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Forrester Thought Leadership White Paper: Exploring the Potential Benefits of End-to-End Convergence of Data Center Networks sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc. WHITE PAPER: This whitepaper discloses the results of an evaluation of end-to-end storage area network/local area network (SAN/LAN) networking issues including Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) adoption. Posted: 14 Feb 2012 \| Published: 14 Feb 2012 TOPICS: Converged Networks \| Data Center Networking \| Data Centers \| Ethernet Networks \| Fibre Channel \| Fibre Channel SAN \| iSCSI Protocol \| iSCSI SAN \| LAN \| LAN Hardware \| Network Architectures \| Network Design \| Network Infrastructure \| Network Management \| Network Performance \| Network Traffic Analysis \| Network Traffic Management \| Networking \| Networking Hardware \| SAN

Changing the Economics of Storage Consolidation sponsored by EMC Corporation WEBCAST: This Webcast explores ways to simplify IT through the use of IP storage consolidation solutions. View this presentation to learn how you can consolidate your storage without the cost and complexity of Fibre Channel. Posted: 02 Apr 2008 \| Premiered: Apr 2, 2008 TOPICS: Continuous Data Protection \| Data Management \| Fibre Channel SAN \| IP SAN \| RAID \| Server Consolidation \| Storage Best Practices \| Storage Consolidation

Choosing the Best Virtual Server Storage: A Tutorial sponsored by VMware, Inc. EGUIDE: If you're a small to medium-sized business, you need your storage platform to be manageable by a small IT staff and fit within your budget. This expert E-Guide provides a detailed tutorial to help you navigate the virtual storage marketplace and select the best architecture for you. Posted: 23 Jan 2013 \| Published: 23 Jan 2013 TOPICS: Fibre Channel \| Fibre Channel SAN \| Fibre Channel Switches \| iSCSI SAN \| NAS \| SAN and Virtualization \| Small Businesses \| SMBs \| Storage Capacity \| Storage for File Virtualization/NAS Virtualization \| Storage Industry \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Spending \| Storage Strategy for Virtual Data Centers \| Storage Virtualization \| Storage Virtualization Software

ESG Lab Validation Report on Brocade Virtual Fabrics and Director Power Efficiency sponsored by Brocade WHITE PAPER: Hands-on lab testing of Fibre Channel directors including measurements by an independent electrician. Learn how power savings can leave more watts and amps available per rack and per floor tile for bladed servers and storage. Posted: 15 May 2007 \| Published: 01 Mar 2007 TOPICS: Backups \| Cooling Equipment \| Data Center Management \| Fibre Channel SAN \| Fibre Channel Switches \| Power Supplies \| Storage Consolidation \| Storage Virtualization \| Switch Fabric \| Tape Libraries

E-Guide: Building a Converged Network, Architecture to Consolidate Ethernet, FC sponsored by DellEMC and Intel® EGUIDE: In this expert e-guide, from SearchStorage.com, Demartek president Dennis Martin explains how to use data center bridging and converged network adapters to build a converged network architecture. Read on now to learn more. Posted: 15 Nov 2013 \| Published: 15 Nov 2013 TOPICS: Converged Networks \| Ethernet Networks \| Ethernet Switches \| Fibre Channel \| Fibre Channel SAN \| Fibre Channel Switches \| SAN \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Management \| Storage Switches \| Storage Systems

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 TOPICS: Data Center Management \| Fibre Channel SAN \| Host Adapters \| Server Virtualization \| Server Virtualization Software \| Storage Virtualization

The Building Blocks of Unified Fabric and LAN/SAN Convergence sponsored by Dell, Inc. and Intel® WHITE PAPER: This white paper details the benefits of I/O consolidation on Ethernet and Fibre Channel. Posted: 12 Jun 2014 \| Published: 13 Aug 2013 TOPICS: Data Center Design \| Data Center Management \| Data Center Networking \| Ethernet Cable \| Ethernet Networks \| Fibre Channel \| Fibre Channel SAN \| Fibre Channel Switches \| Network Infrastructure \| Network Management \| Networking

Data Center Servers and Storage E-Book Chapter 3: Selecting Storage in a Virtual Data Center sponsored by Dell, Inc. and Intel® EBOOK: With Fibre Channel, iSCSI and even prepackaged storage-plus-SAN solutions available, figuring out which makes sense for your particular environment can be tricky. So, when it comes to virtual server storage, choose wisely. Learn provisioning tactics that can help organizations make the most of their storage. Posted: 17 May 2010 \| Published: 17 May 2010 TOPICS: Data Center Management \| Fibre Channel SAN \| iSCSI SAN \| SAN \| Server Virtualization \| Storage Hardware \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Management \| Storage Spending \| Storage Systems \| Virtual Machine

E-Guide: Data Storage Management in Virtual Server Environments sponsored by Dell Compellent EGUIDE: Fibre Channel remains the technology of choice for most virtual server environments even as iSCSI storage-area networks (SANs) gain traction. Read this SearchStorage.com Special Report to learn how some storage professionals are evaluating 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10 GbE) iSCSI SANs as they expand their virtual server environments. Posted: 03 Jun 2011 \| Published: 03 Jun 2011 TOPICS: 10 Gigabit Ethernet \| Data Storage \| Fibre Channel SAN \| iSCSI SAN \| ROI \| Server Virtualization \| Storage Management

Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Tutorial: Part 1 sponsored by DellEMC and Intel® EGUIDE: This tutorial can help minimize your storage/VDI problems by outlining VDI considerations prior to implementation. Posted: 16 Sep 2011 \| Published: 12 Sep 2011 TOPICS: Fibre Channel SAN \| iSCSI SAN \| NAS \| Storage Capacity \| Storage for File Virtualization/NAS Virtualization \| Storage Optimization \| Storage Provisioning \| Storage Strategy for Virtual Data Centers \| Storage Virtualization \| VDI

Fiber Channel Storage Area Networks Reports