Storage Hardware Reports

EGUIDE: Contrary to popular belief, tape storage systems still have a number of inherent benefits. Long-term data archiving, the ability to be easily transported offsite, relatively low cost – just to name a few. This SearchDataBackup.com tutorial features information about the latest developments on tape storage systems.

Posted: 01 Oct 2011 | Published: 26 Sep 2011

WHITE PAPER: This resource takes a closer look at a hyperscale-inspired server that is based on one of the world’s lowest power per core processors, enabling you to worry less about your budget and more about growing your business.

Posted: 23 Aug 2011 | Published: 23 Aug 2011

WHITE PAPER: This white paper introduces EMC Unisphere  for VNXe, a web-based management environment for creating storage resources; configuring and scheduling protection for stored data; and managing and monitoring other storage operations on VNXe platforms.

Posted: 23 Jun 2011 | Published: 23 Jun 2011

WHITE PAPER: This paper discusses key criteria and decision points for determining what server and storage hardware are appropriate for a medium-sized SharePoint Server 2010 farm. It offers guidelines and rules of thumb for determining how much storage space should be allocated, and when separate storage volumes are desirable.

Posted: 15 Jun 2011 | Published: 15 Jun 2011

WHITE PAPER: This research note presents results from a recent survey on virtualization and cloud computing. Find out why many of your peers are looking into fabric-based infrastructures and get recommendations to help you leverage the full benefits of this technology.

Posted: 24 May 2011 | Published: 11 Feb 2011

EBOOK: This eBook is an overview of data warehouse appliance trends and practical advice on how to evaluate and choose the right appliances for their organizations. Learn about the limitations of data warehouse appliances and pitfalls to avoid in using them.

Posted: 19 May 2011 | Published: 19 May 2011

EBOOK: This eBook is an overview of data warehouse appliance trends and practical advice on how to evaluate and choose the right appliances for their organizations. Learn about the limitations of data warehouse appliances and pitfalls to avoid in using them.

Posted: 19 May 2011 | Published: 19 May 2011

EBOOK: This eBook is an overview of data warehouse appliance trends and practice advice on how to evaluate and choose the right appliances for your organizations. Learn about the limitations of data warehouse appliances and pitfalls to avoid in using them.

Posted: 19 May 2011 | Published: 19 May 2011

ANALYST REPORT: This analysis report highlights the benefits of deploying NetApp storage alongside desktop virtualization software. Explore best practices from organizations that have already implemented NetApp storage in conjunction with their desktop virtualization initiatives and gain insight on the cost savings they experienced. Learn more here.

Posted: 16 May 2011 | Published: 16 May 2011

TECHNICAL ARTICLE: Customers demand the highest efficiency and performance in their VMware infrastructure, while keeping costs under control. The HP 3PAR Storage System is designed to enable business success while driving down the cost of ownership through its key features – thin provisioning, autonomic storage tiering and disaster recovery solutions.

Posted: 12 May 2011 | Published: 12 May 2011

WHITE PAPER: The purpose of this document is to provide DX Storage administrators, application developers, and support teams instructions on the DX platform configuration required when applications are utilizing the remote synchronous write feature to enable synchronous writes to a local and remote DX Clusters.

Posted: 01 May 2011 | Published: 27 Apr 2011

WHITE PAPER: In this white paper we explore Object Storage, compare it to traditional NAS, and demonstrate that an intelligent, policy based data management strategy is the best approach to determining when it is beneficial for organizations to use Object Storage, or continue to use NAS.

Posted: 01 May 2011 | Published: 27 Apr 2011

EGUIDE: Download this e-guide to learn how unified storage works, the advantages of using a multiprotocol storage array in your environment, possible challenges the technology presents and the future surrounding unified storage systems.

Posted: 07 Apr 2011 | Published: 07 Apr 2011

EZINE: This ezine features actionable information on technologies and sales tactics. Read it for expert advice on unified data center hardware, UCS adoption and an update on digital signage.

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 | Published: 05 Apr 2011

VIDEOCAST: Gene Chesser gives a quick overview of the Dell DX Object Storage Platform.

Posted: 30 Mar 2011 | Premiered: Mar 30, 2011

CASE STUDY: Utrecht University's Biomolecular Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics Group needed to process and safeguard data. Learn how the department worked with Dell to deploy an object-based, clustered storage platform for better data management.

Posted: 29 Mar 2011 | Published: 29 Mar 2011

EGUIDE: This e-guide will explore the challenges of data reduction, three data reduction techniques and how to choose the best technique for your data storage environment. Continue reading this e-guide to learn how to maximize your storage capacity.

Posted: 29 Mar 2011 | Published: 29 Mar 2011

WHITE PAPER: In this white paper we explore Object Storage, compare it to traditional NAS, and demonstrate that an intelligent, policy based data management strategy is the best approach to determining when it is beneficial for organizations to use Object Storage, or continue to use NAS.

Posted: 29 Mar 2011 | Published: 29 Mar 2011

WHITE PAPER: In support of the launch of the new SMB focused VNXe unified storage systems, EMC recently announced sweeping enhancements and additions to its award winning Velocity Solutions Provider Program. Access the IDC report now to further details.

Posted: 15 Mar 2011 | Published: 15 Mar 2011

WHITE PAPER: Learn how to Increase your opportunities and shorten your sales cycle by selling the EMC® VNXe™ series, a new unified storage offering for small and medium-size businesses. Continue reading this paper to learn the top five reasons to sell EMC’s new VNXe series unified storage.

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 | Published: 14 Mar 2011

WHITE PAPER: EMC has just announced two new unified storage platforms. EMC states that these two products build on the simplicity and efficiency focus it is already driving by adding affordability and power – overall its new products are “optimized for virtualized IT.” This paper will review the validity and relevance of these assertions against market needs.

Posted: 10 Mar 2011 | Published: 10 Mar 2011

WHITE PAPER: This Technical Report describes the concepts and benefits of tiered storage, and describes how to take advantage of storage pools and other features of EqualLogic PS Series Firmware to implement tiered storage in a PS Series SAN.

Posted: 10 Mar 2011 | Published: 10 Mar 2011

EZINE: Spectra Logic tops both the mid-range and enterprise tape library categories in the latest Storage magazine/ SearchStorage.com Quality Awards service and reliability survey.

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 | Published: 01 Dec 2010

WHITE PAPER: EMC has just announced two new unified storage platforms. EMC states that these two products build on the simplicity and efficiency focus it is already driving by adding affordability and power – overall its new products are “optimized for virtualized IT.” This paper will review the validity and relevance of these assertions against market needs.

Posted: 01 Mar 2011 | Published: 24 Feb 2011

CASE STUDY: In this case study, learn about Xtium's upgrade to Dell EqualLogic Firmware 5.0 which enabled the use of thin clones—thin-provisioned, writeable copies of data volumes—and leveraged direct integration with their VMware vSphere 4.1 environment with vStorage APIs.

Posted: 25 Feb 2011 | Published: 25 Feb 2011