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Kareo’s SaaS Performance Gets Healthy with Pure Storage sponsored by Pure Storage WHITE PAPER: This whitepaper presents a case study in which a medical supply company was able to upgrade legacy SAN with a Tier 1 storage solution for high capacity, high throughput and low latency, creating a 80% performance gain and invigorating customer service. Posted: 19 Jun 2014 \| Published: 19 Jun 2014 TOPICS: SAN \| SAN and Virtualization \| Tiered Storage

Flash in the SAN – Panacea or Placebo? sponsored by PernixData WHITE PAPER: This white paper explains the benefits of deploying flash storage in the SAN. These benefits include lower storage costs, improved scalability and more. Posted: 02 Jun 2014 \| Published: 02 Jun 2014 TOPICS: Disk Drives \| SAN \| SAN and Virtualization \| Solid State Disks \| Solid State Storage \| Virtual Machine \| VM

VSAN: Reimagining Storage in vSphere sponsored by Global Knowledge WHITE PAPER: This whitepaper details a new solution from VMware that will help limit your spending on storage. Posted: 14 Apr 2014 \| Published: 14 Apr 2014 TOPICS: Data Center Design \| Data Center Management \| Data Centers \| SAN \| SAN and Virtualization \| Storage Architectures \| Storage Best Practices \| Storage for File Virtualization/NAS Virtualization \| Storage for Virtualized Servers

Achieving Five-9's Availability sponsored by Dot Hill Systems Corp. WHITE PAPER: This white paper describes the stringent quality and measurement procedures that ensure maximum uptime. Posted: 09 Apr 2014 \| Published: 11 Jan 2012 TOPICS: Data Replication \| Data Storage \| RAID \| SAN \| SAN and Virtualization \| Storage Architectures \| Storage Efficiency \| Storage Hardware \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Management

Symantec Storage Foundation 6.1: Flexible Storage Sharing sponsored by Symantec Corporation WHITE PAPER: This brief resource explores a storage virtualization solution that combines shared and direct-attached storage together without the complexity, cost, or siloed appraoches to typical SAN management. Posted: 03 Mar 2014 \| Published: 31 Dec 2013 TOPICS: DAS \| SAN \| SAN and Virtualization \| Storage Appliances \| Storage Architectures \| Storage Efficiency \| Storage Management \| Storage Management Services \| Storage Virtualization

Best Practices for VMware vSphere Implementation sponsored by Dell, Inc. and Intel® WHITE PAPER: This technical white paper details a set of best practices for configuring storage in a virtual environment. Posted: 13 Nov 2013 \| Published: 13 Nov 2013 TOPICS: SAN \| SAN and Virtualization \| Server Virtualization \| Storage Architectures \| Storage for Virtualized Servers \| Storage Management \| Storage Strategy for Virtual Data Centers \| Storage Systems \| Virtual Machine \| VMware

Simplify Virtual Desktop Deployments to Ensure Cost-Effective Implementations sponsored by Dell and VMware WHITE PAPER: This short solution brief showcases innovative blade storage arrays that enable a fully virtualized architecture that integrates storage, servers and networking within one blade chassis. Posted: 12 Nov 2013 \| Published: 30 Sep 2013 TOPICS: Desktop Virtualization \| SAN \| SAN and Virtualization \| Storage for Virtualized Servers \| Storage Management \| Storage Strategy for Virtual Data Centers \| VDI \| Virtual Desktop Infrastructure \| Virtual Machine \| VM \| VMware

Cut Infrastructure Complexity with Converged Infrastructures sponsored by Hitachi Vantara WHITE PAPER: Find out why companies are choosing to turn to converged infrastructures to enable flexible and highly integrated turnkey solutions. You'll learn how you can spend less time managing your converged infrastructure and more time solving business challenges. Posted: 12 Nov 2013 \| Published: 31 Oct 2013 TOPICS: Data Center Consolidation \| Data Center Construction \| Data Center Design \| Data Center Management \| Data Centers \| IT Infrastructure \| IT Management \| NAS \| SAN \| SAN and Virtualization \| Server Virtualization \| Storage for Virtualized Servers \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Management \| Storage Strategy for Virtual Data Centers \| Storage Switches \| Storage Systems \| Virtual Machine \| VMware \| VMware Disaster Recovery

Simplifying virtual desktop deployments with EqualLogic PS-M4110 blade storage arrays sponsored by DellEMC and Intel® WHITE PAPER: This short solution brief showcases innovative blade storage arrays that enable a fully virtualized architecture that integrates storage, servers and networking within one blade chassis. Posted: 18 Oct 2013 \| Published: 02 Sep 2013 TOPICS: SAN and Virtualization \| Storage Architectures \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Management \| Storage Virtualization \| VDI \| Virtual Desktop Infrastructure \| Virtual Machine \| VMware

