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Sponsors of the 2012 Storage Developer Conference Included:

| BIG DATA | ||||
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| Object Storage - Key to Big Data Infrastructure Download | Big Data and the Evolution of Tape Technologies Download | Accelerating Hadoop with Data Optimization Download | ||
| BLOCK PROTOCOL | ||||
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| SAS and SCSI Technology Advancements Download | iSCSI: Backing Blocks with Files Download Watch Video | Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) Download | ||
| VN2VN: A New Framework for L2 DAS Download | ||||
| CLOUD | ||||
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| Cloud File System and Cloud Data Management Interface (CDMI) Download | Open Source Droplet Project Update with S3 and SNIA CDMI Support Download | Overcoming Challenges & Best Practices for Interoperability Testing of CDMI Download | ||
| CDMI Extensions Download | CDMI Federations, Year 3 Download | CDMI Support for Object Storage in Cloud storage Download | ||
| Openstack Object Storage Overview Pending | Bridging POSIX-like APIs and Cloud Storage Download | Data Integrity in the Cloud Download | ||
| Optimizing Sequence Alignment in Cloud Using Hadoop and MPP Database Download | NoSQL in the Clouds with Windows Azure Table Download | A Simple Open Source Cloud Storage System Download | ||
| How to Store Data to the Cloud without Giving the Cloud Anything Download | Erasure Coding in Windows Azure Storage Download | Improving Cloud Storage Cost and Data Resiliency with Erasure Codes Download | ||
| Rainy Days & Boot Storms Always Get Me Down (Evaluating Clouds: What You Need to Know) Download Watch Video | ||||
| DEDUPE | ||||
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| Primary Data Deduplication in Windows Server 8 Download | Prequel: Distributed Caching for the Masses Download | Storage Efficiency in Clustered Storage Environment Download | ||
| FILE SYSTEMS | ||||
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| Archive eXchange Format (AXF) - An Open Standards-Based Approach to Long Term Content Archiving and Preservation Download | Object Oriented Storage and the End of File-Level Restores Download | Scalable, Reliable, and Efficient Object Storage for Hadoop Download | ||
| Implementing HDFS as a Protocol on OneFS Download | Scaling an Index to the Exabytes Download | What the Evolving Apache Hadoop Ecosystem Will Mean for Storage Developers Download | ||
| GlusterFS Challenges and Futures Download | A Case Study of an Object Storage Grid Using Tahoe - LAFS Download | Linux File and Storage Systems: Challenges and Futures DownloadWatch Video | ||
| The Btrfs Filesystem PENDING | Scaling Storage to the Cloud and Beyond with Ceph Download Watch Video | ReFS - Next Generation File System for Windows DownloadWatch Video | ||
| HARDWARE | ||||
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| Energy Efficiency Metrics for Storage Download | Getting the Most from Your Hadoop Nodes Download | InfiniBand Technology and Usage Update Download Watch Video | ||
| Tiered Storage and Caching Decisions Download | A Method to Handle IOs Between Two Arrays with Different Performance Capabilities Download | |||
| KEYNOTE AND FEATURED SPEAKERS | ||||
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| Unified Storage for the Private Cloud Download Watch Video | Windows File and Storage Directions Download Watch Video | Linux Filesystems: Details on Recent Developments in Linux Filesystems and Storage Download Watch Video | ||
| Non-volatile Memory in the Storage Hierarchy: Opportunities and Challenge DownloadWatch Video | Building Next Generation Cloud Networks for Big Data Applications Pending Watch Video | Storage Systems for Shingled Disks Download Watch Video | ||
| The Big Deal of Big Data to Big Storage Download Watch Video | The Evolving Apache Hadoop Eco System - What It Means for Big Data Analytics and Storage Developers Download | SSSI PCIe Round Table - A look at Emerging PCIe Technologies Download Watch Video | ||
| NFS | ||||
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| NFSv4 Protocol Development Download | NFSv4.1 Architecture and Tradeoffs in Windows Server 2012 Download | NFSv4.1 Server Protocol Compliance, Security, Performance and Scalability Testing: Implement the RFC, Going Beyond POSIX Interop! Download | ||
| Scaling Oracle with pNFS: Improving Database Efficiency for Scale-out Architecture Download | ||||
| PERFORMANCE/WORKLOAD | ||||
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| Hyper-V Storage Performance and Scaling Download | The Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Storage Behaviors and Requirements Download | SQL Server: Understanding the Application/Data Workload, and Designing Storage Products to Match Desired Characteristics for Better Performance Download | ||
| The Future of Protocol and SMB2/3 Analysis Download | ||||
| SECURITY IDENTITY | ||||
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| Local Accounts and Privileges in Likewise Storage Server Download | Identity Mapping in the OneFS Clustered File System Download | |||
| SMB/SMB2/SMB3 | ||||
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| Linux CIFS/SMB2 Kernel Clients - A Year In Review Download | Multiuser CIFS Mounts Download | SMB 3.0 ( Because 3 > 2 ) Download | ||
| Understanding Hyper-V over SMB 3.0 Through Specific Test Cases Download | Continuously Available SMB – Observations and Lessons Learned Download | Status of SMB2/SMB3 Development in Samba Download | ||
| The Evolution of Asynchronous IO in Samba Download | Implementing Quality-of-Service Using SMB2 Crediting Download | AD Everywhere: Active Directory Where You Wouldn't Expect It, using Samba 4.0 Download | ||
| SMB 3, Hyper-V and ONTAP Download | Design and Implementation of SMB Locking in a Clustered File System Download | Testing Async SMB Samba Download | ||
| Techniques for Debugging File Protocol Performance Issues Download | High Performance File Serving with SMB3 and RDMA via the SMBDirect Protocol Download | SMB 3.0 Application End-to-End Performance Download | ||
| Testing 'Continous Available' File Servers - An end-to-end service viewpoint Download | ||||
| SOLID STATE STORAGE | ||||
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| PCI Express Impact on Storage Architectures and Future Data Centers Download | How Many IOPS is Enough Download | I/O Virtualization – Enabling New Architectures in the Data Center for Server and I/O Connectivity Download | ||
| NVM Express - Delivering Breakthrough PCIe SSD Performance and Scalability Download | Programming Models to Enable Persistent Memory Download | Exploiting the Benefits of Direct Native Programming Access to Non-Volatile Memory Devices Download | ||
| The Solid State Storage (R-)Evolution Download | Making Sense of the SSD Jungle for Relational Databases Download | PCIe SSD devices - A Year Later Download Watch Video | ||
| PCI Express IO Virtualization Overview Download | Building Commercial Storage Systems from Consumer SSDs Download Watch Video | Revisiting Storage for Smartphones Download | ||
| Intelligent Controllers at the Heart of Modern Solid State Storage Designs Download | SAS SSDs – Building Blocks for High-Performance Storage Download | Is MLC Ready for the Enterprise? Download | ||
| STORAGE MANAGEMENT | ||||
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| NAS Management using Microsoft Corporation System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager and SMI-S Download | Service Level Objectives for Storage Solutions with Different Application Download | Experiences Evolving SmarterILM Download | ||
| State of SMI-S Download | ||||
| VIRTUALIZATION | ||||
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| Making a Virtualized Storage System Into Storage for Virtual Platforms – One Company’s Journey Download | Storage Spaces - Next Generation Virtualized Storage for Windows Download | How Can Hypervisors Leverage Advanced Storage Features? Download | ||
| Block Storage and Fabric Management Using Microsoft System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager and SMI-S Download | ||||