June 11, 2010
Is iSCSI the right storage technology for you? Although the technology is quite popular among the storage solutions industry, you might still have your own reservations about iSCSI, its technology capabilities and how it can benefit you and your deployment goals.
Let us ease you anxieties this Wednesday, June 16, 2010 at 10am PST as we present this week’s Stonefly Webinar:
“How and why iSCSI can achieve your Virtualization Goals – Technology and Implement Made Simple”
Learn why and how to implement iSCSI technology storage solutions, as we answer the following:
- Will iSCSI achieve my virtualization deployment goals?
- What are the best practices and procedures to using iSCSI? Live Demo
- How to use Multi Path IO (MPIO) in iSCSI environment? Live Demo
- What is VSS and what does it do for me?
- What does iSCSI technology buy me? What are the features I can benefit from?
To register, please sign up here for more details: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/331831523
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Posted by dnfmarketing
May 21, 2010
What’s the best storage solution for your surveillance project? Tune in to this Thursday to find out!
DNF Security’s “What’s the best Storage for my Surveillance System – NAS or iSCSI?” webinar is this Thursday at 10am PST. If you are looking to improve your surveillance project through better storage solutions, then this is the webinar for you. We will answer all your inquiries, including:
- Do I need more storage for my surveillance system?
- How can advanced storage solutions solve my surveillance problems?
- What are my storage choices and how much will it cost?
- How can camera solutions, such as advanced IP cameras, benefit from better storage?
Learn about how NAS and iSCSI storage technologies can improve the efficiency of your surveillance project. Register today for this free webinar.
Register here: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/464782218
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Posted by dnfmarketing
May 14, 2010
Back by popular demand, we are pleased to have yet another informative session on iSCSI vs. NAS storage solutions. Join us on Wednesday, May 19th, 2010 at 10am PST to discuss why iSCSI is the superior choice when shopping for a high performance storage solution.
You might think that both technologies have similar features, but both have their own advantages and disadvantages. Check out this webinar and discover:
- The difference between iSCSI and NAS
- Typical iSCSI/NAS applications
- Advantages/disadvantages of iSCSI and NAS
- When to buy iSCSI vs NAS
For those that missed our last session, this is a great chance to get caught up on the iSCSI vs. NAS debate and learn how choosing the right storage solution can help you avoid disaster while keeping costs down.
Click here to register.
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Posted by dnfmarketing
April 23, 2010
Join us on Wednesday, April 28th, 2010 at 10am PST for our weekly StoneFly webinar series. This week our webinar will drill down into the technical components of iSCSI to provide you with the expertise to make cost effective decisions in implementing the right storage system.
Sign up for this FREE webinar and discover:
- How to integrate data center/enterprise applications
- Tools to implement state of the art server/storage technology
- iSCSI optimization techniques for advanced users
You’ll walk away with a better understanding of the technology behind iSCSI and gain the knowledge to make iSCSI recommendations for your next storage project. This is a webinar that you won’t want to miss!
Sign up here for this informative webinar.
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Posted by tymikamorrison
April 9, 2010
Interested in learning how iSCSI works? Do you need to make a decision about proposing or buying an IP SAN based solution?
Join us on Wednesday, April 14th, 2010 at 10am PST to find the answers to these challenging questions. We will present an overview of the features associated with iSCSI storage as well as discuss the cost effective advantages of purchasing an IP SAN based solution. During the webinar, you’ll learn:
- iSCSI Fundamentals
- Key differences between Fibre Channel SAN and IP SAN
- How to allocate the proper IP SAN storage space
- Advantages/Disadvantages of single controller vs high availability implemenations
- Benefits of IP SAN appliances
Click here to sign up for this informative webinar
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Posted by tymikamorrison
April 1, 2010
iSCSI has finally come into its own as a networked storage underpinning for virtual server environments (SearchStorage.com, 2010), but are you equipped with the right IP SANs solution to handle your virtual environment? Implementing a fully featured managed SAN has never been easier. The combination of server virtualization and IP SAN technology gives you tremendous flexibility to adapt to changing business requirements quickly and without the hassle.
