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<title><![CDATA[whitepapers.windowsnetworking.com/Storage/Storage Area Networks]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A Storage Area Network (SAN) is a network designed to attach computer storage devices such as disk array controllers and tape libraries to servers. As of 2006, SANs are most commonly found in enterprise storage. A SAN allows a machine to connect to remote targets such as disks and tape drives on a network for block level I/O. ]]></description>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsnetworking.com/storage/storage/</link>
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<title><![CDATA[Building High Performance iSCSI SAN Configurations]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsnetworking.com/whitepaper225/</link>
<pubDate>2008-01-23 16:14:23</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[IP storage using Internet SCSI (iSCSI) provides opportunity for many organizations looking to extend existing Fibre Channel SANs to stranded servers, or looking to deploy Ethernet-based SANs.  It can reduce costs by allowing IT managers to take advantage of existing, familiar Ethernet networks.  Often the biggest complaint white new technology like iSCSI is its ability to provide more than simple functionality and connectivity.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Storage Management Simplified with Virtualization]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsnetworking.com/whitepaper301/</link>
<pubDate>2007-08-20 15:16:42</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Imagine a world where storage management is simplified; everything works together; there are no configuration issues when upgrading, and vendors all cooperate to allow information to be easily stored and retrieved seamlessly. This was a reality in the mainframe world, but the deployment of open systems shattered these concepts. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Managing Storage Growth with an Affordable and Flexible IP SAN]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsnetworking.com/whitepaper566/</link>
<pubDate>2007-04-29 15:52:32</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Enterprise data requirements grow at 50 - 100 percent a year, creating a constant storage infrastructure management challenge. As new storage is brought into the environment, it is typically added within inflexible single server-silos.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Virtual Tape Libraries Without Complexity]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsnetworking.com/whitepaper604/</link>
<pubDate>2007-04-30 10:20:02</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Disk in the form of - that is, disk presented as tape - can be added without requiring huge changes to existing backup strategies. This is more straightforward than adding disk into an existing environment, because adding disk without the VTL interface requires complex and unavoidable changes to existing strategies.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Breaking Through the Dissimilar Hardware Challenge]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsnetworking.com/whitepaper683/</link>
<pubDate>2007-06-06 09:45:08</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[IT administrators need to minimize downtime for critical IT services by rapidly recovering entire systems to dissimilar hardware platforms or virtual environments. Symantec Backup Exec System Recovery Server Edition combines the speed and reliability of disk-based, bare-metal Windows system recovery with dissimilar hardware restoration and lights-out operation.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Top 10 Reasons for Using Disk-based Online Server Backup and Recovery]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsnetworking.com/whitepaper690/</link>
<pubDate>2007-12-10 11:52:09</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Learn the top ten reasons why SMBs are embracing online server backup and recovery for automatic, continuous backup, reliable server data disaster recovery and freeing limited technical staff for move value-driven tasks.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Curb the Data Chaos: Download Top Ten Tips for Stepping Up to SAN]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsnetworking.com/whitepaper697/</link>
<pubDate>2007-04-17 09:35:38</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[EMC, the world leader in storage and IT management, developed these Top 10 Tips for SMBs considering stepping up to SAN. The following tips can help you make informed decisions when selecting the hardware and technologies that you use.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Top 10 Data Protection Tips for SMBs]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsnetworking.com/whitepaper698/</link>
<pubDate>2007-04-30 12:29:38</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The amount of data on business computers has grown astronomically over the past few decades.&nbsp; If a company loses this data, business grinds to a halt. The following tips can help you select the hardware and software you need to safeguard the integrity of your data, guarantee accurate restores, and manage backups without placing an undue burden on IT personnel.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Disk-to-Disk-to-Tape Backups with EMC Insignia Solution for Data Protection]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsnetworking.com/whitepaper699/</link>
<pubDate>2007-04-17 09:38:24</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[By utilizing the speed and reliability of the EMC CLARiiON&reg; AX150 networked storage system and the convenience of EMC Retrospect&reg; 7.5 for Windows backup and recovery software, SMBs can implement fast, effective, reliable data protection that is easy to set up and manage without placing undue strain on IT resources.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Multi-Tier Storage Strategies]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsnetworking.com/whitepaper717/</link>
