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How to Handle the Growing Number of Traffic Types in your Data Center sponsored by DellEMC and Intel® WHITE PAPER: This white paper details the benefits of I/O consolidation on Ethernet and Fibre Channel Posted: 11 Nov 2013 \| Published: 13 Aug 2013 TOPICS: Data Center Design \| Data Center Management \| Data Centers \| Ethernet Cable \| Ethernet Networks \| Fibre Channel \| Fibre Channel SAN \| Fibre Channel Switches

Forrester Thought Leadership White Paper: Exploring the Potential Benefits of End-to-End Convergence of Data Center Networks sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc. WHITE PAPER: This whitepaper discloses the results of an evaluation of end-to-end storage area network/local area network (SAN/LAN) networking issues including Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) adoption. Posted: 14 Feb 2012 \| Published: 14 Feb 2012 TOPICS: Converged Networks \| Data Center Networking \| Data Centers \| Ethernet Networks \| Fibre Channel \| Fibre Channel SAN \| iSCSI Protocol \| iSCSI SAN \| LAN \| LAN Hardware \| Network Architectures \| Network Design \| Network Infrastructure \| Network Management \| Network Performance \| Network Traffic Analysis \| Network Traffic Management \| Networking \| Networking Hardware \| SAN

Best Practices in SAN Migration sponsored by QLogic Corporation WHITE PAPER: Overwhelming data growth has caused many storage administrators to move from older, legacy SANs to newer and more robust solutions. This white paper provides best practices and guidelines to follow when migrating to a new SAN technology. Posted: 28 Aug 2007 \| Published: 01 Mar 2007 TOPICS: Data Center Management \| Data Migration \| Disk Backups \| Fibre Channel SAN \| Fibre Channel Switches \| Legacy Applications Software \| Storage Best Practices \| Tape Backups \| Virtual Tape Libraries

Changing the Economics of Storage Consolidation sponsored by EMC Corporation WEBCAST: This Webcast explores ways to simplify IT through the use of IP storage consolidation solutions. View this presentation to learn how you can consolidate your storage without the cost and complexity of Fibre Channel. Posted: 02 Apr 2008 \| Premiered: Apr 2, 2008 TOPICS: Continuous Data Protection \| Data Management \| Fibre Channel SAN \| IP SAN \| RAID \| Server Consolidation \| Storage Best Practices \| Storage Consolidation

Coraid EtherDrive Storage is ESG Lab Proven sponsored by Coraid WHITE PAPER: This ESG lab review explores the results from hands-on testing of an emerging SAN solution designed to meet today's growing storage challenges. In this paper, learn how this integrated technology can deliver an unprecedented price-performance ratio while maintaining easy installation and simplified management. Posted: 07 Dec 2011 \| Published: 01 Mar 2011 TOPICS: Fibre Channel SAN \| SAN \| SAN and Virtualization \| Storage Hardware \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Management \| Storage Virtualization

Avoiding SAN Performance Problems sponsored by Virtual Instruments WHITE PAPER: Maintaining peak performance while simultaneously addressing the root cause of SAN errors is challenging. This paper presents a high level summary of the most common SAN problems and explores new ways to dramatically improve application performance and availability. Posted: 02 Feb 2011 \| Published: 01 Feb 2011 TOPICS: Fibre Channel \| Fibre Channel SAN \| SAN \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Management \| Storage Management Software \| Storage Virtualization \| Storage Virtualization Software

The Latest Data Storage Networking Infrastructure Trends sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc. EGUIDE: IT shops looking to consolidate their data centers and virtualize servers have to weigh the latest storage networking technology developments as they plot any infrastructure upgrade. This SearchStorage.com E-Guide explores the current state of data storage networking infrastructure before you make an upgrade. Posted: 25 Apr 2012 \| Published: 25 Apr 2012 TOPICS: Converged Networks \| Ethernet Networks \| Fibre Channel \| Fibre Channel SAN \| Infiniband Architecture \| Storage Consolidation \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Optimization \| Storage Strategy for Virtual Data Centers

SAN Director Power Calculators sponsored by Brocade ASSESSMENT TOOL: Which director draws less power, the Brocade 48000 or the Cisco MDS 9513? Calculate environmental characteristics (AC power draw, heat generated), as well as port and bandwidth performance for the directors based on the number of blades present Posted: 16 May 2007 \| Published: 16 May 2007 TOPICS: Blade Servers \| Cooling Equipment \| Data Center Management \| Fibre Channel SAN \| Power Supplies \| Switching \| WAN

Dell/EMC CX4 Exchange Performance sponsored by DellEMC and Intel® WHITE PAPER: This white paper takes a high-level look at the features and functionality that make the CX4 an excellent choice for Microsoft Exchange and other electronic mail systems. It examines new features, discusses disaster recovery and VMware integration, and provides a brief example of CX4's performance in Exchange environments. Posted: 05 May 2009 \| Published: 08 Oct 2008 TOPICS: Email \| Fibre Channel \| Fibre Channel SAN \| iSCSI SAN \| Microsoft Exchange \| SAN \| Storage Management \| Storage Resource Management

Importance of Unified I/O in VMware® ESX Servers sponsored by Mellanox Technologies, Inc. WHITE PAPER: Unified I/O in VMware ESX servers deliver many cost and power savings advantages. Posted: 02 Apr 2008 \| Published: 01 Mar 2008 TOPICS: Data Management \| Fibre Channel SAN \| Infiniband Architecture \| iSCSI SAN \| Server Virtualization \| Storage Best Practices \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Virtualization \| Storage Virtualization Software \| VMware	All resources sponsored by Mellanox Technologies, Inc.

Fiber Channel Storage Area Networks Reports