NAS Virtualization White Papers

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Consolidation through Virtualization
sponsored by IBM Software Group
WHITE PAPER: A consolidated infrastructure based on virtualization capabilities can help lower costs by reducing complexity, improving utilization and easing management through a common management platform and efficient tooling.
Posted: 13 Mar 2008 | Published: 12 Mar 2008

IBM Software Group

Best Practices for VMware ESX Server 3.0 Backup on NetApp
sponsored by NetApp
WHITE PAPER: This document discusses how Network Appliance and VMware ESX Server 3.0 work together to provide an effective backup solution in the Loyola Marymount University (LMU) environment. The goal of the VMware/NetApp solution is to provide a crash-consistent process that takes advantage of snapshot-based backups.
Posted: 30 Jan 2009 | Published: 30 Jan 2009

NetApp

Dell Storage Solutions Guide for Microsoft Hyper-V
sponsored by Dell EMC and Microsoft
WHITE PAPER: This guide primarily focused on storage arrays based on their support for key virtualization features, such as high availability and virtual machine migration.
Posted: 11 Dec 2008 | Published: 11 Dec 2008

Dell EMC and Microsoft

Auto-Snapshot Manager/Vmware Edition Automated, Integrated, and Scalable Protection of Virtual Machines
sponsored by DellEMC and IntelĀ®
WHITE PAPER: This paper will discuss High performance, space-efficient hypervisor-aware SAN-based snapshot and replication support, backup and recovery, IT infrastructure, as well as virtual security.
Posted: 24 Jun 2009 | Published: 24 Jun 2009

DellEMC and IntelĀ®

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

HP Servers in a Virtual Environment
sponsored by PC Connection and HP
WHITE PAPER: The purpose of this white paper is to provide examples of how HP server virtualization and HP storage virtualization technologies work together to improve data center operational efficiency.
Posted: 19 Mar 2008 | Published: 01 Dec 2005

PC Connection and HP

Secrets to Shrinking Your Storage for VMware
sponsored by NetApp
WHITE PAPER: VMware has drastically increased storage capacity requirements, but deduplication functionality can help reverse this effect. Read this white paper to learn how real IT shops have managed to achieve space capacity savings in the virtualized data center.
Posted: 19 Dec 2008 | Published: 19 Dec 2008

NetApp

Key management strategies for your virtualized environment: Increasing your return on investment (ROI) on virtualization
sponsored by Hewlett Packard Enterprise
WHITE PAPER: Virtualization helps reduce IT costs and increases business agility. Because of this, virtualization technologies are particularly suited to these economic times. This white paper explores the evolution of virtualization, and then gives practical advice on how virtualization can benefit your organization.
Posted: 22 Jul 2009 | Published: 01 Jul 2009

Hewlett Packard Enterprise

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

MDS 9000 SAN-OS Software: The Virtual Machine Aware SAN
sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: This document describes the innovative approach introduced by the Cisco MDS 9000 Family to support an end-to-end virtualized SAN environment that is flexible, secure, scalable, and mobile.
Posted: 24 Oct 2008 | Published: 24 Oct 2008

Cisco Systems, Inc.