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whitepaper Dell Raises the Bar in Shock-Resistant Hard Drives2008-02-01 Dell
  A key benefit of laptop computers is that they are mobile, but with that mobility comes the risk of being dropped. High-shock events put the hard-disk drive and the user data contained in it at risk. With more users transitioning from desktops to laptops as their primary computers, it has become increasingly important to provide a robust solution to help protect the hard-disk drive and prevent data loss. To meet this need, Dell offers drop (or "Free-fall") protection as a standard feature in its laptop computers equipped with 7200 Revolutions Per Minute (RPM) hard-disk drives. This feature is designed to detect a fall and protect the hard-disk drive by parking its heads before impact.

Tags: Hard Drives		   
whitepaper Building for the Future: Deploying a SAN Solution That Protects Your Datacenter Investments2008-02-01 IDG (International Data Group)
  The IT managers at midsize organizations face many of the same storage planning and management issues as managers at larger enterprises. They also must deal with several unique requirements, however. IT managers at midsize organizations need solutions that are easy to acquire and to set up; that deliver "Investment protection" for future improvements in performance and scale without forcing the displacement of installed systems; and that address specific needs for greater management efficiency without disrupting current operations. The evolving storage requirements and the unique challenges faced by midsize organizations make their selection of storage systems and storage management solutions a key concern.

Tags: Data Center, SANs		   
whitepaper Data Protection Strategies Leveraging Replication2008-02-01 Double-Take Software
  As dependence on continuous access to critical data grows, so does the importance of avoiding service interruption. This paper examines four data protection strategies and compares their merits for the most common business continuance scenarios including providing high availability, providing effective disaster recovery, enhancing backup and restore, and data migration projects. Use this as a great tool to help define the best data protection strategy for your customer using replication. When recoverability matters, depend on Double-Take Software to protect and recover business critical data and applications.

Tags: Back-up, Storage Management, Data Center, Data Recovery - Security		   
whitepaper Integrated Disk and Tape Backup and Recovery With the HP StorageWorks D2D Backup System and HP Data Protector Express 3.5 SP22008-02-01 Hewlett-Packard (HP)
  This white paper describes how to use the HP D2D Backup System and Data Protector Express to combine the speed and flexibility of disk based backup and recovery with the transportability and durability of tape based backup and recovery. It provides an example of how to implement automated and scheduled backups to disk (D2D Backup System) and subsequent automatic copies to tape.

Tags: Storage Management, Tape Drives - Libraries		   
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 Advanced Backup Reporting for Business-Level Trending and Analysis2008-01-29 Symantec
  Veritas Backup Reporter provides advanced backup reporting to help IT staff enhance the efficiencies of their backup and recovery operations, help verify backup service-level compliance and bring costs associated with backup and recovery in line with the needs of the business. Veritas Backup Reporter provides that global, centralized reporting view of multiple backup applications including Veritas NetBackup, NetBackup PureDisk and Backup Exec, as well as other backup applications such as CommVault Galaxy, EMC NetWorker and IBM Tivoli Storage Manager. Reports can be customized based on a variety of different success parameters and its intended audience, e.g., Backup Administrators, IT Architects, CIO, Legal Auditors, DBAs, Line of Business, etc. This webcast shows how Backup Reporter can help.

Tags: Storage Management, Data Recovery - Security		   
whitepaper TechNet Webcast: How Microsoft IT Implemented New Storage Designs for Exchange Server 2007 (Level 300)2008-01-28 Microsoft
  How does Exchange Server 2007 enable a large enterprise to increase mailbox quotas globally by a factor of ten and still lower storage costs, reduce maintenance complexities, and simplify data recovery processes? Microsoft IT was able to take advantage of Cluster Continuous Replication (CCR) in new mailbox server designs based on direct attached storage (DAS). Advantages of CCR and DAS over alternative configurations will be discussed along with how MSIT was able to eliminate storage as a single point of failure while at the same time lowering costs to two dollars per gigabyte.

Tags: Storage Management, Email		   
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 End to End Management of a Product Line Through an ODC for a Leader in Network Storage2008-01-26 MindTree Consulting
  MindTree Consulting, a leader in business-enabling solutions, undertook the complete engineering ownership of a high availability product for a leader in Network Storage. All processes and technologies required to manage the product line are transferred and deployed within MindTree. MindTree team is responsible for sustaining the product, QA, new feature development, customer support and product documentation. This enabled the client to focus on core development and have a trusted partner providing support to the sales cycle.

Tags: Storage Management, NAS		   


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