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Optimizing the Private Cloud with EMC VSPEX sponsored by Extreme Networks WHITE PAPER: Learn about a scalable, on-demand infrastructure that leverages Ethernet and a powerful switching platform to help you achieve the most from your private cloud. Posted: 26 Aug 2013 \| Published: 31 Jul 2013 TOPICS: Cloud Computing \| Data Center Design \| Data Center Networking \| Ethernet Networks \| Ethernet Switches \| Network Architectures \| Network Design \| Network Infrastructure \| Network Performance \| Network Traffic Management \| Networking \| Networking Hardware \| Private Cloud \| Private cloud computing \| SAN \| Switched Ethernet \| Switches \| Switching

IBM SAN Volume Controller and IBM FlashSystem 820: Best Practices and Performance Capabilities sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: This paper documents best practice configurations for integrating flash with a block storage virtualization appliance. It also details the potential performance gains that such systems can provide and information about your options for cache usage and real-time compression. Posted: 26 Sep 2013 \| Published: 24 Jul 2013 TOPICS: Capacity Planning \| Data Management \| Flash Memory \| Hard Disk Drives \| Performance Testing \| SAN \| Solid State Disks \| Solid State Storage \| Storage Best Practices \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Consolidation \| Storage Efficiency \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Management \| Storage Virtualization

Cut Infrastructure Complexity with Converged Infrastructures sponsored by Hitachi Vantara WHITE PAPER: Find out why companies are choosing to turn to converged infrastructures to enable flexible and highly integrated turnkey solutions. You'll learn how you can spend less time managing your converged infrastructure and more time solving business challenges. Posted: 12 Nov 2013 \| Published: 31 Oct 2013 TOPICS: Data Center Consolidation \| Data Center Construction \| Data Center Design \| Data Center Management \| Data Centers \| IT Infrastructure \| IT Management \| NAS \| SAN \| SAN and Virtualization \| Server Virtualization \| Storage for Virtualized Servers \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Management \| Storage Strategy for Virtual Data Centers \| Storage Switches \| Storage Systems \| Virtual Machine \| VMware \| VMware Disaster Recovery

Storage Resource Management and SAN Management Software sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: This resource provides you with a detailed analysis of SRM and SAN tools enabling ease-of-use to manage shared storage environments. These fully featured, integrated and user-friendly tools are offered as solutions ranging from the holistic to the specialist, delivering a broad range of maturity levels and requirements. Posted: 14 Jun 2013 \| Published: 27 Mar 2012 TOPICS: Capacity Planning \| Data Management \| NAS \| SAN \| Storage Management \| Storage Resource Management \| Storage Resource Management Software

The Value of Shared Cached in Enterprise Computing sponsored by QLogic Corporation WHITE PAPER: Access this white paper to uncover the key design features of this I/O accelerating technology. Posted: 27 Feb 2014 \| Published: 31 Jul 2013 TOPICS: Cache Server Hardware \| Cache Server Software \| Caching \| SAN \| Storage Architectures \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Efficiency \| Storage Hardware \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Management

E-Guide: Building a Converged Network, Architecture to Consolidate Ethernet, FC sponsored by DellEMC and Intel® EGUIDE: In this expert e-guide, from SearchStorage.com, Demartek president Dennis Martin explains how to use data center bridging and converged network adapters to build a converged network architecture. Read on now to learn more. Posted: 15 Nov 2013 \| Published: 15 Nov 2013 TOPICS: Converged Networks \| Ethernet Networks \| Ethernet Switches \| Fibre Channel \| Fibre Channel SAN \| Fibre Channel Switches \| SAN \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Management \| Storage Switches \| Storage Systems

Webcast: Imagine a Data Center without SANs: Optimize Cost and Performance for your Data Center with Solid-State Storage sponsored by Symantec Corporation WEBCAST: In this webinar, discover how you can take advantage of new business value as data centers evolve and modernize with revolutionary solid-state storage technologies. Posted: 10 Mar 2014 \| Premiered: Mar 20, 2014 TOPICS: Application Performance Management \| SAN \| Solid State Disks \| Solid State Storage \| Storage Architectures \| Storage Best Practices \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Consolidation \| Storage Efficiency \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Management \| Storage Optimization \| Storage Provisioning

Tiered Storage: Definitions, Deployment, Options, and Guidelines for Getting Started sponsored by SageCloud EGUIDE: This expert e-guide examines various definitions and interpretations of tiered storage and presents an overview of its key benefits, challenges, and deployment options. Posted: 21 Oct 2013 \| Published: 21 Oct 2013 TOPICS: Data Management \| Data Storage \| Disk Drives \| RAID \| SAN \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Efficiency \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Management \| Tape Drives \| Tiered Storage

Hitachi Unified Storage Family sponsored by Hitachi Vantara WHITE PAPER: Check out this informative paper to explore one leading vendor's unified storage solution that can infuse your overburdened data center with greater flexibility, investment protection and cost savings. Read on to learn more. Posted: 06 Sep 2013 \| Published: 31 Jul 2013 TOPICS: Data Storage \| NAS \| SAN \| Storage Architectures \| Storage Best Practices \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Consolidation \| Storage Efficiency \| Storage for Virtualized Servers \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Management \| Storage Strategy for Virtual Data Centers \| Storage Systems \| Virtual Machine \| Virtual Machine Backups \| VM \| VMware

Nondisruptive Operations and Clustered Data ONTAP sponsored by NetApp WHITE PAPER: Read this whitepaper to learn how NetApp Data ONTAP™ can help eliminate storage downtime and enable nondisruptive operations for your business- critical applications. Posted: 09 Apr 2014 \| Published: 31 Jan 2014 TOPICS: Downtime \| SAN \| Storage Architectures \| Storage Efficiency \| Storage Hardware \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Management

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