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Why EMC for IP Storage and Simple Unified Storage
sponsored by EMC Corporation
WHITE PAPER: There are many IP storage capabilities that are becoming increasingly critical requirements for all customers. And there are many vendors offering various IP-based storage solutions. This paper makes the case for choosing EMC for IP storage.
Posted: 04 Dec 2009 | Published: 03 Dec 2009

EMC Corporation

Solutions Guide: Business Ready Configurations for Data Center Virtualization
sponsored by Dell and VMware
WHITE PAPER: Business Ready Configurations for Virtualization are pre-configured, easy to order, bundled solutions that include Dell PowerEdge™ blade servers, Dell EqualLogic™ SAN, and VMware vSphere™. This white paper provides a detailed reference architecture for the Business Ready Configurations.
Posted: 17 Nov 2009 | Published: 01 Jul 2009

Dell and VMware

Using VMware Infrastructure 3 with 3PAR Utility Storage in Datacenter Deployments
sponsored by 3PAR
WHITE PAPER: This paper discusses the complementary benefits of combining features of VMware and 3PAR technologies to gain increased performance and avoid the cost of over-provisioning servers and storage in an IT infrastructure.
Posted: 02 Oct 2009 | Published: 01 Oct 2006

3PAR

How to Select the Correct RAID for an EqualLogic SAN
sponsored by Dell India
WHITE PAPER: 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

Dell India

Storage Virtualisation and the HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array
sponsored by Hewlett Packard Enterprise
WHITE PAPER: This white paper presents an overview of storage virtualisation at the controller level of a storage system. It describes how HP defines virtualisation technology and how it applies to the HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array (EVA) storage system.
Posted: 29 Sep 2009 | Published: 14 Feb 2008

Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Rethinking Storage Virtualization with the HP SAN Virtualization Services Platform
sponsored by Hewlett Packard Enterprise
WHITE PAPER: If you are looking to improve the efficiency of your storage infrastructure, consider the HP StorageWorks SAN Virtualization Services Platform (SVSP). It allows you to provision virtual volumes to meet the requirements of your standard and virtual servers. It delivers improved storage resource utilization along with comprehensive data protection.
Posted: 23 Sep 2009 | Published: 20 Aug 2009

Hewlett Packard Enterprise

The Business Value of Intelligent Tiered Storage
sponsored by Hitachi Vantara
WHITE PAPER: Tiered storage is one of those things that is a means to an end—and not an end in itself. The reason is a matter of economics. Read this paper and find out why.
Posted: 14 Sep 2009 | Published: 01 Sep 2009

Hitachi Vantara

Initial Investment Payback Analysis Summary Report: Dell PowerEdge R710 Solution with Hyper-V vs. Dell PowerEdge 2850 Solution
sponsored by Dell, Inc. and Intel®
WHITE PAPER: Dell commissioned Principled Technologies to estimate how many months it would take to recapture initial investment costs when consolidating multiple 4-year-old Dell™ PowerEdge™ 2850 server and storage solutions onto a Dell PowerEdge R710 server and storage solution using Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 with Hyper-V™
Posted: 02 Sep 2009 | Published: 01 May 2009

Dell, Inc. and Intel®

Effective Risk Management in a Collaboration Driven Enterprise
sponsored by AvePoint, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: How will platform and content access interruptions affect productivity, revenue, and compliance-related exposure? This document will analyze common consequences of such interruptions and discuss why successful SharePoint deployments require effective management, vigorous protection, diligent compliance protocols, and continuous availability.
Posted: 11 Jun 2009 | Published: 01 Aug 2008

AvePoint, Inc.

Deploying Simple, Cost-Effective Disaster Recovery with Dell and VMware
sponsored by Dell and VMware
WHITE PAPER: Dell and VMware have partnered to offer a cost-effective, high-availability architecture based on Dell™ server and storage clusters and VMware® vCenter Site Recovery Manager (SRM) - one designed to minimize scheduled and unscheduled downtime.
Posted: 01 Jun 2009 | Published: 01 Mar 2009

Dell and VMware

Why Use Cisco Network Storage Systems for Your Business
sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: This white paper highlights two new additions to the Cisco Small Business Network Storage System (NSS) line of products. The Cisco NSS2000 Series is a 2-bay network attached storage (NAS) system, and the Cisco NSS3000 Series is a 4-bay system.
Posted: 25 Mar 2009 | Published: 25 Mar 2009

Cisco Systems, Inc.

Dell Exchange 2007 Advisor and Representative Deployments
sponsored by DellEMC and Intel®
WHITE PAPER: This paper discusses in detail the sizing features implemented in Dell Exchange 2007 Advisor Tool and deployment guidance for three reference architectures of small, medium and large Exchange environments.
Posted: 03 May 2007 | Published: 01 Apr 2007

DellEMC and Intel®

Double-Take Replication in the VMware Environment
sponsored by Double-Take Software
WHITE PAPER: This document describes how VMware software can be used with Double-Take from Double-Take Software to provide solutions for challenging high availability and disaster recovery problems. When recoverability matters, depend on Double-Take Software.
Posted: 24 Apr 2007 | Published: 01 Mar 2007

Double-Take Software

New Veritas Storage Foundation: Powerful and Free
sponsored by Symantec Corporation
WHITE PAPER: Discover the benefits of Symantec's free new software additions to the Veritas Storage Foundation. In this quick overview, you will be introduced to the benefits, capabilities and overall strategy behind these two new resources.
Posted: 16 Feb 2007 | Published: 01 Aug 2006

Symantec Corporation

RAID 50 Interleave White Paper
sponsored by Xtore
WHITE PAPER: Improve RAID performance, lower the likelihood of critical drive failure and rebuild faster. Read this white paper and learn how to develop a truly Automated Tiered Storage Solution.
Posted: 01 Jan 2007 | Published: 01 Dec 2006

Xtore