Storage Architectures

WHITE PAPER: Integrated systems are based on "patterns of expertise," which can dramatically improve the responsiveness of the business. This paper details two types of integrated systems - platform and infrastructure - the benefits of each, such as agility, efficiency, simplicity and control, and so much more.

Posted: 19 Jul 2012 | Published: 18 Apr 2012

WHITE PAPER: Discover a storage solution for your cloud-enabled environment – whether private, public, or hybrid – that is open source and meets unstructured data storage requirements. Learn how this system can help your organization combine large numbers of commodity storage and compute resources into a virtualized and centrally managed storage pool.

Posted: 29 Jun 2012 | Published: 29 Jun 2012

WHITE PAPER: In this IDG Tech Dossier, learn how utility storage makes for massive consolidation, flexibility and scalability, so IT departments can reduce storage infrastructure and lower costs while improving their ability to respond to fast-changing needs of business units.

Posted: 18 May 2012 | Published: 18 May 2012

WHITE PAPER: Read this informative white paper to learn how a data archiving strategy can, reduce storage costs, improve performance, streamline your system operations, and ensure transparent data access, retrieval, and maintenance.

Posted: 17 May 2012 | Published: 16 May 2012

WHITE PAPER: Scale-out NAS systems can accommodate data growth simply by adding more capacity resources; and processing power can be increased as needed.

Posted: 10 May 2012 | Published: 08 May 2012

WHITE PAPER: Intel IT faced rapid growth in storage demand, resulting in escalating storage costs. This paper explores the variety of techniques used to accommodate the growing demand for storage capabilities. Discover how they were able to achieve capital savings of USD 9.2 million while supporting significant capacity and performance improvements.

Posted: 09 Mar 2012 | Published: 02 Jan 2012

WHITE PAPER: To remain competitive in the future, you need an up-to-date NAS system that optimizes storage, handles all the different types of data that are essential to your business, and grows with your company. Check out this short white paper for a list of key criteria you must evaluate when making your selection.

Posted: 18 Jul 2012 | Published: 16 Jul 2012

WHITE PAPER: This white paper explores the storage challenges that typically hamper the proper functioning of a virtual infrastructure and compromise VM density. Read now to learn more.

Posted: 13 Jul 2012 | Published: 09 Jul 2012

WHITE PAPER: You need to maximize server virtualization efficiency, and doing so depends on choosing the right storage architecture. Check out this 2-page white paper to learn how.

Posted: 13 Jul 2012 | Published: 30 Apr 2012

WHITE PAPER: This short white paper explores how you can support data movement from distributed locations to a centralized infrastructure at the core. Read now to learn more.

Posted: 29 Jun 2012 | Published: 25 Jun 2012

WHITE PAPER: Check out this white paper to learn how to harness the valued intelligence from huge sets of data and learn about a storage solution designed to help turn ISR data into quality information that can be used for better decision-making.

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 | Published: 01 Mar 2012

WHITE PAPER: Check out this white paper for an introduction to a scalable, modular, flexible storage system focused on a single pool of storage that was designed to handle the strenuous work flow requirements of the sophisticated ISR realm of data.

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 | Published: 01 Mar 2012

WHITE PAPER: This short white paper explores how you can make sure your organization has a worry-free archiving strategy, and includes a case study of how a major television production company successfully modernized its storage to make content available immediately and simultaneously to the company’s editing suites as filming proceeds.

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 | Published: 29 Feb 2012

WHITE PAPER: There are a number of best practices emerging to help storage administrators get a handle on runaway storage and control the budget. Check out this must-read expert e-guide to learn more.

Posted: 18 Jun 2012 | Published: 30 Dec 2011

WHITE PAPER: Whether you are consolidating your storage, trying to improve application performance, or looking to get the most out of your databases, it’s important to ask the right questions. This quick guide will arm you with the questions you need to consider when reviewing your storage strategy.

Posted: 10 Jun 2012 | Published: 31 Dec 2011

WHITE PAPER: Learn why scale-out is more beneficial than scale-up storage systems for Big Data environments in this IDC white paper.

Posted: 05 Jun 2012 | Published: 01 Nov 2011

WHITE PAPER: You need to have the right metrics in place to measure storage efficiency in your cloud infrastructure. This white paper focuses on three aspects of cloud storage and discusses tools that can help you improve utilization, optimize capacity, and effectively manage costs.

Posted: 14 May 2012 | Published: 01 Jul 2011

WHITE PAPER: This white paper explains how to achieve truly efficient data protection amidst today's multitude of standalone solutions.

Posted: 08 May 2012 | Published: 08 May 2012

WHITE PAPER: This white paper examines the current state of virtualization, challenges facing IT teams in expanding its use, and how Dell EqualLogic storage architecture can address these issues.

Posted: 07 Apr 2012 | Published: 31 Oct 2011

WHITE PAPER: The full range of AIX supplied utilities such as mirroring, backup, multiple file system types, multipath, boot from SAN and disaster recovery are used with Dell Compellent volumes. Read this comprehensive white paper to fully explore AIX best practices.

Posted: 07 Apr 2012 | Published: 07 Apr 2012

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

WHITE PAPER: With several offerings available, choosing the ideal high performance computing (HPC) offering for your business can be a daunting task. This resource examines one well-reputed HPC vendor and explains how it differentiates itself in the competitive marketplace.

Posted: 02 Apr 2012 | Published: 01 Apr 2011

WHITE PAPER: The Dell Intelligent Data Management strategy is being delivered through Dell Fluid Data solutions to help you automate, optimize, scale, and protect your storage. Fluid Data solutions are designed to optimize your storage by putting the right data in the right place at the right time for the right cost. Read now to learn more.

Posted: 30 Mar 2012 | Published: 31 Dec 2011

WHITE PAPER: This white paper explains how data growth has created a storage management gap that is exacerbated by increased availability requirements and the risks of downtime. Find out why purchasing more storage is not a viable long-term solution to this problem and get advice on how to significantly reduce your storage footprint.

Posted: 06 Mar 2012 | Published: 01 Oct 2011

WHITE PAPER: As unstructured data continues to grow, organizations are searching for new ways to increase the value of their storage resources. This resource explores a set of intelligent, object-based storage solutions able to support diverse use cases, from a single cluster, simultaneously, to enabling more efficient operations while increasing IT agility.

Posted: 16 Feb 2012 | Published: 16 Feb 2012