High Performance NAS
sponsored by BlueArc Corp.
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Read this special report that reviews current NAS trends including high-availability clustered storage to address growing storage needs and today's media-rich file environments and more.
Posted: 05 Nov 2009 | Published: 05 Nov 2009
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HP StorageWorks SAN Virtualisation Services Platform: Simplifying Heterogeneous Storage Virtualisation
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
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This report documents the results of ESG Lab testing of the HP StorageWorks SAN Virtualization Services Platform (SVSP). The enhanced high availability and disaster recovery capabilities of asynchronous remote mirroring are also presented.
Posted: 14 Oct 2009 | Published: 14 Oct 2009
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NAS For Virtualized Environments
sponsored by Hitachi Data Systems
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As more companies are turning to server virtualization, NAS clusters are seeing increased popularity. In addition to giving an overview of the basics of network-attached storage, this E-Guide discusses the best practices to put to use today when managing Networked-attached storage in a virtual environment.
Posted: 07 Oct 2009 | Published: 07 Oct 2009
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Hitachi NAS Platform 3080 and 3090: Storage Consolidation and Intelligent Tiering for Microsoft® SharePoint® Server Environments
sponsored by Hitachi Data Systems
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Microsoft SharePoint Server is a powerful platform for collaboration and content management built upon the firm foundation of Microsoft SQL Server® technology. It provides simplified storage provisioning and management for SharePoint with performance and scalability that supports enterprise-wide content consolidation.
Posted: 25 Sep 2009 | Published: 25 Sep 2009
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Storage Virtualization with the HP StorageWorks
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
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The most powerful application of virtualization today is at the storage system level. With the HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array and HP StorageWorks SAN Virtualization Services platform, organizations can take advantage of the many benefits of virtualization with a solution designed specifically for open systems.
Posted: 24 Sep 2009 | Published: 24 Sep 2009
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E-Guide: An Overview of Scale-Out Network Attached Storage
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
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This SearchStorage.com E-Guide provides an overview of the benefits of Scale-out storage and includes guidance on how to create an RFP when you are ready to invest in a NAS system.
Posted: 23 Sep 2009 | Published: 23 Sep 2009
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Virtualize Your End-to-End IT infrastructure and Reduce OpEx and CapEx
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
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Many companies that have deployed server virtualization are still struggling with massive data growth, rising storage maintenance cost, and underutilized storage assets from a multitude of vendors. A virtual storage infrastructure from HP can double your capacity utilization and cut management costs in half.
Posted: 23 Sep 2009 | Published: 23 Sep 2009
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Where Do You Put a Million Files? HP StorageWorks 9100 Extreme Data Storage System
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
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Todays storage-intensive businesses bring extreme data volumes with them. This must be stored as economically as possible, while providing the critical uptime to satisfy thousands of diverse users.
Posted: 21 Sep 2009 | Published: 21 Sep 2009
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Oracle 10gR2 Databases on Hitachi NAS Platform, Powered by BlueArc
sponsored by Hitachi Data Systems
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The Hitachi NAS Platform, powered by BlueArc, delivers a high-performance, intelligent and scalable multiprotocol solution. This document describes best practices for using Oracle databases on Linux with NAS connectivity provided by the Hitachi NAS Platform through the NFS protocol.
Posted: 14 Sep 2009 | Published: 14 Sep 2009
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Hitachi NAS Platform 3080 and 3090: Storage Consolidation and Intelligent Tiering for VMware Environments
sponsored by Hitachi Data Systems
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The rapid adoption of server virtualization technology by organizations of all sizes has been driven by cost, flexibility and time to market. The cost savings in server consolidation are the primary motivators, but the ability to quickly deploy new applications to suit changes in the business has led many to use VMware products.
Posted: 14 Sep 2009 | Published: 14 Sep 2009
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Hitachi NAS Platform 3080 and 3090 Storage Consolidation and Intelligent Tiering for Microsoft Exchange Environments
sponsored by Hitachi Data Systems
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Exchange Unified Messaging brings different mission critical systems together, effectively consolidating infrastructure while improving productivity for users, but at the cost of increasing the load on the Exchange environment in terms of management, storage and importance to the business.
Posted: 14 Sep 2009 | Published: 14 Sep 2009
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Building High-performance, Highly Available IP Storage Networks with HP SAN/iQ Software
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
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If youre an administrator whos planning to build a high performance, highly available IP network using HP SAN/iQ Software, you should read this document in its entirety. Youll find important configuration guidelines, best practices, and frequently asked questions that will help you to accelerate a successful deployment.
Posted: 27 Aug 2009 | Published: 27 Aug 2009
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Matching Server Virtualization with Advanced Storage Virtualization
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
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The white paper explains the benefits of matching server virtualization with advanced storage virtualization using HP LeftHand SAN and VMware Infrastructure.
