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Manage Partitions with GParted How-to

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Manage Partitions with GParted How-to

By: Curtis Gedak;

Publisher: Packt Publishing

Publication Date: 23-NOV-2012

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A task-based, step-by-step guide that empowers you to use your disk space effectively Full of practical examples including screen shots, additional tips, and clear step-by-step instructions Create and move partitions without data loss Identify and manage partitions on all of your disk devices In Detail Modern disk drives can store vast amounts of information. To effectively use all of this space, you can partition disk drives into separate storage areas. These separate storage areas enable you to organize your data, improve system performance, and install and use many...

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IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager: A Practical Introduction

IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager: A Practical Introduction

By: Charlotte Brooks; Michel Baus; Michael Benanti; Ivo Gomilsek; Urs Moser

Publisher: IBM Redbooks

Publication Date: 20-AUG-2003

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Storage growth continues to accelerate, and the cost of disk can approach 80% of total system hardware costs. Yet, the storage in most businesses is typically only about 50% used. How can you take control of your storage assets to render utilization more efficient, and make the most of your storage dollars? IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager helps you discover, monitor, and create enterprise policies for your filesystems and databases. You will find out where all your storage is going and be able to act intelligently on this information. Application availability is improved because you will...

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SAN Boot Implementation and Best Practices Guide for IBM System Storage

SAN Boot Implementation and Best Practices Guide for IBM System Storage

By: Sangam Racherla; Delmar Demarchi; Scott Dybas; Bobby Stark; Mansoor Syed

Publisher: IBM Redbooks

Publication Date: 30-SEP-2012

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Booting servers from a storage area network (SAN) is being used increasingly in complex data center environments today, due to its significant benefits over the traditional method of booting from local disks. SAN Boot enables organizations to maximize consolidation of their IT resources, minimize their equipment costs, and realize the considerable management benefits of centralizing the boot process. In SAN Boot, you can deploy diskless servers in an environment where the boot disk is located on (often RAID-capable) storage connected to the SAN. The server (initiator) communicates with...

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IBM Tivoli Storage Area Network Manager: A Practical Introduction

IBM Tivoli Storage Area Network Manager: A Practical Introduction

By: Charlotte Brooks; Michel Baus; Michael Benanti; Ivo Gomilsek; Urs Moser

Publisher: IBM Redbooks

Publication Date: 05-SEP-2003

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Now that you have installed your SAN, how are you going to manage it? This IBM Redbooks publication describes the new product, IBM Tivoli Storage Area Network Manager, an active, intelligent, business-centric management solution for storage resources across the enterprise. IBM Tivoli Storage Area Network Manager provides effective discovery and presentation of SAN physical and logical topologies and provides multiple views of the SAN, including zones. Through its interface, it can be configured to show historical and real-time monitoring of SAN fabric devices. With IBM Tivoli Storage Area...

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All you need to know about Storage Area Networks The amount of data of an average company doubles every year. Thus, companies who own 1TB of data today will own 32TB in five years. Storage networks help to tame such data quantities and to manage this data growth efficiently. Since stored data and information are the biggest asset of any company, anyone who is involved in the planning or the operation of IT systems requires a basic knowledge of the principle and the use of storage networks. Storage Networks Explained covers the fundaments, techniques and functions of storage networks...

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Managing and Optimizing VMware vSphere® Deployments

Managing and Optimizing VMware vSphere® Deployments

By: Sean Crookston; Harley Stagner

Publisher: VMware Press

Publication Date: 24-JUL-2012

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Managing and Optimizing VMware vSphere® Deployments The Complete Guide to Planning, Deploying, and Operating  High-Performance VMware vSphere 5 Virtual Infrastructure To make the most of VMware’s vSphere 5, IT professionals need knowledge, tips, and insights they’ll  never find in the manuals–or in any book, until now! In Managing and Optimizing VMware vSphere Deployments, two world-class VMware experts offer start-to-finish lessons for vSphere planning, implementation, operation, management, and troubleshooting: expert insights drawn from their unsurpassed  "in-the-trenches" consulting...

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IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Versions 5.4 and 5.5 Technical Guide

IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Versions 5.4 and 5.5 Technical Guide

By: Charlotte Brooks; Andre Gaschler; Alv Jon Hovda; Craig McAllister; Norbert Pott

Publisher: IBM Redbooks

Publication Date: 23-MAY-2008

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This IBM® Redbooks® publication provides details of changes, updates, and new functions in IBM Tivoli® Storage Manager Version 5.4, and Version 5.5. We cover all the new functions of Tivoli Storage Manager that have become available since the publication of IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Version 5.3 Technical Guide, SG24-6638.This book is for customers, consultants, IBM Business Partners, and IBM and Tivoli staff who are familiar with earlier releases of Tivoli Storage Manager and who want to understand what is new in Version 5.4 and Version 5.5. Hence, since we target an experienced audience, we...

