Cut To The Chase: What Do You Want Your IP SAN To Do?

July 7, 2010

What are your needs, expectations, and reservations about your IP SAN solution? In short, what do you want your IP SAN to do?

As experts, we at DNF Corp. try our hardest to understand what your needs are.  But when it comes down to it we need to hear it from the source –you. Please join us on Wednesday, July 14, 2010 at 10am PDT for an informative Stonefly webinar as we present: “Cut To The Chase: What Do You Want Your IP SAN To Do?

Tune in to our webinar and learn:

  • How much usable capacity can you get?
  • How much do some competitors loose to get true High Availability?
  • What is the real cost to expand?
  • What are the realities of real cost for remote data storage?
  • And lastly, how can our Stonefly ISC product line achieve your virtualization expectations?

Come on over with your inquiries and let us know what you are looking for in an IP SANs solution. Also, learn how you can have a chance to WIN $50 by attending this session. See you there!

Register here: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/543967795


Increase performance 10 fold with Tiered Storage and SSD!

June 16, 2010

Trying to find new ways to increase your storage systems performance is an ongoing battle for many of us. You might be wondering to yourself: “how can I raise my system’s speed and efficiency without sacrificing my budget?” The answer is integrating tiered storage and solid-state drives (SSD).

On Wednesday, June 23, 2010 at 10am PST, Stonefly Inc. will be hosting the “Tiered Storage and SSD? Increase performance 10 fold: Technology and Techniques Made Simple” webinar. Learn from one of our veteran storage solutions experts as we discuss:

1) What is the technology behind Tiered Storage and how can it accelerate my application performance?
2) What’s the latest SSD technology and how it can help me?
3) What are the most cost effective high performance server and storage system architectures?

Register right now and have a chance to win a $50 American Express Gift Card! Simply attend one of this week’s Stonefly or DNF Security webinars and you will be automatically entered to win an AmEx Gift Card. At the end of the week, a raffle will be drawn and a winner will be contacted.

Sign Up Here: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/165282995


How can iSCSI can achieve your Virtualization Goals? Find out this Wednesday!

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


Webinar: “Optimizing 10GbE Connectivity for IP SANs”

June 3, 2010

Please join us on Wednesday, June 9, 2010 at 10:00am PST (1:00pm EST) as we team up with a hardware networking solutions provider to discover basic 10GbE topology and capabilities that will increase your 10GbE IP SAN’s performance.

In this webinar we will cover:

• Latency improvements of 10GbE over 1GbE
Full Duplex vs. Half Duplex
Jumbo Frame Enhancements
• Latency differences of different PHY’s (physical connections)

Don’t miss this chance to learn from experts in the Storage and Network Switch experts this Wednesday.

Register here: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/219280170


Webinar: “iSCSI or NAS, which one should I buy?”

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.


Webinar – Going “Green” in a Virtual Environment: Essential or Idealistic?

May 7, 2010

Does going “green”, especially when it comes to virtualizing servers and storage, seem just too complicated, unattainable, or idealistic? Surprisingly it is not as hard as you think. Join us on Wednesday, May 12, 2010 at 10:00 am PST for our weekly webinar, and we will answer all your questions, including:

  • What is technology behind “green” server and storage virtualization?
  • What are the best practices and procedures to implement or enhance green savings for today’s virtual environments?
  • What is the pay off by going the “environmentally-friendly” route? Short term …Long term …

If you are trying to find new and cost effective ways to improve your current virtual environment, then this webinar will put your mind at ease. Sound interesting? Sign up here to and go green!


Webinar – Let’s Get Technical! Expert Drill Down of iSCSI

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.


What You Need to Know When Buying iSCSI Storage

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


IP SANs in a Virtual Server Environment Webinar on 4/7/10

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.


NavigateStorage Discusses the Voyager IP SAN

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.

NavigateStorage 978-318-9000

For more information about the Voyager, sign up for our Wednesday webinar.