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- SPEK: A Storage Performance Evaluation Kernel Module for Block Level Storage Systems
- This paper introduces SPEK Storage Performance Evaluation Kernel module, a benchmarking tool for measuring and characterizing raw performance of data storage systems at block level. It can be used for both DAS Direct Attached Storage and block level networked storage systems. Each SPEK tool consists of a controller, several workers,...
- Tags: Benchmarking, File System, Storage System, Storage, Hardware
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- Storage System Targets Solution Providers
- As more and more business assets are tied to data, resellers are looking for ways to serve their customers' growing storage needs, while earning higher margins. For many Small-Medium Businesses SMBs, data is their most important business asset, and it is the asset least likely to be adequately protected. They...
- Tags: Storage System, Intel Corp., Smb/Sme, Asset Management, Storage, Insurance, Financial Planning, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Hardware, Corporate Insurance, Finance
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- Renault F1 Team Speeds Race Car Development With High-Performance Network Appliance Storage Systems
- Renault F1 Team is responsible for the design, manufacture, and sourcing of all parts and the assembly, testing, and running of its race cars. The sheer scale of this operation results in vast data requirements, and the team had experienced considerable growth and infrastructure changes since an initial deployment of...
- Tags: Team, Network Appliance Inc., High-performance, Storage System, Renault, NetApp, Renault F1 Team, Team Management, Storage, Management, Hardware
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- QoS Provisioning Framework for an OSD-Based Storage System
- Quality of Service QoS is crucial for certain applications such as multimedia. As the Object-based Storage Device OSD protocol emerges as the next generation storage technology, QoS provisioning for OSD-based systems has also received a great deal of attention. This paper proposes a QoS framework for OSD-based storage system that...
- Tags: QoS, Storage, Storage System, OSD
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- Efficient Native Storage Systems for Semi-Structured Data
- Semi-structured data is becoming commonplace with examples such as XML, Bioinformatics suffix-trees, scientific computing data, and even generic directory-file hierarchies. Such semi-structured data must be stored on mass storage devices for persistence as well as cost-efficiency. Current approaches, which map semi-structured data to relational databases or simply use flat files,...
- Tags: Florida International University, Disk Drive, Storage Device, Storage System, Semi-Structured Data, Storage, Storage Management, Hardware
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- Sun Designs and Deploys Integrated Mass Storage System
- The Naval Oceanographic Office NAVO Major Shared Resource Center MSRC at Mississippi's Stennis Space Center, is the fourth largest high-performance computing HPC site in the United States and the eighth largest in the world. The NAVO MSRC replaced its SGI/Cray DMF storage management system with an integrated solution from Sun...
- Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Storage System, Storage, Storage Management, Hardware
- Case studies
- Hygiene Company Prepares for the Future
- Ontex is the European market leader in the area of single-use hygiene products. After a series of takeovers, the expanding company had to integrate disparate IT environments into a single, highly available IT infrastructure. Ontex incorporated three SAP landscapes (R/3, BW and CFM) into a storage network. For this Dell...
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Storage System, Data, Ontex, Storage, Storage Management, Hardware
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- Evaluation of Distributed Recovery in Large-Scale Storage Systems
- Storage clusters consisting of thousands of disk drives are now being used both for their large capacity and high throughput. However, their reliability is far worse than that of smaller storage systems due to the increased number of storage nodes. RAID technology is no longer sufficient to guarantee the necessary...
- Tags: Disk, Storage System, RAID Technology, Storage, Hardware
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- Devon Energy Doubles Its Disk Space While Reducing Number of Servers by Almost Half
- Devon Energy Corporation is an independent energy company involved in oil and gas property acquisition, exploration, and production, and it ranks among the top five US based oil and gas producers. Through these significant acquisitions, Devon has inherited a variety of IT systems, whether owned or leased. The complexity of...
- Tags: Acquisition, Disk, Sun Microsystems Inc., Server, Computing, Storage System, Mergers & Acquisitions, Storage, Corporate Law, Storage Management, Investment, Finance, Hardware, Business Operations
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- University Health Care System Improves Patient Care With Enterprise Grid Storage System
- University Health Care System is a not-for-profit community hospital network that serves 25 counties throughout Georgia and parts of South Carolina. The transformation into a digital healthcare facility had created the need to improve the scalability, reliability and resiliency of the hospital's information storage infrastructure. IBM helped University Health Care...
- Tags: Patient, Health Care, Storage System, IBM Corp., University Health Care System, Vertical Industries, Healthcare, Benefits, Storage, Servers, Processors, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components
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- Israel Aircraft Industries Optimizes Oracle Database Performance With Network Appliance Storage Systems
- Israel Aircraft Industries IAI is an aerospace and defense company. Improving the performance and reliability of a critical enterprise system posed a significant technological challenge. System maintenance was losing its flexibility. IAI concluded that NetApp systems represented the most efficient and cost-effective approach. NetApp offered the best capabilities and experience...