To learn more, sign up for the IP SANs in a Virtual Server Environment webinar on Wednesday, April 1, 2010 at 10am PST.
We will provide in-depth information, highlighting how to use IP SANs in a virtualized environment. In addition, there will be several demonstations, including how to configure IP SANs within a VMware environment and how StoneFly can fit your VMware environment needs.
Click here to sign up for the informative webinar.
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Posted by tymikamorrison
December 17, 2009
Here’s what storage expert Jim Addlesberger had to say about the Voyager IP SAN in his recent blog post:
In direct competition with Equallogic the Voyager IP SANs are designed to offer active/active controllers, improved redundancy, high-availability and fast performance – at a lower price point. Using high-performance storage interconnects, the Voyager product family is designed for enterprise environments looking for a versatile SAN for primary and secondary storage applications.
With support for SAS, SATA, and SSD drives for online transaction processing, database, email, disk based archives, disk to disk backup, virtual servers and other core applications. The cornerstone of the Voyager is their storage virtualization engine, which offers quad-core processing power, dedicated iSCSI Cache, and our StoneFusion storage management operating system.
Don’t believe us, read what Reuters had to say in March of 2009. And at 10Gb speeds the Voyager is a screamer.
Speaking of 10GB you should let us tell you about H3C a division of 3COM. Combining the Voyager and H3C’s 10GB switches gives you a very economical, performing and secure solution.
The Voyager not only supports 10GB but also Solid State drives as well.
Allow us to arrange an informative conference call to tell you more.
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For more information about the Voyager, sign up for our Wednesday webinar.
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Posted by tymikamorrison
November 23, 2009
We just introduced RAIDML™, a new multi-level (ML) approach that provides the highest levels of data protection for mission-critical files and applications. RAIDML is now an integrated part of StoneFly’s Voyager HA IP SAN, which offers the ability to create No Single Point of Failure (NSPOF) volumes as well as RAID 5 or 6 protected volumes. Both NSPOF and traditional RAID sets with comprehensive auto fail-over and fail-back capabilities are protected. The creation of RAIDML saves costs and reduces the need for doubling drives to meet NSPOF requirements. Use our RAID calculator to help choose the RAID level that’s right for you. To read more about our new RAIDML features, check out the news release.
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Posted by tymikamorrison
November 11, 2009
We just unveiled StoneFusion 6.3, a virtualization-focused upgrade to our intelligent network storage platform. The StoneFusion OS is integrated into all StoneFly IP SANs, and offers block-level provisioning and centralized storage management, control and monitoring of logical storage volumes.
Here are some of the key updates:
- Compatibility with StoneFly’s new Storage Concentrator Virtual Machine (SCVM™), which provides comprehensive disaster recovery capabilities and enhanced support for leading virtual machine guest operating systems (OS)
- Improved system management with Quick Sync™ and Pass-thru Copy features
- Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) support for all IP SANs
Interested in a demo of StoneFly’s IP SANs utilizing the StoneFusion OS? Sign up for our Wednesday webinar. For more information on the update, check out the news release.
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Posted by Shonal Narayan
October 29, 2009
Are you using Windows Server 2008’s iSCSI initiator? Do you know what connection policy you have?
If you said “no” to the last question, you may need to check out this TechRepublic article which explains the multiple connected sessions (MCS) policies.
Here are the 5 policies defined:
- Round robin (default): This policy attempts to evenly distribute storage traffic to all available processing paths.
- Fail over only: This policy designates one active (primary) path to the storage resource; the remaining paths are assigned to a standby role. If the remaining paths are engaged for active storage, they will attempt to come online with a round robin policy until one is available.
- Round robin with subset: This policy runs round robin on active paths and has standby paths that are available via round-robin if the active paths fail.
- Least queue depth: This policy attempts to distribute loads based on I/O requests and the associated queue length. The round robin policy simply processes each request equally, with no regard to the load associated with the I/O task on the path.
- Weighted paths: This policy designates a path to have a low number (priority) to a path
Share your experience with MCS policies, drop a line.
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Posted by Shonal Narayan
