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May 26, 2013

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ALSO CALLED: Quota Management, Disk Management, Tape Storage, Disk Quota Management, Storage, Network Storage, Data Storage Management, HSM, Disk Storage, Hierarchical Storage Management, Managing Storage DEFINITION: Unified storage (sometimes termed network unified storage or NUS) is a storage system that makes it possible to run and manage files and applications from a single device. To this end, a unified storage system consolidates file-based and block-based access in a single storage platform and supports fibre channel SAN, IP-based SAN (iSCSI), and NAS (network attached storage). A unified storage system … Definition continues below.
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7 Shortcuts to Losing Your Data (and Probably Your Job) sponsored by Unitrends WHITE PAPER: This tongue in cheek white paper explores data loss from a contrarian point of view - exploring the top 7 shortcuts you can take to ensure that you lose your data. Posted: 20 May 2013 \| Published: 31 Dec 2012 TOPICS: Backups \| Best Practices \| Data Loss Prevention (DLP) \| Data Management \| Data Recovery \| Storage Management \| Storage Security

Transforming Business with Oracle's Optimized Storage for Oracle Database 11g sponsored by Oracle India Pvt. Ltd WHITE PAPER: This white paper provides an overview of how Oracle's optimized storage enables business transformation while saving up to 40 percent on storage costs and lowering risk for deployments. Posted: 17 May 2013 \| Published: 17 May 2013 TOPICS: Backups \| Database Administration \| Database Management \| Database Performance Management \| Database Security \| Disaster Recovery \| Oracle (Product) \| Storage Architectures \| Storage Best Practices \| Storage Efficiency \| Storage Management

Oracle's Pillar Axiom -- A Better Choice Than EMC sponsored by Oracle India Pvt. Ltd WHITE PAPER: The Oracle Pillar Axiom 600 storage system addresses some key challenges that competing storage vendors have yet to overcome. It's an ideal fit for consolidating storage for multiple Oracle Databases or Oracle Applications, and it's also a good choice for EMC CLARiiON customers nearing the end of a lease agreement. Posted: 17 May 2013 \| Published: 31 May 2012 TOPICS: Data Compression \| Oracle (Product) \| Storage Architectures \| Storage Best Practices \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Consolidation \| Storage Efficiency \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Management \| Storage Optimization \| Storage Provisioning \| Storage Spending \| Storage Systems

Taking Advantage of Multicore/Multiprocessor Technologies to Meet Today's Storage Needs sponsored by Oracle India Pvt. Ltd WHITE PAPER: This comprehensive white paper explores how Oracle's Sun ZFS Storage Appliances can perform complex processing for compression, deduplication, real-time storage analytics, and other advanced data services without slowing down I/O throughput and without costing more than competing solutions. Posted: 17 May 2013 \| Published: 24 Jun 2012 TOPICS: Data Analytics \| Data Compression \| Data Destruction \| Storage Architectures \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Consolidation \| Storage Efficiency \| Storage Industry \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Management \| Storage Optimization \| Storage Spending

Data protection strategies for rapid, effective data center recovery sponsored by Dell and VMware WHITE PAPER: This white paper explores a storage platform that includes a comprehensive set of data protection capabilities that help you meet operational and DR requirements at both local and remote sites. Posted: 17 May 2013 \| Published: 31 Dec 2012 TOPICS: Backups \| Data Loss Prevention (DLP) \| Data Recovery \| Data Replication \| Disaster Recovery \| Remote Backups \| Storage Management

Integrated Computing Platforms: Infrastructure Builds for Tomorrow's Data Center sponsored by EMC Corporation WHITE PAPER: In this white paper, you will gain insight into increasingly dynamic environments that require infrastructure integration that demands a high level of expertise – relinquishing IT professionals from their DIY mentality to implementing ICPs for optimal efficiency. Read now to learn more. Posted: 16 May 2013 \| Published: 31 Mar 2013 TOPICS: Private Cloud \| Server Management \| Server Virtualization \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Consolidation \| Storage Management \| Strategic Planning

ESG Lab Validation Report: Virident FlashMAX II sponsored by Virident WHITE PAPER: This report documents ESG Lab's hands-on validation testing of Virident FlashMax II PCI Express (PCIe) SCM drives, with a focus on their multi-dimensional performance capabilities. Posted: 15 May 2013 \| Published: 30 Apr 2012 TOPICS: Data Center Management \| Data Centers \| Flash Memory \| Solid State Disks \| Solid State Storage \| Storage Efficiency \| Storage Hardware \| Storage Management \| Storage Systems \| Strategic Planning

Master Big Data with Next-Generation Object Storage sponsored by Quantum Corporation WHITE PAPER: This collection of white papers explores a new generation of storage technologies that incorporates the strengths of object storage while maintaining operational and functional flexibility. Posted: 14 May 2013 \| Published: 14 May 2013 TOPICS: Backups \| Capacity Planning \| Cloud Computing \| Cloud Storage \| Data Loss Prevention (DLP) \| Data Management \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Management