Software Defined Storage - The Missing Link for Cloud and the Software Defined Datacenter sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: This resource provides the results from the Enterprise Management Associates research and analyzes the pain points when it comes to implementing cloud and an innovative software that can enhance VMware environments for increased cloud ROI. Posted: 10 Sep 2013 \| Published: 02 Apr 2013 TOPICS: Cloud Computing \| Cloud Management \| Cloud Storage \| NAS \| SAN and Virtualization \| Server Virtualization \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Management \| Storage Provisioning \| Storage Virtualization Software

Configuring Windows Server 2012 for iSCSI SAN Boot with EqualLogic Storage sponsored by Dell and Microsoft WHITE PAPER: This paper demonstrates Dell best practices for implementing iSCSI boot from SAN with Dell EqualLogic storage arrays and the 12th generation (12G) PowerEdge servers running Windows Server 2012. Posted: 29 Aug 2013 \| Published: 31 Jul 2013 TOPICS: iSCSI Protocol \| iSCSI SAN \| SAN \| SAN and Virtualization \| Server Accelerators \| Server Management \| Server Virtualization \| Storage Architectures \| Storage Best Practices \| Storage Efficiency \| Storage for Virtualized Servers \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Management \| Storage Virtualization

Oracle VM 3: Integrating Oracle VM into a Disaster Recovery Solution using SAN sponsored by Oracle Corporation WHITE PAPER: Check out this informative white paper to find out how to use your SAN to integrate Oracle VM into a multisite disaster recovery solution to combat the challenges of today's IT. Posted: 09 Aug 2013 \| Published: 28 Dec 2012 TOPICS: Business Continuity Planning \| Disaster Recovery \| Disaster Recovery Planning for Virtual Environments \| Fibre Channel SAN \| iSCSI SAN \| SAN \| SAN and Virtualization \| Storage for Virtualized Servers \| Virtual Machine \| Virtual Machine Backups \| VM \| VMware \| VMware Disaster Recovery

Top 10 Reasons Why Customers Deploy Virtualized Microsoft Applications on EMC VNX sponsored by EMC Corporation WHITE PAPER: This guide provides an overview of the specific reasons customers choose to deploy Microsoft applications with VMware vSphere Essentials on EMC's VNXe storage solution. Posted: 11 Mar 2013 \| Published: 23 Jun 2011 TOPICS: NAS \| SAN and Virtualization \| Storage for Virtualized Servers \| Storage Strategy for Virtual Data Centers \| Storage Virtualization \| TCO

Optimizing Storage Performance, Availability and Utilization sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: This short white paper explores the 4 key capabilities your organization needs to meet today's storage requirements, and how to seamlessly acquire them. Read now to learn more. Posted: 25 Jul 2012 \| Published: 31 Oct 2011 TOPICS: Data Compression \| SAN \| SAN and Virtualization \| Solid State Disks \| Storage Capacity \| Storage for Virtualized Servers \| Storage Management \| Storage Optimization \| Storage Provisioning \| Storage Replication \| Storage Spending

The Tod Point Group: IBM Storwize V7000 for VMWare Environments sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: The IBM Storwize V7000 Unified storage system, combined with powerful management software from IBM Tivoli, provides an ideal complement to VMware vSphere deployments by providing a highly virtualized storage infrastructure designed to meet the specific needs of virtual server environments. Read now to learn more. Posted: 19 Jul 2012 \| Published: 31 May 2012 TOPICS: Backup for Virtualized Servers \| SAN and Virtualization \| Storage Capacity \| Storage for Virtualized Servers \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Management \| Storage Optimization \| Storage Provisioning \| Storage Strategy for Virtual Data Centers \| Storage Virtualization \| VMware

Enterprise Storage Solution for Hyper-V Private Cloud and VDI Deployments using Sanbolic’s Melio Cloud Software Suite sponsored by Sanbolic Inc. WHITE PAPER: Explore how an advanced, host-based storage fabric solution can provide the highly scalable and available storage necessary to support Hyper-V private cloud or VDI deployments. Posted: 18 May 2012 \| Published: 30 Apr 2011 TOPICS: Microsoft Hyper-V \| Private Cloud \| SAN \| SAN and Virtualization \| Storage Management Software \| VDI \| Virtual Desktop Infrastructure \| Windows Server 2008 R2 \| Windows Server Software

Maximize Your Investment in Citrix XenDesktop With Sanbolic Melio sponsored by Sanbolic Inc. WHITE PAPER: Discover how your organization can overcome many VDI storage-related challenges and maximize the return on your desktop virtualization project by leveraging shared storage. Explore the advantages this storage approach offers virtualized environments, and learn how you can easily enable shared storage. Posted: 18 May 2012 \| Published: 18 May 2012 TOPICS: Desktop Management \| Desktop Virtualization \| SAN \| SAN and Virtualization \| Storage Management \| Storage Management Software \| VDI \| Virtual Desktop Infrastructure

