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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

Sprint drives 45-times performance improvement sponsored by IBM CASE STUDY: This white paper delves in to how Sprint-Nextel deployed nine non-disruptive flash storage technologies in order to not only meet customer service satisfaction but exceed all expectations. Find out how this approach improved performance, significantly cut latency, reduced energy consumption, and much more. Posted: 30 Sep 2013 \| Published: 30 Jun 2013 TOPICS: Data Management \| Fibre Channel SAN \| Flash Memory \| Hard Disk Drives \| SAN \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Efficiency \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Management \| Storage Optimization

Deploying Brocade VDX 6720 Data Center Switches in Enterprise Data Centers sponsored by Brocade WHITE PAPER: Brocade VDX 6720 Data Center Switches are specifically designed to improve network utilization, maximize application availability, increase scalability, and dramatically simplify network architecture in virtualized data centers. Posted: 13 Dec 2011 \| Published: 13 Dec 2011 TOPICS: 10 Gigabit Ethernet \| Cloud Computing \| Fibre Channel \| Fibre Channel SAN \| Fibre Channel Switches \| IP Networks \| Network Architectures \| Network Capacity \| Network Design \| Network Infrastructure \| Network Management \| Network Performance \| Network Traffic Management \| Networking \| Networking Hardware \| Switched Ethernet \| Switches \| Switching

Hitachi IT Operations Analyzer: Root Cause Analysis for Supporting Fault Identification sponsored by Hitachi Vantara WHITE PAPER: Hitachi Data Systems introduces Hitachi IT Operations Analyzer software with unique Root Cause Analysis functionality. The IT Operations Analyzer is a powerful, proven approach to simplifying IT infrastructure management, with comprehensive performance and availability monitoring of up to 250 server, network and storage nodes. Posted: 04 Jun 2009 \| Published: 01 May 2009 TOPICS: Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency \| Data Center Management \| Data Centers \| Fibre Channel SAN \| Fibre Channel Switches \| IT Management \| Network Monitoring \| TCO

Implementing Fibre Channel SANs in a virtual server environment sponsored by Dell Compellent EGUIDE: This Q&A featuring VMware expert Eric Siebert divulges the advantages and disadvantages of implementing FC SANs to support your virtual server platform. Posted: 11 Oct 2011 \| Published: 11 Oct 2011 TOPICS: Fibre Channel SAN \| SAN and Virtualization \| Server Virtualization \| Storage for Virtualized Servers \| Storage Hardware \| Storage Virtualization

Best Practices: Enterprise SATA Deployment with High Performance and Reliability sponsored by DataDirect Networks WHITE PAPER: Across many organizations, the rapid growth of data is outpacing storage budgets. SATA disk based archive storage is the perfect solution. Download this white paper to learn more about disk based archive storage and see if it will work for you. Posted: 24 Dec 2007 \| Published: 01 Dec 2007 TOPICS: Content Archiving \| Content Archiving Software \| Continuous Data Protection \| Data Management \| Data Recovery \| Disaster Recovery \| Fibre Channel \| Fibre Channel SAN \| RAID \| Regulatory Compliance \| Serial ATA \| Storage Best Practices \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Security

EMC CLARiiON AX4 Storage System sponsored by EMC Corporation PRODUCT OVERVIEW: The EMC® CLARiiON® AX4 is a versatile and cost-effective solution for organizations looking for an alternative to server-based storage. The AX4 delivers performance, scalability, and advanced data management features in one, easy-to-use storage solution. Posted: 15 Dec 2009 \| Published: 14 Dec 2009 TOPICS: Disk Drive Controllers \| Disk Drives \| Fibre Channel \| Fibre Channel SAN \| SAN \| Storage Appliances \| Storage Controllers \| Storage Devices \| Storage Hardware \| VMware

The Building Blocks of Unified Fabric and LAN/SAN Convergence sponsored by Dell, Inc. and Intel® WHITE PAPER: This white paper details the benefits of I/O consolidation on Ethernet and Fibre Channel. Posted: 12 Jun 2014 \| Published: 13 Aug 2013 TOPICS: Data Center Design \| Data Center Management \| Data Center Networking \| Ethernet Cable \| Ethernet Networks \| Fibre Channel \| Fibre Channel SAN \| Fibre Channel Switches \| Network Infrastructure \| Network Management \| Networking

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

Flexible Storage Enables Growth sponsored by Dell \| EMC CASE STUDY: The AX4-5 has allowed McNeil to stand shoulder-to shoulder with much larger enterprises when it comes to data storage sophistication and efficiency. Posted: 10 Jun 2008 \| Published: 10 Jun 2008 TOPICS: DAS \| Data Centers \| Data Storage \| Fibre Channel SAN \| SAN \| Storage Infrastructure \| Tiered Storage

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