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Best Practices for Migrating Your First Generation SANs to Cisco MDS 9000

Overview With the ongoing quest to efficiently manage the many costs of the data growth, many organizations are considering their options to migrate from a first generation SAN platform to a SAN Director platform. But before one realizes the benefits, he or she first needs to address the challenges associated with the migration. The attendee of this webcast will learn about benefits and best practices for migrating from a first generation SAN to Cisco MDS 9000. The presenter will explain how one can quickly realize the benefits of this migration without interrupting service to end users.

Further White Paper Details
Publisher	Cisco Systems
Live Date	1st August 2007 01:00 BST
Format	Webcast
Topics	Switching, Storage Management, SANs

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