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NAS

ALSO CALLED: Storage Network and Network Attached Storage
DEFINITION: Network-attached storage (NAS) is hard disk storage that is set up with its own network address rather than being attached to the department computer that is serving applications to a network's workstation users. By removing storage access and its management from the department server,  … 
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Sun™ Storage 7000 Series Family: Radical Simplicity Combined with Breakthrough Price/Performance
sponsored by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
DATA SHEET: The Sun™ Storage 7000 Series family helps simplify storage deployment and management with its unprecedented easy-to-use management interface, DTrace Analytics software, and self-healing capabilities.
Posted: 04 Dec 2008 | Published: 04 Dec 2008
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Data migration: Moving to a Better way of Integrating Data Storage Devices
sponsored by Overland Storage
WHITE PAPER: This white paper will describe how to utilize and best leverage the data migration utility built into GuardianOS.
Posted: 02 Dec 2008 | Published: 02 Dec 2008
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Disaster Recovery for Remote Offices: It's Easier to Get Right Than You May Have Thought
sponsored by Overland Storage
WHITE PAPER: Snap Server data protection solutions provide the simplest way to protect critical data stored on desktops, laptops, file and application servers, and Snap Servers at remote offices.
Posted: 02 Dec 2008 | Published: 02 Dec 2008
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Rethink Storage with Sun™ Storage 7000 Systems
sponsored by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
BOOK: Sun Storage 7000 Unified Storage Systems bring a new level of simplicity and price/performance to the Open Storage market by integrating innovative storage software with hybrid storage pools and an open architecture solution.
Posted: 02 Dec 2008 | Published: 27 Nov 2008
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Using RAID 6 on the SUN™ Storagetek™ 6140 Array Increasing Reliability for Storage Arrays
sponsored by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: Using Sun StorageTek 6140 arrays with RAID 6 technology feature can provide enhanced reliability for applications with large data sets requiring both high performance and high availability.
Posted: 02 Dec 2008 | Published: 27 Nov 2008
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TOPICS:  Data Storage | Databases | NAS | RAID | SAN | VMware

Deploying Hybrid Storage Pools: With Sun Flash Technology and the Solaris ZFS™ File System
sponsored by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: This Sun BluePrints™ article provides an overview of Flash technology, and discusses its introduction into a new tier of storage infrastructure.
Posted: 02 Dec 2008 | Published: 27 Nov 2008
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Open Storage Adoption
sponsored by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
BOOK: Sun offers services that assist IT users with the opportunity to start evaluating open storage architecture strategies and evaluating how an open storage architecture can better support their organization' business and budgetary goals.
Posted: 02 Dec 2008 | Published: 27 Nov 2008
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Complete Data Protection for VMware Virtual Infrastructure
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
WHITE PAPER: This paper explores and outlines how to apply HP Data Protector 6.0/6.1 software and other key HP StorageWorks storage array technologies to manage and deploy an effective backup strategy in a VMware Virtual Infrastructure.
Posted: 01 Dec 2008 | Published: 27 Nov 2008
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Primary Storage Handbook: Part 2
sponsored by Ocarina Networks
WHITE PAPER: This article discusses the pros and cons of the many different techniques and methods used to optimize your company's primary storage.
Posted: 25 Nov 2008 | Published: 25 Nov 2008
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Primary Storage Handbook: Part 1
sponsored by Ocarina Networks
WHITE PAPER: This article discusses 6 requirements for deploying a primary storage optimization solution.
Posted: 25 Nov 2008 | Published: 25 Nov 2008
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Using VMware® ESX Server System and VMware Virtual Infrastructure for Backup, Restoration, and Disaster Recovery
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
WHITE PAPER: VMware ESX Server System and VMware Virtual Infrastructure provides many different capabilities to improve these processes each with its own advantages and disadvantages.
Posted: 25 Nov 2008 | Published: 24 Nov 2008
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Email Archiving: Saving Money and Time for Small & Medium Businesses
sponsored by Metalogix Software, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: This white paper explains how exactly email archiving handles problems and at the same time reduces overall costs and saves management time.
Posted: 25 Nov 2008 | Published: 25 Nov 2008
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What Storage Managers Are Buying Storage Magazine Fall 2008 Purchasing Intentions Survey
sponsored by SearchStorage.com
PRESENTATION: Learn what storage managers for large companies have to say about currently available disk subsystems, storage networks, backup & DR, and storage management software.
Posted: 21 Nov 2008 | Published: 19 Nov 2008
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Breaking the Connections: Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Storage Virtualization
sponsored by SearchStorage.com
WHITE PAPER: There are numerous ways that your storage has already been virtualized, and there are many benefits to implementing more storage virtualization solutions.
Posted: 21 Nov 2008 | Published: 19 Nov 2008
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Making a Case for CAS - The Pros and Cons of Content-Addressable Storage
sponsored by SearchStorage.com
WHITE PAPER: This presentation explains Pros and Cons of Content-Addressable Storage.
Posted: 21 Nov 2008 | Published: 19 Nov 2008
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TOPICS:  CAS | NAS | OLTP | RAID | SAN

