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Determining the right SAN protocol
Which transports and protocols should you use in your SAN? Here are suggestions on when to use iSCSI, Fibre Channel and InfiniBand. Tip
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Host bus adapter (HBA) architecture explained
HBAs are integral pieces of a SAN environment -- they connect the server to the SAN -- but few storage administrators know how to configure them. Host bus adapters (HBAs)
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iSCSI: Ready for prime time?
"Installing iSCSI was absolutely a no-brainer," says Dave DePillis at Allied Cash Advance, which has been using an iSCSI SAN for two years. Also, learn how clustered storage offers performance and scalability, and how recovering just Exchange data is... E-Zine
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Nimbus adds solid state to 10 GigE iSCSI NAS systems
Nimbus Data expands 10 Gigabit Ethernet capability and adds solid-state drives to IP storage systems that support iSCSI, NFS and CIFS. Article
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Storage area network connectivity overview
Each switch and storage system on the storage area network (SAN) must be interconnected -- usually through optical fiber or copper cabling -- and the physical interconnections must support bandwidth levels that can adequately handle the peak data act... Article
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Dell storage VP: Dell goes from storage reseller to storage developer
With its $1.4 billion acquisition of iSCSI SAN vendor EqualLogic complete, Dell storage VP Darren Thomas says Dell is now a storage developer rather than merely a reseller. Article
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IDC: ISCSI SAN adoption strong in fourth quarter
IDC's disk storage tracker for the fourth quarter of 2007 shows a strong increase in iSCSI SAN sales; VKernel unveils capacity monitoring appliance for VMware. Article
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NetApp ships 12TBStoreVault iSCSI SAN
The S550 iSCSI SAN goes for just over $5,000 for 12 TB capacity; storage vendors rally around Windows Server 2008. Article
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Server-based IP SANs are catching on
Financial publishing firm picks StorMagic iSCSI software, reflecting a trend of packaging a familiar protocol with familiar hardware to set up SAN storage. Article
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VMware, LeftHand offer iSCSI SAN as virtual machine
Channel partners will bundle LeftHand's virtual SAN appliance with VMware licenses for an ESX infrastructure that can run on one piece of physical hardware. Article
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