05

Open Storage Adoption

Sun is leading the open storage revolution, combining open-source software with industry-standard system components to reduce storage costs by up to 90 percent. As a general term, open storage refers to storage systems built with an open architecture using industry-standard hardware and open-source software. In an open architecture, customers can...

Tags: Storage, Hardware

White papers 2008-05-01

The best Windows storage isn't on Windows

The best Windows storage isn't on WindowsMessage has been deleted.real-world consumersThe only question I have is this: Why does the real-world, end-user or home/personal computer user care?Certainly, corporations and educational/research institutions and possibly government sector types with perpetual libraries of research papers, legal filings, patents, archived copies of old newspapers,...

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, Sun Microsystems Inc., storage, Common Internet File System, Windows Storage, Make IT, OpenSolaris, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-11-29

Sun/NetApp patent dispute heats up

While Oracle and BEA are duking it out over acquisition price, Sun and NetApp are suing and countersuing each other over patents related to the Unix file system, ZFS. First, Network Appliance sued Sun, claiming that ZFS infringes on seven of its patents, and asked that ZFS be pulled from...

Tags: Software, Patent, Sun Microsystems Inc., NetApp, ZFS, Storage, Hardware, Dan Farber

Blog posts 2007-10-25

Sun fights back with patents of their own against NetApp

Jonathan Schwartz is not spoiling for a fight, but he's not shying away from one either. That's the takeaway message in today's blog entry from Sun's spunky CEO. On September 5th, Network Appliances filed a lawsuit against Sun claiming that ZFS infringed on seven of its patents....

Tags: Software, Patent, Storage Device, Sun Microsystems Inc., Jonathan Schwartz, NetApp, ZFS, Jonathan, Storage, Tools & Techniques, Hardware, Management, Ed Burnette

Blog posts 2007-10-24

AIX Performance With NFS, iSCSI, and FCP Using an Oracle Database on NetApp Storage

This paper covers tuning recommendations that can increase the performance of AIX 5L environments running Oracle10g Databases over NFS, iSCSI and FCP and provides a performance comparison among these protocols. The focus of this paper is technical, and the reader should be comfortable with AIX system administration, Oracle10g Database administration,...

Tags: iSCSI, Database, Oracle Corp., Network File System, Performance, Administration, IBM AIX, Oracle Database, NetApp, Storage, Performance Management, Ip storage, Operating Systems, Hardware, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Software

White papers 2006-03-01

Oracle10g RAC: Installation on Solaris 9 With Oracle10g CRS and a Network Appliance Filer

This technical report covers the installation of NetApp filers and enterprise-class Sun Microsystems SPARC architecture - based servers using the Solaris 9 operating system running the Oracle10g Real Application Clusters (10gR1, 10gR2 RAC) Database using Oracle10g Cluster Ready Services CRS. This is a certified configuration, and, as such, the components...

Tags: Sun Solaris 9, Network Appliance Inc., Network Appliance Filer, Oracle Real Application Cluster, NetApp, Blade Servers, Sun Solaris, Storage, Databases, Enterprise Software, Servers, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Data Management

White papers 2006-02-01

NetApp MultiStore and SnapMover: Adding Business Value With Storage Consolidation, Data Availability, Security, and Load Balancing

NetApp MultiStore allows a filer's storage and networking resources to be partitioned into multiple virtual filers, each of which appears as an individual filer on the network. The dynamic, flexible nature of virtual filers simplifies UNIX and Windows storage consolidation, and offers unified access to data over both CIFS and...

Tags: Security, Storage Consolidation, Network, Load Balancing, NetApp, NetApp MultiStore, Storage, Hardware

White papers 2005-01-01

Blades: 2004 and beyond

Blades: 2004 and beyondBladesThere is something with blades that hardly anyone talks about, blades without local disks. My opinion is that blades that can boot of a FC SAN or iSCSI SAN have a great advantage, especially with the great possibilities with server provisioning and the like.However, I suspect that...

Tags: Blade servers, Utility computing, Servers, Storage area networks (SAN), blade, iSCSI, server

Discussion threads 2004-06-10