<pubDate>2007-04-29 16:13:12</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This white paper covers the use of new growth-oriented file systems with snapshot capabilities, iSCSI for network layer independence, and a collection of other technologies provided by various vendors and open source projects to create a multi-tiered storage solution with self-service data restoration, long term growth, and disaster recovery.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Storage Area Network Goes Global]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsnetworking.com/whitepaper781/</link>
<pubDate>2007-04-24 23:05:55</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[As the demand for bandwidth grows, so does the reach of networks. Users need to access data globally, from multiple locations around the world, quickly and transparently without breaking budgets. Data centers locked into servicing only local users unnecessarily constrain growth and expansion.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Enabling Cost Effective Global Enterprise Storage Area Networks Using 10 Gigabit Ethernet]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsnetworking.com/whitepaper782/</link>
<pubDate>2007-04-24 23:01:53</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The demands on Storage Area Networks (SANs) go far beyond where they were only a few years ago. It is no longer good enough to just provide a large pool of scalable storage with good performance.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Using Neterion 10 GbE for Enterprise iSCSI Storage]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsnetworking.com/whitepaper783/</link>
<pubDate>2007-04-30 13:35:43</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The relentless growth of data and network-intensive applications such as digital imaging, multimedia content, and broadcast/video continues to drive volumes of enterprise data and network traffic. As growth continues, IT managers are challenged with implementing solutions without interrupting critical business processes.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Enabling Virtualization in the Datacenter]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsnetworking.com/whitepaper784/</link>
<pubDate>2007-04-24 23:03:52</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Virtualization is a key strategy for simplifying deployment of IT resources and maximizing their utilization. Specifically, virtualization refers to the concept of abstracting physical resources such as compute cycles, data storage, and network bandwidth, and then provisioning and sharing these resources amongst multiple applications.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Use of Efficient Data Storage Increases Revenue]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsnetworking.com/whitepaper1044/</link>
<pubDate>2007-06-06 10:00:46</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Data keeps growing with no signs of stopping. An effective storage solution seamlessly scales to meet an organization&rsquo;s growing appetite for capacity, while ensuring availability and fast access.&nbsp; SAN storage should be designed to deliver strong top-end performance so throughput does not degrade as storage needs scale higher.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Evaluating a Storage Security Solution]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsnetworking.com/whitepaper1082/</link>
<pubDate>0000-00-00 00:00:00</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Company data is vulnerable to threats from - insiders, unauthorized access to data, data backup, off-site mirroring - just to name a few. Encrypting data at rest, on tape or disk, significantly mitigates these threats. This document provides guidance into some of the factors a company should consider when evaluating storage security technology and solutions.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Improving Storage Infrastructure Utilization]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsnetworking.com/whitepaper1096/</link>
<pubDate>2007-10-03 11:23:05</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Endless capital requests for additional storage resources are the bane of existence for many storage directors and infrastructure VPs. This white paper proposes a more effective approach to solving the utilization challenge in complex SANs.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[File Fragmentation, SANs, NAS and RAID]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsnetworking.com/whitepaper1124/</link>
<pubDate>2008-02-21 10:39:45</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This document will explain the behavior and benefit of implementing Diskeeper defragmentation software with intricate modern hardware technologies such as RAID, NAS and SANs. SANs, NAS devices, corporate servers, and even high end workstations and multimedia-centric desktops characteristically implement multiple physical disk drives in some form of fault tolerant disk striping (RAID).]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Learn About Network Attached Storage and Integrating Storage into Datacenter Operations]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsnetworking.com/whitepaper1242/</link>
<pubDate>2007-10-03 11:23:20</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[VPs of Infrastructure and Operations are under constant pressure to more rapidly provision infrastructure to support applications, hit cost reduction targets, and maintain or improve application availability for network attached storage. To meet these goals, they are the directors of a carefully orchestrated dance of network, server, storage and datacenter operation teams.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Gaining Maximum Value from Information and Data]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsnetworking.com/whitepaper1381/</link>
