Storage Best Practices

WEBCAST: This webcast gives an overview of several options for HP Proactive Select IT services that address common and recurring events in typical, ever changing storage environments. Tune in to learn more about this exciting, cost- and time-effective IT support solution.

Posted: 20 Oct 2009 | Premiered: 20 Oct 2009

VIDEO: As storage capacity needs grow in SMBs, disk is increasingly being used as a backup storage target. In this FAQ, backup expert W. Curtis Preston, discusses the role of disk-based backup in the SMB space. Curtis takes a closer look at the benefits and cost differentiators of moving from tape to disk for data backup.

Posted: 19 Oct 2009 | Premiered: 19 Oct 2009

EGUIDE: In this e-guide, storage networking experts and technologists spotlight the advancements that will have the most significant impact in storage networking to help you prepare for the future.

Posted: 19 Oct 2009 | Published: 19 Oct 2009

WHITE PAPER: This white paper describes how to create a virtualization strategy that improves mobility, flexibility, security, and compliance. It also introduces comprehensive desktop-virtualization solutions from Microsoft. Finally, it provides high-level guidance to help companies develop a desktop-virtualization strategy.

Posted: 16 Oct 2009 | Published: 16 Oct 2009

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: At its most basic, file virtualization is about separating file data from restrictions in how it is accessed and manipulated. It can also ease things when it comes to migrating those storage systems. Read this presentation transcript to find out more about file virtualization.

Posted: 16 Oct 2009 | Published: 16 Oct 2009

WHITE PAPER: Massive data growth and long retention periods of fixed-content data is changing the landscape of enterprise data storage and is challenging storage administrators to deliver a cost effective storage strategy. A Storage Resource Management [SRM] tool can help manage the flow/volume of data.

Posted: 16 Oct 2009 | Published: 16 Oct 2009

EGUIDE: The October 2009 edition of Storage Magazine Online focuses on snapshot technologies. Snapshots offer backup managers the ability to reduce RTOs and RPOs, but one size doesn’t fit all. Storage expert Marc Staimer explains how to evaluate and choose the best approach for your environment.

Posted: 16 Oct 2009 | Published: 16 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: This report documents the results of ESG Lab testing of the HP StorageWorks SAN Virtualization Services Platform (SVSP). The enhanced high availability and disaster recovery capabilities of asynchronous remote mirroring are also presented.

Posted: 14 Oct 2009 | Published: 14 Oct 2009

PODCAST: As storage capacity needs grow in SMBs, disk is increasingly being used as a backup storage target. In this FAQ, Executive Editor and Independent Backup Expert W. Curtis Preston, discusses the role of disk-based backup in the SMB space. Curtis takes a closer look at the benefits and cost differentiators of moving from tape to disk for data backup.

Posted: 08 Oct 2009 | Premiered: 08 Oct 2009

EGUIDE: Growth of data on databases and applications can lead to failure to meet service levels which stems from the high TCO involved in maintaining, supporting, and planning for growth. Read this E-Guide and explore the advantages of having a clear data growth management strategy. Discover 6 key solutions for managing your data before it manages you.

Posted: 08 Oct 2009 | Published: 08 Oct 2009

WHITE PAPER: With disk-to-disk technology, your backup data resides on disk drives, proven to be far more reliable than tapes. When your backup completes, you know the data is secure and accessible on the disk drive. Read this paper to learn other best practices on disk-to-disk technology and more.

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

PODCAST: In this podcast, listen to expert Scott Sawyer explain how Dell Services can help you plan for modernization of your legacy Unix infrastructure.

Posted: 29 Sep 2009 | Premiered: 29 Sep 2009

VIDEO: Discover some of the challenges you'll face when compliance mandates a retention policy that just doesn’t make sense, and learn about some alternate solutions to backup and archiving you may not have considered yet.

Posted: 29 Sep 2009 | Premiered: 29 Sep 2009

VIDEO: This session will look at various techniques and strategies to optimize either on-line active or primary as well as near-line or secondary storage environment during tough economic times, as well as to position for future growth, after all, there is no such thing as a data recession!

Posted: 25 Sep 2009 | Premiered: 25 Sep 2009

WEBCAST: Now more than ever, organizations are looking at re-architecting their backup strategy and are learning that deduplication is necessary to consider in ‘next generation’ backup architecture. This webcast explores some deduplication tips and advice on how to streamline your storage costs.

Posted: 25 Sep 2009 | Premiered: 25 Sep 2009

PODCAST: Now more than ever, organizations are looking at re-architecting their backup strategy and are learning that deduplication is necessary to consider in 'next generation' backup architecture. This podcast explores some deduplication tips and advice on how to streamline your storage costs.

Posted: 25 Sep 2009 | Premiered: 25 Sep 2009

PODCAST: Solid state drives (SSD) are going to play everywhere in the enterprise—at the storage array level, at the server level and in users’ notebook computers. This podcast discusses the issues involved in integrating SSDs at these three junctions in enterprise storage environments.

Posted: 24 Sep 2009 | Premiered: 24 Sep 2009

WEBCAST: Solid state drives (SSD) are going to play everywhere in the enterprise—at the storage array level, at the server level and in users’ notebook computers. This webcast discusses the issues involved in integrating SSDs at these three junctions in enterprise storage environments.

Posted: 24 Sep 2009 | Premiered: 24 Sep 2009

VIRTUAL TRADESHOW: Performance Computing (HPC) is business ready. HPC can give your organization a competitive advantage through shorter development cycles, better decision making and lower costs. Download this webcast to discuss new technologies, accomplishments, and collaborations in HPC, networking, storage, software, and data management.

Posted: 23 Sep 2009 | Premiered: 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: This white paper describes the powerful combination of HP StorageWorks SVSP storage virtualization solution with server virtualization products to produce a more dynamic IT infrastructure that improves efficiencies and simplifies operations.

Posted: 23 Sep 2009 | Published: 23 Sep 2009

WEBCAST: Every company with multiple locations has the challenge of managing backup data across different sites, media types, and retention periods for short term protection and long term retention. View this webcast to learn about a new consolidated approach to solving this problem by combining disk, deduplication, and tape storage systems.

Posted: 21 Sep 2009 | Premiered: 21 Sep 2009

WHITE PAPER: This white paper explores how an archiving solution supports the management and protection of SharePoint content across an enterprise by providing: Back-Up & Recovery, Storage Optimisation, Retention Management, eDiscovery, and Seamless End User Access.

Posted: 18 Sep 2009 | Published: 18 Sep 2009