A storage network is any network that's designed to transport block-level storage protocols. But understanding the ins and outs of networked storage takes you deep into several of protocols. This guide covers SANs, Fibre Channels, Disk Arrays, Fabric, and IP Storage. »

National Foods implemented a highly consolidated and virtualized server infrastructure using the HP Virtual Server Environment (VSE) on HP-UX 11i. The initial key driver was cost reduction. As the deployment progressed, National Foods IT managers realized that virtualization could help in many other ways, such as allowing them to speed the deployment of new applications, more effectively protect IT assets from disaster, and generally become more agile and responsive to changing business requirements. »

This one-hour webcast features stories of real businesses that virtualized their servers and storage. Speakers from ESG and SARCOM (an HP customer and partner) discuss the advantages of virtualizing servers and storage simultaneously. »

This short video talks about the integration between VMware and HP enterprise virtual arrays. The HP EVA4400 is the newest low-end product for entry-level SANs. »

Picking up where Part 1 left off, Part 2 of our look at storage networking examines configurations for SAN-attached servers and disk arrays, and also includes a look at the future of IP storage. »

SARCOMs business needed to transform its IT infrastructure and establish responsive, manageable, and easy-to-provision data storage. The company replaced an EMC CLARiiON storage array with a virtualized HP-based SAN infrastructure linked to server blades, with point-in-time replication (full data set snapclones) and backup to tape libraries. This helped improve storage performance, flexibility, and reliability while reducing costs and protecting data. »

Server sprawl is out of control. Servers are underutilized, consuming data center floor space and costing too much to power, cool and maintain. Virtualization helps you solve these problems by consolidating many physical servers into one pool of compute resources. This can result in up to a 10:1 or greater ratio of virtual machines on a single physical server. See how HP servers and storage integrate with VMware to help you consolidate your IT environment. »

This webcast talks about why HP Servers and StorageWorks are a great infrastrucutre platform for your virtualization projects and why combined together they can be very powerful. This webcast will also talk about the challenges that are growing in IT infrastructure and look at what makes a good match when thinking about server and storage virtualization projects as well as how storage virtualization enables features like consolidation in organizations. »