CW Special report on Symantec sponsored by ComputerWeekly.com WHITE PAPER: This in-depth profile from Computer Weekly, updated for 2013, gives you the key facts on Symantec's products, financial performance and strategy. Posted: 14 May 2013 \| Published: 14 May 2013 TOPICS: Authentication \| Backup Software \| Cloud Security \| Data Loss Prevention (DLP) \| Digital Certificates \| Encryption Standards \| Endpoint Security \| IT Management \| IT Management Services \| Malware \| Managed Security Services \| Security \| Server Management \| Storage Management \| Virus Detection Software \| Virus Protection

ESG: Tape Usage Is Declining—But It Shouldn't Be sponsored by Quantum Corporation WHITE PAPER: This ESG research brief uncovers current and future tape usage trends and takes a fresh look at the benefits of tape storage in today's world of hot and cold data. Find out why you should give more thought to tape, especially as your data continues to grow. Posted: 13 May 2013 \| Published: 30 Nov 2012 TOPICS: Backups \| Capacity Planning \| Data Loss Prevention (DLP) \| Data Management \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Management \| Tape Backups

Managing Explosive Data Growth: The Importance of Archiving and Tiered Storage sponsored by Quantum Corporation WHITE PAPER: This white paper explores why archiving is an optimal solution to the problem of storing, managing and protecting today's unprecedented amount of data. Posted: 13 May 2013 \| Published: 31 Jan 2012 TOPICS: Backups \| Capacity Planning \| Data Loss Prevention (DLP) \| Data Management \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Management

ESG Report: Long-term Data Retention and Archiving for Today's IT sponsored by Quantum Corporation WHITE PAPER: This white paper explores some of the issues IT pros face today and explains where tape fits into the equation. Read on to discover how one vendor is taking tape backup and data protection to the next level with features that protect data throughout its entire retention period. Posted: 10 May 2013 \| Published: 31 Jan 2012 TOPICS: Backups \| Data Loss Prevention (DLP) \| Data Management \| Storage Management \| Tape Backups \| Tape Libraries

The business value of improved backup and recovery sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: This informative white paper provides you with a comprehensive approach to data protection – addressing the issue of complex requirements demanded by the continuous growth of information. Read on now to learn more. Posted: 09 May 2013 \| Published: 31 Jan 2013 TOPICS: Backups \| Data Management \| Data Recovery \| Infrastructure Management \| Private Cloud \| Public Cloud \| Storage Consolidation \| Storage Efficiency \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Management \| Storage Optimization \| Strategic Planning

Forrester: Evaluate New Converged Infrastructures To Underpin The Software-Defined Data Center sponsored by Nutanix WHITE PAPER: This report defines storage-centric virtualized infrastructure, its opportunity and use cases, and the emerging vendor landscape that IT infrastructure and operations groups should evaluate as they pursue the software-defined data center. Posted: 08 May 2013 \| Published: 20 Mar 2013 TOPICS: Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency \| Data Center Management \| Data Centers \| Infrastructure Management \| Infrastructure Services \| Server Virtualization \| Storage Efficiency \| Storage for Virtualized Servers \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Management \| Storage Strategy for Virtual Data Centers \| Storage Virtualization \| Virtual Machine \| Virtual Machine Backups

Reducing the complexity of your storage environment sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: Tired of dealing with the complexity of your storage environment? In this white paper, you'll discover a storage resource management suite that can help reduce the complexity of managing your storage environments. Posted: 08 May 2013 \| Published: 30 Apr 2013 TOPICS: Budgeting \| Cloud Storage \| Green Storage \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Efficiency \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Management \| Storage Management Software \| Storage Replication Services \| Storage Systems \| Strategic Planning

Deploying Flash in the Enterprise sponsored by NetApp WHITE PAPER: This white paper carefully analyzes the costs of several different flash solutions. In order to help you choose the best platform to address your unique storage challenges and performance needs. Posted: 08 May 2013 \| Published: 30 Apr 2013 TOPICS: Data Management \| Data Recovery \| Data Storage \| Disk Backups \| Disk Drives \| Disk Storage Systems \| Flash Memory \| Hard Disk Drives \| Hard Disks \| Solid State Disks \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Efficiency \| Storage Management

Assessing the TCO of Unified vs. Parallel Backup Solutions for Virtual Environments sponsored by Symantec Corporation WHITE PAPER: This white paper discusses what to look for in a virtualization protection solution and explores the features and benefits of both separate and unified solutions for protecting the virtual components of a modern infrastructure. Read on to discover the total cost of ownership of these two types of solutions and learn the ins and outs of each. Posted: 07 May 2013 \| Published: 28 Feb 2013 TOPICS: Backup for Virtualized Servers \| Backups \| Data Loss Prevention (DLP) \| Data Management \| Server Virtualization \| Storage for Virtualized Servers \| Storage Management \| TCO \| Virtual Machine \| Virtual Machine Backups

