Chapter 2: Cloud, Virtualization, and Data Storage Networking Fundamentals
sponsored by Dell and VMware
WHITE PAPER:
There is no such thing as a data or information recession. If you don’t equip your data center with modern storage solutions that can scale and grow accordingly, it could cost you a lot of time, money, and man-hours. This expert white paper explores how to make sure your organization doesn’t get derailed by data growth. Read now to learn more.
Posted: 23 May 2012 | Published: 23 May 2012
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Defining tier one storage criteria in the age of virtualization and cloud
sponsored by HP & Intel
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This report defines "tier-1" storage in the modern IT world and in the data centers and services that support it.
Posted: 16 May 2012 | Published: 16 May 2012
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Considerations for Deploying Deduplication in a Small Business Environment
sponsored by Quantum Corporation
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Deduplication has been one of the hottest technologies in the storage industry for almost three years and has grown into a mainstream technology from the large enterprise down to the small business and remote office. Read this white paper to learn the important questions for SMB managers to ask.
Posted: 10 Dec 2010 | Published: 10 Dec 2010
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6 Tips for Selecting Hard Drives - Gary Watson, CTO, Nexsan
sponsored by Nexsan
WHITE PAPER:
What drives and interface type do you need for your data? Find out how to decide in this white paper.
Posted: 21 May 2012 | Published: 21 May 2012
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Express Disk Storage Systems
sponsored by IBM and Intel
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Explosive data growth and IT complexities are driving the need for greater efficiency across IT organizations. A better disk storage strategy and disk solution from IBM can help midsize businesses manage complexity, increase utilization, simplify operations and more.
Posted: 08 May 2012 | Published: 08 May 2012
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Transitioning from Tape to a Disk Backup Appliance
sponsored by EMC Corporation
EGUIDE:
This SearchStorage.com E-Guide is here to help you make the transition from tape to disk as smooth as possible. Read on as backup expert Brien Posey offers insight into the 7 steps that you need to follow in order to have a fast, stress-free transition.
Posted: 04 May 2012 | Published: 04 May 2012
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Solved: The Mystery of SSD Performance Benchmarking
sponsored by Virident
WEBCAST:
In this free webinar, Enterprise Strategy Group and Virident will reveal the secret to accurately measuring SSD performance in your environment.
Posted: 25 May 2012 | Premieres: 25 May 2012
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Storage Decisions University: SSD Deployment Options
sponsored by SearchStorage.com
VIRTUAL SEMINAR:
In this Storage Decisions University classroom, get a complete overview on the current SSD landscape and the SSD options available for today’s storage managers.
Posted: 31 Jan 2012 | Premiered: 31 Jan 2012
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LTO-5 Drives and Media
sponsored by Spectra Logic Corporation
WEBCAST:
Tape has proved its worth yet again with LTO-5: Find out how to realize a range of benefits including energy efficiency, accessibility and reliability.
Posted: 01 May 2012 | Premiered: 01 May 2012
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Looking beyond LTO-5 with LTO-6 and LTFS
sponsored by Spectra Logic Corporation
WEBCAST:
Learn why and how tape is still a viable storage technology in this video about LTO-6 and LTFS.
Posted: 30 Apr 2012 | Premiered: 30 Apr 2012
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Dell Server Solutions - Server Hardware Configuration
sponsored by Dell, Inc. and Intel
VIDEO:
All Servers are essentially the same, featuring the same basic hardware. The appearance and performance of the hardware in a particular server is what makes the difference. Learn more about Server Hardware such as Processors, Hard Drives, RAM, RAID, and Network Controller Cards in this video.
Posted: 12 Apr 2011 | Premiered: 12 Apr 2011
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Tape Storage Future Directions and the Data Explosion
sponsored by IBM and Intel
WHITE PAPER:
It’s time to bring your views of tape up to date as the future for tape technology has never been brighter. Today’s tape technologies combined with disk technologies in a strategic blended implementation can help users address a myriad of objectives including performance, compliance, security, cost, energy consumption, archive and data protection.
Posted: 08 May 2012 | Published: 08 May 2012
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Essential Guide to solid-state storage implementation choices
sponsored by SearchSolidStateStorage.com
EZINE:
Using solid-state storage technology requires you to make choices, such as primary storage vs. performance cache, storage array vs. PCIe card and MLC vs. SLC. This Essential Guide offers insight into the variety of SSD technologies and implementations today to help you decide what is right for your needs.
Posted: 02 Mar 2012 | Published: 02 Mar 2012
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Integrated High Performance Disk-to-Disk Backup for Oracle Exadata
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
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Read this Oracle white paper for expert insight into disk-to-disk backup for the Oracle Exadata Database Machine with the Sun ZFS storage appliance.
Posted: 13 Jun 2011 | Published: 13 Jun 2011
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Calculating Storage Requirements: Impact of Solid State Drives, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing
sponsored by Dell and VMware
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This paper will help you think through the impact of SSD, virtualization, and cloud computing on your storage planning and needs.
