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Examining Storage Built for Virtual Servers
EBOOK: Access this guide to learn what products classify as VM-aware storage, how they're implemented in virtual environments and what benefits they can bring to storage and virtualization administrators.
Posted: 06 Mar 2015 | Published: 06 Mar 2015


Allocating and Configuring Storage for Virtual Machines
ESSENTIAL GUIDE: This drill-down on allocating and configuring virtual machine storage provides storage admins with some best practices to configure virtual machine storage in their virtualized data centers. Read on to learn more.
Posted: 23 Sep 2013 | Published: 23 Sep 2013


Hyper-converged Infrastructure Options Should Match Your Workload Needs
EZINE: This expert handbook will help you plan accordingly and align your HCI options with your workload and business needs. Read on to future-proof your investment and ensure you choose the most suitable HCI hardware, nodes, and appliance.
Posted: 01 Jul 2019 | Published: 01 Jul 2019


Making the case for converged and hyper-converged infrastructure
EBOOK: This e-book from the experts at SearchConvergedInfrastructure.com helps you make the case for converged and hyper-converged in your organization. Read on to access a package of articles that will help you sell HCI to upper management, prep your environment for HCI platform installation, and more.
Posted: 17 Jan 2018 | Published: 17 Jan 2018


Storage Handbook: Get Hyped for Top Hyper-converged Technology Use Cases
EBOOK: Download your issue of Storage Handbook now to discover which workloads are best run on HCI—VDI and beyond—as well as which workloads to avoid, as you implement. Additionally, learn how to unlock the key to HCI success in SMBs, and more.
Posted: 25 Apr 2017 | Published: 25 Apr 2017


Software-Defined Mantra Sizzles, but Often Lacks Steak
EBOOK: Software-defined technology has been around for years, but enterprises are still getting used to it. Hyper-converged systems come as software-only or preinstalled turnkey hardware.
Posted: 12 Sep 2016 | Published: 12 Sep 2016


Buyer's Checklist: Hyper-Converged Storage
EBOOK: In this buyer's checklist, learn how hyper-converged systems differ from traditional storage systems and find insights into some of their unique features, as well as guidance for evaluating, purchasing and deploying these systems.
Posted: 14 Jul 2016 | Published: 14 Jul 2016


Hyper-Converged Choice Rests on Flash, Management
EBOOK: With technology as new as hyper-convergence, how can you cut through vendor noise and find the best system? Offering an overview of available options, top considerations for evaluation and a checklist of key considerations, use this guide to help you find the perfect hyper-converged solution for your business.
Posted: 04 Mar 2016 | Published: 04 Mar 2016


Buying Tips forHyper-Converged Infrastructure
EBOOK: Before entering the hyper-convergence market, you have to know what vendors are out there and what products they offer. You'll find a crowded marketplace of vendors and products.
Posted: 07 Jan 2016 | Published: 07 Jan 2016


Hyper-Convergence: Infrastructure in a Box
EBOOK: This handbook will provide an overview of the hyper-converged market as it stands today to help you decide whether the technology might be beneficial to your environment. Read on to learn about the potential benefits and drawbacks so that you can make an informed decision.
Posted: 10 Nov 2015 | Published: 10 Nov 2015


Ease VM Storage With Converged and Cloud Options
EBOOK: Find out how converged and hyper-converged solutions are delivering an increased level of consistency for today's IT infrastructures by packaging key features of the data center that are designed to go together and also learn how the cloud is being used to optimize these converged workloads.
Posted: 15 May 2015 | Published: 15 May 2015


Techniques and Tips to Optimize Storage for Virtual Environments
EBOOK: This expert eBook chapter explores the virtual machine (VM) storage approach. Read on to learn about the technologies and processes that yield the best results for virtual server storage.
Posted: 13 Apr 2015 | Published: 13 Apr 2015


Tips and Tricks to Make VMware Storage More Efficient
EBOOK: Configuring storage for VMware places new demands on the existing storage environment. Our experts describe how to get the most out of any VMware storage implementation.
Posted: 18 Sep 2014 | Published: 18 Sep 2014


Buyer's Checklist to Purpose-Built Storage for Virtual Servers
EBOOK: This Buyer's Checklist on Purpose-Built Storage for Virtual Servers describes how these storage systems differ from traditional arrays, provides insights into some of their unique features and offers guidance on evaluating, purchasing and deploying these storage systems.
Posted: 02 May 2014 | Published: 02 May 2014


Storage Plays a Key Role in VDI Success
EBOOK: When deploying VDI, configuring storage takes center stage. We offer advice on capacity and performance levels, and the right mix of hard disk drives and solid-state storage.
Posted: 16 Apr 2014 | Published: 16 Apr 2014


Buyer's Checklist to Purpose-Built Storage for Virtual Servers
WHITE PAPER: In this buyer's checklist, we describe how the performance, scalability, and data protection capabilities of hypervisor-aware storage systems differ from older platforms, as well as explore the 5 categories of hypervisor-aware systems on the market today.
Posted: 14 Mar 2014 | Published: 19 Mar 2014


Tap Into Hyper-V's Advanced Features
EBOOK: This handbook is designed to provide data storage professionals with best practices on how manage their Hyper-V deployments. Read on to learn real-world tips from experienced IT analysts and Hyper-V specialists on how to provision and allocate resources, as well how to treat your Hyper-V deployment as a private cloud.
Posted: 20 Dec 2013 | Published: 20 Dec 2013


Storage for VMware: Ch. 3 – Troubleshooting
EBOOK: This expert e-book outlines today's major VMware performance tuning points and asks storage pros to consider everything from network interface cards to CPU-related performance and SSDs as a tool for improving performance. Learn the fundamentals of troubleshooting storage performance issues in a VMware environment with exclusive how-to advice.
Posted: 23 Sep 2013 | Published: 23 Sep 2013


Storage for VMware: Ch. 1 – Architectural Choices
EBOOK: This ebook offers practical tips and expert analysis on topics such as migration, thin provisioning and vStorage APIs.   Access it now to outline your VMware storage strategy and make the most of your virtualized environment.
Posted: 08 Aug 2013 | Published: 31 Jul 2013


Virtual Server Backup
ESSENTIAL GUIDE: This expert resource describes the available virtual server backup alternatives, provides best-use cases and offers cost analyses for each option.
Posted: 05 Jul 2013 | Published: 05 Jul 2013


Managing Your VDI Storage Costs
EBOOK: This handbook offers practical guidance, covering everything from choosing between solid-state drives and SATA drives, persistent versus stateless desktops, and where and how to use data reduction technologies.
Posted: 18 Jun 2013 | Published: 18 Jun 2013