Why EMC for IP Storage and Simple Unified Storage
sponsored by EMC Corporation
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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: 04 Dec 2009
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Finding the Risks and Opportunities in Your Storage
sponsored by NTP Software
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Managing storage has become one of the most important tasks for many companies. Often the volume of data and the complexity of the environment make it hard figure out where to start. This White Paper will help you understand where to find the things that matter in your environment.
Posted: 20 Oct 2009 | Published: 20 Oct 2009
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Using VMware Infrastructure 3 with 3PAR Utility Storage in Datacenter Deployments
sponsored by 3PAR
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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: 02 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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Six Easy Ways to Control Storage Growth
sponsored by NTP Software
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Controlling storage growth has become one of the most important challenges for many companies. This White Paper explores six ways that others have used with great success.
Posted: 21 Sep 2009 | Published: 21 Sep 2009
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Consolidating Multiple SQL Server 2000 systems using Hyper-V
sponsored by Dell, Inc.
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This document covers the key overall concepts and procedures you need to setup and configure your Hyper-V platform. It reviews in detail the approach that PT and Dell recommend for a tested and validated installation of Windows Server 2008 and Hyper-V.
Posted: 10 Sep 2009 | Published: 10 Sep 2009
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Consolidate SQL Server 2008 on Dell 4 Socket - Multi-Core Servers - using Hyper-V
sponsored by Dell, Inc.
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This Guide is a companion to How to Guide: Consolidating multiple SQL Server systems onto Dell PowerEdge Servers using Microsoft’s Hyper-V. In this Guide, we use the Dell PowerEdge R900 and PowerEdge R905 as target servers.
Posted: 10 Sep 2009 | Published: 10 Sep 2009
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Northern Solution Series: Profiting From Real-World Storage Management
sponsored by Northern Parklife
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The Northern Storage Suite is a management solution by Northern Parklife Inc. that will help reclaim, reduce and maximize your current infrastructure. This article provides four real-world examples dealing with reclaiming capacity, reducing data growth, maximizing storage resources, and involving users while minimizing administration.
Posted: 03 Aug 2009 | Published: 03 Aug 2009
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ESG White Paper: Enabling Enterprise Class Features for the Mid-Range: Focus on BlueArc Mercury
sponsored by BlueArc Corp.
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Download this ESG whitepaper to learn how BlueArc's new storage platform, BlueArc Mercury(TM), scales in fixed increments that make it easy to install and deploy. It also scales up to an eight node cluster and 2 PB - making it a forceful consolidation solution.
Posted: 02 Jul 2009 | Published: 02 Jul 2009
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SiliconFS™: The BlueArc® Filesystem
sponsored by BlueArc Corp.
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The BlueArc Filesystem, SiliconFS, is the engine which drives the entire architectural platform forward. The filesystem is the foundation which enables greater performance and scalability for the entire platform. This document describes to the latest version of SiliconFS.
Posted: 02 Jul 2009 | Published: 02 Jul 2009
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Business Service Efficiency: The Key to Green IT and Profitability
sponsored by BMC Software, Inc
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Data center energy costs continue to take up a significant portion of IT budgets, and it seems that there is no end in sight. This paper addresses, in a unified and systemic way, many of the power consumption issues that IT has been grappling with in piecemeal fashion.
Posted: 17 Jun 2009 | Published: 17 Jun 2009
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Seven Requirements for Balancing Control and Agility in the Virtual Environment
sponsored by BMC Software, Inc
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Unparalleled agility is the promise of virtualization. But managing change, staying compliant, and preventing virtual sprawl are just a few of the challenges you could face before you reap the rewards. VMware joined us recently to co-author 7 must-read tips for striking the perfect balance in your virtual environment.
Posted: 17 Jun 2009 | Published: 17 Jun 2009
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Tackle the Challenges of Virtualization Management
sponsored by BMC Software, Inc
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Virtualization adds a whole new level of complexity to the IT infrastructure, introducing new challenges in every step of the process - from planning to configuration and management. Read how effective service management can help tackle the challenges of virtualization in this white paper from BMC Software.
