Storage White Papers

Cisco MDS 9000 Family Switch Architecture [pdf only, 736kb]
White Paper: Cisco MDS 9000 Family Switch Architecture

Open Storage Adoption [pdf only, 721kb]
Learn how open storage leverages industry-standard components and open software to build highly scalable, reliable, and affordable enterprise storage systems.

Veritas NetBackup from Symantec White Paper [pdf only, 3594kb]
Migrating to or Integrating New Tape Drive Technologies in Existing Libraries

Using Virtual Tape in a D2D2T Environment [pdf only, 248kb]
Clipper Notes White Paper: Data protection in a data center environment requires a blended system of both a VTL and tape.

Tape The Digital Curator of the Information Age [pdf only, 298kb]
Tape won’t go away, but its role is expanding from a pure backup solution to that of a premier long-term storage technology.

Power Shift to Green Storage White Paper [pdf only, 241kb]
Establishing a long term eco-sustainable storage strategy.

Energy-Efficient Datacenters: The Role of Modularity in Datacenter Design [pdf only, 4840kb]
How modular datacenter designs can save real estate costs, reduce power consumption, and increase business flexibility.

Consolidate Storage Infrastructure and Create a Greener Datacenter [pdf only, 1405kb]
As data volumes grow and budgets continue to shrink, datacenter managers are looking for ways to scale storage infrastructure and reduce operating costs. Sun's latest tape drive and tape library solutions can help companies grow automated tape environments without disruption, and consolidate mainframe and open system operating environments while minimizing power, floor space, and operating costs.

Tape Technology Leaps Forward in The 3rd Era [pdf only, 162kb]
Contrary to some general perceptions, many improvements have occurred in the tape industry recently. This paper, written by Fred Moore of Horison Inc., details 3rd Generation tape technology developments, including longer media life, significantly improved drive and library reliability, higher drive duty cycles and much faster data rates than any previous generation of tape technology.

Using Tape Virtualization to Improve Backup Performance White Paper [pdf only, 112kb]
Virtual tape technology is arguably the easiest way to introduce disk into a tape-based backup infrastructure, to improve backup performance and reliability. This paper by the Taneja Group considers current data management considerations and provides a quick review of Sun's tape virtualization solutions.