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Tivoli Storage Manager V6.1 Technical Guide

Tivoli Storage Manager V6.1 Technical Guide

By: Mary Lovelace; Gerd Becker; Dan Edwards; Shayne Gardener; Mikael Lindstrom; Craig McAllister; Norbert Pott

Publisher: IBM Redbooks

Publication Date: 31-DEC-2009

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This IBM® Redbooks® publication provides details of changes, updates, and new functions in IBM Tivoli® Storage Manager Version 6.1. We cover all the new functions of Tivoli Storage Manager that have become available since the publication of IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Version 5.4 and Version 5.5 Technical Guide, SG24-7447.This book is for customers, consultants, IBM Business Partners, and IBM and Tivoli staff who are familiar with earlier releases of Tivoli Storage Manager and who want to understand what is new in Version 6.1. Hence, because we target an experienced audience, we use certain...

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IBM System Storage N series Multiprotocol Use Guide

IBM System Storage N series Multiprotocol Use Guide

By: Alex Osuna; Gary R. Nunn; Ellie Berriman

Publisher: IBM Redbooks

Publication Date: 04-SEP-2007

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Many customer sites need to access data from both Windows and UNIX clients. For these environments, Data ONTAP has native multiprotocol support. After the user is authenticated on the network, if the user has both appropriate share or export permissions and the necessary file permissions, the user can access all data from UNIX hosts using NFS or from Windows hosts using CIFS.IBM System Storage N series allows users to access data from both types of clients by supporting multiple security models.This IBM Redbooks publication discusses those models in detail. It can help storage administrators...

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Automating vSphere: With VMware vCenter Orchestrator

Automating vSphere: With VMware vCenter Orchestrator

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Publisher: VMware Press

Publication Date: 02-MAR-2012

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Unleash the Power of vCenter Orchestrator to Automate Tasks and Improve Efficiency Today, VMware administrators are responsible for far more infrastructure, servers, and services than ever before. To succeed, they must take full advantage of opportunities to automate and orchestrate their vSphere environments. In Automating vSphere with VMware vCenter Orchestrator, three-time vExpert Cody Bunch shows how to utilize VMware vCenter Orchestrator (vCO) 4.2 to achieve far higher levels of operational efficiency and effectiveness. Bunch reveals what vCO can do, walks through each step of...

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IBM System Storage DS3500 Introduction and Implementation Guide

IBM System Storage DS3500 Introduction and Implementation Guide

By: Sangam Racherla; Reza Fanaei Aghdam; Hartmut Lonzer; L G (Len) O'Neill; Mario Rodriguez; Vaclav Sindelar; Alexander (Al) Watson

Publisher: IBM Redbooks

Publication Date: 20-MAY-2011

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This IBM® Redbooks® publication introduces the IBM System Storage® DS3500, providing an overview of its design and specifications, and describing in detail how to set up, configure, and administer it. This edition covers updates and functions available with the DS3500 Storage Manager Version 10.70 (firmware level 7.70). IBM has combined best-of-breed development with leading 6 Gbps host interface and drive technology in the IBM System Storage DS3500 Express. With its simple, efficient, and flexible approach to storage, the DS3500 is a cost-effective, fully integrated complement to System x®...

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Implementing the IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller V6.1

Implementing the IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller V6.1

By: Jon Tate; Angelo Bernasconi; Alexandre Chabrol; Peter Crowhurst; Frank Enders; Ian MacQuarrie

Publisher: IBM Redbooks

Publication Date: 16-MAY-2011

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This IBM® Redbooks® publication is a detailed technical guide to the IBM System Storage® SAN Volume Controller (SVC) Version 6.1.0. SAN Volume Controller is a virtualization appliance solution which maps virtualized volumes that are visible to hosts and applications to physical volumes on storage devices. Each server within the storage area network (SAN) has its own set of virtual storage addresses that are mapped to physical addresses. If the physical addresses change, the server continues running using the same virtual addresses that it had before. Therefore, volumes or storage can be...

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XIV Storage System: Host Attachment and Interoperability

XIV Storage System: Host Attachment and Interoperability

By: Bertrand Dufrasne; Valerius Diener; Roger Eriksson; Wilhelm Gardt; Jana Jamsek; Nils Nause; Markus Oscheka; Carlo Saba; Eugene Tsypin; William (Kip) Wagner; Alexander Warmuth; Axel Westphal; Ralf Wohlfarth

Publisher: IBM Redbooks

Publication Date: 14-APR-2011

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This IBM® Redbooks® publication provides information for attaching the XIV® Storage System to various host operating system platforms, or in combination with databases and other storage oriented application software. The book also presents and discusses solutions for combining the XIV Storage System with other storage platforms, host servers, or gateways. The goal is to give an overview of the versatility and compatibility of the XIV Storage System with a variety of platforms and environments. The information presented here is not meant as a replacement or substitute for the Host...

