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- IBM XIV® Storage System: Ideal Storage for the New Media Era
- The last decade has seen a revolution in the way in which digital information is generated and organized. The IBM XIV® Storage System provides a revolutionary solution for these requirements, in that it combines unlimited scalability and unprecedented ease of management with groundbreaking TCO. We investigate...
- Tags: Storage System, IBM Corp., Storage, Hardware
- White papers 2009-10-12
- IBM XIV® Storage System: Power Consumption Reinvented
- Reducing power consumption is one of the most significant challenges of IT centers today. With storage needs on a steep rise, it is increasingly clear that new approaches must be explored. This IBM whitepaper shows how, on average, a traditional storage system...
- Tags: Power Consumption, Storage System, IBM Corp., Storage, Storage Management, Hardware
- White papers 2009-10-12
- IBM XIV® Storage System: Thin Provisioning Reinvented
- Managing IT storage infrastructure is an endless balancing act of providing enterprise-class functionality and services while controlling costs. "Thin provisioning" is the practice of allocating storage to applications on a "just-in-time" and "as needed" basis. This document explores the benefits of thin provisioning, the XIV approach...
- Tags: Provisioning, Storage System, IBM Corp., Storage, Hardware
- White papers 2009-10-12
- IBM XIV® Storage System: Performance Reinvented
- One of the major requirements of any SAN administration team is to provide users and applications with adequate performance levels. This task becomes increasingly difficult with demands for high performance growing while budgets for storage systems, administration efforts, and power consumption are diminishing. This document describes...
- Tags: Performance, Storage System, IBM Corp., Performance Management, Storage, Storage Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Hardware
- White papers 2009-10-12
- IBM XIV® Storage System: Snapshots Reinvented
- The ability to create and manage snapshots of existing volumes is among the most fundamental features commonly offered by enterprise-class storage systems today. In this white paper, we describe the XIV snapshot architecture and explain its underlying advantages in terms of performance, ease of use, flexibility...
- Tags: Storage System, IBM Corp., Storage, Storage Management, Hardware
- White papers 2009-10-12
- IBM XIV® Storage System: Ease of Management Reinvented
- Managing a storage system has become a costly and complicated task. The direct labour cost associated with its management is increasing. In addition, organizations incur hidden indirect costs due to slow responsiveness, ineffective utilization, and inflexibility. This paper discusses how the IBM XIV Storage System's revolutionary built-in virtualization...
- Tags: Storage System, IBM Corp., Storage Management, Storage, Hardware
- White papers 2009-10-12
- Ariel Builds Strong, New Municipal Storage Network on HP StorageWorks All-in-One Storage System
- Ariel is home to more than 20,000 residents - and to 10,000 students at Ariel University Center of Samaria, the largest college in Israel. Ariel wanted to provide highly available, easily-managed shared storage for critical municipal applications. Ariel used HP StorageWorks All-in-One Storage Systems and Microsoft Windows Storage Server to...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Network, HP StorageWorks, Storage System, Ariel, Storage, Storage Management, Hardware
- Case studies 2009-07-01
- Sun Storage 7000 Unified Storage System as Storage Target for Symantec Enterprise Vault
- This paper describes how to quickly configure and deploy the Sun Storage 7110 Unified Storage System (also referred to as "Appliance") for Symantec Enterprise Vault and how to set up a File System Archive FSA. A quick introduction is provided on how to configure the Sun Storage 7110 Unified Storage...
- Tags: Symantec Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., Storage System, Storage Management, Storage, Hardware
- White papers 2009-06-01
- Deploying Oracle Databases Using NFS on Sun Storage 7000 Unified Storage System
- The Sun Storage 7000 Unified Storage System supports NFS v3, NFS v4, iSCSI, and CIFS protocols and comes with a comprehensive set of data service features that can provide unlimited snapshots, clones, and remote replication. This quick start guide shows how to deploy Oracle Database using the NFS protocol with...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Network File System, Sun Microsystems Inc., Storage System, Oracle Database, Ip storage, Storage, Storage Management, Databases, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- White papers 2009-05-12
- Geek read: What happens when you upload a Facebook photo?
- Ever wonder what happens when you upload a mobile photo from your iPhone or BlackBerry to Facebook? The storage wonks at Facebook are about to tell you. In a fascinating geeked out read, Facebook's Peter Vajgel walks us through the storage system behind the social networking site's...
- Tags: Facebook, Photograph, Storage System, Storage, Hardware, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-05-01
- Disaster Recovery Solution for Oracle Databases Using Remote Replication Feature of Sun Storage 7000 Unified Storage System
- Sun Storage 7000 Unified Storage System has comprehensive data services that provide instant snapshots, cloning, rollback, and remote replication. These features can simplify database protection and maintenance tasks for system and database administrators. This paper shows how to use Sun Storage 7000 Unified Storage System remote replication with Oracle databases...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., Storage System, Disaster Recovery, Oracle Database, Sun Storage 7000 Unified Storage System, Storage, Databases, Enterprise Software, Hardware, Software, Data Management
- White papers 2009-05-01
- Deploying Oracle ASM Using iSCSI on Sun Storage 7000 Unified Storage System
- The Internet SCSI iSCSI protocol allows a client system initiator to send SCSI commands to targets on a remote server over an existing IP network infrastructure, thus providing a low cost alternative to a Storage Area Network SAN infrastructure. The Sun Storage 7000 Unified Storage System supports the iSCSI, NFS,...
