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- Hardware RAID vs. Software RAID
- To make informed disk array purchase decisions, it is important to look beyond a discussion of the different RAID levels and also understand the differences between software and hardware-based RAID implementations. Software-based arrays are typically the least expensive to implement. Conversely, the true cost of this implementation can increase dramatically...
- Tags: LSI Logic Corp., Software, Software RAID, Disk Array, RAID, Storage, Hardware
- White papers
- Interplay of Energy and Performance for Disk Arrays Running Transaction Processing Workloads
- The growth of business enterprises and the emergence of the Internet as a medium for data processing has led to a proliferation of applications that are server-centric. The power dissipation of such servers has a major consequence not only on the costs and environmental concerns of power generation and delivery,...
- Tags: Pennsylvania State University, Disk, Performance, Transaction Processing, Disk Array, Performance Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management
- White papers
- Invacare Says HP StorageWorks Disk Array Is Just What the Doctor Ordered for Healthy Data
- Invacare is a worldwide leader in the development, manufacturing, and marketing of products for home healthcare, long-term care, and active lifestyles. Invacare needed a storage solution to maintain 24x7 availability for mission-critical applications, and to provide the scalability for easily expanding capacity as demand grows - without enduring major architectural...
- Tags: Invacare, Hewlett-Packard Co., HP StorageWorks, Disk Array, Utility Computing, Storage, Hardware
- Case studies
- RAID-II: A High-Bandwidth Network File Server
- The RAID Redundant Arrays of Inexpensive Disks group at U. C. Berkeley built a prototype disk array called RAID-I. The bandwidth delivered to clients by RAID-I was severely limited by the memory system bandwidth of the disk array's host workstation. The authors designed the second prototype, RAID-II, to deliver more...
- Tags: Bandwidth, Disk, Disk Array, File Servers, Enterprise Software, Software
- White papers
- EMC AX4: Installation experience
- I've indicated in this blog before that I recently purchased an EMC AX4 SAN to complement my existing computing environment and enable more advanced capability and improve overall infrastructure reliability. This past week, my staff and I finally found time to unbox and install the array in one of...
- Tags: Processor, iSCSI, Disk, Network, EMC Corp., Disk Array, Navisphere Manager, Storage, Storage Area Networks (SAN), Hardware, Scott Lowe
- Blog posts 2008-04-27
- Disaster Proof: HP StorageWorks XP24000 Disk Array
- Your enterprise needs constant access to vital data. This means downtime is not an option. The solution is a disaster-proof storage - with the HP StorageWorks XP24000 Disk Array. Empower your IT operations to drive better business outcome as you mitigate risk with constant data availability; lower costs through...
- Tags: Solution, Hewlett-Packard Co., HP StorageWorks, Disk Array, Utility Computing
- Resource centers 2007-12-01
- HP Announces Game-Changing Storage Integration: XP24000 Disk Array Simplifies Storage Provisioning and Improves Storage Infrastructure for the Delivery of Storage Services
- Over the last number of years, the growth rate of storage resources has been extraordinary, driven by applications that have a greater thirst for more and larger files and a diversity of performance requirements. In the fall of 2004 with the initial announcement of the XP12000 Disk Array, HP set...
- Tags: Storage Provisioning, Disk, Hewlett-Packard Co., Disk Array, Integration, Barometrix, Storage, Hardware
- White papers 2007-08-21
- HP StorageWorks Enterprise File Services Clustered Gateway Performance and Scalability With HP StorageWorks XP12000 Disk Array White Paper
- High file system performance is often a requirement for the purchase of a storage solution, and performance scalability is a key differentiator for the HP StorageWorks Enterprise File Services EFS Clustered Gateway product. Those customers who want high-performance storage and file services will likely purchase an XP disk array and...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Performance, HP StorageWorks, Scalability, Disk Array, File System Performance, Performance Management, Utility Computing, Human Resources, Workforce Management
- White papers 2007-08-01
- HP StorageWorks XP Business Copy (HP StorageWorks XP10000/XP12000/XP24000 Disk Arrays) With Oracle 10gR2 RAC/ASM White Paper
- There are several backup and recovery techniques that allow for fast recovery of an Oracle Database. Some are server based, some are appliance based, and some are storage based. This paper highlights the process to perform storage-based real-time backup and recovery using the HP StorageWorks XP10000, XP12000 and XP24000 Disk...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Oracle Corp., HP StorageWorks, Storage, Disk Array, XP Snapshot, Microsoft Windows XP, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software
- White papers 2007-07-01
- Sun Datapath Policies for Disks and Disk Arrays
- This paper contains policies for disk and disk array implementations. This paper is limited to datapath interfaces and does not address policies related to physical interfaces or management interfaces independent from the datapath. The software considered includes drivers for the Solaris Operating System Solaris OS version 9 and later, and...
