Storage Architectures

WHITE PAPER: This whitepaper explains how building a smarter storage infrastructure based on the business value of data can enable you to address your data storage requirements efficiently and at the lowest cost.

Posted: 06 Nov 2009 | Published: 06 Nov 2009

VIDEO: Learn how you can reduce your storage costs by 50% or more using intelligent file virtualization to optimize storage tiering. The basic idea of storage tiering is to match the business value of each chunk of data with the cost of storing that data. Watch Renny Shen of F5 Networks explain how virtualizing storage management can save up to 70%.

Posted: 06 Nov 2009 | Premiered: 06 Nov 2009

PRODUCT OVERVIEW: Built on Adaptec Unified Serial® (SATA/SAS) Series 5Z, Series 5 and Series 2 storage controller technology, High-performance Hybrid Arrays (HPHAs) provide for maximum performance at the lowest capital investment and operating costs.

Posted: 04 Nov 2009 | Published: 04 Nov 2009

WEBCAST: Disk-based backup systems fundamentally change the way we do backup and recovery. But the key is to treat disk as disk and not as tape. Solutions need to recognize the intelligent features of disk and take advantage of those features. This webcast explores how to leverage the advantages of disk for best possible backup performance and maximum ROI.

Posted: 04 Nov 2009 | Premiered: 04 Nov 2009

PODCAST: Disk-based backup systems fundamentally change the way we do backup and recovery. But the key is to treat disk as disk and not as tape. Solutions need to recognize the intelligent features of disk and take advantage of those features. This podcast explores how to leverage the advantages of disk for best possible backup performance and maximum ROI.

Posted: 04 Nov 2009 | Premiered: 04 Nov 2009

WHITE PAPER: This paper describes the Dell Reference Architecture, a blue print or a starting configuration, for designing Microsoft® Exchange Server 2007 storage in a virtualized server environment using Dell™ EqualLogic™ arrays.

Posted: 28 Oct 2009 | Published: 28 Oct 2009

EBOOK: How can you develop the optimal hardware strategy for maximum performance of your SAP environment? This eBook includes tips and insight from server, storage, virtualization and SAP software pros that will help you get the most out of your SAP enterprise software.

Posted: 27 Oct 2009 | Published: 27 Oct 2009

WHITE PAPER: Profiled in this whitepaper are two examples of ISVs that have turned to Iron Mountain's Archive Services Platform API solution to help their customers better manage their data. Read this Whitepaper from Iron Mountain to learn more.

Posted: 15 Oct 2009 | Published: 15 Oct 2009

WHITE PAPER: As Storage Switzerland writes, APIs such as Iron Mountain’s Archive Services Platform API allow ISVs greater control than do cloud NAS gateways over how and where data is stored. Read this Technology Brief from Storage Switzerland to learn more.

Posted: 15 Oct 2009 | Published: 15 Oct 2009

DATA SHEET: Iron Mountain’s Archive Services Platform API provides developers with the ideal remedy to take control of their data archiving challenges. A Web services interface allows developers to easily integrate their data-intensive applications, using almost any programming language, with Iron Mountain’s ultra-secure, highly scalable archive.

Posted: 15 Oct 2009 | Published: 15 Oct 2009

WHITE PAPER: Read this whitepaper to learn about how Double-Take Backup reduces the window for data loss, is more efficient than tape, and less costly than tape or other replications solutions.

Posted: 09 Oct 2009 | Published: 09 Oct 2009

WHITE PAPER: Tape remains the most cost effective, energy efficient and reliable program technology for storing large amounts of inactive, off-line or near-line data while complimenting disk-based data protection and retention solutions. Read this paper and find out why.

Posted: 08 Oct 2009 | Published: 08 Oct 2009

WHITE PAPER: HP LeftHand P4000 SAN Solutions provide optimized storage for your virtualized server environment, allowing your storage infrastructure to support virtual servers, including support for high-availability (HA) and disaster-recovery (DR) features in virtual environments.

Posted: 08 Oct 2009 | Published: 08 Oct 2009

TRIAL SOFTWARE: CA ARCserve Backup unites innovative data deduplication technology, powerful storage resource management (SRM) reporting and robust security measures — making it one of the market’s most secure, reliable and efficient methods of protecting the information residing on physical and virtual servers.

Posted: 05 Oct 2009 | Published: 05 Oct 2009

WHITE PAPER: 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

CASE STUDY: Global expansion plans combined with organic growth and an increasing number of job seekers were posing a serious problem for the traditional storage infrastructure underpinning CareerBuilder’s operations. After evaluating several vendors, CareerBuilder identified 3PAR as the only one meeting its performance, scalability, and flexibility demands.

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 | Published: 02 Oct 2009

CASE STUDY: Pearson, the international media and education company, is looking for a single tool that can provide information vital to their storage management. Its infrastructure support team selected Northern Storage Suite.

Posted: 30 Sep 2009 | Published: 30 Sep 2009

EGUIDE: This E-Guide will highlight the key considerations to be aware of when evaluating online backup solutions and will also highlight critical questions to ask vendors.

Posted: 30 Sep 2009 | Published: 30 Sep 2009

WHITE PAPER: This white paper informs readers about the time and cost savings, from a storage administrator's perspective, that can be realized from using StorageWorks EVA as compared to competing solutions from EMC and NetApp.

Posted: 30 Sep 2009 | Published: 30 Sep 2009

WHITE PAPER: 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

WHITE PAPER: This white paper presents an overview of storage virtualisation at the controller level of a storage system. It describes how HP defines virtualisation technology and how it applies to the HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array (EVA) storage system.

Posted: 29 Sep 2009 | Published: 29 Sep 2009

WHITE PAPER: The most powerful application of virtualization today is at the storage system level. With the HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array and HP StorageWorks SAN Virtualization Services platform, organizations can take advantage of the many benefits of virtualization with a solution designed specifically for open systems.

Posted: 24 Sep 2009 | Published: 24 Sep 2009

WHITE PAPER: Many companies that have deployed server virtualization are still struggling with massive data growth, rising storage maintenance cost, and underutilized storage assets from a multitude of vendors. A virtual storage infrastructure from HP can double your capacity utilization and cut management costs in half.

Posted: 23 Sep 2009 | Published: 23 Sep 2009

WHITE PAPER: When the U.S. Air force needed a more powerful storage infrastructure, they turned to HP for a system that allowed them to meet business demands more flexibly, manage data more simply and efficiently and mitigate the risk of lost data with a storage area network (SAN) that pools, shares and centrally manages storage resources.

Posted: 23 Sep 2009 | Published: 23 Sep 2009

WHITE PAPER: If you are looking to improve the efficiency of your storage infrastructure, consider the HP StorageWorks SAN Virtualization Services Platform (SVSP). It allows you to provision virtual volumes to meet the requirements of your standard and virtual servers. It delivers improved storage resource utilization along with comprehensive data protection.

Posted: 23 Sep 2009 | Published: 23 Sep 2009