Tiered Storage

CASE STUDY: This brief case study explores the challenges of unprecedented digital media data growth that a Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada sports & entertainment organization experienced and the implementation of a comprehensive storage solution to alleviate IT headaches.

Posted: 02 May 2013 | Published: 30 Jun 2012

WHITE PAPER: This report examines and details the Hitachi approach to delivering storage capacity efficiency via its USP V and VSP platforms. In doing so, it will highlight how Hitachi looks at the overall economics of storage by reducing relevant operating expenses which they address with the characteristics of their storage systems and software.

Posted: 29 Apr 2013 | Published: 30 Apr 2012

VIDEO: Watch this video to learn how one vendor's storage virtualization solution gives you access to all of your resources from a single interface, significantly simplifies management and reduces the overall costs of your IT environment.

Posted: 26 Apr 2013 | Premiered: 16 Apr 2013

WHITE PAPER: This informative white paper outlines NetApp’s Clustered SAN systems ability to supply a compelling solution to meet current mission critical storage needs as well as future enterprise storage requirements.

Posted: 19 Apr 2013 | Published: 31 Dec 2012

WHITE PAPER: Access this expert white paper to learn the top 10 considerations to make when choosing a storage virtualization solution.

Posted: 25 Mar 2013 | Published: 25 Mar 2013

WHITE PAPER: Before you virtualize your desktops, it is imperative to make sure you have a storage system that can accommodate the new demands that a virtual desktop infrastructure brings. Failure to do so could result in performance issues and staggering costs. Read now to learn more.

Posted: 20 Mar 2013 | Published: 28 Dec 2012

WHITE PAPER: SanDisk X110 Solid State Drives, based on 19nm MLC NAND flash, bring all the benefits and speed of high performance SSDs to ultrabooks, notebooks and desktops at a competitive price. This resource outlines the SanDisk X110 SSD's features and specifications, and how it stacks up against comparable brands.

Posted: 14 Mar 2013 | Published: 14 Mar 2013

WHITE PAPER: This white paper explores 4 of the biggest challenges that customers face when considering using Exchange Server 2010, and how the Storwize V7000 storage system addresses these challenges. Read now to learn more.

Posted: 27 Feb 2013 | Published: 31 May 2012

WHITE PAPER: This comprehensive white paper reveals the 3 key building blocks for creating and sustaining a cost-efficient disaster recovery plan for your small or midsize business. Read now to learn more.

Posted: 22 Feb 2013 | Published: 22 Feb 2013

WHITE PAPER: This white paper examines the management advantages of using Oracle storage with Oracle software. Businesses that are running Oracle software will achieve a lower TCO with Oracle storage because of the seamless integration built into Oracle products. Read now to learn more.

Posted: 19 Dec 2012 | Published: 19 Dec 2012

WHITE PAPER: Access this complete electronic version of "Storage Tiering for Dummies" and learn how to implement tiered storage, improve storage performance, drive down storage costs and more.

Posted: 19 Dec 2012 | Published: 19 Dec 2012

WHITE PAPER: In this paper, explore tier-3 archive challenges and how to beat them, learn about the impending "era of colossal content," find 12 comparisons between tape and HDD, and get the scoop on modern tiered storage approach that optimizes the storage infrastructure through a combination of SSD, disk and tape.

Posted: 18 Dec 2012 | Published: 24 Dec 2012

WHITE PAPER: Many organizations have turned to automated storage tiering to minimize SSD cost while providing high I/O performance. With automated storage tiering, you can have the application performance of flash using only a minimal amount of SSD capacity. Check out this white paper to explore what automated tiered storage can do for your organization.

Posted: 03 Dec 2012 | Published: 03 Dec 2012

WHITE PAPER: There's a new approach for SMBs overwhelmed by quickly growing storage requirements: Open, standards-based storage infrastructures built on networked & virtualized storage. Learn how this setup can allow your company to right-size its storage investment relative to the value of your data, and save you time with automated storage tiering.

Posted: 29 Nov 2012 | Published: 29 Nov 2012

EGUIDE: This expert E-Guide features an interview transcript with Enterprise Strategy Group senior analyst Terri McClure. Read now to learn her predictions about scale-out NAS over the next few years.

Posted: 20 Nov 2012 | Published: 20 Nov 2012

WHITE PAPER: This white paper explores how you can easily and affordably reduce the amount of physical storage required to preserve and protect a given amount of data, and deploy storage more effectively for much less cost. Read now to learn more.

Posted: 01 Nov 2012 | Published: 02 Oct 2012

WHITE PAPER: This white paper explores the 4 biggest challenges of deploying server virtualization using VMware vSphere and the best practices for overcoming them. Read now to learn more.

Posted: 30 Oct 2012 | Published: 31 May 2012

EZINE: In the September 2012 cover story of Storage magazine, Phil Goodwin examines the immediate need for better mobile backup processes, highlights the unique benefits cloud services can provide for addressing these challenges and shares his 4 keys to mobile data management.

Posted: 04 Sep 2012 | Published: 01 Sep 2012

EZINE: This issue of Storage Magazine clarifies some of the confusion around measuring solid state storage performance.  Explore newly released storage industry benchmarks and gain detailed insight into why SSD is a driver for auto-tiering, the current state of the online file-sharing market, and much more.

Posted: 03 Jan 2013 | Published: 01 Jan 2013

WHITE PAPER: Late last year, 451 Research evaluated two solid-state storage variants: Solid-sate drives and solid-state cache in networked storage. This paper breaks down the detailed examination, and you can access the key findings here. Read on to learn who the top-ranked vendors are, find 8 top SSD drive criteria and hear what your peers said about SSD!

Posted: 05 Dec 2012 | Published: 24 Oct 2011

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: In this podcast interview transcript, Terri McClure, a senior analyst at Enterprise Strategy Group, shares her predictions that the majority of data storage will be scale-out within a few years and that the cloud is rapidly emerging as a NAS tier.

Posted: 05 Sep 2012 | Published: 05 Sep 2012

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: In this presentation transcript, Marc Staimer, president of Dragon Slayer Consulting, describes the basics of tiered storage architecture and demonstrates how health care organizations can set policies to automate the process of moving data to different tiers.

Posted: 31 Aug 2012 | Published: 31 Aug 2012

WHITE PAPER: This white paper details the results of a recent study in comparing the cost, complexity and ease-of-use of the IBM Storwize V7000 and the EMC VNX5500. Read now to learn the results.

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 | Published: 30 Apr 2012

WHITE PAPER: The IBM Storwize V7000 Unified storage system, combined with powerful management software from IBM Tivoli, provides an ideal complement to Exchange 2010 deployments by providing a highly virtualized storage infrastructure designed to meet the specific needs of Exchange 2010 environments.

Posted: 19 Jul 2012 | Published: 31 May 2012

WHITE PAPER: Why should your data center deploy Storwize V7000 with Real-time Compression? From an economic standpoint, Storwize V7000 provides the financial benefits you need to meet the growing storage requirements within the limits of a constrained budget. Read this white paper to learn more.

Posted: 19 Jul 2012 | Published: 04 Jun 2012