Metropolitan Area Network

Metropolitan ring solutions are being used to consolidate network access facilities for multiple locations, connecting them with each other, the WAN, the Internet and with common carriers and carrier hotels. Instead of maintaining an array of separate access connections at each building, the enterprise can link offices to carrier and WAN facilities through a high-speed ring network. The consolidation of traditional transport access services can also reduce overall access costs.

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both campus-wide disaster tolerant implementations and metropolitan or geographically separated areas...

hospitals are growing increasingly more dependent on wide area networks (WAN) to adequately share information without increasing costs though additional bandwidth or data circuits.  In this e-guide you will learn how one organization successfully implemented a WAN and how it can work for your organization too.

In this day and age, hospitals and medical centers are growing increasingly more dependent on wide area networks (WAN) to adequately share information without increasing...

companies could afford expensive fibre channel storage area networks (FC SANs), the highly trained staff to manage them, duplicate data centers, channel extenders, and expensive replication software, SMBs were restricted to making backup tapes and carting them to the storage administrator's basement for safe keeping.

This paper looks at how any company can create an affordable infrastructure that delivers the full spectrum of protection - from simple data...

data. And despite decades of technology development in this area, challenges remain. Survey after survey shows that backup speed remains an overriding concern. Backup infrastructures just aren't keeping pace with data growth, and getting backups done in a timely manner continues to stress IT staffs. FalconStor Software provides solutions that can dramatically improve backup speeds while working with your current backup technology and operations. Management can be...

management solutions: Virtual Tape Library (VTL), Network Storage Server (NSS), and Continuous Data Protector (CDP).

IDC interviewed eight FalconStor customers that had deployed at least one or a combination of the following FalconStor storage management solutions: Virtual Tape Library (VTL), Network Storage Server (NSS), and Continuous Data Protector (CDP). All customers reported high levels of satisfaction with and enjoyed considerable benefits from the FalconStor solutions...

management solutions: Virtual Tape Library (VTL), Network Storage Server (NSS), and Continuous Data Protector (CDP). All customers reported high levels of satisfaction.

IDC interviewed eight FalconStor customers that had deployed at least one or a combination of the following FalconStor storage management solutions: Virtual Tape Library (VTL), Network Storage Server (NSS), and Continuous Data Protector (CDP). All customers reported high levels of satisfaction with and enjoyed...

In this webcast you'll hear from Falconstor Software's Product Marketing Manager , Peter Eichers, as he discusses Falconstor storage virtualization solutions. Join Peter Eicher, Product Marketing Manager for Falconstor Software, as he discusses the following topics:

• What are the key functions and benefits of storage virtualization?
• Ten reasons to use a storage virtualization environment
• FalconStor IPStor® - a highly optimized, scalable, and flexible virtualization

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Gain workload mobility and recovery management across physical and virtual machines in heterogeneous environments with Dell AIM. Explore how Dell AIM simplifies the disaster recovery process and helps organization reach RTO and RPO targets by automating and validating storage management tasks.

Gain workload mobility and recovery management across physical and virtual machines in heterogeneous environments with Dell AIM. Explore how Dell AIM simplifies the...

This book contains information about File Area Networks (FANs) in general, and specific information about FANs built with Brocade products and is also designed to be useful as a desktop reference for FAN administrators. This book contains information about File Area Networks (FANs) in general, and specific information about FANs built with Brocade products. It is also designed to be useful as a desktop reference for FAN administrators. Information from many...

and share company files at network speeds across the wide area network. Some examples of the WASF offered in the past are the Cisco wide area files services, or GlobalScapes WAFS.

Microsoft takes a different approach with BranchCache. It accepts the reality that most companies don’t have fast links between head and branch offices, and offers a solution that works within the limited bandwidth for accessing multiple file types from the head office. In a nutshell, BranchCache allows branch...

protocols, organizations have a clear path for unifying a network fabric in 10GbE environments.

Networked storage can provide several key advantages for organizations, including cost reduction and increased efficiency - but it also presents challenges. Storage area networks (SANs) can add their own complexity, and organizations often require increasing levels of throughput for connecting networked storage to servers as the enterprise grows.

The arrival of 10 Gigabit Ethernet...

Storage area networks (SAN) deliver consolidated storage and advanced storage management features. Storage area networks (SAN) deliver consolidated storage and advanced storage management features. One advanced SAN configuration involves booting servers directly from the SAN, eliminating all locally attached storage, and improving server operations. Several server boot options are available: 1) traditional boot from...

Explore why legacy wide area networks (WANs) cannot handle the pressures of real-time traffic and uncover how WAN virtualization can help solve these performance problems.

In this presentation...

recovery is becoming the key project for using wide area networks (WANs). Storage professionals are also implementing this technology to reduce management costs while enabling remote employees to collaborate on projects just as if they were all on a local network.

 

In a recent Storage magazine survey, results show that 25% of the responding audience will be increasing their spending on wide-area technologies.

 

This WAN Special Report addresses:

The core functions and

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Storage area networks (SAN) deliver consolidated storage and advanced storage management features. This paper explains the benefits of three different server boot operations provided by one advanced SAN configuration. It counsels that you should weigh the benefits and drawbacks of each before committing your organization's storage system to one. Storage area networks (SAN) deliver consolidated storage and advanced storage...

spending at 2005 budget levels. Given the dependence on wide area networks for operational performance and enterprise growth, WAN Governance, a strategic and business-driven approach to network management within IT Governance, will become even more critical for executives to achieve business goals.

Read this paper to learn how using WAN Governance, organizations have:

• Rolled out business applications across their enterprise without long, costly network reconfigurations

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for most virtual server environments even as iSCSI storage-area networks (SANs) gain traction. Read this SearchStorage.com Special Report to learn how some storage professionals are evaluating 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10 GbE) iSCSI SANs as they expand their virtual server environments.

Fibre Channel remains the technology of choice for most virtual server environments even as iSCSI storage-area networks (SANs) gain traction. Read this SearchStorage.com Special Report to learn how...

intensive applications, the Orlando Magic needed a storage area network (SAN) with I/O performance fast enough to play and stream both standard and high-definition (HD) video. Read this case study to see their solution.

As a playoff perennial, the Orlando Magic execute with efficiency on the court. Off the court, the team’s IT group adopted the same championship strategy to contain costs in the face of skyrocketing data demands. Game footage, practice reels and competitive tape had sent the team in...

violate security policy.

After auditing the security of the network, an organization needs to coordinate with the cloud provider on configuration issues and security policies. This presentation transcript will look at areas to cover with the cloud provider, including possible adjustments to firewalls and other perimeter defenses such as IPS, and how to ensure the changes don’t violate security policy. It also will discuss the issue of making sure the security provider’s security...