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whitepaper TechNet Webcast: Failover Clustering and Quorum in Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Storage (Level 300)12008-01-31 Microsoft
  This webcast covers the new cluster storage architecture and describes how the new quorum model works in Windows Server 2008 Enterprise. The presenter explores the new way that how shared storage is managed, how clustering is now totally Storage Area Network (SAN) friendly, how failover clusters arbitrate for disks to determine what to do when things go wrong, and what the other enhancements are. The attendee will learn why deploying Windows Server 2008 failover clusters can be a key win to the SAN infrastructure.

Tags: SANs, Windows Server 2008		   
whitepaper Using Attribute-Managed Storage to Achieve QoS2008-01-31 Hewlett-Packard
  Specification of storage systems by means of user-oriented Quality-of-Service attributes is the key to ease of use and efficient resource utilization. Attribute-managed storage systems hide details of the underlying storage systems through virtual store abstractions - units of storage with quality of service guarantees. The mapping of virtual stores onto physical storage devices can be optimized to achieve high level goals such as balancing system performance against total system cost. The paper demonstrates the feasibility of this approach with a prototype matching engine called Forum.

Tags: Quality of Service, 		  
whitepaper Developed and Maintained a RAID Controller Product Line for a Large Storage Company2008-01-26 MindTree Consulting
  The client is part of a leading company in the field of Network Storage. The client wanted to reduce their engineering overheads and was looking for a suitable offshore partner. With a technology as domain specific as RAID, building a good set of resources was a challenge. MindTree built a dedicated team of storage experts to help define the requirements and features of the product. This team was then scaled quickly using MindTree's internal skill sets. A knowledge building exercise was executed to help bring the team upto speed with the product's technology, the client's processes and tools.

Tags: Storage Management		   
whitepaper Dell EqualLogic PS Series with VMware - Virtual servers meet virtual storage2008-01-23 Dell EqualLogic
  Consolidation of data center assets has become a trend in many IT environments, providing benefits such as improved hardware resource utilization, easier management,and lower costs.

For storage, consolidation is accomplished by moving data off of a direct attached storage (DAS)to inside the server onto a shared pool of storage in a storage area network (SAN).

Read this solution brief to see how server consolidation has become popular thanks to technologies like VMware ESX Server and GSX Server. These "virtual machine" products consolidate server data images onto fewer hardware platforms which improves IT efficiency.

Tags: Virtualization, Storage Management, SANs, Storage Consolidation		   
whitepaper One of Oregon's Largest Counties Deploys Equallogic2008-01-18 Dell EqualLogic
  Clackamas County, Oregon, is home to more than 338,000 people. Heavily timbered, the county's geographical features include Mt. Hood and numerous rivers - the Willamette, Clackamas, Sandy, Pudding, Molalla and Salmon. The Aging Fibre Channel SAN could not scale to meet growing demands. Clackamas County replaced old Fibre Channel SAN with modular PS Series SAN for central storage consolidation and data protection. It attached stray servers to the SAN, eliminating all direct attached storage.

Tags: Server Consolidation, Storage Consolidation		   
whitepaper The art of doing more with less: SMBs embrace IT Optimization2007-09-07 IBM
  Find out how IT optimization strategies can help small and mid-sized businesses keep their competitive edge. In this IBM ForwardView webshow, IBM explains how strategies such as virtualization and Storage Area Networks (SAN) can simplify your systems and free up resources to support your overall business growth.

This webshow was featured in ForwardView, the premier IBM eMagazine that provides growing businesses with the latest news and trends at the nexus of business and IT. It's full of thought leadership and marketplace insight applied to real business problems.

Tags: SANs, ROI - TCO, IT Reliability, Virtualization		   
whitepaper TechNet Webcast: Optical Media in Windows Vista (Level 300)2008-01-02 Microsoft
  This webcast provides an overview of some of the enhancements of using optical media in the Windows Vista operating system. It covers the new user interface for backing up and restoring information in Windows Vista and the use of Universal Disk Format (UDF) to enable users to exchange files between Windows-based computers, Macintosh, and Unix-based computers. It also explores the Image Mastering API (IMAPI). With IMAPI version 2, applications can burn audio, video, data, or disc images to CD or DVD devices.

Tags: Magnetic - Optical, Windows Vista, 		  
whitepaper Virtualization of Tape Storage2008-01-01 CYBERNETICS
  Disk-based virtual tape backup devices, when combined with removable tape for archiving, are a particularly effective data protection strategy, delivering the very tangible benefits of both disk and tape for securing data efficiently and cost-effectively at all points in its lifecycle. This paper discusses the advantages of a D2D2T strategy in reference to Cybernetics' miSAN V Series, iSAN V Series, and HSTC models.

Tags: Tape Drives - Libraries, Virtualization		   
whitepaper HP Storage Essentials Storage Resource Management Software Suite Version 6.0 Host Cluster Functionality White Paper2008-01-01 Hewlett-Packard (HP)
  Given the complexity of customer environments that Storage Essentials Storage Resource Management (SRM) software manages, version 6.0 supports automatic discovery of popular cluster servers and allows management of other non-automatically discoverable clusters through an add-on application within Storage Essentials SRM Enterprise Edition called "Cluster Manager". It is through the combination of automatic and manual recognition that the SRM software is able to cover most of the HA and load balancing clusters that are heavily used in the market today. This white paper discusses how various modules of the Storage Essentials SRM Suite have been enhanced to support clusters from the ground up.

Tags: Storage Consolidation		   
whitepaper HP Smart Array P800 Controller and HP StorageWorks 70 Modular Smart Array (MSA70) 6,250 User Clustered Continuous Replication Exchange 2007 Storage Solution2008-01-01 Hewlett-Packard (HP)
  This paper provides information on the HP StorageWorks 70 Modular Smart Array (MSA70) Direct Attached Storage (DAS) solution for Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 (Exchange), based on the Microsoft Exchange Solution Reviewed Program (ESRP) - Storage program v2.0. The ESRP - Storage program was developed by Microsoft Corporation to provide a common storage testing framework for vendors to provide information on their storage solutions for Microsoft Exchange Server software.

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