IBM Tivoli Storage manager for Virtual Environments: Robust, Comprehensive Data Protection for Virtualized Environments sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: This ESG Lab report focuses on hands-on evaluation and testing of Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) for Virtual Environments and FlashCopy Manager for VMware from IBM. Testing validated TSM for Virtual Environments and FlashCopy Manager for VMware focusing on ease of deployment and use, application integration and support, and VMware cluster protection. Posted: 07 May 2013 \| Published: 28 Feb 2013 TOPICS: Backup for Virtualized Servers \| Backups \| Data Management \| Data Recovery \| Data Storage \| Server Management \| Server Virtualization \| Storage Best Practices \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Management \| Strategic Planning \| VMware

SanDisk FlashSoft for VMware vSphere sponsored by SanDisk Corporation WHITE PAPER: In this brief white paper, you will get insight into an innovative SanDisk product that accelerates application performance in VMware guest machines. Posted: 07 May 2013 \| Published: 31 Dec 2012 TOPICS: Backups \| Flash Memory \| Server Management \| Server Software \| Server Virtualization \| Software \| Solid State Disks \| Solid State Storage \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Consolidation \| Storage Efficiency \| Storage Management \| Virtual Machine \| Virtual Machine Migration \| VMware

Oracle's Pillar Axiom -- A Better Choice Than EMC sponsored by Oracle Corporation UK Ltd WHITE PAPER: This paper compares Oracle's innovative storage system with the EMC VNX family of storage products and describes how Oracle's approach can help organizations reduce costs and increase agility, while meeting the demanding performance requirements of today's virtualized application and server infrastructures. Posted: 07 May 2013 \| Published: 31 May 2012 TOPICS: Oracle (Product) \| RAID \| SAN \| Solid State Disks \| Storage Architectures \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Consolidation \| Storage Efficiency \| Storage Management \| Storage Systems

Buyer's E-Guide to Next Generation NAS sponsored by Oracle Corporation UK Ltd WHITE PAPER: This comprehensive white paper guides you in the right direction when investing in a NAS system in three criterions. Also, you will have an analytical overview of an innovative solution suitable for enterprise applications, virtualized environments, cloud infrastructures, storage consolidation and data protection requirements. Posted: 06 May 2013 \| Published: 06 May 2013 TOPICS: Data Acquisition Hardware \| Data Center Management \| Data Centers \| Data Deduplication \| Data Management \| NAS \| Oracle (Product) \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Consolidation \| Storage Management \| Strategic Planning

Buyer's E-Guide to Tomorrow's SAN Technology sponsored by Oracle Corporation UK Ltd WHITE PAPER: This informative resource provides you with three criterions to make the right decision when investing in a SAN storage system. Posted: 06 May 2013 \| Published: 06 May 2013 TOPICS: Data Center Management \| Data Centers \| Data Management \| Data Recovery \| Data Storage \| Oracle (Product) \| SAN \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Consolidation \| Storage Efficiency \| Storage Management \| Strategic Planning

Taking Advantage of Multicore/Multiprocessor Technologies to Meet Today’s Storage Needs sponsored by Oracle Corporation UK Ltd WHITE PAPER: This white paper explores the collaboration between Oracle and Intel formulating an optimized storage solution that addresses today's challenges subsequent to a plethora of data growth. Posted: 06 May 2013 \| Published: 30 Apr 2012 TOPICS: Data Center Management \| Data Centers \| Data Management \| Data Storage \| Oracle (Product) \| Storage Efficiency \| Storage Management \| Strategic Planning

Making the Right Storage Choices: 10 Must-Ask Questions sponsored by Oracle Corporation UK Ltd WHITE PAPER: This brief guide will arm you with ten must ask questions you need to consider when reviewing your storage strategy. Posted: 03 May 2013 \| Published: 31 Dec 2011 TOPICS: Data Center Management \| Data Management \| Hardware \| High Availability \| Scalability Testing \| Software \| Storage Consolidation \| Storage Management \| Storage Systems \| Strategic Planning \| Vendor Selection \| Vendors

Fidelity Information Systems and IBM Storwize V7000 with IBM System Storage for Easy Tier sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: This paper describes the benchmark testing that was done with IBM Storwize V7000 storage system and Fidelity information services in January 2012. Posted: 02 May 2013 \| Published: 31 Mar 2012 TOPICS: Disk Drives \| Hardware \| Software \| Solid State Disks \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Consolidation \| Storage Efficiency \| Storage Management

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STORAGE MANAGEMENT DEFINITION (continued): … simultaneously enables storage of file data and handles the block-based I/O (input/output) of enterprise applications. In actual practice, unified storage is often implemented in a NAS platform that is modified to add block-mode support. For example, Reldata Inc offers the SANnet universal IP storage system and Network Appliance Inc. offers a unified storage architecture. Numerous other products based on Microsoft's WUDSS (Windows Unified Data Storage Server) have been configured to support both block and file I/O.One advantage of unified storage is reduced hardware requirements. Instead of separate …
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