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The Path to a Green Data Center

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Overview The environment is everyone's concern. That's why Hitachi Data Systems and Brocade have developed eco-friendly solutions to address the needs of today's data centers. As IT organizations worldwide move through the millennium, they face the combined challenge of exponential data growth, dwindling energy resources, rising energy costs, and increased pressure to operate in an environmentally sound manner. Hitachi Data Systems and Brocade are committed to providing organizations with a cost-effective, eco-friendly, and socially responsible approach to managing data center growth and maximizing Storage Area Network (SAN) and File Area Network (FAN) efficiencies.

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Publisher	Brocade Communications Systems	File Format	PDF
Date Published	December 2007
Format	White Papers
Topics	Data Center

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