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Maximize IT with an Integrated, Unified, Converged Solution Strategy sponsored by Hitachi Vantara WHITE PAPER: Check out this informative resource to explore three technology enhancements that enable the use of one platform for all of your data. Plus, find out how to simplify the tasks of implementing flash, unified storage with primary dedupe, and converged infrastructure. Read on to learn more. Posted: 09 Sep 2013 \| Published: 10 Jul 2013 TOPICS: Data Deduplication \| Data Storage \| NAS \| SAN \| Server Virtualization \| Solid State Disks \| Solid State Storage \| Storage Architectures \| Storage Consolidation \| Storage Efficiency \| Storage for File Virtualization/NAS Virtualization \| Storage for Virtualized Servers \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Management \| Storage Strategy for Virtual Data Centers

Best Practices for Windows Server 2012 and SAN Integration sponsored by Dell and Microsoft WHITE PAPER: This document provides an overview of Microsoft Windows Server 2012 and introduces best practice guidelines when integrating Windows Server 2012 with the Dell Compellent Storage Center. Posted: 29 Aug 2013 \| Published: 31 Jul 2013 TOPICS: Cloud Storage \| Data Recovery \| Data Replication \| High Availability \| SAN \| Storage Architectures \| Storage Management \| Storage Virtualization \| Tiered Storage \| Windows Server Software

Delivering Storage Quality of Service with Oracle Pillar Axiom 600 sponsored by Oracle Corporation UK Ltd WHITE PAPER: In this white paper, you will discover an Oracle storage technology designed from the ground up to deliver business-critical, guaranteed quality of service consistent with the business value of the application and its data. Posted: 16 Jul 2013 \| Published: 30 Sep 2011 TOPICS: Data Management \| Disk Drives \| IP Networks \| QOS \| ROI \| SAN \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Management \| Storage Optimization \| Storage Virtualization \| TCO

Best Practices for VMware vSphere Implementation sponsored by Dell, Inc. and Intel® WHITE PAPER: This technical white paper details a set of best practices for configuring storage in a virtual environment. Posted: 13 Nov 2013 \| Published: 13 Nov 2013 TOPICS: SAN \| SAN and Virtualization \| Server Virtualization \| Storage Architectures \| Storage for Virtualized Servers \| Storage Management \| Storage Strategy for Virtual Data Centers \| Storage Systems \| Virtual Machine \| VMware

The Value of Shared SSDs in Enterprise Computing sponsored by QLogic Corporation WHITE PAPER: This paper covers the advantages of the QLogic FabricCache 10000 Series adapters bringing transparent, shared caching to enterprise application environments. It combines a QLogic Fibre Channel adapter with intelligent caching to bring new levels of scalable application performance to existing SAN environments. Posted: 25 Apr 2013 \| Published: 31 Mar 2013 TOPICS: Cache \| Caching \| Fibre Channel \| Fibre Channel SAN \| SAN \| Server Accelerators \| Server Management \| Solid State Disks \| Solid State Storage

Unified Backup and Recovery with EMC NetWorker sponsored by EMC Corporation WHITE PAPER: This white paper highlights the scope of NetWorker features that enable users to flexibly combine different backup and recovery technologies and techniques to meet both common use cases as well as unique data protection demands. Posted: 07 Nov 2011 \| Published: 07 Nov 2011 TOPICS: Backup for Virtualized Servers \| Backup Server Hardware \| Backup Software \| Backups \| Data Deduplication \| Data Recovery \| Data Replication \| Data Security \| SAN \| VMware

NetApp Clustered Data ONTAP 8.3 and 8.2x - An Introduction sponsored by NetApp WHITE PAPER: This technical report provides an overview of NetApp® clustered Data ONTAP® 8.3 and 8.2x, including basic components of the hardware and software architecture. Posted: 12 Jun 2013 \| Published: 12 Jun 2013 TOPICS: Data Management \| Data Migration \| NAS \| SAN \| Storage Architectures \| Storage Efficiency \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Management \| Storage Virtualization \| Virtual Machine

Maximize Your Investment in Citrix XenDesktop With Sanbolic Melio sponsored by Sanbolic Inc. WHITE PAPER: Discover how your organization can overcome many VDI storage-related challenges and maximize the return on your desktop virtualization project by leveraging shared storage. Explore the advantages this storage approach offers virtualized environments, and learn how you can easily enable shared storage. Posted: 18 May 2012 \| Published: 18 May 2012 TOPICS: Desktop Management \| Desktop Virtualization \| SAN \| SAN and Virtualization \| Storage Management \| Storage Management Software \| VDI \| Virtual Desktop Infrastructure

Ethernet SAN or Fibre Channel SAN sponsored by Coraid WHITE PAPER: When it comes to choosing a storage area network (SAN) infrastructure, questions about performance, ease-of-use and cost are sure to come up. This technical brief reviews key differences to consider between Ethernet SAN and Fibre Channel SAN infrastructure when choosing a storage solution for your next virtual server or cloud storage project. Posted: 10 Jan 2011 \| Published: 07 Jan 2011 TOPICS: Fibre Channel SAN \| SAN \| Storage Appliances \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Consolidation \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Management

Optimizing Storage Performance, Availability and Utilization sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: This short white paper explores the 4 key capabilities your organization needs to meet today's storage requirements, and how to seamlessly acquire them. Read now to learn more. Posted: 25 Jul 2012 \| Published: 31 Oct 2011 TOPICS: Data Compression \| SAN \| SAN and Virtualization \| Solid State Disks \| Storage Capacity \| Storage for Virtualized Servers \| Storage Management \| Storage Optimization \| Storage Provisioning \| Storage Replication \| Storage Spending