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Data Center Bridging: Extending Network Standards sponsored by DellEMC and Intel® TECHNICAL ARTICLE: In this technical brief we provide an overview of the reasons Data Center Bridging (DCB) is being developed and how it can improve networking in the data center for applications, servers, and storage. Posted: 25 Feb 2010 \| Published: 03 Nov 2009 TOPICS: 10 Gigabit Ethernet \| Data Center Consolidation \| Data Center Design \| Data Center Management \| Data Centers \| Ethernet Networks \| Ethernet Protocols \| Fibre Channel \| iSCSI Protocol \| Network Management \| TCO

How to Handle the Growing Number of Traffic Types in your Data Center sponsored by DellEMC and Intel® WHITE PAPER: This white paper details the benefits of I/O consolidation on Ethernet and Fibre Channel Posted: 11 Nov 2013 \| Published: 13 Aug 2013 TOPICS: Data Center Design \| Data Center Management \| Data Centers \| Ethernet Cable \| Ethernet Networks \| Fibre Channel \| Fibre Channel SAN \| Fibre Channel Switches

Tech Guide: Desktop Virtualization and the Network sponsored by DellEMC and Intel® EGUIDE: Discover the impact desktop virtualization and virtual desktop infrastructure have on your network. Posted: 02 Jan 2013 \| Published: 23 Feb 2012 TOPICS: Converged Networks \| Desktop Virtualization \| Fibre Channel \| Network Architectures \| Network Design \| Network Infrastructure \| Network Management \| Network Monitoring \| Network Performance \| Network Traffic Management \| Networking \| VDI \| Wi-Fi \| WLAN

10GbE, Servers, Storage and Virtualization – Interoperability Review and Highlights sponsored by DellEMC and Intel® WHITE PAPER: Organizations can benefit from the advantages of 10GbE, consolidation on Dell PowerEdge blade servers, and virtualization with VMware. By implementing 10GbE solutions, organizations can enjoy the economies they hoped to obtain by consolidating and virtualizing their server environment, along with increased performance, reliability, and security. Posted: 12 Aug 2009 \| Published: 09 Jun 2009 TOPICS: Blade Servers \| Data Center Consolidation \| Ethernet Adapters \| Fibre Channel \| iSCSI Protocol \| Server Consolidation \| Server Hardware \| Server Management \| Server Virtualization \| Storage Devices \| Storage Virtualization \| TCO \| VMware \| VMware ESX \| VMware Infrastructure 3

Backup School 2009 sponsored by EMC Backup and Recovery Solutions PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: This Advanced Backup School seminar presentation is guaranteed to provide you with time-tested advice and techniques that will make backup easier. Renowned backup guru W. Curtis Preston will review the basics - but will also be going into in-depth detail on the newest issues, technologies, and solutions surrounding backup. Posted: 27 May 2009 \| Published: 26 May 2009 TOPICS: Backups \| Data Compression \| Data Deduplication \| Data Recovery \| Data Replication \| Disk Backups \| Disk Storage Systems \| Fibre Channel

Why SAS Matters - Cost Effective Performance with Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) Technology from Hitachi sponsored by Hitachi Vantara WHITE PAPER: Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) is replacing Fibre Channel drives in high performance applications such as online transaction processing, real time analytics & streaming media. The key reasons for this transition are that SAS drives have the same or better reliability and data availability characteristics of Fibre Channel drives but are less expensive. Posted: 25 Jan 2010 \| Published: 01 Dec 2009 TOPICS: Disk Drives \| Fibre Channel \| SCSI Controllers \| Serial ATA \| Storage Architectures \| Storage Infrastructure

Presentation Transcript: Clustered Storage - From SMB, to Scientific, to Social Networking and Web 2.0 sponsored by Sun Microsystems, Inc. PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: This Presentation Transcript breaks down the truth about clustered storage and answers some of the most important questions surrounding the subject. Find out more today. Posted: 11 Sep 2009 \| Published: 13 Aug 2009 TOPICS: Cluster Management \| Clustering \| Fibre Channel \| iSCSI Protocol \| NAS \| Storage Management

E-Guide: 10 Gb Ethernet: Evaluating When and Why to Upgrade sponsored by DellEMC and Intel® EGUIDE: In this E-Guide from SearchNetworking.com, learn more about upgrading to 10 Gigabit Ethernet, and also uncover many of the common misconceptions regarding this technology. Posted: 29 Feb 2012 \| Published: 29 Feb 2012 TOPICS: 10 Gigabit Ethernet \| 802.11n \| Converged Networks \| Ethernet Cable \| Ethernet Networks \| Ethernet Switches \| Fibre Channel \| Fibre Channel Switches \| Gigabit Ethernet \| Network Architectures \| Network Design \| Network Infrastructure \| Networking \| Networking Hardware

Cisco MDS 9000 Family Investment Protection sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc. WHITE PAPER: This white paper serves as a guide to the investment protection offered between first-generation and second-generation Cisco MDS 9000 Family linecards, supervisor, and chassis. Posted: 01 May 2006 \| Published: 01 Apr 2006 TOPICS: Fibre Channel \| Fibre Channel Switches \| IP SAN \| LAN Switches \| Switch Fabric

The Latest Data Storage Networking Infrastructure Trends sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc. EGUIDE: IT shops looking to consolidate their data centers and virtualize servers have to weigh the latest storage networking technology developments as they plot any infrastructure upgrade. This SearchStorage.com E-Guide explores the current state of data storage networking infrastructure before you make an upgrade. Posted: 25 Apr 2012 \| Published: 25 Apr 2012 TOPICS: Converged Networks \| Ethernet Networks \| Fibre Channel \| Fibre Channel SAN \| Infiniband Architecture \| Storage Consolidation \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Optimization \| Storage Strategy for Virtual Data Centers

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