Storage Best Practices

WHITE PAPER: The Colonial Company, a diversified holding company in Montgomery, Alabama, was in need of a reliable data storage system that required less maintenance, less manual interaction and more automated features. Read this case study to learn how Colonial adopted a modern expandable storage platform and the benefits they realized.

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 | Published: 27 Jan 2012

WHITE PAPER: Data Progression and Data Instant Replay can hold their own, but together the automated tiered storage and continuous snapshot technologies bring storage efficiency and performance to a new level. Check out this brief presentation transcript to learn more.

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 | Published: 16 Jan 2012

WHITE PAPER: This white paper discusses the relevance and value of a Storage Hypervisor, and focuses on what users need to get started building and implementing a storage hypervisor vision. It summarizes market dynamics which are driving to more organizations implementing a Storage Hypervisor strategy.

Posted: 11 Jan 2012 | Published: 11 Jan 2012

WHITE PAPER: IBM storage management solutions help organizations not only manage the enormous volumes of data, but also optimize performance and reduce expenditures. In this white paper, you will learn more about 4 key, integrated solutions that can help you accomplish these goals.

Posted: 10 Jan 2012 | Published: 10 Jan 2012

WHITE PAPER: EMC's new VNXe series storage systems in conjunction with the company's Unisphere storage management are designed to address IT staff's demand for substantially improved "usability" in storage solutions for small and medium sized business. Read this white paper to learn more.

Posted: 08 Dec 2011 | Published: 08 Dec 2011

WHITE PAPER: Oracle’s Pillar Axiom 600 storage system delivers unmatched capacity utilization, ease of use and an integrated dynamic management of I/O prioritization to make sure critical applications perform optimally under any load condition. Read this white paper to learn more.

Posted: 05 Dec 2011 | Published: 05 Dec 2011

WHITE PAPER: The Pillar Axiom 600 system delivers business-critical, deterministic Quality of Service consistent with the business value of the application and its data. It eliminates the requirement to overbuy and under-utilize storage to buffer against application interference in a multi-tenancy shared storage system. Read this white paper to learn more.

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 | Published: 02 Dec 2011

WHITE PAPER: TGen has been a pioneer in the cluster computing industry for over 5 years. By deploying the DDN EXAScaler, TGen eliminated I/O bottlenecks and now fully has in place a storage solution for today’s and tomorrows’ sequence alignment. Read this case study to learn more.

Posted: 01 Dec 2011 | Published: 01 Dec 2011

WHITE PAPER: Columbus Finance Inc. needed to safeguard sensitive client information and assure secure backup to protect, recover and ensure business continuity. They chose Autonomy’s Live Vault service, a cloud-based server and application backup solution delivers comprehensive data protection with redundancy for reliable data backup and recovery.

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 | Published: 30 Nov 2011

WHITE PAPER: An independent study by ITG has found that the IBM XIV can save an organization 69% on TCO over a 3 year period. This white paper explains how the system’s unique architecture enable it to accomplish this feat.

Posted: 29 Nov 2011 | Published: 29 Nov 2011

WHITE PAPER: Gartner Note: Improve agility, lower costs with intelligent storage technologies

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 | Published: 28 Nov 2011

WHITE PAPER: In this white paper, you'll learn about some of the most common pitfalls associated with backups and how to avoid them. You'll learn about the repercussions of poor/failed backups, and learn how to establish a backup strategy that can ensure minimal downtime during a disaster. Read on to learn more.

Posted: 22 Nov 2011 | Published: 22 Nov 2011

WHITE PAPER: This technical whitepaper provides performance and scalability metrics of the Dell EqualLogic FS7500 storage system as a file sharing solution in different operational scenarios.

Posted: 16 Nov 2011 | Published: 16 Nov 2011

WHITE PAPER: Health care is quite different from other sectors and, as such, backup and disaster recovery need to be considered in a different way. Access this resource to better understand the storage factors that must be considered when preparing for disaster recovery in a health care setting.

Posted: 15 Nov 2011 | Published: 15 Nov 2011

WHITE PAPER: Access this resource to find out how the University of Maryland Medical Center was able to migrate to a new PACS system that enabled improvements in areas such as collaboration, availability and business intelligence.

Posted: 15 Nov 2011 | Published: 15 Nov 2011

WHITE PAPER: This white paper discusses eight must have Dell Compellent technologies that combine to create new levels of efficiency and flexibility while cutting cost now and in the future.

Posted: 15 Nov 2011 | Published: 15 Nov 2011

WHITE PAPER: The impact of health care legislation, including ARRA and the HITECH Act, will accelerate spending on health IT and clinical applications – leading to an increased need for storage. Inside this white paper, learn how a converged medical infrastructure can help store extensive patient data in a secure, efficient manner.

Posted: 14 Nov 2011 | Published: 14 Nov 2011

WHITE PAPER: Organizations today need a next-generation storage platform designed from the ground up to address the needs of today’s virtualized data centers. This technology brief examines the high-value capabilities built into Dell EqualLogic storage solutions and explores the benefits they deliver.

Posted: 14 Nov 2011 | Published: 14 Nov 2011

WHITE PAPER: VMware offers market leading solutions that help businesses address their virtualization needs. Dell and VMware have a long history of collaboration. Read this white paper to learn more.

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 | Published: 02 Nov 2011

WHITE PAPER: Storage demands are accelerating by leaps and bounds. But with IT budgets tightening, decision-makers need to stretch the bounds of innovation to deal with both the cost and complexity of storage. This comprehensive white paper explores the 6 top ways to reduce storage costs and complexity.

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 | Published: 02 Nov 2011

WHITE PAPER: Data protection and recovery are mature technologies today, and businesses of all shapes and sizes are busy protecting their data in any way they can.

Posted: 20 Oct 2011 | Published: 20 Oct 2011

WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper to learn about a comprehensive, flexible and tightly integrated storage management solution for all corporate data.

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 | Published: 03 Oct 2011

WHITE PAPER: Research shows that 80%-90% of IT professionals are either implementing or considering desktop virtualization. As this interest continues, IT pros need to be able to ensure the success of deploying this environment. This white paper reviews desktop virtualization initiatives and how proper storage selection can help ensure VDI success.

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 | Published: 27 Jun 2011

WHITE PAPER: Microsoft Exchange 2010 promises performance enhancements to those SMBs that utilize this platform, giving them a real incentive to upgrade from Exchange 2003 and 2007. Check out this white paper and learn about the benefits this platform can bring to your email messaging system and more.

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 | Published: 27 Jun 2011

WHITE PAPER: A desktop virtualization infrastructure can heighten business agility, IT efficiency, and worker productivity. This white paper reviews Dell Desktop Virtualization Solutions that can help you achieve a successful transition to a virtual desktop environment that is designed to achieve convincing cost-benefits and avoid potential pitfalls.

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 | Published: 13 Jun 2011