- Tags: Network Appliance Inc., Oracle Corp., Performance, Storage System, Oracle Database, NetApp, Israel Aircraft Industries, Storage, Hardware
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- Storage Block Alignment With VMware Virtual Infrastructure
- In order to get the best performance from a storage system, the storage blocks on the LUN must be aligned to the file system on the operating system. This is typically done by setting the OS type when the LUN is created on the storage system. This paper discusses LUN...
- Tags: Network Appliance Inc., VMware Inc., Storage System, NetApp, Storage, Hardware
- White papers 2007-07-01
- Using HP StorageWorks All-in-One Storage System With VMware ESX Server Solution - Overview and Configuration Guide
- Corporate data is undoubtedly one of the most critical assets of any company. Businesses of all sizes worldwide are experiencing more rapid data growth than ever before. Growth rates of over 100 percent per year are no longer uncommon. While companies are dealing with out-of-control storage growth, CIOs and IT...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., HP StorageWorks, Server, VMware Inc., VMWare ESX Server, Storage System, VMWare ESX, Storage, Hardware
- White papers 2007-10-01
- Matching Server Virtualization With Advanced Storage Virtualization: LeftHand Networks Accelerates VMware Server Virtualization With SAN/iQ Software-Based Storage Systems
- In order to meet the challenges of running today's datacenters, an increasing number of IT organizations are turning to VMware Infrastructure 3 software. The ability to virtualize the datacenter and deploy applications across a shared pool of server resources allows organizations to break free of the limitations they face with...
- Tags: Storage Virtualization, LeftHand Networks, Data Center, VMware Inc., Storage System, Data Centers, Virtualization, Server Virtualization, Storage, Storage Management, Servers, Hardware, Data Management
- White papers 2007-10-25
- MAID for Green: Energy Conservation With Fujitsu ETERNUS Storage Systems
- This paper describes best practices on how customers can conserve energy using ECO mode on Fujitsu ETERNUS storage systems. Today, because of strong demand for storage capacity, customers are faced with serious issues of power and cooling in their data centers. The density of today's storage systems, the insatiable demand...
- Tags: Data Center, Fujitsu Ltd., Storage System, Data Centers, Storage, Storage Management, Hardware, Data Management
- White papers 2007-11-01
- An Overview of HP StorageWorks All-in-One (AiO) Storage Systems and Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Database Snapshots
- This paper is an introduction to All-in-One AiO Storage System snapshots of Exchange 2007 Server databases, using the Microsoft iSCSI Software Target and Volume Shadow Copy Services VSS. It covers the required components to take snapshots, and how they interact during the snapshot process. The procedures for taking snapshots of...
- Tags: Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, Hewlett-Packard Co., HP StorageWorks, Microsoft Exchange Server, Snapshot, Microsoft Corp., Storage System, Storage, Databases, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- White papers 2007-11-01
- A Comparison of EMC CLARiiON and the Network Appliance FAS Array: A Detailed Review
- The CLARiiON line of storage systems from EMC and the Network Appliance FAS series are both positioned as shared storage platforms for customers interested in Fibre Channel and iSCSI solutions. Network Appliance positions FAS as a general purpose storage system to satisfy a wide range of application needs. Even the...
- Tags: Network Appliance Inc., EMC Clariion, EMC Corp., Storage System, Storage, Servers, Hardware
- White papers 2007-10-01
- Using Symantec Backup Exec With the HP StorageWorks All-in-One Storage System (AiO)
- Although the HP StorageWorks All-in-One AiO storage system includes integrated HP Data Protector Express software, some users may already have standardized on other backup software. With AiO release 1.3 and beyond, it is possible to use pre- and post-scripts generated by AiO with other backup software to protect data hosted...
- Tags: Software, Symantec Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co., HP StorageWorks, Symantec Backup Exec, Backup Software, Storage System, AiO, Backups, Storage Management, Storage, Hardware
- White papers 2007-09-01
- Philips Medical Systems Cures Storage Heartache With the Intel Entry Storage System SS4000-E
- Until recently, images sent to the Philips Xcelera Focus system were stored on 5-1/4" optical disks and managed via third-party storage software. But this process was quite labor intensive for their customers, who often have very little technical know-how. When clinicians needed to view and compare a patient's prior exams,...
- Tags: Philips Medical Systems, Storage System, Intel Corp., Network-Attached Storage (NAS), Storage, Hardware
- Case studies 2007-10-01
- Netapp Storage Systems in a Microsoft Windows Environment
- NetApp storage systems deliver highly reliable file services to Microsoft Windows clients via the Common Internet File System CIFS protocol. This paper describes how storage systems work seamlessly in the Microsoft Windows environment and enables one to effortlessly manage data by making use of standard Microsoft services and features such...
- Tags: Environment, Microsoft Corp., Storage System, NetApp, Storage, Microsoft Windows, Storage Management, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software
- White papers 2006-11-01
