EGUIDE - You need modern storage that is simpler, more agile, and grows along with your business. Check out this expert E-Guide to explore 8 green storage best practices that increase energy efficiency while reducing your costs.
Posted: May 1, 2012 | Published: April 24, 2012


Topics:  RAID | Solid State Disks | Storage Best Practices | Storage Efficiency | Storage Optimization | Storage Provisioning

EGUIDE - Rapid data growth has made it difficult for storage systems to support high performance computing (HPC) environments. This expert e-guide explains how multi-path network file system technology can meet HPC requirements and provides best practices for proper deployment.
Posted: April 19, 2012 | Published: April 19, 2012


Topics:  High Performance Computing | iSCSI SAN | Parallel Processing | RAID | Storage Appliances | Storage Capacity | Storage Infrastructure

WHITE PAPER - Virtual desktops may make management easier, but you have to make sure you have the right storage in place. Check out this 2-page white paper for an overview of storage-allocation tactics and technologies that will help you fully reap the cost and efficiency benefits that VDI promises.
Posted: April 19, 2012 | Published: April 19, 2012


Topics:  Data Compression | Data Deduplication | Disk Storage Systems | RAID | Storage Capacity | Storage Consolidation | Storage Provisioning | VDI | Virtual Desktop Infrastructure

EZINE - This issue of the high performance computing (HPC) e-zine takes a closer look at the latest advances in file systems and the impact they are having on the HPC community. Find out how HPC architectures have evolved over time and obtain best practices for properly implementing Multi Path File Systems (MPFS).
Posted: March 27, 2012 | Published: March 27, 2012


Topics:  Backups | Gigabit Ethernet | High Performance Computing | High Performance Parallel Interface | iSCSI Protocol | iSCSI SAN | LAN | RAID | Storage Appliances

EGUIDE - Check out this E-Guide to learn about a viable and now cost-effective storage solution – NAS and what you should consider when evaluating this product for purchase. Also discover what Dell’s VP has to say about scale-out NAS and more.
Posted: March 20, 2012 | Published: March 20, 2012


Topics:  Data Compression | Disk Drives | Disk Storage Systems | NAS | NAS Software | RAID | Storage Capacity | Storage Controllers | Storage Optimization

ESSENTIAL GUIDE - This Computer Weekly buyer’s guide to server virtualisation looks at the potential barriers to successful virtualisation and how they can be overcome.
Posted: March 9, 2012 | Published: March 9, 2012


Topics:  Chassis | Data Center Consolidation | Energy Efficiency | Linux | RAID | SAN and Virtualization | Server Virtualization | Server Virtualization Software | Storage Consolidation | Storage for Virtualized Servers | Storage Virtualization | Storage Virtualization Software | Virtual Desktop Infrastructure | VMware

ANALYST BRIEF - Ovum analyses data growth, big data, disk shortages, public cloud storage, flash memory, and other storage trends.
Posted: February 9, 2012 | Published: February 9, 2012


Topics:  Cloud Computing | Cloud Storage | Cloud Storage Strategy | Data Analytics | Data Centers | Data Storage | Disk Drives | Flash Memory | RAID | SAN | Storage Appliances | Storage Devices | Storage Hardware | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Media | Storage Systems | Storage Virtualization

EGUIDE - Business-Ready Configurations for Virtualization are a reference architecture family of products designed to aid in the ordering, deployment, and maintenance of a virtualization infrastructure. These architectures are designed to meet specific customer needs. Read on to learn more.
Posted: April 8, 2011 | Published: April 8, 2011


Topics:  Data Center Management | IT Infrastructure | Microsoft Hyper-V | RAID | Server Virtualization | Storage for Virtualized Servers | Virtual Machine | VLAN

CASE STUDY - With the pressure and exposure of major international tournaments, Tennis Australia had a compelling need for reliable, easy-to-manage storage that could scale quickly. IBM served up their XIV Storage System, which dramatically reduced downtime, cut costs, and simplified storage management. Read this case study for more.
Posted: March 22, 2011 | Published: March 22, 2011


Topics:  RAID | SAN | Storage Management | Storage Provisioning | Storage Resource Management | Storage Virtualization

WHITE PAPER - Oracle's Sun ZFS Storage software is the key ingredient that enables Oracle's Sun ZFS Storage Appliances to deliver unmatched simplicity, ease-of-use, increased storage efficiency, and industry leading price/performance.
Posted: March 21, 2011 | Published: December 1, 2010


Topics:  Data Compression | Data Deduplication | Disk Storage Systems | Oracle (Product) | RAID | Storage Appliances | Storage Management | Storage Management Software | Storage Security

WHITE PAPER - This document provides a high-level description of how to implement an RMAN backup and recover methodology using Sun® storage arrays as the storage medium. For more information about Oracle best practices, refer to Best Practices for Running Oracle RAC Database with ASM on a Sun Storage 6540, 6580, or 6780 Storage Array.
Posted: March 21, 2011 | Published: July 1, 2010


Topics:  Backup Software | Backups | Data Recovery | Disk Backups | Disk Storage Systems | Disk-to-Disk Backup | RAID | Storage Management | Storage Systems

WHITE PAPER - This white paper looks at how to match the right storage infrastructure with business size — whether it’s 50, 100 or 250 employees. Organizations must consider their needs and future growth in deciding what storage technology to choose. Find out how Dell and Intel technologies can help businesses of these sizes grows.
Posted: January 28, 2011 | Published: January 27, 2011


Topics:  Fibre Channel SAN | iSCSI SAN | RAID | SAN | SMBs | Storage Hardware | Storage Management | Storage Spending

WHITE PAPER - This paper demonstrates that RAID 6 is less capable to prevent data loss with today's large capacity SATA and SAS HDDs. It will also share Oracle's designs to mitigate this risk. The integrity of customers' data is in jeopardy if these large capacity SATA/SAS HDDs are simply packaged into a RAID 6 group without additional mitigation.
Posted: December 21, 2010 | Published: December 21, 2010


Topics:  Disk Drives | Disk Storage Systems | Hard Disk Drives | Oracle (Product) | RAID | Storage Architectures | Storage Devices | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Management | Storage Management Software

WHITE PAPER - This white paper explores the need for uptime, explains the three components that contribute to uptime, reviews some of the problems with existing enterprise server management, provides a clear definition of clustering, and finally gives an honest explanation of what it can and can’t offer your organization.
Posted: August 9, 2010 | Published: August 9, 2010


Topics:  Clustering | Data Center Management | Fault Management | Fault Tolerance | High Availability | Linux | Open Source | RAID | SAN | Server Management

IT BRIEFING - Access this paper now for a detailed look at the processes that operate at the solution, file system, and system hardware levels of the Quantum’s DXi®-Series disk backup solutions.
Posted: June 7, 2010 | Published: November 25, 2009


Topics:  Backups | Data Deduplication | Disaster Recovery | Disk Backups | Disk Storage Systems | RAID | Storage Systems