The Raw Truth about Storage Capacity
sponsored by Xiotech Corporation
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This paper examines several factors that limit the capacity of your data storage system and how they contribute to the true cost of storage.
Posted: 19 Nov 2009 | Published: 19 Nov 2009
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If its Just a Disk
Why the Reliability Gap Between Storage Vendors?
sponsored by Nexsan Technologies
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If all storage array vendors buy disk drives from the same small set of disk manufacturers then why is there such a big reliability gap between storage vendors?
Posted: 18 Nov 2009 | Published: 18 Nov 2009
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Adaptec Intelligent Power Management: Reducing IT Costs and Storage Power Consumption by Up to 70%
sponsored by Adaptec, Inc.
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The challenge of saving power while maintaining server performance has become a primary concern within the IT environment. But, the latest generation of Adaptec RAID controllers provides Intelligent Power Management software and supports a variety of techniques that, together, enable significant savings without compromising performance.
Posted: 29 Oct 2009 | Published: 29 Oct 2009
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How to Select the Correct RAID for an EqualLogic SAN
sponsored by Dell India
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One of the most important decisions that you have to make when deploying a new storage solution is what RAID type(s) to use. Read this white paper for a discussion on how to select the right RAID policy for your Dell EqualLogic storage area network (SAN) arrays.
Posted: 29 Sep 2009 | Published: 29 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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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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VMware Fault Tolerance Recommendations and Considerations on VMware vSphere 4
sponsored by HP, Intel, & VMware
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As dependencies on computing increase, ensuring that applications are highly available becomes more critical. This paper gives VMware fault tolerance recommendations and considerations on VMware vSphere 4.
Posted: 10 Aug 2009 | Published: 10 Aug 2009
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What Is New in VMware vSphere 4: Storage
sponsored by HP, Intel, & VMware
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With the launch of vSphere 4, VMware introduces a new version of the hypervisor, ESX 4.0 and the management interface, vCenter. Some key benefits offered by this release are greater resource efficiency, management control and freedom of choice for virtual datacenter storage resources and connectivity options.
Posted: 10 Aug 2009 | Published: 10 Aug 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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StorExpress: Integrating Solid State Storage in a PCI Express Clustering Interconnect
sponsored by Fusion-IO
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Direct PCI Express (PCIe) attached flash storage offers unparalleled performance levels and vastly outperforms SAS/SATA-attached flash storage solutions. However, such PCIe attached flash storage cards have many restrictions. Read this white paper to learn about an enhanced PCIe flash storage solution from Dolphin, in partnership with Fusion-IO.
Posted: 12 May 2009 | Published: 12 May 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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Three Must Haves for the Virtual Data Center
sponsored by Compellent
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To take full advantage of server virtualization, and create a true virtual data center, IT departments need a holistic storage solution that allows fully shared resources, easy and automated storage classification and migration and complete data protection. Read this white paper for three "must haves" to achieve those objectives.
Posted: 09 Mar 2009 | Published: 09 Mar 2009
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7 Ways Compellent Optimizes VMware Server Virtualization
sponsored by Compellent
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As enterprises turn to server virtualization to enhance IT flexibility while reducing costs, Server virtualization solutions such as VMware Infrastructure software are helping organizations achieve those goals by abstracting applications from physical resources. Read this paper for 7 Ways Compellent Optimizes VMware Server Virtualization.
Posted: 09 Mar 2009 | Published: 09 Mar 2009
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Virtually Effortless Backup for VMware Environments
sponsored by FalconStor Software
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VMware Consolidated Backup (VCB) improves virtual server backup, but there are a number of limitations. FalconStor Software has a solution that works with VCB while overcoming these limitations. Using this solution, you can quickly and efficiently back up virtual machines and retain transactional consistency, without management complexity.
Posted: 09 Mar 2009 | Published: 09 Mar 2009
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Why Records Management is important
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
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Records management forces you to think about how you create, process, capture, and manage information. This requires a review of your business activities from an information-centric point of view, which in itself can highlight process inefficiencies. This white paper explains why such a process is important.
Posted: 06 Mar 2009 | Published: 06 Mar 2009
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ESG: Building a Comprehensive Information Retention Strategy
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
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This paper examines the risks and costs organizations face if they do not make the appropriate investments in hardware and software technologies to support their information retention strategies. The second part of the paper discusses how HP is fully capable of supporting customers' information retention strategies.
Posted: 06 Mar 2009 | Published: 06 Mar 2009
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Preparing for e-discovery - The litigator and the information professional responsibilities
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
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This paper reviews e-discovery scenarios where Legal and IT must be a united front; understanding both sets of requirements and responsibilities, managing the e-discovery process, and action steps for Legal and IT to ensure regulatory compliance and reduced costs and risk of e-discovery.
Posted: 06 Mar 2009 | Published: 06 Mar 2009
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Seven Ways To Lower Storage TCO
sponsored by Compellent
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Organizations of all types and sizes are under pressure to boost efficiency, cut costs and reduce power consumption. Compellent Storage Center - a highly integrated, feature-rich data storage solution- was designed to lower data storage TCO. Read this white paper for more details on how Compellant can save save your company millions of dollars.
Posted: 04 Mar 2009 | Published: 04 Mar 2009
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WAN-optimized Replication: Built into FalconStor Solutions
sponsored by FalconStor Software
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Data replication has become part of the fabric of IT due to its multiple uses and benefits. But as IT are aware, data replication increases your bandwidth and storage costs. WAN optimization technologies can help reduce the amount of bandwidth and storage capacity used by data replication, enabling cost savings while maintaining application...
Posted: 03 Mar 2009 | Published: 03 Mar 2009
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HP Dynamic Deduplication - achieving a 50:1 ratio
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
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In 2008, HP introduced two products to the HP StorageWorks D2D Backup System Family. Both feature Dynamic deduplication based on an HP-patented algorithm that packs up to 50 times more backup data into the same disk footprint. This paper explains how Dynamic deduplication works and also establishes how a 50:1 deduplication ratio may be achieved.
Posted: 03 Mar 2009 | Published: 03 Mar 2009
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Taming The Power Hungry Data Center
sponsored by Fusion-IO
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The widening disparity between CPU performance and that of storage subsystems has spawned numerous solutions that do not fix the problem. This white paper exposes this fundamental flaw and introduces the means available today to substantively reduce power consumption while improving performance: Fusion-io's flash memory-based storage technology.
Posted: 16 Feb 2009 | Published: 16 Feb 2009
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