Storage Infrastructure

WHITE PAPER: Check out this white paper for a complete backup breakdown. Included in this guide are the first five steps to take when building a data backup and recovery strategy, and best practices to help you develop and start improving your backups today. Read on for more.

Posted: 24 Feb 2012 | Published: 24 Feb 2012

WHITE PAPER: Check out these best practices to get the most out of your tape backups. Discover keys to help you define your needs and ensure future success by establishing regular testing of recovery procedures. Also included is a breakdown of tape's lifecycle to help you better understand the backup process, and tips for proper tape handling and transport.

Posted: 24 Feb 2012 | Published: 24 Feb 2012

WHITE PAPER: Check out this white paper for 9 key questions to ask when shopping for backup software solutions. Learn how to accurately define your needs and expectations, and know what to look for to determine if a particular solution will meet them or not. Read on to learn more.

Posted: 24 Feb 2012 | Published: 24 Feb 2012

WHITE PAPER: The key to ensuring success in virtual server environments is to keep up with the latest best practices and recommendations for utilizing SANs in a virtual data center. Featuring 10 tips for SAN management in virtual environments, this white paper has the information you need to keep your storage and your virtual servers running smoothly.

Posted: 22 Feb 2012 | Published: 22 Feb 2012

WHITE PAPER: Check out this white paper for best practices regarding shared storage/SAN management in today's virtual environments. Discover what virtualization features demand shared storage, learn what tools and knowledge you'll need to keep your storage running smoothly and discover how to unlock the full array of benefits promised by virtualization.

Posted: 22 Feb 2012 | Published: 22 Feb 2012

WHITE PAPER: Check out this white paper to learn what you can do to achieve 100% uptime with your storage and avoid these pitfalls. Discover what you can do to protect against a failure of your entire storage, learn where virtualization's shortcomings are and learn how disaster recovery technologies can help you achieve 100% uptime. Read on for more.

Posted: 22 Feb 2012 | Published: 22 Feb 2012

WHITE PAPER: The combined strengths of Dell EqualLogic and VMware can deliver significant benefits for VDI implementations. Integration of DellEqualLogic with VMware vSphere and VMware View can help your organization achieve optimal VDI performance. Read now to learn more.

Posted: 22 Feb 2012 | Published: 22 Feb 2012

WHITE PAPER: In this reference architecture, discover how you can deploy virtual desktops using the Nutanix Complete Cluster for large or small VDI environments with a modular scale out design. Explore key performance figures and benefits of deploying this storage infrastructure.

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 | Published: 21 Feb 2012

WHITE PAPER: This white paper highlights the rise of virtualization and explores what businesses today can do in terms of adjusting backup and recovery functions to maintain a functioning virtual data center. Learn what applications are most commonly virtualized today, discover the differences in backup between small and large organizations and more.

Posted: 20 Feb 2012 | Published: 20 Feb 2012

WHITE PAPER: Check out this introduction to a secure service architecture that provides the ability to perform secure remote service connections and encrypt all data transmissions over a secure network. Learn about the authentication, authorization and audit logging security functions this platform features, and discover the benefits it can bring your business.

Posted: 20 Feb 2012 | Published: 20 Feb 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: 17 Feb 2012 | Published: 17 Feb 2012

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

WHITE PAPER: Industry-leading software solutions provide unique benefits that make any cloud more agile and efficient while ensuring secure segregation of user groups and applications.

Posted: 15 Feb 2012 | Published: 15 Feb 2012

WHITE PAPER: Although scale-out storage technologies were once viewed as specialized infrastructure solutions that really only made sense in a few environments, today these platforms are making their way into mainstream IT. Check out this ESG market forecast to discover current trends and future predictions regarding the development of these solutions.   

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 | Published: 14 Feb 2012

WHITE PAPER: Considering making the move to the cloud? First check out this white paper for an introduction to a converged infrastructure solution that provides the ideal platform for a private cloud and infrastructure-as-a-service. Uniting the tools and processes of your physical and virtual environments, this technology can help you cut costs today.

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 | Published: 14 Feb 2012

WHITE PAPER: Check out this white paper for best practices and requirements when establishing a private cloud. Learn about the importance of efficiency, scalability and real-time awareness of your cloud environment, and discover what tools and technologies are currently available to ensure your private cloud is running smoothly and effectively.

Posted: 13 Feb 2012 | Published: 13 Feb 2012

WHITE PAPER: Check out this white paper to learn why consolidating your storage may be the answer to your content management and security challenges. In this paper, learn about the changing requirements of today's storage landscape and receive best practices to help you manage performance, capacity, reliability and cost of your organization's storage.

Posted: 13 Feb 2012 | Published: 13 Feb 2012

WHITE PAPER: In this paper, learn about three new solid state solutions (DRAM-based, Flash-based, and a hybrid of the two) and discover the various benefits associated with each. Also learn how to determine if SSD is right for your business, and how to decide which of these three solutions will best meet your needs. Read on to learn more.

Posted: 13 Feb 2012 | Published: 13 Feb 2012

WHITE PAPER: This white paper serves as a guide to help you navigate the increasingly-technical realm of virtualization. In this paper, learn today's best practices to help you start building a smarter storage infrastructure capable of meeting today's data growth and management challenges as well as preparing for future success

Posted: 10 Feb 2012 | Published: 10 Feb 2012

WHITE PAPER: This white paper introduces a new class of tools designed to optimize today's virtual infrastructure and combat these challenges. In this paper, discover how IT managers are overcoming concerns regarding fibre channel and the cloud, I/O challenges and more. You'll also receive today's best practices to ensure the future success of your cloud.

Posted: 10 Feb 2012 | Published: 09 Feb 2012

WHITE PAPER: This white paper is here to help you understand the important factors to be considered when selecting drives for your storage infrastructure. In this paper you'll receive 6 key tips and considerations to examine before deciding on a storage solution, and discover which technologies are better-suited for various types of data and/or organizations.

Posted: 09 Feb 2012 | Published: 09 Feb 2012

WHITE PAPER: ExaGrid is a cost-effective, scalable disk-based backup solution that replaces tape in your nightly backup process, enabling faster and more reliable backups at a price comparable to a new tape library. ExaGrid offers the only disk backup appliance with data deduplication purpose.

Posted: 07 Feb 2012 | Published: 01 Dec 2011

WHITE PAPER: As a Disk Backup Champion, ExaGrid received the highest rating from Info-Tech Research Group for its exceptional product architecture and overall vendor score highlighting the company’s ‘exemplary’ strategy and strong viability, reach and channel. Read on to learn more.

Posted: 07 Feb 2012 | Published: 07 Feb 2012

WHITE PAPER: The 2011 Midrange Deduplication Appliance Buyer’s Guide rated the ExaGrid EX13000E “Best-in-Class” out of 37 different deduplication solutions for its functionality and capability. All ExaGrid appliances rated as “Recommended” scoring a 9.8 in technical support. ExaGrid rated as “Excellent” for hardware across all products. Read on to learn more.

Posted: 07 Feb 2012 | Published: 07 Feb 2012

WHITE PAPER: In selecting a disk-based backup solution, it's critical to consider the scalability of each prospective solution to ensure that it will meet the needs of your organization now and into the future. This paper outlines the five key questions you should ask when evaluating the scalability of any disk-based backup solution.

Posted: 07 Feb 2012 | Published: 07 Feb 2012