Storage Strategy for Virtual Data Centers

EGUIDE: This exclusive E-Guide explores how to implement a successful virtualization DR plan for the growing needs and shrinking budgets of today's IT departments.

Posted: 14 May 2013 | Published: 14 May 2013

EGUIDE: This E-Guide explores how you should approach a move to a virtual data center, how that move will affect your data center's storage system performance and how the roles of your administrators will be impacted.

Posted: 09 May 2013 | Published: 09 May 2013

WHITE PAPER: This report defines storage-centric virtualized infrastructure, its opportunity and use cases, and the emerging vendor landscape that IT infrastructure and operations groups should evaluate as they pursue the software-defined data center.

Posted: 08 May 2013 | Published: 20 Mar 2013

VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT: As server virtualization becomes increasingly prevalent, the need for effective storage management becomes even more apparent. This classroom outlines the storage challenges associated with server virtualization, concerns specific to VMware environments, and tools that prove valuable in addressing common performance and capacity issues.

Posted: 03 May 2013 | Premiered: 02 May 2013

EGUIDE: This expert E-Guide describes the architectural characteristics of unified storage and explains how it provides a measure of relief in virtual and cloud environments. Read now to explore the latest advances in this emerging technology space and what you can expect in terms of cost savings and management efficiency.

Posted: 01 May 2013 | Published: 16 Jan 2013

WEBCAST: This webcast explores an innovative storage solution that offers the robust features of a virtual storage platform in an entry-level enterprise system.

Posted: 30 Apr 2013 | Premiered: Apr 30, 2013

WHITE PAPER: This white paper describes the fundamentals of an adequate virtual server data protection solution and explains how a modern, effective solution can minimize the load on production systems, reduce administrative effort, ease the transition to a virtualized data center, and more.

Posted: 29 Apr 2013 | Published: 10 Apr 2013

WHITE PAPER: This white paper details insight gathered from interviews with your peers in the IT industry about one leading vendor's virtual storage solution. Find out how HP's StoreVirtual 4000 Storage can deliver benefits such as, reduced IT downtime, increased availability and considerable time-savings.

Posted: 16 Apr 2013 | Published: 31 Dec 2012

WHITE PAPER: This white paper provides an insider's view of the need for and impact of backup transformation in today's ever-changing IT landscape.

Posted: 15 Apr 2013 | Published: 30 Nov 2012

BROCHURE: This brochure sheds light on the incredible opportunity of modernizing your storage and backup environments for virtualization. It also outlines key technologies that ensure that the business objectives of any virtualization project are achieved.

Posted: 15 Apr 2013 | Published: 30 Jun 2011

BROCHURE: Access this brochure to learn about one industry-leading vendor's virtual storage solution that's easy to learn, intuitive to manage and scales to meet business demands, all at a fraction of the cost of other virtual storage solutions.

Posted: 15 Apr 2013 | Published: 31 Dec 2012

WHITE PAPER: IT needs from storage systems continue to increase – this white paper discusses IBMs storwize family single architecture, its benefits and how it's applied across several market segments as independent storage systems.

Posted: 11 Apr 2013 | Published: 31 Jan 2013

WHITE PAPER: If you're considering deploying thin provisioning, you need to ensure you have the solution that's most conducive to your particular needs and that will save you the most time and money. Check out this comprehensive white paper to make sure you do.

Posted: 09 Apr 2013 | Published: 31 Dec 2012

CASE STUDY: This case study examines the Wasserstrom Company, the world's leading restaurant supplier and distributor of foodservice supplies and equipment, fixing performance issues with SAP and other applications by migrating off of IBM hardware and implementing a more progressive converged infrastructure solution for their backup systems.

Posted: 08 Apr 2013 | Published: 30 Sep 2012

TRANSCRIPT: Jon Toigo examines the role of value-add software in data storage optimization in this fifth tip in his seven-part series on the 'storage infrastruggle' -- his term for the storage technology challenges faced by admins.

Posted: 27 Mar 2013 | Published: 16 Oct 2012

WHITE PAPER: Server virtualization is another factor IT admins must contend with in their 'storage infrastruggle.' Find out what Jon Toigo has to say about curbing the issues that this technology brings with it.

Posted: 22 Mar 2013 | Published: 16 Oct 2012

WHITE PAPER: Access this paper now to explore Hitachi Data Systems' portfolio of file and content services. Read on to learn about technologies designed to meet today's file-driven storage demands through NAS, object storage and next-gen search capabilities.

Posted: 22 Mar 2013 | Published: 21 Mar 2013

WHITE PAPER: Access this paper now to explore Hitachi Data Systems' portfolio of file and content services. Read on to learn about technologies designed to meet today's file-driven storage demands through NAS, object storage and next-gen search capabilities.

Posted: 21 Mar 2013 | Published: 21 Mar 2013

WHITE PAPER: This short case study explores how Duplo easily and affordably deployed a virtual infrastructure without sacrificing data protection or performance at a significantly lower total cost of ownership compared to a legacy Fibre Channel storage array. Read now to learn more.

Posted: 20 Mar 2013 | Published: 30 Dec 2011

WHITE PAPER: Access this comprehensive best practices paper to get a grip on your vSphere 5 environment with 3PAR StoreServ federated tier-1 storage.

Posted: 20 Mar 2013 | Published: 28 Feb 2013

WHITE PAPER: This IDC Vendor Profile reviews Coraid, a supplier of storage hardware and software solutions. Check out this IDC analysis to see how Coraid's solutions performed under scrutiny.

Posted: 20 Mar 2013 | Published: 28 Dec 2012

WHITE PAPER: Many forward-looking companies are using innovative technologies to dramatically drive down storage costs while increasing capacity. Check out this white paper to explore some of the ways they are achieving this.

Posted: 11 Mar 2013 | Published: 11 Mar 2013

EZINE: This issue of Storage Magazine breaks down the DR planning process and offers tips to help organizations increase their ability to tolerate disruptive events. It also covers the key findings from a recent report on storage arrays and rounds up the newest players in the PCIe solid state landscape.

Posted: 04 Mar 2013 | Published: 01 Mar 2013

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: This one-page transcript of a presentation by deduplication expert Howard Marks gives an overview of the pros and cons of different dedupe processes, and delves into the type that Microsoft's Hyper-V 3.0 employs and why.

Posted: 20 Mar 2013 | Published: 20 Mar 2013

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: In this expert presentation transcript from SearchVirtualStorage.com, Howard Marks, chief scientist and founder of DeepStorage.net, discusses VMware SAN configuration issues that could cause problems in your virtualized environment.

Posted: 20 Mar 2013 | Published: 20 Mar 2013