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Virtual Data Center eZine - Vol.5
EZINE: According to the Data Center Decisions 2008 Purchasing Intentions Survey, server selection and disaster recovery (DR) are front-burner issues for data center decision makers.
Posted: 24 Sep 2012 | Published: 31 Oct 2008


E-Guide: Decoding DR: Selecting the right vendors and strategy for your implementation
EGUIDE: Disaster recovery (DR) isn’t simple – but it isn’t optional, either. The truth of the matter is that a catastrophe-battered organization without a DR solution in place won’t survive. This e-guide provides straightforward guidelines for choosing vendors, determining must-have components and structuring essential plans for DR.
Posted: 03 Nov 2011 | Published: 03 Nov 2011


E-Guide: Recovering from IT disaster: What’s really causing your outage?
EGUIDE: Most IT disasters have nothing to do with the hurricanes, earthquakes, and floods that can wipe out a facility. In fact, studies show that hardware failure is the number one reason for DR declarations.  This e-guide describes common DR misconceptions and consequences, and provides backup and testing suggestions for optimal recovery.
Posted: 02 Nov 2011 | Published: 02 Nov 2011


E-Guide: Disaster Recovery Planning for Health care Providers
EGUIDE: For hospitals, timely access to patient data is critical for maintaining normal operations during a natural or man-made disaster. This e-guide will help health care providers create and implement effective disaster recovery and business continuity plans -- complete with advice from providers who had to put those plans into action.
Posted: 02 Nov 2011 | Published: 02 Nov 2011


E-Guide: Selecting the data backup option that is right for you
EGUIDE: It is ultimately up to each individual health care facility to determine the data backup options that best suit their needs, so long as the overall solution adheres to regulatory requirements.Access this e-guide for an overview of pros and cons of different types of backups.
Posted: 02 Nov 2011 | Published: 02 Nov 2011


E-Guide: Tips for thin provisioning storage in a health care setting
EGUIDE: As health care IT seeks to find ways to cut costs everywhere, it will be forced to aggressively adopt primary storage optimization technologies such as thin provisioning. Learn more inside this exclusive e-guide.
Posted: 28 Oct 2011 | Published: 27 Oct 2011


Dell Fluid Data Helps BioWare Stay Ahead of the Game
WHITE PAPER: BioWare, a leading developer of console, PC and online role-playing games, is keenly aware of how critical data can be to the bottom line. The company implemented a data center virtualization solution based on the Dell Compellent Storage Center SAN with Dell Fluid Data technology and VMware server virtualization software. Read now to learn more.
Posted: 27 Oct 2011 | Published: 27 Oct 2011


FAQ Guide: Auto Tiering Crucial to Storage Efficiency
EGUIDE: This expert E-Guide featuring Jeff Boles, senior analyst at Taneja Group, discusses the importance of auto tiering in storage today.
Posted: 26 Oct 2011 | Published: 26 Oct 2011


Deliver Dynamic Business Continuity for the Enterprise with Dell Compellent Live Volume
WHITE PAPER: Access this white paper to learn about an innovative platform that can help your business minimize downtime, balance workloads, and easily shift resources across the cloud.
Posted: 17 Oct 2011 | Published: 17 Oct 2011


E-Guide: Using a virtualized server environment to address HIPAA compliance
EGUIDE: In an ever-digitized storage environment, there can be an array of threats posed to patient medical records. Amidst all of these concerns, how can you be sure which virtual server environment is right for you? In this exclusive e-guide, learn how one company successfully took the leap to a virtualized server environment.
Posted: 14 Oct 2011 | Published: 14 Oct 2011


E-Guide: Building on SANs: Getting the most from virtualized storage
EGUIDE: How can you be sure that you are making the most of your virtualized system? Not only should your network be organized and easy to navigate, but it should work for you in terms of lowered costs and increased productivity. In this e-guide, learn about SAN technologies and how they can be utilized to the outmost extent in the health care setting.
Posted: 14 Oct 2011 | Published: 14 Oct 2011


PCI Express extender approach I/O virtualization
EGUIDE: What’s the latest around the PCI Express extender approach to I/O virtualization? Check out this SearchVirtualStorage.com interview as George Crump, lead analyst for Storage Switzerland, discusses using PCIe bus extenders to implement I/O virtualization.
Posted: 14 Oct 2011 | Published: 11 Oct 2011


