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SAN Fundamentals: How Fibre Channel SANs Are Built, Secured and Managed

Overview This paper discusses the core technologies that are used to build and secure Fibre Channel based Storage Area Networks. Fibre Channel is a flexible standards based networking architecture that can be used as a transport mechanism for a number of Upper Level Protocols. The most common Upper Level Protocols are SCSI and TCP/IP. In this paper, the term Storage Area Network (SAN) is used to describe a Fibre Channel network over which SCSI-FCP (SCSI over Fibre Channel) Protocols run.

Further White Paper Details
Publisher	Sun Microsystems	File Format	PDF
Date Published	April 2007
Format	White Papers
Topics	Storage Management, SANs, Fibre

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Channel:
Storage

HP buys into Fibre Channel SANs

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Channel:
Storage

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Channel:
Storage

SAN market healthy, getting healthier

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Channel:
Storage
Tags:
san. storage,
switch

Storage virtualisation virtually here

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Channel:
Storage
Tags:
das,
virtualisation,
san,
nas

Dell pulls out blades in Paris

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Channel:
Servers
Tags:
blade servers,
dell,
hp,
ibm

Virtualisation: Architectual Considerations and other Evaluation Criteria

In the past several years, server virtualisation technology has moved quickly and firmly into the IT mainstream. Of the many approaches to system virtualisation available in the market today, VMware's hypervisor architecture has gained the greatest market acceptance. This paper examines the architectural issues, solution support, and enterprise readiness required when deploying such a virtualisation solution.

Publisher:
EMC

Getting Started with Master Data Management

Master data management forms part of an overall enterprise governance program that aims to establish trusted data throughout the enterprise. This white paper from Mike Ferguson of Intelligent Business Strategies defines master data, examines why it is needed, and explores methodologies for implementing master data management.

Publisher:
DataFlux

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Publisher:
EMC

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