Posted: 26 Aug 2009 | Published: 26 Aug 2009
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Presentation Transcript: Best Practices for Backup
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
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In this presentation transcript, Curtis Preston, one of the leading backup experts in the country, describes some key best practices that will help build a better backup system.
Posted: 04 Aug 2009 | Published: 04 Aug 2009
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De-Duplication Is Physical - Storage Management Is Logical
sponsored by Northern Parklife
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This whitepaper will provide an overview of the benefits of Storage Resource Management as a "front end" to data deduplication. We will demonstrate how an SRM tool such as Northern Storage Suite can work in concert with data de-duplication technologies to efficiently streamline data and assure optimal performance of an organization's storage inf...
Posted: 03 Aug 2009 | Published: 03 Aug 2009
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Northern Solution Series: Profiting From Real-World Storage Management
sponsored by Northern Parklife
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The Northern Storage Suite is a management solution by Northern Parklife Inc. that will help reclaim, reduce and maximize your current infrastructure. This article provides four real-world examples dealing with reclaiming capacity, reducing data growth, maximizing storage resources, and involving users while minimizing administration.
Posted: 03 Aug 2009 | Published: 03 Aug 2009
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Email, Database and File Sharing on Dell™ NX4
sponsored by Dell, Inc.
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The NX4 allows businesses to consolidate Microsoft Exchange application storage, Microsoft SQL database storage, and general purpose file servers on to a single, unified storage platform. This consolidated storage methodology delivers network-attached storage (NAS) for file sharing and iSCSI or Fibre Channel storage area network (SAN) connectivity.
Posted: 22 Jul 2009 | Published: 22 Jul 2009
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Dell NX4: Achieving Storage Efficiency with Data Deduplication
sponsored by Dell, Inc.
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This paper illustrates the concepts of Celerra Data Deduplication. It also shows how a user can use and manage deduplication on the Dell NX4 network-attached storage (NAS) system.
Posted: 22 Jul 2009 | Published: 22 Jul 2009
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ESG White Paper: Intelligent Tiered Storage: BlueArc's Implementation
sponsored by BlueArc Corp.
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This ESG White Paper discusses the importance of tiered storage, examines BlueArc's approach to intelligent tiering, and shows how it creates operational value for users' data storage infrastructures.
Posted: 02 Jul 2009 | Published: 02 Jul 2009
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ESG White Paper: Enabling Enterprise Class Features for the Mid-Range: Focus on BlueArc Mercury
sponsored by BlueArc Corp.
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Download this ESG whitepaper to learn how BlueArc's new storage platform, BlueArc Mercury(TM), scales in fixed increments that make it easy to install and deploy. It also scales up to an eight node cluster and 2 PB - making it a forceful consolidation solution.
Posted: 02 Jul 2009 | Published: 02 Jul 2009
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SiliconFS™: The BlueArc® Filesystem
sponsored by BlueArc Corp.
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The BlueArc Filesystem, SiliconFS, is the engine which drives the entire architectural platform forward. The filesystem is the foundation which enables greater performance and scalability for the entire platform. This document describes to the latest version of SiliconFS.
Posted: 02 Jul 2009 | Published: 02 Jul 2009
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Data Deduplication Background - A Technical White Paper
sponsored by Quantum Corporation
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The purpose of data deduplication is to increase the amount of information that can be stored on disk arrays and to increase the effective amount of data that can be transmitted over networks. Read this white paper to learn more about data deduplication as well as Quantum Dxi-Series disk-based backup solutions.
Posted: 10 Jun 2009 | Published: 10 Jun 2009
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Backup and Recovery for Microsoft Exchange Server - Data Domain Deduplication Storage Best Practices Guide
sponsored by Data Domain
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In many companies, Microsoft Exchange is now commonly viewed as a mission-critical application. Protecting Exchange information is critical and backup is still the primary method used. This paper focuses on the traditional backup and recovery practices for Microsoft Exchange Server along with solutions from Data Domain.
Posted: 08 May 2009 | Published: 08 May 2009
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Northern Storage Suite: Return On Investment
sponsored by Northern Parklife
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Northern Storage Suite delivers financial returns in three ways: by improving utilization of existing resources, by reducing the pace of hardware investment and by reducing the need for administrative intervention in data management. This paper provides details on these three benefits and how this storage solution can benefit your organization.
Posted: 10 Apr 2009 | Published: 10 Apr 2009
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ioDrive, Changing the Way You Code
sponsored by Fusion-IO
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With read/write speeds that are very close to most expensive models in the industry, the ioDrive's price/performance ratio will leave you saying, "WOW!" Read this white paper for more information on this paradigm-shifting data storage appliance.
Posted: 20 Mar 2009 | Published: 20 Mar 2009
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