SmartBiz IT Research Library

WHITE PAPER - This white paper describes the innovative approach introduced by the Cisco MDS 9000 Family to support an end-to-end virtualized SAN environment that is flexible, secure, scalable, and mobile.
Posted: October 24, 2008 | Published: October 24, 2008


Topics:  Data Center Management | Data Centers | Fibre Channel Switches | Network Infrastructure | QOS | SAN | Security | Server Virtualization | TCO

JOURNAL ARTICLE - Fibre channel advocates say you can't beat storage systems built around that protocol for performance and reliability, yet there is reason to believe it's dominance may not last too long.
Posted: October 23, 2008 | Published: October 1, 2008


Topics:  Fibre Channel | Fibre Channel SAN | Fibre Channel Switches | iSCSI Protocol | iSCSI SAN | Statistical Software | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Management | Storage Systems

WHITE PAPER - Overwhelming data growth has caused many storage administrators to move from older, legacy SANs to newer and more robust solutions. This white paper provides best practices and guidelines to follow when migrating to a new SAN technology.
Posted: August 28, 2007 | Published: March 1, 2007


Topics:  Data Center Management | Data Migration | Disk Backups | Fibre Channel SAN | Fibre Channel Switches | Legacy Applications Software | Storage Best Practices | Tape Backups | Virtual Tape Libraries

JOURNAL ARTICLE - Brocade's 48000 Director and Cisco's MDS 9513 Multilayer Director offer different paths to storage services and consolidation options. Which company offers the best director for your storage environment?
Posted: August 15, 2007 | Published: August 1, 2007


Topics:  Fibre Channel SAN | Fibre Channel Switches

JOURNAL ARTICLE - There are five basic ways to bring iSCSI to a Fibre Channel SAN, each with its own benefits, shortcomings and "best-fit" environments.
Posted: February 15, 2007 | Published: February 1, 2007


Topics:  Fibre Channel | Fibre Channel SAN | Fibre Channel Switches | Host Adapters | iSCSI Protocol | iSCSI SAN | TCP/IP Offload Engine

JOURNAL ARTICLE - N_Port ID Virtualization, a new HBA feature, lets you assign different WWNs to each virtual server and determine which applications run on specific hardware and even when they run.
Posted: November 13, 2006 | Published: November 1, 2006


Topics:  Fibre Channel Switches | Host Adapters | Storage Management Software | Storage Virtualization

WHITE PAPER - It's often hard to distinguish fact from fiction with SANs.
Posted: June 16, 2003 | Published: January 1, 2002


Topics:  Fibre Channel SAN | Fibre Channel Switches | Infiniband Architecture | Interoperability | iSCSI SAN | QOS | Storage Consolidation | Storage Virtualization