SAN management

MUST READ Learning Guide: SAN management ARTICLE - Take a look here for advice, tips and articles on tools, techniques and concepts that will help you plan a SAN, increase utilization and keep your networks humming 24/7. Storage area network management overview ARTICLE - This guide covers the essential storage area network concepts of configuration, provisioning, performance and capacity management, and monitoring and troubleshooting.

NEWS: 1 - 3 of 97

	Storage Decisions New York 2008 Session Downloads Storage Decisions | 01 Oct 2008 ARTICLE - Download all the sessions from the Storage Decisions New York 2008 conference on topics including DR, SANs, backup, storage virtualization, storage management and green storage.

	EMC, Pillar offer options to boost Oracle performance on storage disk arrays SearchStorage.com | 23 Sep 2008 ARTICLE - EMC tunes Oracle with solid-state drives and a services assessment, while Pillar tweaks Oracle applications to offer automated, granular quality of service on its disk arrays.

	Storage Decisions Chicago 2008 Session Downloads Storage Decisions | 02 Jun 2008 ARTICLE - Download all the sessions from the Storage Decisions Chicago 2008 conference on topics including DR, SANs, backup, storage virtualization, storage management and green storage.

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EXPERT TECHNICAL ADVICE: 1 - 3 of 661

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	Learn all about SANs Submitted By: Joel Lovell | 22 May 2008 DATA STORAGE HANDBOOK - Before a SAN admin can size a SAN, they need to know how much storage capacity and performance they need, what SAN protocol to choose, and the proper RAID level for the SAN array.

	Determining the number of drives in a RAID group 22 May 2008 TIP - How many drives in a RAID group will it take to give you the performance you need for a server, or for that new VMware implementation?

	How to determine the protocol for your SAN 19 May 2008 TIP - Which transports and protocols should you use in your SAN? Here are suggestions on when to use iSCSI, Fibre Channel and InfiniBand.

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REFERENCE & LEARNING: 1 - 3 of 44

	Storage Decisions Session Downloads: Storage Systems & Networking Track (New York 2008) Storage Decisions | 01 Oct 2008 STORAGE DECISIONS - This Storage Decisions New York 2008 track explores networked storage infrastructure trends and the implications of recent storage systems developments.

	Solid-state drives quiz SearchStorage.com Editors | 25 Jun 2008 QUIZ - Solid-state disk devices are faster than hard disks, and their advantages are starting to outweigh their cost. But how much do you really know about these high-speed devices?

	Storage Decisions Session Downloads: Storage Systems & Networking Track (Chicago 2008) Storage Decisions | 02 Jun 2008 STORAGE DECISIONS - This Storage Decisions Chicago 2008 track explores networked storage infrastructure trends and the implications of recent storage systems developments.

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WHITE PAPERS

	8GFC Deployment Published by: Cisco Systems, Inc. | 08 Oct 2008 WHITE PAPER - 8GFC technology is priced at a significant premium over 4GFC and depending on the configuration, deployment of 8GFC may be up to 2X the cost of using 4GFC.

	Storage Networking Case Study: How Cisco IT Uses a SAN to Automate the Legal Discovery Process Published by: Cisco Systems, Inc. | 08 Oct 2008 CASE STUDY - This case study describes Cisco IT's internal deployment of a storage area network (SAN) within the Cisco network, a leading-edge enterprise environment that is one of the largest and most complex in the world.

	Information Solutions Provider Upgrades to Cisco 4Gbps FICON Switching and Storage Infrastructure in Record Time Published by: Cisco Systems, Inc. | 08 Oct 2008 CASE STUDY - TTS products provide value-added information with software tools and applications that help its customers make better decisions, faster.

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WEBCASTS: 1 - 3 of 8

	SAN is Dead?! Long Live Virtual Grids? - Expert Webcast VIEW WEBCAST PREMIERED:   31 OCT 2006, 09:00 EST (14:00, GMT) SUMMARY:   Learn as IDC's Robert Gray, presents IDC's latest research, which indicates that the next generation of storage infrastructure needs and solutions will depend on virtualization and grid-based solutions.

Best Practices for Migrating Your First Generation SANs to Cisco MDS 9000 - Vendor Webcast VIEW WEBCAST PREMIERED:   09 NOV 2006, 12:00 EST (17:00, GMT) SUMMARY:   This Webcast will address unique features of the MDS 9000 platform that enable a seamless migration. It will also review examples of recent migrations and leading practices that help demystify the fear that is often associated with a SAN migration.

A Better Way to Ensure SAN Availability and Performance SLA's: See inside your SAN - Vendor Webcast VIEW WEBCAST PREMIERED:   12 OCT 2006, 14:00 EDT (18:00, GMT) SUMMARY:   Attend this live Webcast to learn how to ensure SAN availability and address SAN challenges related to: Remote replication Application performance Storage consolidation You will also have the unique opportunity to chat with storage industry experts.

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DEFINITIONS: 1 - 3 of 22

	RAID 18 Feb 2004 WORD - What is RAID? RAID (redundant array of independent disks; originally redundant array of inexpensive disks) is a way of storing the same data in different places (thus, redundantly) on multiple hard disks. By placing data on ...

	storage area network 02 Mar 2004 WORD - A storage area network (SAN) is a high-speed special-purpose network (or subnetwork) that interconnects different kinds of data storage devices with associated data servers on behalf of a larger network of users. Typically, a ...

	virtual provisioning 18 Jul 2008 WORD - Virtual provisioning is a strategy for efficiently managing space in a storage area network (SAN) by allocating physical storage on an "as needed" basis. This strategy is also called thin provisioning. Virtual provisioning ...

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MAGAZINE CONTENT (free subscription required): 1 - 3 of 191

	Quality Awards IV: It's a tie--EMC and NetApp share enterprise array honors Storage Magazine | 11 Aug 2008 FEATURES - In the four years we've conducted our Diogenes Labs-Storage magazine Quality Award for enterprise arrays, we've never had co-winners ... until now. EMC Corp. rode to the top on very strong scores in the product ...

	Does SAP eat more than its share of storage? Storage Magazine | 11 Jul 2008 TOOLS, TRENDS & ANALYSIS -

	Windows Server 2008 steps on some storage toes Storage Magazine | 09 Jun 2008 TOOLS, TRENDS & ANALYSIS -

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	SEE ALSO - Topics Related to SAN management:  ISCSI SAN, SAN switch, SAN virtualization and consolidation, Multiprotocol or unified storage, Fibre Channel (FC) SAN