The Next Next Thing: Entering the 3rd Era of Commercial Computing
sponsored by SearchStorage.com
PRESENTATION: This document explains the 3rd Era of Commercial Computing and its characteristics.
Posted: 21 Nov 2008 | Published: 19 Nov 2008
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Clustered Storage
sponsored by SearchStorage.com
WHITE PAPER: This document explains about Primary Storage Optimization and targeted to reduce the amount of raw storage capacity required to store a given data set.
Posted: 21 Nov 2008 | Published: 19 Nov 2008
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eGuide: How to Get Started with Data Deduplication
sponsored by Data Domain
WHITE PAPER: In this guide, you'll gain insight on the benefits of deduplication, as well as best practices to follow as you prepare to launch, or enhance, your data deduplication strategy.
Posted: 20 Nov 2008 | Published: 20 Nov 2008
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VMware Solutions for Small to Medium Businesses: Ensuring Rapid, Reliable and Affordable Disaster Recovery
sponsored by VMware, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: VMware Infrastructure transforms disaster recovery by providing you fast, reliable and cost-effective disaster recovery. Why suffer from the slow, expensive and unreliable problems associated with traditional disaster recovery solution?
Posted: 20 Nov 2008 | Published: 20 Nov 2008
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Worldwide Disk Storage Systems 2008-2012 Forecast: Content-Centric Customers -- Reshaping Market Demand
sponsored by Ocarina Networks
WHITE PAPER: This study provides a forecast of the worldwide disk storage systems market for 2008 to 2012 as well as a discussion of assumptions and major market trends.
Posted: 19 Nov 2008 | Published: 19 Nov 2008
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The Mandate for Lights-Out IT Management
sponsored by Dorado Software
WHITE PAPER: Read this paper to learn how IT organizations can successfully automate the management of an increasingly complex IT environment.
Posted: 19 Nov 2008 | Published: 19 Nov 2008
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HP Virtualization with Intel and VMware: End-to-end Virtualization of IT Resources
sponsored by VMware, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: The VMware partnership and technical collaboration with HP and Intel enables your organization to deploy a reliable and scalable platform for building a complete virtualized data center solution.
Posted: 19 Nov 2008 | Published: 18 Nov 2008
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Storage and the WAN: What Are the Options?
sponsored by SearchStorage.com
WHITE PAPER: Reining in remote or branch offices can help solve a number of storage problems, such as data protection, storage administration and management, and the proliferation of heterogeneous systems.
Posted: 19 Nov 2008 | Published: 19 Nov 2008
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The Right Way to Test Storage System Performance
sponsored by SearchStorage.com
PRESENTATION: This presentation introduces the concepts needed to interpret storage system performance claims and the tools and processes required for hands-on performance analysis.
Posted: 19 Nov 2008 | Published: 19 Nov 2008
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Storage Networking - The Path to Performance
sponsored by SearchStorage.com
WHITE PAPER: This document identifies aspects of performance that are or are not critical to the successful deployment of storage network technologies.
Posted: 19 Nov 2008 | Published: 19 Nov 2008
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NAS DEFINITION (continued): …  both application programming and files can be served faster because they are not competing for the same processor resources. The network-attached storage device is attached to a local area network (typically, an Ethernet network) and assigned an IP address. File requests are mapped by the main server to the NAS file server.

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