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IBM Virtualization Engine TS7700 Series Grid Failover Scenarios Version 1.1 2008-04-01 IBM

The IBM Virtualization Engine TS7700 Series is the latest in the line of tape virtualization products that has revolutionized the way mainframe customers utilize their tape resources. The capability to resume business operations in the event of a product or site failure is provided by the TS7700 Grid configuration. In a Grid configuration, two TS7700 Clusters are interconnected and can replicate data created on either TS7700 Cluster to the other. As part of a total systems design, business continuity procedures must be developed to instruct I/T personnel in the actions that need to be taken in the event of a failure. This paper documents a series of TS7700 Grid failover test scenarios for zOS which were run in an IBM laboratory environment.

Tags: Virtualization,

Circuit City Boosts IT Infrastructure Effectiveness With Storage Virtualization 2007-09-01 IBM

As a leading worldwide retailer of brand-name consumer electronics, PCs and entertainment software, almost every aspect of Circuit City relies on IT. The retailer wanted to build a scalable storage infrastructure that can keep pace with business growth; improve administrator productivity as well as application and server availability. Circuit City implemented a virtualized storage environment based on IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller, IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center software and IBM System Storage DS4500 and DS8100 disk storage systems.

Tags: Storage Management, SANs,

Tape Consolidation With the Sun Storagetek L1400 Tape Library - Achieving Midrange Storage Efficiencies: An Overview and Comparison With the Quantum Scalar i2000 2007-09-01 Sun Microsystems

This paper introduces general tape consolidation concepts and describes the Sun StorageTek L1400 tape library features that support consolidation. Consolidation benefits fall into three key areas: improved IT productivity, the ability to respond quickly to changing business priorities, and lowered TCO through increased asset utilization. In support of these areas, the StorageTek L1400 tape library delivers superior growth capability, simple library sharing, high performance, excellent TCO, and high reliability - all supported by world-class service. By way of illustration, the paper provides a general comparison of the StorageTek L1400 consolidation support to Quantum's Scalar i2000.

Tags: Storage Consolidation

Why Disk-Based Backup Is Better Than Tape-Based Backup 2007-01-23 01:00:26 Lockstep Systems

Backup for Workgroups will backup any networked Windows computer to a disk-based, centralized Data Repository. When it comes time to reclaim a lost file, folder, or even perform a complete disaster recovery, disk-based Backup for Workgroups will give the user super-fast and stress-free file restoration. Backup for Workgroups is a true disk-based backup product - meaning it is "Designed from the ground up to use a hard drive as its storage media." It is not a product originally designed for tape, then retro-fitted to support backing up data to disk as a second choice.

HP StorageWorks DAT160 Tape Drive: Business Continuity for Critical Data 2007-01-01 Hewlett-Packard (HP)

With a long track record of proven reliability, this low-cost backup solution is ideal for small/medium businesses and branch offices, so one can rest assured that data are protected.

Tags: Storage Management,

Streamlining Backup With Symantec Reduces Backup Window 50 Percent and Delivers Fast Payback 2006-12-23 01:00:24 Symantec

Faced with the cost and complexity of backing up a multiplatform legacy infrastructure, Companhia de Electricidade de Macau-CEM turned to Veritas NetBackup software to streamline and simplify the backup process. The Symantec solution enables a disk-to-disk-to-tape approach that has reduced the company's backup window by 50 percent, enabled a 20 percent annual increase in data to be backed up without an increase in staff hours, and sped data restoration by 50 percent.

Market Researcher Rings in New HP Data Storage and Recovery Solutions to Maintain Continuous Infrastructure Services 2006-12-20 01:00:25 Hewlett-Packard

Bellsystem24, Inc. provides its One-to-One Marketing Services to approximately 5,000 enterprise customers annually through 33 contact centers throughout Japan. The company needed to reinforce its internal infrastructure and messaging environment, perform online backup without disrupting services, and restore the system in 10 minutes in case of a failure. Bellsystem24 selected Alphatec Solutions Co., Ltd. to deliver an innovative online backup and recovery solution to support business continuity and compliance. Alphatec recommended an HP StorageWorks 8000 Enterprise Virtual Array as the core infrastructure system, with clustered HP ProLiant DL585 servers, HP StorageWorks Business Copy EVA, and Fast Recovery Solution EVA.