<pubDate>2007-10-11 14:29:55</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Mid-sized organizations have similar issues to large organizations when it comes to the storage and management of information and data, yet they often have limited capability to attract, retain and maintain the skills that large organizations will use in managing their data assets.&nbsp; There is a strong need for more effective tools that will enable mid-sized organizations to manage their data assets and gain the greatest value from them.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[UT Health Science Center at Houston Safeguards Personal Health Information with NeoScale]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsnetworking.com/whitepaper1387/</link>
<pubDate>2007-09-14 11:36:36</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The HSC network services group supports more than 2000 desktops, servers and backend systems such as e-mail, file, networking, application and storage services for general administration, dental and medical schools. HSC wanted to manage and reduce HIPAA compliance costs and processes associated with protecting PHI data within its storage infrastructure &ndash; a legacy SAN environment with evolving applications.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Scalable NAS & SAN Storage Systems Using Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2003 R2]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsnetworking.com/whitepaper1632/</link>
<pubDate>2007-12-03 12:42:46</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A Windows-based Storage server can utilize its internal disk drives, or connect to an external storage array, which provides more flexibility for expansion and allows file services to be integrated into an existing SAN.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Centrally Manage SAN Storage Configuration and Assignment for Microsoft Windows Servers]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsnetworking.com/whitepaper1633/</link>
<pubDate>2007-12-03 12:43:53</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Clustered volume manager enables administrators to centrally configure and assign storage assets in a SAN storage environment in Microsoft System Management Server 2003 and Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 environments.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[TeraCloud Storage Analytics: The Power of Knowledge]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsnetworking.com/whitepaper1660/</link>
<pubDate>2007-12-11 14:24:14</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Storage spawns where it is needed. This leaves IT to manage many islands of storage devices scattered across the enterprise. Compliance requirements, multimedia-rich applications, unstructured content and a proliferation of databases are pushing IT departments to increase the size and complexity of their storage networks. All of this is occurring at a time when the need for centralized storage management has never been greater.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Technical Sheet: TeraCloud Storage Framework]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsnetworking.com/whitepaper1661/</link>
<pubDate>2007-12-11 14:44:27</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[TSF delivers the first Java-enabled enterprise Storage Resource Management (SRM) solution that simplifies the administration and management of distributed and mainframe storage resources across the entire enterprise, from a single point of control. TSF helps you plan more effectively, lower administration costs, and puts you in control of your storage environment.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[IBM SAN Volume Controller (SVC): Reducing the Complexity and Cost of Managing Storage Networks]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsnetworking.com/whitepaper2087/</link>
<pubDate>2008-05-29 12:02:34</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG) Labs performed a hands-on analysis of IBM&#39;s System Storage SAN Volume Controller storage virtualization solution in order to validate its value proposition to customers. ESG Labs found that SAN Volume Controller is a rock-solid, feature-rich platform that delivers on the promise of network based storage virtualization: reducing the complexity and cost of managing SAN attached storage.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[5 Benefits of IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller Based on Real World Deployments]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsnetworking.com/whitepaper2090/</link>
<pubDate>2008-04-15 11:44:49</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[It has become clear that storage virtualization has become a core element of the storage strategy of forward-thinking end users and that the technology is finally delivering the value that it had promised earlier this decade. In this paper by Taneja Group, you&#39;ll learn about IBM SAN Volume Controller, its architecture and features, and about 5 tangible benefits of storage virtualization.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Building Proven Data Protection Strategies]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsnetworking.com/whitepaper2154/</link>
<pubDate>2008-07-02 10:20:16</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Will traditional data protection applications survive the demands for ultra-high availability and the growing requirements for nearly instantaneous recovery? In this paper, data protection expert Fred Moore of Horison Information Strategies explores today&rsquo;s backup and recovery strategy options, comparing traditional methods, such as backup, disk mirroring, snapshots, CDP, and VTLs.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[TheInfoPro Study: Why Deduplication Technology is Causing a Paradigm Shift in Storage Tiering]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsnetworking.com/whitepaper2155/</link>
