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Scalable NAS Buying Guide

There is no shortage of options in the scale-out NAS marketplace. Therefore, when considering scale-out NAS, it is critical to define what you are looking for. Gridstore, Sanbolic and Nexenta are pushing the envelope on scale-out NAS to deliver unique solutions.

Brocade Storage Switches Buying Guide

As part of Brocade's mission to offer the best and fastest storage networking environments, it now offers a wide range of 16 Gbps Fibre Channel products without overlooking Ethernet.

Infortrend Storage Buying Guide

What Infortrend lacks in name recognition it makes up for in product selection. Its ESVA and EonStor product families aim to meet the SAN and NAS needs of the midrange and SMB markets.

Cisco Storage Buying Guide

These days, Cisco is about more than just networking. Its Unified Fabric strategy makes it possible to mix and match  from the MDS and Nexus product families, harnessing the same command lines and GUI operations to perform SAN functions.

Open FCoE Goes Virtual

Fibre Channel over Ethernet isn't just about physical wires and ports.

Apposite Technologies Aims to Bring Predictability to Networked Storage

Firm's portfolio of WAN emulators helps businesses accurately model effects of bandwidth, latency and packet loss.

Storage Security, the Last Line of Defense

Multiple levels of security are the one surefire way to prevent a hacker from accessing and damaging your systems. Making SELinux the base for all systems will go a long way toward achieving this.

FCoE Struggles to Gain Traction

On the surface, Fibre Channel over Ethernet seems a slam dunk. Reality, however, says otherwise. What will it take for the less-expensive and easy-to-use technology to win over CTOs?

Dataram Delivers HA Version of SAN Accelerators

Dataram this week began shipping high availability (HA) versions of its XcelaSAN accelerators for Fibre Channel SANs.

Gluster Expands Open-Source Scale-out NAS

The company claims the first scale-out virtual NAS appliances for VMware and Amazon Web Services (AWS).

Emulex Delivers Third-Generation CNAs

Converged network adapters support 10GbE, iSCSI, FCoE.

Intel Opens Up FCoE, Offers Free Upgrades

Intel is ramping up its effort to expand Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE).

Survey Sheds Light on Storage Priorities

About half of the respondents said that SAN storage and server refreshes are a top priority this year.

Alacritech Appliances Accelerate NAS

Alacritech's SSD-based ANX 1500 appliances accelerate NFS in NAS environments without requiring modifications to existing NAS systems.

Mellanox to Buy Voltaire for Ethernet, InfiniBand Networking

The $218 million acquisition will merge complementary 10 Gigabit Ethernet and InfiniBand product sets.

Silver Peak Virtualizes WAN Optimization Appliance

Silver Peak’s software-only WAN optimization appliance runs as a virtual machine on VMware ESX.

Enterasys DCM Software Supports VM Mobility

Data Center Manager maintains application services as virtual machines move around the data center fabric.

The Benefits of 16Gbps Fibre Channel

16GFC is designed for high bandwidth applications and devices, including ISLs, data migration, Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI), and SSD drives or memory arrays.

Brocade Moves FCoE Beyond Top-of-Rack

The new VDX 6720 Data Center Switches are the first to run Brocade’s Virtual Cluster Switching (VCS) technology and provide a foundation for converged SAN and LAN traffic.

Cisco Shows Signs of Weakness in Q1

The networking giant’s first quarter fiscal 2011 results and outlook have CEO John Chambers “disappointed.”

Broadcom Rolls Out Silicon for 100GbE Networks

Broadcom is rolling out silicon technology built for 100GbE networks and beyond.

Emulex Software Encrypts Data at the Host

Emulex OneCommand Guardian can encrypt data at the server using Fibre Channel or Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) host bus adapters (HBAs) from any vendor.

Brocade Builds Converged Switch Module, CNA for IBM BladeCenter

Brocade has designed an embedded switch and converged network adapter that bring unified SAN and LAN connectivity to IBM’s BladeCenter servers.

HP Offers Converged Infrastructure Certification Program

The new HP ExpertONE program offers certifications and training for converged infrastructures and a “fast track” incentive for Cisco Certified networking pros.

Energy Efficient Ethernet Standard Ratified by IEEE

The Energy Efficient Ethernet (EEE) standard has been ratified as IEEE 802.3az, and along with it has already come vendor support from silicon vendor Broadcom.

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