SAN and Virtualization

WHITE PAPER: This ESG Lab Validation offers an evaluation of one vendor's efficient, flexible, scale-out NAS and SAN response to the current storage conundrum. Read now to explore test results of operational efficiency, non-disruptive operations, and on-demand flexibility and performance optimization.

Posted: 01 May 2013 | Published: 30 Sep 2011

VIDEO: Watch this video to learn how one vendor's storage virtualization solution gives you access to all of your resources from a single interface, significantly simplifies management and reduces the overall costs of your IT environment.

Posted: 26 Apr 2013 | Premiered: 16 Apr 2013

BROCHURE: This brochure sheds light on the incredible opportunity of modernizing your storage and backup environments for virtualization. It also outlines key technologies that ensure that the business objectives of any virtualization project are achieved.

Posted: 15 Apr 2013 | Published: 30 Jun 2011

WHITE PAPER: Access this expert white paper to learn the top 10 considerations to make when choosing a storage virtualization solution.

Posted: 25 Mar 2013 | Published: 25 Mar 2013

WHITE PAPER: This white paper explores modern solutions that bring together the best qualities of direct-attached storage and shared storage. Read now to learn more.

Posted: 25 Mar 2013 | Published: 20 Mar 2013

WHITE PAPER: Check out this research report to explore the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats around ATA over Ethernet and cloud orchestration technology. Read on for more information on the latest innovations in these developing spaces!

Posted: 20 Mar 2013 | Published: 29 Feb 2012

WHITE PAPER: Access this brief paper to learn about an Ethernet SAN technology with the simplicity, performance and cost of DAS designed to expand the benefits of Hadoop file systems. Read on to learn how this storage can help you optimize your big data analytics.

Posted: 19 Mar 2013 | Published: 19 Mar 2013

WHITE PAPER: Access this two-page solution brief to learn about a unified, virtualized, IP-based storage system designed to reduce costs and complexities, centralize storage management, grow with your business and to integrate with Microsoft Windows Server environments.

Posted: 22 Feb 2013 | Published: 07 Jan 2013

WHITE PAPER: Access this white paper to learn how one leading vendor's storage center SAN complements VMware environments and explore 7 ways this SAN optimizes VMware server virtualization.

Posted: 22 Feb 2013 | Published: 31 May 2010

VIDEO: Learn about the perks of successfully implementing a virtual desktop infrastructure by checking out this four-minute video, which addresses costs, storage requirements and more.

Posted: 15 Jan 2013 | Premiered: 15 Jan 2013

WHITE PAPER: This short white paper provides in-depth answers to the 5 key questions you should ask as you embark on a SAN storage consolidation project. Read now to learn more.

Posted: 09 Oct 2012 | Published: 30 Dec 2011

WHITE PAPER: This white paper provides an overview of Data ONTAP 8.1 operating in Cluster-Mode, including its architecture and core capabilities, and positions it firmly in the 21st-century data center. Read now to learn more.

Posted: 08 Oct 2012 | Published: 29 Jun 2012

CASE STUDY: Learn how a 530-employee law firm transformed a sprawl of physical servers with DAS into a cost-efficient, reliable infrastructure that allowed for an estimated seven-figure software cost avoidance, one-hour DR and seven locations to be equipped with SAN and DR - for the price of one.

Posted: 17 Sep 2012 | Published: 01 Jun 2012

WHITE PAPER: This paper explains how organizations can enhance IT efficiency and free up time and resources by implementing a unified, virtualized storage environment. Access it now to learn about unifying storage with a scale-out architecture, the impact of application server complexity on storage and how to manage application storage cost-effectively.

Posted: 17 Sep 2012 | Published: 10 Apr 2013

WHITE PAPER: This buyer's checklist is designed to help you understand how you can leverage storage virtualization to reap benefits equivalent to those of server virt. Check it out today for an expert breakdown of storage virt, 15 key considerations and to learn how to calculate the ROI of storage virtualization at your shop.

Posted: 14 Sep 2012 | Published: 14 Sep 2012

WHITE PAPER: This white paper explores how next-gen, real-time compression is changing the game by offering a robust, efficient, and cost-effective optimization solution. Read now to learn more.

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 | Published: 30 Apr 2012

VIDEO: This short clip reveals the use of IBMs XIV storage system and how it cost effectively provides robust SAP services to customers at blazing speeds.

Posted: 20 Mar 2013 | Premiered: 30 Jan 2012

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: In this expert presentation transcript from SearchVirtualStorage.com, Howard Marks, chief scientist and founder of DeepStorage.net, discusses VMware SAN configuration issues that could cause problems in your virtualized environment.

Posted: 20 Mar 2013 | Published: 20 Mar 2013

EGUIDE: If you're a small to medium-sized business, you need your storage platform to be manageable by a small IT staff and fit within your budget. This expert E-Guide provides a detailed tutorial to help you navigate the virtual storage marketplace and select the best architecture for you.

Posted: 23 Jan 2013 | Published: 23 Jan 2013

WHITE PAPER: Over the last 20 years, the emergence of the networked-storage-systems market has given rise to an entire multibillion-dollar industry. Although many things have changed over this period, there has been one constant: Systems were largely defined by, and features were mainly delivered through, hardware.

Posted: 08 Jan 2013 | Published: 03 Dec 2012

EGUIDE: This expert SearchStorage.com E-Guide dives into warning signs of SAN management problems-to-come so you can catch them before they manifest in your virtual environment. Check it out to learn how your peers are responding to these pain points.

Posted: 17 Dec 2012 | Published: 17 Dec 2012

WHITE PAPER: This paper examines some of the innovative ways in which organizations all around the world are optimizing storage resources to save space, improve performance and reduce energy waste and costs.

Posted: 18 Sep 2012 | Published: 08 Dec 2010

EGUIDE: This SearchStorage.com E-Guide outlines best practices for building a cost-effective database infrastructure on SANs and how to ensure uptime in these Oracle, SAN environments. Read on to learn what it takes to deploy a scalable, efficient and cost-controlled database infrastructure.

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 | Published: 11 May 2011

SOFTWARE DOWNLOAD: Having trouble with storage latency issues? SolarWinds® Storage Response Time Monitor free tool tracks those sluggish VMs, shows the top host to datastore total response times and a count of additional high latency offenders.

Posted: 03 Aug 2012 | Premiered: 03 Aug 2012

WHITE PAPER: This white paper details the results of a recent study in comparing the cost, complexity and ease-of-use of the IBM Storwize V7000 and the EMC VNX5500. Read now to learn the results.

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 | Published: 30 Apr 2012