Storage Virtualization Software

WEBCAST: Boston Medical Center details its decision process and successful implementation of Data Domain deduplication storage as well as the economic benefits received by going tapeless for backup and disaster recovery. Brad Blake, IT Director at Boston Medical Center, presented to an audience at Gartner's Data Center Conference.

Posted: 23 Oct 2009 | Premiered: 23 Oct 2009

WHITE PAPER: Server Virtualization means more than server consolidation. Microsoft Windows Server can help your organization improve network reliability, scalability and security.

Posted: 19 Oct 2009 | Published: 19 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: 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

WHITE PAPER: This E-Guide explores server virtualization and its impacts on storage. Learn more about the dynamic nature of virtualized environments and the overall state of adoption, performance spectrum, benefits, and challenges.

Posted: 09 Oct 2009 | Published: 09 Oct 2009

WHITE PAPER: IDC's white paper reviews finds that virtualization can have significant benefits to an organization, like increased utilization, simplified management and reduced energy costs, but it can be a complex undertaking and if not planned correctly, it can hurt instead of help.

Posted: 05 Oct 2009 | Published: 05 Oct 2009

PODCAST: Virtualization has become one of the latest trends in helping to drive efficiencies in the data center -- from management to energy costs, server virtualization may be able to help you optimize your IT environment. Listen to Tom Ready, IBM vice president as he describes the latest trends and benefits of server virtualization.

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 | Premiered: 02 Oct 2009

WHITE PAPER: This IBM white paper describes how Virtualization is an important element of a dynamic infrastructure and expands on the areas of server, storage, application, network, and client virtualization and the IBM technology and benefits from each.

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 | Published: 02 Oct 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

WHITE PAPER: This analysis looks at the positive business impact of networked storage virtualisation solutions that improve storage asset utilisation, reduce the administrative costs of provisioning new storage systems, and improve application availability.

Posted: 29 Sep 2009 | Published: 29 Sep 2009

WHITE PAPER: This white paper presents an overview of storage virtualisation at the controller level of a storage system. It describes how HP defines virtualisation technology and how it applies to the HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array (EVA) storage system.

Posted: 29 Sep 2009 | Published: 29 Sep 2009

WHITE PAPER: HP has identified five common virtualisation rules employed by organisations that have succeeded where others have not. While technology differs in complexity and scale from one business to the next, nearly every successful organisation deployed the same five rules to realise the full potential of virtualisation.

Posted: 29 Sep 2009 | Published: 29 Sep 2009

WHITE PAPER: The most powerful application of virtualization today is at the storage system level. With the HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array and HP StorageWorks SAN Virtualization Services platform, organizations can take advantage of the many benefits of virtualization with a solution designed specifically for open systems.

Posted: 24 Sep 2009 | Published: 24 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

EGUIDE: Read this guide for expert advice on updating your storage system with virtualization. Covered here are the pros and cons of three architectures, a buying guide and vendor comparisons, a breakdown on how storage virtualization relates to disaster recovery, and a list of vendor resources.

Posted: 10 Sep 2009 | Published: 10 Sep 2009

VIDEO: This videocast takes a close look at what companies should consider before embarking on an SAP virtualization project, including costs, skills, data center and hardware requirements.

Posted: 09 Sep 2009 | Premiered: 09 Sep 2009

VIDEO: In this videocast, learn how SAP customers are getting started with virtualization technology, and find out what needs to be considered in terms of hardware, staffing and SAP modules.

Posted: 09 Sep 2009 | Premiered: 09 Sep 2009

VIDEO: In this videocast, learn how SAP customers are getting started with virtualization technology, and find out why some companies are virtualizing mission-critical SAP applications.

Posted: 09 Sep 2009 | Premiered: 09 Sep 2009

ASSESSMENT TOOL: This tool is designed as a guide for customers with a comfortable knowledge of virtualization and their server/storage environment. Simply enter in a few vital pieces of information and the Dell Virtualization Advisor will create a customized virtualization solution to match your needs.

Posted: 03 Sep 2009 | Published: 03 Sep 2009

BROCHURE: Virtualization is changing everything, from how you manage resources to the way you support your business, it addresses many of today's IT challenges - cost, responsiveness, availability, disaster recovery - and is a key element for achieving a more automated, agile infrustructure. Dell helps you virtualize at the speed of <i>your</i> business...

Posted: 03 Sep 2009 | Published: 03 Sep 2009

WHITE PAPER: This white paper documents the procedure for failback from a VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM) recovery site after SRM has performed a failover on an HP LeftHand SAN. This document is intended for customers who are using an HP LeftHand SAN with VMware.

Posted: 27 Aug 2009 | Published: 27 Aug 2009

WHITE PAPER: Intel IT, together with Intel’s Digital Enterprise Group, End User Platform Integration, and Intel's Software and Services Group, conducted proof-of-concept testing and total cost of ownership (TCO) analysis to assess the virtualization capabilities of Intel® Xeon® processor 5500 series. The results of the analysis are here.

Posted: 24 Aug 2009 | Published: 24 Aug 2009

EDITORIAL RESOURCE GUIDE: Storage virtualization can bring many benefits to an organization including reduced costs, higher capacity, and greater data protection. This SearchStorage E-Guide was developed to give storage managers practical guidelines and best practices to consider when evaluating how to best leverage virtualization in their storage infrastructure.

Posted: 21 Aug 2009 | Published: 21 Aug 2009

WHITE PAPER: Whether you're a small organization trying to extend the value of the assets you already have or a larger data center pushing the envelope in automation, Dell and VMware can deliver solutions that make sense for your budget, staff, and business.

Posted: 06 Aug 2009 | Published: 06 Aug 2009

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: According to industry statistics, the majority of a typical company's data doesn't reside on data center storage -- it lives on the "edge." The edge may be desktop PCs, laptops or even smart phones and PDAs. In this transcript, W. Curtis Preston describes the most effective techniques, tools and best practices for protecting edge or mobile data.

Posted: 30 Jun 2009 | Published: 30 Jun 2009