- Tags: Disk, Sun Microsystems Inc., Standards, Disk Array, Sun Solaris, Quality, Operating Systems, Software, Business Operations
- White papers 2007-08-01
- Business Continuity and Availability - XP24000 Disk Array
- For financial services and other companies with grave requirements for business continuity, complexity of the data storage configuration can make meeting service-level and uptime objectives a nail-biter. Read this white paper to learn why HP's XP24000 Disk Array can offer peace of mind for any situation involving heterogeneity, long...
- Tags: Disk, Hewlett-Packard Co., Business Continuity, Disk Array, It Services, Storage Management, Storage, Hardware
- White papers 2007-06-01
- Disk Array Stripe Element Size
- what is everyone using for Disk Array Stripe Element Size for an exchange 2003 server on their database array?. Formatted at what cluster size? Info appreciated or if you know of a good whitepaper for it. Thank you.
- Tags: xbaldonasa@..., disk array, disk
- Discussion threads 2007-07-17
- HP NonStop Servers and HP StorageWorks XP Disk Arrays Considerations and Best Practices
- HP NonStop servers, the NonStop Kernel operating system, and HP StorageWorks XP Disk Arrays are an ideal combination for managing mission-critical data in the most demanding IT environments. Both systems are designed for the highest availability and performance. To get the most from a NonStop server coupled with an HP...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., HP StorageWorks, Server, Best Practice, Disk Array, Utility Computing
- White papers 2006-12-01
- Impact of Cache on the Performance of the HP StorageWorks XP12000 Disk Array
- This white paper is intended for use by Storage Architects and advanced knowledge customers to determine if increasing cache will be a benefit for their XP Array. This applies to all XP Arrays from the HP StorageWorks XP512 Disk Array to the HP StorageWorks XP12000 Disk Array. Performance improvement due...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Performance, HP StorageWorks, Disk Array, Utility Computing, Performance Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management
- White papers 2006-09-01
- HP StorageWorks XP Disk/Cache Partition Best Practices
- The HP StorageWorks XP12000/XP10000 disk arrays and the HP StorageWorks XP Disk/Cache Partition feature provide the ability to subdivide the disk array into secure subsystems and to partition resources so that multiple applications can share the disk array without affecting each other. This white paper describes best use cases and...
- Tags: Disk, Hewlett-Packard Co., HP StorageWorks, Best Practice, Disk Array, Utility Computing
- White papers 2006-08-01
- HP StorageWorks External Storage XP White Paper
- Applications need resources. They do not care about servers or networks or disk arrays per se. To the application, all these are simply resources intended to serve its needs. The application just assumes the appropriate resources will be there when needed. In effect, as far as the application is concerned,...
- Tags: Disk, Hewlett-Packard Co., HP StorageWorks, Microsoft Windows XP, Disk Array, Storage, Hardware
- White papers 2006-06-01
- HP StorageWorks XP Disk Array and Mainframe White Paper
- With the ever-increasing importance of data processing in all phases of the business operations, it has become clear that these business operations - as well as the associated data processing sequences - must be secured against every possible contingency to ensure uninterrupted business operations. This has become known as business...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., HP StorageWorks, Business Operation, Mainframe, Business Continuity, Disk Array, It Services
- White papers 2006-06-01
- HP StorageWorks 200 Storage Virtualization System White Paper
- Applications need resources. They do not care about servers or networks or disk arrays per se. To the application, all these are simply resources intended to serve its needs. It does not care which physical servers or network or storage is being consumed although the business might. It just assumes...
- Tags: Storage Virtualization, Disk, Hewlett-Packard Co., HP StorageWorks, Disk Array, HP StorageWorks 200 Storage Virtualization System, Virtualization, Utility Computing, Storage, Storage Management, Hardware
- White papers 2006-04-01
- Why Was the HP StorageWorks XP12000 Disk Array Able to Take the Bullet and Keep Running? White Paper
- This white paper describes the features of the HP StorageWorks XP12000 Disk Array that enabled it to be shot and keep operating. The paper describes how the XP12000 Disk Array was able to sustain multiple catastrophic failures induced by an external force the bullet and continue delivering data services to...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., HP StorageWorks, Disk Array, Utility Computing
- White papers 2006-03-01
- Archive Storage Technologies Supporting Information Lifecycle Management
- A large amount of fixed content has been generated due to the ongoing development of the broadband Internet and digital information technology. Consequently, there is a growing need for a special archive storage system that efficiently preserves and manages a large amount of content at low cost. Fujitsu has taken...
- Tags: Tape Library, Fujitsu Ltd., Information Lifecycle Management, Disk Array, Backups, Storage, Information Lifecycle Management (ILM), Storage Management, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software
- White papers 2006-01-01
