san - News, Features, and Slideshows

• ​Value of ViFX shines through as Sealord casts aside SAN to reel in Nutanix

  Tech firm draws on expertise of ViFX.

• SAN and NAS virtualisation boosts availability

  In just a few short years storage virtualisation, also known as block virtualisation, has proven its worth in the large enterprise, having travelled that well-worn path from pricey boutique solution to affordable commodity. As a standard feature in all but the most modest mid-tier storage arrays, storage virtualisation soothes a wide range of storage management woes for small and mid-size organisations. At the same time, dedicated solutions from top-tier vendors deliver the greatest ROI to large shops managing large SANs with intense data availability requirements.

• $1m Ministry of Health SAN in storage since 2006

  An expensive storage area network (SAN) purchased by the Ministry of Health in December 2006 cannot be put into production until the ministry builds a new datacentre.

• Hotel chain brings home savings from consolidation

  An overhaul of the IT infrastructure supporting its 31 New Zealand hotels has delivered significant savings for Millennium Hotels and Resorts, which operates the Copthorne and Kingsgate hotel brands.

• Kiwi organisations explore future storage trends

  The Bank of New Zealand’s John Baddiley knows that in 2009 he and his team will be separated from their datacentre.

Whitepapers about san

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  Unleash Your Applications

  Opportunities to truly innovate are rare. Yet today, Flash technology has created the opportunity to not only deliver massive I/O performance, but to transform ease-of-use, array capabilities and business value. Welcome to the 100% Flash Enterprise Storage Array – where unimaginable performance is only the start.

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  EMC XtremIO Executive Overview