Storage Efficiency Reports

EGUIDE: Downloading this e-guide will reveal the keys to selecting the right AFA vendor and product for your workloads. Inside, Logan Harbaugh examines which products the leading AFA vendors offer, breaking down the nuances of selecting high-end enterprise AFAs, midrange SANs, and NAS appliances from these vendors.

Posted: 26 Mar 2018 | Published: 21 Mar 2018

EGUIDE: Download this e-guide for access to the top five factors to consider before buying all-flash arrays. IT Consultant Logan Harbaugh will walk you through each, with help in answering, Should we use AFAs from the vendor that makes our existing storage?, and more.

Posted: 26 Mar 2018 | Published: 21 Mar 2018

EGUIDE: In this e-guide, Senior Analyst Mike Matchett walks you through how to use smarter storage infrastructure with embedded analytical intelligence to harvest the desired value from your data. Read on to learn the top 5 benefits of storage analytics, how to utilize storage-hosted lambda functionality, and more.

Posted: 21 Mar 2018 | Published: 19 Mar 2018

EGUIDE: This e-guide illustrates how scale-out NAS and object storage work, their relative strengths and weaknesses, how easy or difficult they are to manage, and how well they integrate with existing infrastructure. Access now for SearchStorage.com's full comparison of scale-out NAS vs. object storage.

Posted: 09 Mar 2018 | Published: 09 Mar 2018

EGUIDE: This guide from SearchStorage.com serves as your go-to resource on object storage, with details on how it can improve data protection and availability. Read on to view additional info on an object vs. file vs. block bake off, the pros and cons object storage, a market overview, and more.

Posted: 09 Mar 2018 | Published: 09 Mar 2018

EGUIDE: In this e-guide, George Crump demonstrates how to use emerging flash innovations, like NVMe and DIMM, to stay apace with app requirements and users' expectations. Read on to also get a glimpse at new flash use cases, and learn why calculating flash pricing is key in making the AFA vs. disk decision.

Posted: 12 Feb 2018 | Published: 05 Feb 2018

EGUIDE: This expert guide examines flash storage caching's benefits, tradeoffs, where to cache, and more. Read on for the rundown; additionally, Brien Posey, Microsoft MVP, dishes on the state of the SSD caching market and on which vendors are caching in.

Posted: 06 Feb 2018 | Published: 05 Feb 2018

EBOOK: This e-book from the experts at SearchConvergedInfrastructure.com helps you make the case for converged and hyper-converged in your organization. Read on to access a package of articles that will help you sell HCI to upper management, prep your environment for HCI platform installation, and more.

Posted: 17 Jan 2018 | Published: 17 Jan 2018

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: 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: 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: In this expert guide, 20-year industry veteran Jacob Gsoedl demonstrates how hyper-converged systems differ from traditional storage systems. Read on to get a run-down of the top considerations buyers should have on their checklist for evaluating, purchasing, and deploying HCI, and more.

Posted: 14 Aug 2017 | Published: 10 Aug 2017

EGUIDE: Because we're in the midst of a worldwide NAND flash shortage, will once-lowered costs now rise? Download this guide as our editors evaluate the impact the NAND flash shortage has on the cost of SSDs (and how that compares per gigabyte to HDDs), as well as new use cases like flash as RAM.

Posted: 09 Aug 2017 | Published: 03 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: From the experts at SearchConvergedInfrastructure.com, this guide assesses several types of HCI architectures based on featured capabilities—including cost model, data protection, and resiliency. Read on to see the analysis, as well as to answer the burning question, "Why is the HCI definition so varied?"

Posted: 01 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: Our experts compiled this guide to determining the most suitable AFA vendor for your enterprise—ensuring you choose one that not only provides snapshots and thin provisioning, but also active-active controllers and replication, and QoS. Read on to also gain access to instruction for a three-phase AFA implementation.

Posted: 26 Jun 2017 | Published: 19 Jun 2017