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Brocade: Server Connectivity - Extreme Performance Scaling for the Virtualized Infrastructure
This white paper discusses Brocade's Host Bus Adapter (HBA) Performance Leadership. The Brocade 815 (single port) and 825 (dual port) 8 Gbit/sec FC-to-PCIe HBAs provide a new level of scalable server connectivity through unmatched hardware capabilities and unique software configurability.
Brocade: Cable Management Solutions for Brocade SAN Infrastructures
As data center distances, port density, and data rates continue to increase, IT organizations today need a more structured approach to cable management. A more intelligent strategy can help organizations consolidate Storage Area Network (SAN) ports to increase scalability and manageability; decrease power and cooling costs; and reduce cable clutter.
Netapp: Storage infrastructure for cloud computing
Cloud computing is rapidly becoming a reality, and forward-thinking IT organisations are moving quickly to evolve existing IT infrastructures to include cloud capabilities that provide IT as a Service (ITaaS). Shared cloud infrastructure has created new requirements for secure multi-tenancy, service automation, data mobility, storage efficiency, and integrated data protection.
Western Digital: Eliminating unscheduled downtime by forecasting useable life
No matter how dependable the storage device, sooner or later it wears out. Often, this occurs without warning after tens of thousands of write/erase cycles. Unexpected drive failures can cause a complete disruption of business, resulting in costly downtime and a loss of data and customers. Until now, there has been no definite way to predict when a storage device will fail.
Western Digital: Not all storage products are engineered equally
In today's complex storage world, it is challenging for OEMs to determine which storage product to design in. Storage products in the same industry-standard form factor from a wide variety of suppliers may have similar sounding names, such as industrial-grade or enterprise-class. They may also have similar looking data sheet specifications.
Western Digital: Eliminating drive corruption from power disturbances
Many Enterprise System OEMs face operational failures because of less-than-optimal power conditions. Approximately 75% of all field failures are due to power disruptions. Spikes, brownouts, surges, blackouts, and other power problems can cause data loss and/or corruption in applications.
Western Digital: Noise damping techniques for solid state storage in military-embedded systems
Parallel ATA (PATA) has been the dominant storage interface in embedded systems for some time. The use of solid state storage is a common solution for embedded systems because of its small form factor, reliability, and ability to endure harsh environmental conditions.
Western Digital: NAND evolution and its effects on Solid State Drive useable life
Solid State Drives (SSDs) are attractive alternatives to rotating hard disk drives (HDDs), because they eliminate the single largest failure mechanism of HDDs — moving parts. The concern relative to NAND flash-based SSDs is that there is a limitation in the number of write/erase cycles (endurance) and therefore the SSD may not meet long¬term system deployment requirements, especially in 24/7 applications.