Applied Extrusion Technologies Wraps Up Major ROI With HP Storage 150+ Percent Return on Investment 2006-12-20 01:00:25 Hewlett-Packard

As one of the world's leading makers of Oriented PolyPropylene (OPP) films Applied Extrusion Technologies (AET) is highly sensitive to the rising costs of oil-derived OPP resins. The increased pressure on AET's IT infrastructure pushed its clustered EMC-based SAN systems to their limit. AET needed an easy-to-use, highly available SAN - and quickly. The company was under continuing pressure from rising oil prices; AET couldn't afford any lag in the delivery of new cost-saving applications, or the imminent prospect of increased SAN support costs. After a careful analysis using a proprietary decision matrix and working with its long-time HP support team AET migrated from EMC to HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array storage area networks, StorageWorks MSL tape libraries, and HP OpenView Storage Data Protector software.

Robust HP Technologies Help Fresno-Based Hospital Network Relieve Data-Management Discomfort 2006-12-20 01:00:25 Hewlett-Packard

Fresno, California-based Community Medical Centers' legacy of medical excellence and compassionate care has flourished in central California for more than a century. Facing competition from other Fresno hospitals, Community requires technology systems that allow affiliated physicians to refer their patients to its facilities and conduct business transactions with the healthcare group. In addition, the medical staff needs access to reliable medical information in order to enhance patient safety, wellness, and the quality of care. Beyond being able to make quick infrastructure changes, Community also needed to economically manage 30 percent data growth annually. Community resolved these issues by migrating to HP StorageWorks technologies.

Fairleigh Dickinson University Centralizes Storage and Backup, Improves Disaster Recovery and Email With HP Hewlett-Packard StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Arrays and ProLiant Blade Servers 2006-12-13 01:00:24 Hewlett-Packard

Fairleigh Dickinson University, the largest private university in New Jersey, wanted to improve its backup procedures and disaster recovery processes, but its existing storage infrastructure made that difficult. It was using server-attached storage and tape backups, which were costly and difficult to manage and maintain. In addition, it wanted to improve the performance of its email servers. It turned to HP to solve its problems, and chose Hewlett-Packard StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Arrays; award-winning Hewlett-Packard ProLiant blade servers; and Hewlett Packard MSL6060 tape libraries. As a result, the university now has a scalable, centralized, easy-to-use storage and backup infrastructure capable of full disaster recovery that can easily be scaled to meet the needs of the university well into the future.

