Storage Best Practices Reports

EBOOK: This handbook from the experts at SearchStorage.com offers a bird's eye view of the converged data protection market today. Download now to view 3 considerations for evaluating platforms, the challenges and benefits associated with converged data protection in the cloud, and more.

Posted: 05 Dec 2017 | Published: 05 Dec 2017

EGUIDE: In this expert guide, read on to learn how VMware's VSAN became flash-friendly in their 6.2 hyper-converged software update, how customers are beginning to use all-flash on VSAN for high-performance workloads, and more.

Posted: 12 Oct 2017 | Published: 09 Oct 2017

EGUIDE: In this expert guide, learn why technologies such as software-defined storage, flash-first, and hyper-converged infrastructure are muscling out traditional offerings. Then, read on to discover how analytics just might be the key to saving traditional storage architecture.

Posted: 12 Oct 2017 | Published: 09 Oct 2017

EGUIDE: In this expert guide by 30-year industry veteran Jon Toigo, learn about the history of NVMe, and how vendors are marketing it today. Then break down the reality of NVMe can do for your business.

Posted: 10 Oct 2017 | Published: 06 Oct 2017

EGUIDE: 2017 certainly was a big year for flash storage, but did its innovation and adoption play out as predicted? In this expert guide, read what 12 experts predicted would change in flash technologies in 2017, and judge for yourself how right they were in their predictions

Posted: 05 Oct 2017 | Published: 05 Oct 2017

EGUIDE: In this expert guide, learn about the innovations in flash like NVMe, Flash DIMM, and more that are just over the horizon and can help your all-flash systems stay ahead of the curve.

Posted: 05 Oct 2017 | Published: 04 Oct 2017

EGUIDE: In this expert guide by consultant Jim O'Reilly, learn about the rise of NVMe, how it as replaced the long-term need for SATA, what technologies it will do battle with next, and more.

Posted: 05 Oct 2017 | Published: 04 Oct 2017

EGUIDE: In this expert guide, learn 4 ways you can optimize SSD performance and longevity. For example, you'll discover which files are best suited for SSDs, find out why defragmentation may actually detrimental, and more.

Posted: 27 Sep 2017 | Published: 25 Sep 2017

EGUIDE: In this expert guide from Marc Staimer, founder and senior analyst at Dragon Slayer Consulting, learn 7 ways flash storage can outperform HDDs for all your workloads. Download now to determine flash's compatibility with non-critical workloads, as well.

Posted: 21 Sep 2017 | Published: 18 Sep 2017

EGUIDE: What's to be expected from HPE's purchase of SimpliVity? Download this guide by searchConvergedInfrastructure.com editors, as SimpliVity customers react to the move. The info inside will help you keep an eye on HPE's support of SimpliVity products, how and if SimpliVity becomes part of HPE's multicloud strategy, and more.

Posted: 21 Aug 2017 | Published: 15 Aug 2017

EGUIDE: The days of cobbling together makeshift data center systems are fast waning. This e-guide illustrates the difference between converged and hyper-converged infrastructures. Read on to leverage CI and HCI to accelerate server and data center consolidation projects, support VDI deployments, and more.

Posted: 21 Aug 2017 | Published: 15 Aug 2017

EGUIDE: This SearchStorage.com pocket guide will assist you in not only selecting an all-flash array vendor, but also illustrates how to choose an AFA based on an examination of three AFA product categories— high-end enterprise arrays, midrange systems, and NAS appliances.

Posted: 17 Aug 2017 | Published: 14 Aug 2017

EGUIDE: Inside this expert guide, Clive Longbottom, co-founder and service director at Quocirca, identifies which application workloads are best suited for HCI—like ROBO and VDI—and explains why. Read on to gain cautionary advice, as well, with regards to HCI being a main component of cloud platforms.

Posted: 16 Aug 2017 | Published: 11 Aug 2017

EGUIDE: A handful of startups and top-tier players have introduced container-driven bundles that could determine a new delivery and support approach for hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI). Read this expert guide to see highlighted several HCI appliances built for containerized apps that should be on your radar.

Posted: 16 Aug 2017 | Published: 11 Aug 2017

EGUIDE: Download this guide as our experts reveal the top 10 reasons to consider a hyper-converged data center, including its suitability for scale-out VDI workloads, ROBO support, hardware refresh, and more. Inside, you'll discover which workloads apply to your needs, and determine if HCI should be implemented.

Posted: 16 Aug 2017 | Published: 14 Aug 2017

EGUIDE: In this guide, contributors from SearchConvergedInfrastructure lay out the differences between converged and hyper-converged infrastructure storage. Read on to finally get the bottom line from our experts on the divergence between CI and HCI storage, with specific appliance examples.

Posted: 14 Aug 2017 | Published: 10 Aug 2017

EGUIDE: Download this expert guide to view the trends and vendors shaping HCI and its role in the software-defined data center (SDDC). You'll also gain advice on implementing HCI, regardless of whether your apps are traditional, big data- or cloud-based.

Posted: 14 Aug 2017 | Published: 10 Aug 2017

EGUIDE: Download this guide to get a technical breakdown from our editors on Kaminario's K2 array, including it data compression improvements (ratio of 4:1) and compatibility with NVMe. Then, you'll access a Q&A with Kaminario's CEO Dani Golan, in which he identifies how the flash market is shifting.

Posted: 09 Aug 2017 | Published: 04 Aug 2017

EGUIDE: In this guide, our experts deconstruct the high-density all-flash disruption. Additionally, you'll access an article by George Crump, President of Storage Switzerland, in which he illustrates the state of this year's flash storage systems, and talks in detail about NVMe, as well as flash DIMM.

Posted: 09 Aug 2017 | Published: 04 Aug 2017

EGUIDE: Use this guide as a means to building your all-flash array business case by characterizing your apps and their requirements. Inside, you'll learn how to construct your AFA case, while reviewing five factors to consider before making your purchase.

Posted: 09 Aug 2017 | Published: 03 Aug 2017

EGUIDE: Click inside this expert-guide to learn how, as software-defined storage systems mature, the line between storage and data-processing platform is eroding, and why you should remain cautious about new technologies for the time being.

Posted: 03 Aug 2017 | Published: 31 Jul 2017

EGUIDE: In this guide from the SearchStorage.com editors, senior news writer Garry Kranz sits down with Pure Storage CEO Scott Dietzen to assess the evolutionary cycle of NVMe flash, the likely timeline for its mainstream adoption, a glimpse into flash-based backup techniques, and more. Read on to stay in the NVMe loop.

Posted: 26 Jul 2017 | Published: 20 Jul 2017

EGUIDE: In this e-guide, we evaluate eight leading AFA vendors to let you decide which products best suit your organization. Read on as Logan Harbaugh, IT consultant and freelance reviewer with SearchStorage, breaks down how to select an AFA vendor based on functional specification, 3 essential purchasing considerations, and more.

Posted: 26 Jul 2017 | Published: 20 Jul 2017

EGUIDE: Object storage is the hot new technology on everyone's lips, but is it really so different from traditional NAS and SAN arrays? This expert guide explores the key aspects that differentiate object storage from its predecessors. Then read up on when adopting an object storage system is a smart move, and more.

Posted: 19 Jul 2017 | Published: 19 Jul 2017

EGUIDE: In this expert guide, learn about a new copy data management (CDM) program that along with a serious DR upgrade, is keeping the data on this vendor's servers more secure than ever. Then, gain a more holistic look at the future of data center protection products for secondary storage, recovery-in-place and replication, and more.

Posted: 14 Jul 2017 | Published: 11 Jul 2017