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Managing a greener storage environment

Managing a greener storage environmentWe already said this...Nice to see SNIA catching up with what we are already saying at The Green Data Project, Clod.This article reads like it was lifted from our website at Green Data Project.org. Nothing wrong with that, but the key differences as I see...

Tags: SNIA, storage, Clod, greener storage environment, storage environment, Managing, environment

Discussion threads 2007-11-16

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Intelligent Data Archiving

ESG has found that many companies are currently implementing a configuration of intelligent tiers in their storage environments. These intelligent tiers consist of various storage systems and disk-types with different cost, performance, and protection levels. Software tools are then used to move data between these different tiers based on frequency...

Tags: Performance, Archiving, Tier, ESG, Storage, Performance Management, Hardware, Human Resources, Workforce Management

White papers 2007-02-01

Managing IBM TotalStorage DS300 / DS400 With IBM Director

IBM Director Version 5.10 added support for managing the IBM TotalStorage DS300 iSCSI and DS400 Fibre storage subsystems as SMI-S Storage Management Initiative Specification storage devices. SMI-S is a standard developed by the Storage Networking Industry Association SNIA for storage devices. The SNIA's Storage Management Initiative SMI was created to...

Tags: Storage Management, IBM Director, IBM TotalStorage, IBM Corp., SMI-S, Storage, Hardware

White papers 2006-09-26

Investigate the SNIA Shared Storage Model: Key to designing the right storage networking solution

Designing storage area networks requires an understanding of the upper-layer applications that depend on storage resources as well as the storage architectures available to satisfy them. This sample chapter from Designing Storage Area Networks, Second Edition focuses on the Storage Networking Industry Association's SNIA Shared Storage Model SSM...

Tags: Storage Networking, Network, Storage, Hardware

Book chapters 2006-07-11

Storage Virtualization - Part IV: A SNIA Technical Tutorial

This paper series presents one of three Storage Networking Industry Association SNIA booklet tutorials and is reproduced hereunder special arrangement and the expressed permission of SNIA. This series provides an introduction to storage virtualization. This fourth and final paper in the series discusses Storage Virtualization and the SNIA Storage Management...

Tags: Storage Virtualization, Storage Networking Industry Association, Virtualization, Storage, Storage Management, Hardware

White papers 2005-12-02

Storage Virtualization - Part IV

"Storage virtualization" has become the buzzword in the storage industry, especially with the increased acceptance of storage networks. But besides all the hype, there is considerable confusion, too. Acting in its role as an educator, SNIA has undertaken to offer clearer definitions and terminology in general, and to convey them...

Tags: Storage Virtualization, Virtualization, Storage, Storage Management, Hardware

White papers 2005-12-02

Storage Virtualization - Part II: A SNIA Technical Tutorial

This paper series presents one of three Storage Networking Industry Association SNIA booklet tutorials and is reproduced hereunder special arrangement and the expressed permission of SNIA. This series provides an introduction to storage virtualization. This second paper in the series discusses Host-Based, Storage-Based, and Network-Based, In-Band, and Out-of-Band Virtualization, as...

Tags: Storage Virtualization, Symantec Corp., Storage Networking Industry Association, Virtualization, Storage, Storage Management, Hardware

White papers 2005-11-04

Storage Virtualization - Part II

"Storage virtualization" has become the buzzword in the storage industry, especially with the increased acceptance of storage networks. But besides all the hype, there is considerable confusion, too. Acting in its role as an educator, SNIA has undertaken to offer clearer definitions and terminology in general, and to convey them...

Tags: Storage Virtualization, Virtualization, Storage, Storage Management, Hardware

White papers 2005-11-04

Storage Virtualization - Part I

"Storage virtualization" has become the buzzword in the storage industry, especially with the increased acceptance of storage networks. But besides all the hype, there is considerable confusion, too. Acting in its role as an educator, SNIA has undertaken to offer clearer definitions and terminology in general, and to convey them...

Tags: Storage Virtualization, Storage Technology, Storage, Hardware

White papers 2005-10-27

Storage Networking Security - Part I: A SNIA Technical Tutorial

This paper series presents one of three Storage Networking Industry Association SNIA booklet tutorials and is reproduced hereunder special arrangement and the expressed permission of SNIA. This series provides an introduction to storage virtualization. This second paper in the series discusses Host-Based, Storage-Based, and Network-Based, In-Band, and Out-of-Band Virtualization, as...

Tags: Storage Networking, Symantec Corp., Storage Networking Industry Association, Series, Storage, Hardware

White papers 2005-10-21

Storage Network Management - Part III

This paper provides a basic grounding in the history of network management interfaces and interface definitions as a background and introduction to the work being performed by the Storage Networking Industry Association SNIA as part of the Storage Management Initiative. The paper contrasts the characteristics of predecessor definitions with the...

Tags: Storage Networking Industry Association, Definition, Network Management, Storage, Network Administration, Networking, Hardware

White papers 2005-10-21

Storage Network Management - Part I

Storage networks have now become so pervasive, and their configurations so extensive that it is somewhat difficult to remember their rather humble beginnings as loops of fewer than 100 devices. These difficulties caused several members of the Storage Networking Industry Association SNIA to meet in private session in 2000 to...

Tags: Symantec Corp., Network Management, Storage, Hardware

White papers 2005-09-26