Storage Software Virtualization White Papers

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Oracle VM and NetApp Storage-Best Practices Guide
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
WHITE PAPER: This white paper reviews a virtualization strategy that leverages grid technology to dynamically share resources like servers, storage, and networking. This combination helps reduce power and space requirements.
Posted: 17 Dec 2008 | Published: 17 Dec 2008

Oracle Corporation

3PAR Recovery Manager for VMware vSphere
sponsored by 3PAR
WHITE PAPER: Protecting virtual machines is not an easy task. Existing agent-based and proxy server-based approaches to backup and recovery for VMware vSphere environments can be disruptive or limit recovery point service levels. These often require downtime to perform backups - a completely unacceptable condition in today’s 24x7 virtual datacenters.
Posted: 11 Feb 2010 | Published: 11 Feb 2010

3PAR

Virtualization for a Dynamic Infrastructure
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: This IBM white paper describes how Virtualization is an important element of a dynamic infrastructure and expands on the areas of server, storage, application, network, and client virtualization and the IBM technology and benefits from each.
Posted: 02 Oct 2009 | Published: 01 Oct 2009

IBM

Virtualized iSCSI SANs: Flexible, Scalable Enterprise Storage for Virtual Infrastructures
sponsored by DellEMC and Intel®
WHITE PAPER: Enterprises of all sizes are building flexible storage infrastructures using iSCSI and advanced virtualization technologies to achieve a flexible and dynamic IT infrastructure that is simple to manage and scale. Read this white paper to learn more.
Posted: 20 Sep 2007 | Published: 20 Sep 2007

DellEMC and Intel®

Hitachi NAS Platform 3080 and 3090: Storage Consolidation and Intelligent Tiering for VMware Environments
sponsored by Hitachi Vantara
WHITE PAPER: The rapid adoption of server virtualization technology by organizations of all sizes has been driven by cost, flexibility and time to market. The cost savings in server consolidation are the primary motivators, but the ability to quickly deploy new applications to suit changes in the business has led many to use VMware products.
Posted: 14 Sep 2009 | Published: 01 Sep 2009

Hitachi Vantara

Buying Less Storage with NetApp
sponsored by NetApp
WHITE PAPER: Data is constantly growing at exponential rates, but how do you stop this cycle? This white paper looks at how correcting provisioning inefficiencies and eliminating data redundancies through data virtualization tools can enable space-effic...
Posted: 05 Jul 2007 | Published: 01 Jun 2007

NetApp

The Total Economic Impact of a Storage Virtualization System
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: This report looks at the total economic impact and ROI of a sample storage virtualization product.
Posted: 18 Mar 2015 | Published: 30 Apr 2014

IBM

HP LeftHand SAN Failback Procedure for VMware
sponsored by Hewlett Packard Enterprise
WHITE PAPER: This white paper documents the procedure for failback from a VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM) recovery site after SRM has performed a failover on an HP LeftHand SAN. This document is intended for customers who are using an HP LeftHand SAN with VMware.
Posted: 27 Aug 2009 | Published: 05 Aug 2009

Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Double-Take Replication in the VMware Environment
sponsored by Double-Take Software
WHITE PAPER: This document describes how VMware software can be used with Double-Take from Double-Take Software to provide solutions for challenging high availability and disaster recovery problems. When recoverability matters, depend on Double-Take Software.
Posted: 24 Apr 2007 | Published: 01 Mar 2007

Double-Take Software

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