This expert e-guide provides insight into the key differences between virtualizing network-attached storage (NAS) or storage area network (SAN) architectures. Read on to discover which storage virtualization choice is right for your organization. 

While virtualised servers have become almost ubiquitous, so has shared storage, and the subject of SAN implementation in virtual server environments figures heavily in this e-guide. 

Dell Compellent SANs help ensure high performance, cost-effective storage, simplified operations and data protection for all Microsoft Exchange 2010 environments. Check out this comprehensive webcast to learn how Dell Compellent SAN can help you manage Exchange 2010 storage complexity. 

Storage capacity utilization metrics provide a framework you can use to analyze and manage SAN storage use across a diverse IT environment. Check out this white paper to explore how capacity metrics can help your organization with efficiency, capacity management, and risk management. 

Managing different types of virtual desktop data and their storage requirements presents challenges that need to be overcome in order to fully achieve all of VDI’s benefits. This white paper explores how IT organizations can avoid the pitfalls of VDI by separating virtual machine data from user data, enabling both to be managed efficiently. 

The protocol utilized to transport data between servers and storage for High Performance Computing (HPC) and to define a Storage Area Network (SAN) is Fibre Channel(FC). Fibre Channel is an "invisible" protocol, because it is only known to the technicians that implement it and keep it working. This paper will provide an overview of this technology. 

HP and Intel are building a multifaceted storage product portfolio with a common foundation that will enable the integration of server and storage into Converged Systems. The most desirable storage solution technologies are represented include virtualization, data deduplication, automated tiering, multi-protocol I/O, and performance at scale. 

Discover how converged iSCSI storage networks are helping organizations keep down costs, boost performance and keep up with the growing storage and network demands of virtualized environments. In this essential resource, explore the benefits of the open integration of VMware with GbE and 10GbE-based iSCSI SANs. 

The movement from tape-based to disk-based backup is well underway. Now that it is economically feasible to replace a broken tape-based system with disk-based backup, choices exist among a number of vendors with varying approaches to disk-based backup as well as data deduplication. 

Access this white paper to learn about an innovative technology solution that can help your business to increase cost-savings, improve storage scalability, enhance IT performance and more. 

In this exclusive ESG report, examine how your organization can leverage cost-effective scale-out storage to combat the ever increasing demands of your virtual environment. Learn about the key storage challenges organizations face today, and the pros and cons of adopting scale-up versus scale-out storage in your data center. 

This white paper highlights several new features within EMC Avamar 6.0 that specifically target and greatly advance the capabilities and performance of VMware data protection. With these features, EMC Avamar is enabling the rapid continued expansion of cloud environments required by the demand for IT-as-a-Service. Read now to learn more. 

To meet today’s business demands, continuous access to critical data and applications is vital. But what steps can you take to ensure this availability? This white paper discusses how IBM® System StorageTM for SAP IT platforms are providing companies with secure and collaborative solutions.