Home

Help Desk

 

Morphing and merging SAN/NAS

I hear SAN and NAS are morphing and merging. I'm looking for the rubber-meets-the-road list of functions that are likely to be in such a future, solution-based product.

Using NAS gateways in front of a new SAN

Let's say I plan to go with two NAS heads and a new SAN. Am I better off virtualizing SAN space for use with the NAS heads or utilizing attached storage instead?

Is it possible to drop a NAS gateway into an existing SAN. Is it as easy as that?

SearchStorage.com has received many questions from our readers on NAS gateways and what's in store. As a result of those questions, we asked our NAS expert Randy Kerns to share his thoughts regarding the ease of NAS gateway implementation, why you might want to consider a gateway, how it will be managed and what products he sees coming down the road.

NICs in NAS systems

NAS expert Randy Kerns answers the question: "Is it typical, when using a NAS appliance, that a host/server would have 2xNICs installed?"

How do NAS appliances and NAS heads play into file virtualization?

We have to be concerned with the definition of file virtualization. On one hand, we define it as a technology that...

Upgrading operating systems for two fabrics

SAN/NAS expert Greg Schulz answers a reader's question regarding fabrics for an operating system.

Is distance an issue with synchronous replication?

SAN/NAS expert Greg Schulz answers a reader's question regarding synchronous replication for data centers.

 
 
<< < 12

knowledge_central_tab

Knowledge Central

Coriell Institute manages complex research data at low cost

Discover why the Coriell Institute for Medical Research turned to IBM when they wanted a compact storage solution that would be easy to manage and that would enable us to grow capacity nondisruptively at a financially acceptable cost per terabyte.

IBM XIV Storage and VMware

Discover why thousands of organizations are discovering that the IBM XIV Storage System series, with a virtualized storage architecture, is a perfect fit with VMware environments.

more White Papers

 

Asian companies go real-time with SAP HANA

Avon Cycles, India's largest cycle manufacturer, and Nongfu Spring, China's largest bottled water producer, are now ramp up customers of SAP Business Suite powered by SAP HANA.

Electronic Arts moves forward with emerging trends, including cloud storage

With 2012 revenues of $4.1 billion, Electronic Arts (EA) is the third-largest video game company in the world by revenue behind only Nintendo and Activision Blizzard. It boasts landmark franchises such as Madden NFL, FIFA, The Sims and Mass Effect. Through its PopCap Games subsidiary it is the publisher of hits like Bejeweled and Plants vs. Zombies. And yet, in June of 2012, EA's chief operating officer compared the company to a burning oil platform.

more Case Studies