Backup & Recovery for VMware Environments with Avamar 6.0 sponsored by EMC Corporation WHITE PAPER: This white paper highlights several new features within EMC® Avamar® 6.0 that specifically target and greatly advance the capabilities and performance of VMware® data protection. Posted: 23 Apr 2012 \| Published: 31 Oct 2011 TOPICS: Data Security \| Data Storage \| SAN and Virtualization \| Server Virtualization \| Storage for Virtualized Servers \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Management \| Storage Strategy for Virtual Data Centers \| Virtual Machine Backups \| Virtualization Security \| VMware

Focus the ROI and TCO Benefits of EMC Avamar in VMware Environments sponsored by EMC Corporation WHITE PAPER: This paper examines and quantifies the costs and benefits of deduplication in VMware environments. Three detailed case studies from organizations in different industries are presented. Posted: 23 Apr 2012 \| Published: 30 Jun 2011 TOPICS: Data Deduplication \| Data Management \| Data Recovery \| Data Security \| Data Storage \| SAN and Virtualization \| Server Virtualization \| Storage for Virtualized Servers \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Management \| Storage Optimization \| Storage Strategy for Virtual Data Centers

LBBW Asset Management Improves Fault-Tolerance and Scalability of Citrix® XenDesktop® VDI Deployment with Sanbolic® Melio™ sponsored by Sanbolic Inc. WHITE PAPER: In this case study, discover how you can prevent unexpected downtime and enable highly available and scalable virtual desktops. Find out how you can build a fault-tolerant infrastructure and reduce your storage requirements with a robust software suite. Posted: 20 Apr 2012 \| Published: 20 Apr 2012 TOPICS: Desktop Management \| Desktop Virtualization \| High Availability \| SAN \| SAN and Virtualization \| Storage Management \| Storage Management Software

Dell Compellent Storage Center - Linux sponsored by DellEMC and Intel® WHITE PAPER: This white paper provides an overview of specific information required for administrating storage on Linux servers connected to the Dell Compellent Storage Center. The information is intended for administrators with at minimum a basic understanding of Linux systems, specifically general tasks around managing disk partitions and file systems. Posted: 05 Apr 2012 \| Published: 05 Apr 2012 TOPICS: Data Management \| Data Management Software \| Disk Backups \| Disk Drives \| iSCSI SAN \| SAN \| SAN and Virtualization \| Storage Architectures \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Management

Case Study: Arnold Worldwide Enjoys Cost Savings and Scalability sponsored by DellEMC and Intel® WHITE PAPER: Arnold Worldwide is a Boston-based global advertising agency. They needed to replace its existing SAN with virtualized storage. Read this case study to learn how Arnold successfully addressed their DR and scalability needs, but also reduced its data center footprint and slashed its power and cooling costs. Posted: 05 Apr 2012 \| Published: 30 Nov 2011 TOPICS: Cooling Capacity \| Disaster Recovery \| Disaster Recovery Planning for Virtual Environments \| SAN \| SAN and Virtualization \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Optimization \| Storage Virtualization

HP P4000 LeftHand SAN Solutions with VMware vSphere Best Practices sponsored by HPE and Intel® WHITE PAPER: This technical white paper provides best practices and configuration guidelines on how to best integrate VMware vSphere® 5.0 with HP P4000 LeftHand SAN Solutions. Posted: 21 Mar 2012 \| Published: 31 Dec 2011 TOPICS: Cloud Backup \| Cloud Storage \| Cloud Storage Services \| SAN \| SAN and Virtualization \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Consolidation \| Storage for Virtualized Servers \| Storage Optimization \| Storage Provisioning \| VMware

HP X5000 G2 Network Storage System Evaluation sponsored by HPE and Intel® WHITE PAPER: Read this Tolly Test Report and how the HP X5000 G2 Network Storage System powered by Intel® Xeon® processors not only integrates with existing Microsoft, Unix, and Linux applications using CIFS and/or NFS, but also enables high-speed connectivity to a host of virtualization platforms, database applications, backup applications and more. Posted: 16 Feb 2012 \| Published: 15 Feb 2012 TOPICS: iSCSI SAN \| SAN \| SAN and Virtualization \| SMBs \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Consolidation \| Storage for Virtualized Servers \| Storage Hardware \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Optimization \| Storage Provisioning \| Storage Strategy for Virtual Data Centers

HP 3PAR Peer Motion Software sponsored by ERROR TEST WHITE PAPER: This ESG Lab review documents hands-on testing of HP 3PAR Peer Motion Software’s distributed volume management with a focus on federated workload balancing, asset management, and thin provisioning. Read now to learn more. Posted: 06 Feb 2012 \| Published: 02 Feb 2012 TOPICS: SAN \| SAN and Virtualization \| Storage Capacity \| Storage for Virtualized Servers \| Storage Management \| Storage Optimization \| Storage Provisioning