E-Guide: Key components to a virtual disaster recovery solution
EGUIDE: In businesses nationwide, IT infrastructures have been growing rapidly – leading to extensive sprawl. In terms of disaster recovery, this spells mayhem. This e-guide suggests virtualization as a potential solution and explains why hot sites, bandwidth, and testing are essential components of any virtual disaster recovery plan.
Posted: 13 Oct 2011 | Published: 13 Oct 2011


Presentation Transcript: Storage Virtualization Technology Pros and Cons
PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: In this SearchStorage.com podcast transcript, Marc Staimer discusses the ins and outs of storage virtualization technology. Find out the pros and cons of storage virtualization, when to rule out storage virtualization in your environment, and how to decide between file-based or block-based storage virtualization in your data center.
Posted: 13 Oct 2011 | Published: 12 Oct 2011


Presentation Transcript: Reducing Your Data Footprint
PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: In this presentation transcript Greg Shulz, founder and senior analyst at StorageIO Group, discusses how storage managers can reduce their data footprint.
Posted: 12 Oct 2011 | Published: 10 Oct 2011


Implementing Fibre Channel SANs in a virtual server environment
EGUIDE: This Q&A featuring VMware expert Eric Siebert divulges the advantages and disadvantages of implementing FC SANs to support your virtual server platform.
Posted: 11 Oct 2011 | Published: 11 Oct 2011


Using iSCSI for virtual server environments
EGUIDE: In this interview, Mike Laverick, a VMware expert, discusses the pros and cons of using iSCSI for virtual server environments. Find out the proper steps you should take when implementing iSCSI in your virtual environment, how to configure iSCSI in vSphere and how to test the performance of an iSCSI storage device.
Posted: 11 Oct 2011 | Published: 11 Oct 2011


VDI Storage: Capacity and performance requirements for VDI implementation
EGUIDE: This SearchVirtualStorage.com VDI FAQ guide can help you by outlining how to design your VDI solution, the impact VDI has on storage, how to solve capacity and performance problems in a VDI environment and more.
Posted: 11 Oct 2011 | Published: 11 Oct 2011


Tiered Storage Tutorial
EGUIDE: Storage administrators are increasingly revisiting tiered storage strategies to lower asset and operational costs, and to improve application performance. This expert e-guide from SearchStorage.com provides all of the information you need about trends and new emerging technologies in tiered storage.
Posted: 11 Oct 2011 | Published: 11 Oct 2011


Recovering from a disaster: Over 40 tips and steps to take
EGUIDE: DR plans must be flexible and scalable to address a wide range of things that can go wrong. This exclusive SearchDisasterRecovery.com E-Guide provides you with everything disaster recovery from A-Z - including over 40 tips and steps to help ensure your DR plan functions successfully.
Posted: 11 Oct 2011 | Published: 11 Oct 2011


E-Guide: Storage Efficiency Steps That Reduce Your Data Footprint
EGUIDE: This E-Guide from SearchStorage.com outlines how to maximize your data storage capacity with different storage tools and techniques that improve your storage efficiency. Tools discussed include automated storage tiering, SSD, deduplication and more.
Posted: 07 Oct 2011 | Published: 07 Oct 2011


Five Considerations for Efficient Storage Virtualization
EGUIDE: Virtualization is mainly associated with servers, but in fact, storage systems are really the vital factors that determine deployment success. Access this white paper to learn how to optimize your virtualization deployment through storage efficiency.
Posted: 05 Oct 2011 | Published: 05 Oct 2011


Disaster Recovery Planning and Network Services
EGUIDE: In this FAQ, Carrie Higbie, global director for data center solutions at the Siemon Company, discusses the role of network services in DR planning.
Posted: 04 Oct 2011 | Published: 03 Oct 2011


Automated Tiered Storage Claims its Space in the Storage Market
EGUIDE: This SearchStorage.com E-Guide outlines how vendors are implementing this technology, and in particular what automated tiered storage approach they’re taking for solid-state drive.
Posted: 04 Oct 2011 | Published: 03 Oct 2011


Virtual Data Center E-Zine Volume 20: Critical Decisions for Virtualization Storage
EZINE: In this expert e-zine, find out how to use ROI and VARs to make the case for virtualization so you can start taking advantage of today's newest technologies. Also, get tips on using the Open Virtualization Format tool and learn how to plan storage for virtual environments.
Posted: 30 Sep 2011 | Published: 30 Sep 2011