<pubDate>2008-07-02 10:21:57</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This recent research paper by TheInfoPro goes in depth as to why deduplication has sustained its #1 position on the TIP Storage Backup and Recovery Technology Heat Index&reg;. 15% of storage organizations have already deployed deduplication technology and 59% of storage organizations are planning to deploy &ldquo;dedupe&rdquo; by the end of 2008. Managing storage growth, capacity reporting and planning, and backup management are the top pain points for most storage organizations. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[IT Users Discuss New Ways to Protect Enterprise Data]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsnetworking.com/whitepaper2157/</link>
<pubDate>2008-07-02 10:21:22</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This paper chronicles the implementations of three enterprises that represent a diverse set of industries (Financial, Legal and Technology). The IT managers responsible for protecting company data had the foresight to recognize the growing gap between their business continuity requirements and the ability of tape-based backup systems to meet those requirements.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ESG Lab Report: Data Deduplication and Disk-to-Disk Backup Systems - What to Know and Ask]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsnetworking.com/whitepaper2159/</link>
<pubDate>2008-07-02 10:21:12</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[While disk-to-disk (D2D) backup systems have been widely accepted as functionally superior to tape, they still carry a significant cost penalty. However, with the addition of data deduplication technology, D2D systems now provide compelling operational and cost efficiencies, thanks to increased manageability and reduced storage and bandwidth needs.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Oracle on NetApp, Part 2: Simplified FC SAN Management]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsnetworking.com/whitepaper2221/</link>
<pubDate>2008-03-17 11:09:44</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Learn how NetApp engineers have streamlined Oracle on SAN environments by developing tools that integrate NetApp storage with Oracle RMAN and ASM, any-to-any DR capabilities, and more.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Oracle on NetApp, Part 3: Why Protocol Should Be Irrelevant]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsnetworking.com/whitepaper2222/</link>
<pubDate>2008-03-17 11:14:40</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In the final installment of this special feature, we bring you a case study of Catholic Heathcare West running Oracle on NFS, FC, and iSCSI. CHW believes that unified storage&mdash;not a particular storage protocol&mdash;is the key thing.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Charlotte County Finds An Ideal Business Continuity Solution]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsnetworking.com/whitepaper2296/</link>
<pubDate>2008-09-15 09:48:39</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Located in Southwestern Florida, Charlotte County has a population of nearly 150,000 people. The local government of Charlotte County is responsible for handling everything from planning &amp; zoning, to permitting &amp; licensing for this population. Charlotte County found an ideal business continuity solution by combining VMware Infrastructure 3 with LeftHand Network&rsquo;s multisite SAN architecture.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Building A Virtual SAN Using VMware ESX Internal Storage]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsnetworking.com/whitepaper2299/</link>
<pubDate>2008-09-15 09:48:28</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[To derive maximal benefit from system virtualization, storage virtualization, as implemented in a SAN, is a necessary prerequisite. The mobility of a virtual machine (VM) and its data plays an important role in daily operational tasks from load balancing with VMotion&trade; and VMware Distributed Resource Manager (DRS) to system testing. The issues of availability and mobility really rise to the forefront in a disaster recovery scenario.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[LeftHand Networks Virtual SAN Appliance for VMware ESX]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsnetworking.com/whitepaper2300/</link>
<pubDate>2008-09-15 09:48:47</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[LeftHand&rsquo;s Virtual SAN Appliance for VMware is the industry&rsquo;s first fullfeatured, virtual iSCSI SAN. A virtual SAN is ideal for customers who are looking to realize the benefits of advanced server virtualization in data centers and remote offices where physical SAN deployment is inhibited by space and/or budget constraints. Download this data sheet for more information.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Intelligent Platform for File Services: Titan 3000 Series]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsnetworking.com/whitepaper2342/</link>
<pubDate>2008-04-08 11:00:49</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[BlueArc&rsquo;s Titan 3000 Series is designed to meet the requirements of today&rsquo;s sophisticated enterprise data centers and vertical applications with new levels of storage performance, scalability and reliability. Titan is the first storage solution that consolidates and manages up to 4 petabytes of data in a single storage pool.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Virtualized iSCSI SANs: Flexible, Scalable, Enterprise Storage for Virtual Infrastructures]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsnetworking.com/whitepaper3520/</link>
<pubDate>2008-10-01 10:47:12</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This white paper describes a virtualized infrastructure that applies storage and server virtualization technologies to cost-effectively achieve a flexible, high performance, dynamic IT infrastructure that is simple to manage and scale.]]></description>
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