Posted: 19 Apr 2011 | Published: 19 Apr 2011
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Enterprise Storage Trends: SSDs, Capacity Optimization, Auto Tiering
sponsored by Starboard Storage
EGUIDE:
This SearchStorage.com E-Guide dives deep emerging storage trends in 2012, including SSD, capacity optimization tools and unified storage. Read on to see what these technologies can do for your storage environment.
Posted: 17 May 2012 | Published: 17 May 2012
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Storage managers find new capacity needs despite budget growth
sponsored by IBM
EGUIDE:
Despite increased storage budgets, customers are still struggling to manage the proliferation of data. This expert e-guide takes a closer look at the evolving storage landscape and discusses emerging data management tools and predictions for the future.
Posted: 01 May 2012 | Published: 01 May 2012
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IBM Storwize V7000 Unified Disk System
sponsored by Sirius and IBM
WHITE PAPER:
Today's explosive data growth makes managing storage a challenge - access this resource to learn how you can check those complexities and regain control of your infrastructure.
Posted: 18 May 2012 | Published: 18 May 2012
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Protect Your Hard-Copy Records With Strategies From The Experts
sponsored by Iron Mountain
EGUIDE:
Ensuring your vital hard-copy records are protected as part of your disaster recovery strategy isn't something you should do - it's a must. Check out this SearchDisasterRecovery.com E-Guide for today's best practices for protecting hard-copy documents and a breakdown of several strategies by which you can do so. Read on to learn more.
Posted: 09 Mar 2012 | Published: 09 Mar 2012
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E-Guide: Tips for protecting hard-copy records
sponsored by Iron Mountain
EGUIDE:
Do you know why and how you should include hard-copy records in your disaster recovery and business continuity plan?
Posted: 10 May 2012 | Published: 10 May 2012
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Clipper NotesTM: In Search of the Long-Term Archiving Solution – Tape Delivers Significant TCO Advantage over Disk
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
WHITE PAPER:
Putting to rest many of the claims that tape has passed its prime, this Clipper Note from The Clipper Group confirms that tape can be an important cost-saving storage technology for long-term archiving of big files in a tiered storage architecture.
Posted: 11 Mar 2012 | Published: 11 Mar 2012
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Tape Drive Technology Comparison
sponsored by Spectra Logic Corporation
WHITE PAPER:
This white paper is your ticket to understanding the latest that tape technology has to offer. Read on to discover why tape is still plays a valuable role in today's data center.
Posted: 30 Apr 2012 | Published: 30 Apr 2012
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Tape Drive Technology Comparison
sponsored by Spectra Logic Corporation
WHITE PAPER:
Check out this white paper for a breakdown of currently available tape technologies, and discover what upgrades tape has received in order to remain a valuable part of today's data center. Also included is a side-by-side comparison of several of today's tape solutions, and insight as to what challenges still exist regarding tape.
Posted: 09 Apr 2012 | Published: 09 Apr 2012
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E-Guide: NAS Systems Buying Decisions
sponsored by Dell and Microsoft
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: 20 Mar 2012 | Published: 20 Mar 2012
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Analyst Brief: NERSC Case Study On Tape as Cost-Effective and Reliable Solution for Primary Data Storage
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
CASE STUDY:
At the NERSC Center in California, tape is simply seen as extremely efficient, cost-effective, scalable—and reliable—storage. With over 13 PB of data on tape (growing at around 60% p.a.) and decades of history, NERSC has the facts to prove tape’s capabilities; so much so that it does not employ additional copies.
Posted: 27 Jul 2011 | Published: 27 Jul 2011
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Why Solid-State Drives Usage Scenarios Are Expanding for the Datacenter
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
WHITE PAPER:
This paper explains that to accomplish the objectives of making more-efficient use of IT resources, lowering power consumption, and reducing operating expenses, many companies are turning to server consolidation and virtualization efforts—endeavors that increase server CPU utilization and reduce the number of discrete servers in a datacenter.
Posted: 20 Dec 2010 | Published: 20 Dec 2010
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New Drive Technologies Enable Strong Data Protection Strategies: Managing Self-Encrypting Drives in the Enterprise
sponsored by WinMagic
WHITE PAPER:
This white paper examines the importance of self-encrypting drives (SEDs) to ensure the security of all confidential data stored of desktops, laptops, tablets and removable media.
Posted: 07 May 2012 | Published: 07 May 2012
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Storage Europe: December 2011
sponsored by SearchStorage.com
EZINE:
Object-based storage dispenses with the hierarchical file system, so there are no nested subfolders. Instead, it uses an indexed flatfile structure in which each object is given a unique ID. This issue of IT in Europe includes case studies of how object-based storage products are being implemented in Europe.
Posted: 05 Dec 2011 | Published: 05 Dec 2011
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