Fiber Channel Storage Area Networks Reports

iSCSI: Superior Storage for Virtualization
sponsored by Dell, Inc. and Intel®
WHITE PAPER: iSCSI technology provides superior manageability to Fibre Channel for virtualized environments. Specifically, iSCSI lets users in virtualized environments utilize all the functionality available to non-virtualized systems.
Posted: 11 Feb 2010 | Published: 31 Mar 2007

Dell, Inc. and Intel®

Implementing Fibre Channel SANs in a virtual server environment
sponsored by Dell Compellent
EGUIDE: This Q&A featuring VMware expert Eric Siebert divulges the advantages and disadvantages of implementing FC SANs to support your virtual server platform.
Posted: 11 Oct 2011 | Published: 11 Oct 2011

Dell Compellent

InfiniBand for Storage Applications
sponsored by Mellanox Technologies, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: InfiniBand defines an industry-standard implementation of remote direct memory access, protocols and kernel bypass to minimize CPU overhead allowing computing resources to be fully used on application processing rather than network communication.
Posted: 04 Mar 2008 | Published: 01 Dec 2007

All resources sponsored by Mellanox Technologies, Inc.

Avoiding SAN Performance Problems
sponsored by Virtual Instruments
WHITE PAPER: Maintaining peak performance while simultaneously addressing the root cause of SAN errors is challenging. This paper presents a high level summary of the most common SAN problems and explores new ways to dramatically improve application performance and availability.
Posted: 02 Feb 2011 | Published: 01 Feb 2011

Virtual Instruments

Optimizing SAN Connectivity for Microsoft Virtual Server with VMPilot
sponsored by Emulex Corporation, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: Server virtualization is an important new technology that enables you to reduce data center costs and improve IT's business responsiveness. Download this white paper to learn how one solution can create SAN-enabled virtual machines for your dat...
Posted: 07 Jun 2007 | Published: 01 Nov 2006

Emulex Corporation, Inc.

Ethernet SAN or Fibre Channel SAN
sponsored by Coraid
WHITE PAPER: When it comes to choosing a storage area network (SAN) infrastructure, questions about performance, ease-of-use and cost are sure to come up. This technical brief reviews key differences to consider between Ethernet SAN and Fibre Channel SAN infrastructure when choosing a storage solution for your next virtual server or cloud storage project.
Posted: 10 Jan 2011 | Published: 07 Jan 2011

Coraid

The Value of Shared SSDs in Enterprise Computing
sponsored by QLogic Corporation
WHITE PAPER: This paper covers the advantages of the QLogic FabricCache 10000 Series adapters bringing transparent, shared caching to enterprise application environments. It combines a QLogic Fibre Channel adapter with intelligent caching to bring new levels of scalable application performance to existing SAN environments.
Posted: 25 Apr 2013 | Published: 31 Mar 2013

QLogic Corporation

Sprint drives 45-times performance improvement
sponsored by IBM
CASE STUDY: This white paper delves in to how Sprint-Nextel deployed nine non-disruptive flash storage technologies in order to not only meet customer service satisfaction but exceed all expectations. Find out how this approach improved performance, significantly cut latency, reduced energy consumption, and much more.
Posted: 30 Sep 2013 | Published: 30 Jun 2013

IBM

Dell/EMC CX4 Exchange Performance
sponsored by DellEMC and Intel®
WHITE PAPER: This white paper takes a high-level look at the features and functionality that make the CX4 an excellent choice for Microsoft Exchange and other electronic mail systems. It examines new features, discusses disaster recovery and VMware integration, and provides a brief example of CX4's performance in Exchange environments.
Posted: 05 May 2009 | Published: 08 Oct 2008

DellEMC and Intel®

The IP Storage Payoff: Turning your investment into efficient, affordable results
sponsored by EMC Corporation
WHITE PAPER: This white paper outlines the many data storage challenges facing the IT staff at today's midsize enterprises and discusses how IP-based networked storage can help them overcome these challenges.
Posted: 08 Jun 2007 | Published: 01 Mar 2007

EMC Corporation