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Title	Date Added	Company
IBM Virtualization Engine TS7700 Series Grid Failover Scenarios Version 1.1	2008-04-01	IBM
The IBM Virtualization Engine TS7700 Series is the latest in the line of tape virtualization products that has revolutionized the way mainframe customers utilize their tape resources. The capability to resume business operations in the event of a product or site failure is provided by the TS7700 Grid configuration. In a Grid configuration, two TS7700 Clusters are interconnected and can replicate data created on either TS7700 Cluster to the other. As part of a total systems design, business continuity procedures must be developed to instruct I/T personnel in the actions that need to be taken in the event of a failure. This paper documents a series of TS7700 Grid failover test scenarios for zOS which were run in an IBM laboratory environment. Tags: Virtualization,
Circuit City Boosts IT Infrastructure Effectiveness With Storage Virtualization	2007-09-01	IBM
As a leading worldwide retailer of brand-name consumer electronics, PCs and entertainment software, almost every aspect of Circuit City relies on IT. The retailer wanted to build a scalable storage infrastructure that can keep pace with business growth; improve administrator productivity as well as application and server availability. Circuit City implemented a virtualized storage environment based on IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller, IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center software and IBM System Storage DS4500 and DS8100 disk storage systems. Tags: Storage Management, SANs,
Tape Consolidation With the Sun Storagetek L1400 Tape Library - Achieving Midrange Storage Efficiencies: An Overview and Comparison With the Quantum Scalar i2000	2007-09-01	Sun Microsystems
This paper introduces general tape consolidation concepts and describes the Sun StorageTek L1400 tape library features that support consolidation. Consolidation benefits fall into three key areas: improved IT productivity, the ability to respond quickly to changing business priorities, and lowered TCO through increased asset utilization. In support of these areas, the StorageTek L1400 tape library delivers superior growth capability, simple library sharing, high performance, excellent TCO, and high reliability - all supported by world-class service. By way of illustration, the paper provides a general comparison of the StorageTek L1400 consolidation support to Quantum's Scalar i2000. Tags: Storage Consolidation
Why Disk-Based Backup Is Better Than Tape-Based Backup	2007-01-23 01:00:26	Lockstep Systems
Backup for Workgroups will backup any networked Windows computer to a disk-based, centralized Data Repository. When it comes time to reclaim a lost file, folder, or even perform a complete disaster recovery, disk-based Backup for Workgroups will give the user super-fast and stress-free file restoration. Backup for Workgroups is a true disk-based backup product - meaning it is "Designed from the ground up to use a hard drive as its storage media." It is not a product originally designed for tape, then retro-fitted to support backing up data to disk as a second choice.
HP StorageWorks DAT160 Tape Drive: Business Continuity for Critical Data	2007-01-01	Hewlett-Packard (HP)
With a long track record of proven reliability, this low-cost backup solution is ideal for small/medium businesses and branch offices, so one can rest assured that data are protected. Tags: Storage Management,
Streamlining Backup With Symantec Reduces Backup Window 50 Percent and Delivers Fast Payback	2006-12-23 01:00:24	Symantec
Faced with the cost and complexity of backing up a multiplatform legacy infrastructure, Companhia de Electricidade de Macau-CEM turned to Veritas NetBackup software to streamline and simplify the backup process. The Symantec solution enables a disk-to-disk-to-tape approach that has reduced the company's backup window by 50 percent, enabled a 20 percent annual increase in data to be backed up without an increase in staff hours, and sped data restoration by 50 percent.
Market Researcher Rings in New HP Data Storage and Recovery Solutions to Maintain Continuous Infrastructure Services	2006-12-20 01:00:25	Hewlett-Packard
Bellsystem24, Inc. provides its One-to-One Marketing Services to approximately 5,000 enterprise customers annually through 33 contact centers throughout Japan. The company needed to reinforce its internal infrastructure and messaging environment, perform online backup without disrupting services, and restore the system in 10 minutes in case of a failure. Bellsystem24 selected Alphatec Solutions Co., Ltd. to deliver an innovative online backup and recovery solution to support business continuity and compliance. Alphatec recommended an HP StorageWorks 8000 Enterprise Virtual Array as the core infrastructure system, with clustered HP ProLiant DL585 servers, HP StorageWorks Business Copy EVA, and Fast Recovery Solution EVA.
Applied Extrusion Technologies Wraps Up Major ROI With HP Storage 150+ Percent Return on Investment	2006-12-20 01:00:25	Hewlett-Packard
As one of the world's leading makers of Oriented PolyPropylene (OPP) films Applied Extrusion Technologies (AET) is highly sensitive to the rising costs of oil-derived OPP resins. The increased pressure on AET's IT infrastructure pushed its clustered EMC-based SAN systems to their limit. AET needed an easy-to-use, highly available SAN - and quickly. The company was under continuing pressure from rising oil prices; AET couldn't afford any lag in the delivery of new cost-saving applications, or the imminent prospect of increased SAN support costs. After a careful analysis using a proprietary decision matrix and working with its long-time HP support team AET migrated from EMC to HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array storage area networks, StorageWorks MSL tape libraries, and HP OpenView Storage Data Protector software.
Robust HP Technologies Help Fresno-Based Hospital Network Relieve Data-Management Discomfort	2006-12-20 01:00:25	Hewlett-Packard
Fresno, California-based Community Medical Centers' legacy of medical excellence and compassionate care has flourished in central California for more than a century. Facing competition from other Fresno hospitals, Community requires technology systems that allow affiliated physicians to refer their patients to its facilities and conduct business transactions with the healthcare group. In addition, the medical staff needs access to reliable medical information in order to enhance patient safety, wellness, and the quality of care. Beyond being able to make quick infrastructure changes, Community also needed to economically manage 30 percent data growth annually. Community resolved these issues by migrating to HP StorageWorks technologies.
Fairleigh Dickinson University Centralizes Storage and Backup, Improves Disaster Recovery and Email With HP Hewlett-Packard StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Arrays and ProLiant Blade Servers	2006-12-13 01:00:24	Hewlett-Packard
Fairleigh Dickinson University, the largest private university in New Jersey, wanted to improve its backup procedures and disaster recovery processes, but its existing storage infrastructure made that difficult. It was using server-attached storage and tape backups, which were costly and difficult to manage and maintain. In addition, it wanted to improve the performance of its email servers. It turned to HP to solve its problems, and chose Hewlett-Packard StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Arrays; award-winning Hewlett-Packard ProLiant blade servers; and Hewlett Packard MSL6060 tape libraries. As a result, the university now has a scalable, centralized, easy-to-use storage and backup infrastructure capable of full disaster recovery that can easily be scaled to meet the needs of the university well into the future.