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Implementing IBM Storage Data Deduplication Solutions

Implementing IBM Storage Data Deduplication Solutions

By: Alex Osuna; Eva Balogh; Alexandre Ramos Galante de Carvalho; Rucel F. Javier; Zohar Mann

Publisher: IBM Redbooks

Publication Date: 24-MAR-2011

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Until now, the only way to capture, store, and effectively retain constantly growing amounts of enterprise data was to add more disk space to the storage infrastructure, an approach that can quickly become cost-prohibitive as information volumes continue to grow and capital budgets for infrastructure do not. In this IBM® Redbooks® publication, we introduce data deduplication, which has emerged as a key technology in dramatically reducing the amount of, and therefore the cost associated with storing, large amounts of data. Deduplication is the art of intelligently reducing storage needs...

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IBM System Storage DS8000 Host Attachment and Interoperability

IBM System Storage DS8000 Host Attachment and Interoperability

By: Bertrand Dufrasne; Doug Acuff; Pat Atkinson; Urban Biel; Hans Paul Drumm; Jana Jamsek; Peter Kimmel; Gero Schmidt; Alexander Warmuth

Publisher: IBM Redbooks

Publication Date: 25-MAR-2011

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This IBM® Redbooks® publication addresses host attachment and interoperability considerations for the IBM System Storage® DS8000® series. Within this book, you can find information about the most popular host operating systems platforms, including Windows®, AIX®, VIOS, Linux®, Solaris, HP-UX and the IBM z/OS®. The topics covered in this book target administrators or other technical personnel with working knowledge of storage systems and a general understanding of open systems. You can use this book as guidance when installing, attaching, and configuring System Storage DS8000. The...

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Implementing the IBM System Storage SAN32B-E4 Encryption Switch

Implementing the IBM System Storage SAN32B-E4 Encryption Switch

By: Jon Tate; Uwe Dubberke; Michael Engelbrecht

Publisher: IBM Redbooks

Publication Date: 07-MAR-2011

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This IBM® Redbooks® publication covers the IBM System Storage® SAN32B-E4 Encryption Switch, which is a high-performance stand-alone device designed to protect data-at-rest in mission-critical environments. In addition to helping IT organizations achieve compliance with regulatory mandates and meeting industry standards for data confidentiality, the SAN32B-E4 Encryption Switch also protects them against potential litigation and liability following a reported breach. Data is one of the most highly valued resources in a competitive business environment. Protecting that data, controlling access...

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Multimedia Information Storage and Retrieval: Techniques and Technologies

Multimedia Information Storage and Retrieval: Techniques and Technologies

By: Philip K.C Tse

Publisher: IGI Global

Publication Date: 30-APR-2008

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"Since multimedia systems are required to store and manipulate a variety of media types -- including text, graphics, images, sound, audio, and video among many others -- applications such as video-on-demand systems, interactive television, and video conferencing are becoming widely available at warp speed. This presents new challenges and obstacles to those in the multimedia industry. Multimedia Information Storage and Retrieval: Techniques and Technologies offers solutions to these challenges, providing data placement techniques, scheduling methods, caching techniques and emerging...

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IBM System Storage DS8800 Architecture and Implementation

IBM System Storage DS8800 Architecture and Implementation

By: Bertrand Dufrasne; Doug Acuff; Pat Atkinson; Urban Biel; Hans Paul Drumm; Jana Jamsek; Peter Kimmel; Gero Schmidt; Alexander Warmuth

Publisher: IBM Redbooks

Publication Date: 21-JAN-2011

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This IBM® Redbooks® publication describes the concepts, architecture, and implementation of the IBM System Storage® DS8800 storage subsystem. The book provides reference information to assist readers who need to plan for, install, and configure the DS8800. The IBM System Storage DS8800 is the most advanced model in the IBM DS8000® lineup. It introduces IBM POWER6+™-based controllers, with a dual two-way or dual four-way processor complex implementations. It and also features enhanced, 8 Gpbs, device adapters and host adapters. The DS8800 is equipped with high-density storage...

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N series Data Motion

N series Data Motion

By: Alex Osuna; Larry Touchette; Roger Weeks; Preetom Goswami

Publisher: IBM Redbooks

Publication Date: 23-AUG-2010

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As customers and service providers begin to consolidate more and more applications and workloads onto shared storage infrastructures, it becomes increasingly difficult to coordinate outages for planned downtime for things, such as hardware refreshes. This difficulty is because many users, groups, or customers might be using the shared storage infrastructure at the same time. Users expect these infrastructures to be available 24/7, so it is imperative that service outages that are required for storage life-cycle management, cost/service-level optimization, and any other planned downtime do...

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IBM Information Archive Architecture and Deployment

IBM Information Archive Architecture and Deployment

By: Bertrand Dufrasne; Frank Boerner; Andreas Feldner; Roland Hoppe; Kai Nunnemann; Daniel Wendler; Rene Wuellenweber

Publisher: IBM Redbooks

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This IBM® Redbooks® publication can help you understand, configure, monitor, and use IBM Information Archive. As you address your information retention needs, whether keeping valuable content for long periods of time, meeting industry retention regulations, or addressing corporate governance, you need an archiving solution that is secure, scalable, but also cost-effective. IBM Information Archive is the next-generation information retention solution designed as a universal archiving repository for all types of content to help midsize and enterprise clients reduce cost, manage risk, and...