- Tags: iSCSI, Oracle Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., Storage System, Sun Storage 7000 Unified Storage System, Automatic Storage Management, Storage Area Networks (SAN), Ip storage, Network Technology, Storage, Databases, Hardware, Networking, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- White papers 2009-05-01
- Deploying Oracle Real Application Clusters on Sun Storage 7000 Unified Storage System
- The Sun Storage 7000 Unified Storage System supports NFS v3, NFS v4, iSCSI, and CIFS protocols and comes with a comprehensive set of data service features which provide unlimited snapshots, clones, and remote replication. Oracle Real Application Clusters Oracle RAC, a clustered database infrastructure, offers highly scalable architecture and allows...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., Storage System, Oracle Real Application Cluster, Oracle Clusterware, Cluster Ready Services, Blade Servers, Databases, Enterprise Software, Storage, Servers, Hardware, Software, Data Management
- White papers 2009-05-01
- Backup and Recovery for Oracle Databases With Snapshot Feature of Sun Storage 7000 Unified Storage System
- Sun Storage 7000 Series Unified Storage System has comprehensive data protection features that provide instant snapshots, cloning, rollback, and remote replication. These features can make database protection and maintenance tasks easier for systems and database administrators. This paper shows the methodologies to be followed for performing backup and recovery operation...
- Tags: Recovery, Oracle Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., Storage System, Oracle Database, Sun Storage 7000 Series Unified Storage System, Storage, Databases, Backups, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- White papers 2009-05-01
- MySQL 5.1 Database Deployment Over CIFS on Sun Storage 7000 Unified Storage System
- This paper describes the procedure to deploy MySQL database infrastructure over CIFS protocol. This example uses a Sun Storage 7000 Unified Storage System and a Sun Fire server running Microsoft Windows 2003 Server. (In this case, Sun Storage 7210 Unified Storage System was used, but the procedure is also applicable...
- Tags: Common Internet File System, MySQL, Sun Microsystems Inc., Storage System, Storage, Open Source, Databases, Storage Management, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- White papers 2009-05-01
- Using Pentaho Business Intelligence and MySQL Database With Sun Storage 7000 Unified Storage System
- Organizations strive to deliver large amounts of data quickly and reliably and in an economical manner. However, existing storage solutions are expensive and hard to administer. The Sun Storage 7000 Unified Storage System is an easy-to-manage, eco-friendly, and scalable storage solution with the OpenSolaris Operating System. This paper demonstrates how...
- Tags: MySQL, Sun Microsystems Inc., Storage System, Sun Storage 7000 Unified Storage System, Storage, Open Source, Storage Management, Databases, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- White papers 2009-04-29
- EMC CLARiiON Storage System Fundamentals for Performance and Availability - Applied Best Practices
- To get the highest performance, one needs to understand a storage system's workload. This includes knowledge of the host applications. One should understand how applications are generating 110. The workload may be simple, coming from a single application: it might also be complex, meaning it is generated by more than...
- Tags: Performance, EMC Clariion, Best Practice, EMC Corp., Storage System, Storage, Performance Management, Hardware, Human Resources, Workforce Management
- White papers 2009-04-18
- Anatomy of a storage overhaul: Facebook's photo system
- Facebook's photo storage system holds 850 million photos and costs a lot of dough. Niall Kennedy has a nice overview of what Facebook is doing to minimize its storage costs. Facebook's system, dubbed Haystack, is custom built but relies on content delivery networks and NetApp. Facebook is...
- Tags: Facebook, Photograph, Storage System, Storage, Hardware, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-04-06
- Virus Scanning on Sun Storage 7000 Unified Storage System With Trend Micro InterScan Web Security Suite
- This paper describes the installation of the Trend Micro InterScan Web Security Suite IWSS software on Microsoft Windows and on the Solaris Operating System. The IWSS software is used as a virus scan engine for a Sun Storage 7210 Unified Storage System, in conjunction with the VSCAN service. Content on...
- Tags: Security, Trend Micro Inc., Sun Microsystems Inc., Web Security, Storage System, Virus, IWSS Software, Storage Management, Storage, Hardware
- White papers 2009-04-01
- Upgrading to Dell | EMC CX4 Series Storage Systems: Applied Technology
- This white paper presents the presales considerations for upgrading to Dell/EMC CX4 series storage systems. It explores the choice of buying a new system versus leveraging existing assets by performing a data-in-place upgrade. The Dell/EMC CX4 series storage systems offer a data-in-place upgrade capability: As users' performance, capacity, or functionality...
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., EMC Corp., Storage System, Series Storage System, Storage, Hardware
- White papers 2009-04-01
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