Posted: 17 Jun 2009 | Published: 17 Jun 2009
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Five Steps to Successful Data Center Consolidation
sponsored by BMC Software, Inc
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Using the five step process outlined in this white paper, we were able to eliminate more than 2,000 servers from our own IT infrastructure, saving an estimated $10 million dollars in data center costs.
Posted: 15 Jun 2009 | Published: 15 Jun 2009
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The Importance of a Single Platform for Data Integration and Quality Management
sponsored by SAP AG
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This paper examines the evolution of the data integration and quality industry, and explains the benefits of moving toward a single data services architecture. It outlines requirements for a software platform for supporting such an architecture, and, as an example, reviews the BusinessObjects“ Data Services XI Release 3 platform.
Posted: 08 Jun 2009 | Published: 08 Jun 2009
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The State of Deduplication in Europe
sponsored by Data Domain
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In this research paper you'll learn about the top challenges facing storage professionals in Europe and information about Data Domain deduplication storage systems.
Posted: 30 May 2009 | Published: 30 May 2009
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Enhancing Disk-to-Disk (D2D) Backup with Data Deduplication
sponsored by FalconStor Software
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Today's storage environments need a way to keep data intact without consuming corresponding disk storage. The FalconStor® File Interface Deduplication System provides the solution. Read on to discover the amazing benefits of this data deduplication solution.
Posted: 20 May 2009 | Published: 20 May 2009
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Integrating Virtualized Servers with VMware vStorage-Enabled Dell EqualLogic iSCSI SANs
sponsored by Dell, Inc.
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Dell™ EqualLogic™ Auto- Snapshot Manager / VMware Edition enables administrators to quickly and easily create hypervisor-aware snapshots of VMs-helping simplify data management, enhance scalability of data protection and recovery, and increase application performance.
Posted: 14 May 2009 | Published: 14 May 2009
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The State of Deduplication in Fortune 1000 Companies
sponsored by Data Domain
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This TIP research paper delivers findings from over 245 in-depth interviews with Storage professionals at large enterprises, most of them among the Fortune 1000. Read on to learn about the top Storage team challenges and initiatives, current state of deduplication environments and solutions, and much more.
Posted: 08 May 2009 | Published: 08 May 2009
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Avoiding the Disk Bottleneck in the Data Domain Deduplication File System
sponsored by Data Domain
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This paper introduces three techniques employed in the production Data Domain deduplication file system and shows how they can be used to relieve the disk bottleneck.
Posted: 10 Apr 2009 | Published: 10 Apr 2009
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Using Deduplication Storage to Backup Virtual Machines Deployed with (VI3)
sponsored by Data Domain
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This paper provides general information for using Data Domain deduplication storage systems to backup virtual machines deployed with VMware Infrastructure 3 (VI3). Topics include an overview of VI3 components and various methods of backing up data in VMDK images and Guest OS files for discrete recovery - either locally or remotely in a DR site.
Posted: 14 Mar 2009 | Published: 14 Mar 2009
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Virtual Machines Are Not Free
sponsored by VKernel
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This paper explains the advantages that virtual machine provides to the IT department.
Posted: 14 Nov 2008 | Published: 14 Nov 2008
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VMware Data Backup and Recovery -- Deduplication Storage Best Practices Guide
sponsored by Data Domain
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VMware offers benefits, but it can cost you extra storage, backup resources and administrative challenges. This paper reviews the best practices for architecting a backup/recovery/DR approach for VMware using Data Domain storage.
Posted: 19 Jun 2008 | Published: 19 Jun 2008
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SQL Server Advanced Protection and Fast Recovery
sponsored by Dell, Inc.
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It is critical that SQL Server environments are well protected and maintain integrity. This white paper highlights how iSCSI SAN solutions can simplify management and protect this data, while retaining flexibility in SQL Server environments.
Posted: 20 Sep 2007 | Published: 20 Sep 2007
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Eliminating Tape and Trucks from the Disaster Recovery Process
sponsored by Data Domain
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This whitepaper explores the limitations of tape and traditional disk-based approaches to disaster recovery. It highlights the advantages of deduplication technology in disk-to-disk backup and wide area network (WAN) replication. It also discusses the positive implications of deduplication for remote office backup and tape consolidation.
Posted: 30 Aug 2007 | Published: 30 Aug 2007
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