Storage Best Practices White Papers

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Back Up Your Critical Cloud Data Before It’s Too Late
sponsored by Backupify
WHITE PAPER: This exclusive Forrester report highlights a new type of backup service to protect critical data in the cloud: cloud-to-cloud backup providers.
Posted: 20 Mar 2014 | Published: 04 Feb 2014

Backupify

Evolution? Game Changer? Definitely.
sponsored by EMC Corporation
WHITE PAPER: This resource delves into the facts and ideas surrounding Big Data. It gives insight from industry professionals as to how Big Data can be implemented to service customers and become a game-changer.
Posted: 11 Mar 2014 | Published: 11 Mar 2014

EMC Corporation

How to Find the Best Spot for Solid-State Storage Devices
sponsored by DellEMC and Intel®
WHITE PAPER: Experts help hash out what solid-state storage solution is right for your organization's needs, including 4 use cases when SSD arrays are the right solution, when using SSD is a bad idea, and more.
Posted: 04 Mar 2014 | Published: 04 Mar 2014

DellEMC and Intel®

Five Disaster Recovery Tips for Small to Midsize Businesses running IBM® i
sponsored by Vision Solutions
WHITE PAPER: This exclusive whitepaper covers five tips for small and mid-sized businesses to follow for a comprehensive disaster recovery plan that can protect their data.
Posted: 25 Feb 2014 | Published: 13 Feb 2013

Vision Solutions

Storage Virtualization: How to Capitalize on Its Economic Benefits
sponsored by Hitachi Vantara
WHITE PAPER: This white paper explores 5 key customer problems that storage virtualization helps to solve, and how to leverage virtualization technologies for significant savings on capital and operating expenditures.
Posted: 10 Feb 2014 | Published: 31 Jan 2014

Hitachi Vantara

Best Practices for the Move Towards Virtualization
sponsored by Symantec Corporation
WHITE PAPER: Check out this exclusive resource to find out the virtualization best practices so you can make sure your move to a virtualized environment doesn't risk the safety and security of your organization and its data.
Posted: 06 Feb 2014 | Published: 12 Sep 2013

Symantec Corporation

Taking control of your finances: RECOVERY RULES: Your E-Guide to Best Practices for Data Protection and Recovery in Virtual Environments
sponsored by PHD Virtual
WHITE PAPER: This informative white paper is packed full of information on the challenges and benefits involved in adopting best practices for recovering data in virtual environments. From local data protection and recovery to data center migration, this resource will help your organization improve the value and responsiveness of your IT services.
Posted: 03 Feb 2014 | Published: 31 Dec 2013

PHD Virtual

All Backup Storage Is Not Created Equal
sponsored by PHD Virtual
WHITE PAPER: Read through this informative white paper to find the key benefits and differences for each type of storage, so you can select the best option for your organization when implementing your data protection plan.
Posted: 27 Jan 2014 | Published: 27 Jan 2014

PHD Virtual

Dell PowerEdge R720xd
sponsored by Dell, Inc. and Intel®
WHITE PAPER: Easily scale for massive data growth with the excellent storage capacity, memory density and I/O capabilities of the PowerEdge™ R720xd rack server.
Posted: 03 Jan 2014 | Published: 30 Sep 2013

Dell, Inc. and Intel®

EMC Scaleio: For Development and Testing
sponsored by EMC Corporation
WHITE PAPER: This whitepaper discusses a storage solution that can help eliminate dependence on complex, expensive external SAN storage and fabric by leveraging a robust, high-performance shared virtual SAN.
Posted: 26 Dec 2013 | Published: 26 Dec 2013

EMC Corporation

Sizing and Best Practices for Deploying VMware View 5.1 on VMware vSphere 5.0 U1 with Dell EqualLogic Storage
sponsored by DellEMC and Intel®
WHITE PAPER: This comprehensive white paper presents the results of a series of storage I/O performance tests and provides storage sizing guidance and best practices based on those results for a VMware View based VDI solution.
Posted: 25 Oct 2013 | Published: 31 Oct 2012

DellEMC and Intel®

Boosting storage performance for I/O-intensive enterprise applications
sponsored by DellEMC and Intel®
WHITE PAPER: Learn how to boost storage performance for I/O-intensive enterprise applications by optimizing workloads in virtual desktop, messaging and database environments.
Posted: 25 Oct 2013 | Published: 25 Oct 2013

DellEMC and Intel®

Optimizing an Oracle® Database with Dell™ Compellent™ Automated Tiered Storage
sponsored by DellEMC and Intel®
WHITE PAPER: This white paper details how tiered storage can be used to handle growing data demands in a storage system.
Posted: 23 Oct 2013 | Published: 24 Oct 2012

DellEMC and Intel®

Best Practices for Configuring your Virtual Environment with VMware
sponsored by DellEMC and Intel®
WHITE PAPER: This technical white paper details a set of best practices for configuring a virtual environment.
Posted: 22 Oct 2013 | Published: 22 Oct 2013

DellEMC and Intel®

Best Practices: Dell Compellent Storage Center Microsoft Exchange Server 2010
sponsored by DellEMC and Intel®
WHITE PAPER: This comprehensive whitepaper serves as a best practice guideline when configuring and using Microsoft Exchange Server 2010.
Posted: 22 Oct 2013 | Published: 26 Jan 2012

DellEMC and Intel®

The Benefits of and Critical Buying Criteria for Clustered Storage Solutions
sponsored by NetApp
WHITE PAPER: This paper looks at the adoption and benefits of clustered storage across a variety of enterprises. Discover what these storage users consider to be the most important attributes for a clustered storage system.
Posted: 18 Oct 2013 | Published: 29 Mar 2013

NetApp

Eliminating Scaling Challenges with SIaaS
sponsored by Nasuni
WHITE PAPER: Check out this short paper to discover a cloud storage solution that can significantly improve your flexibility of Storage Infrastructure as a Service compared to traditional hardware solutions. Read on to learn more.
Posted: 17 Oct 2013 | Published: 17 Oct 2013

Nasuni

Eliminating Backup Challenges with SIaaS
sponsored by Nasuni
WHITE PAPER: Check out this short paper to explore a cloud storage solution that can deliver data protection and availability faster, better and cheaper than today's hardware systems. Read on to learn more.
Posted: 17 Oct 2013 | Published: 17 Oct 2013

Nasuni

The State of Cloud Storage
sponsored by Nasuni
WHITE PAPER: Check out this informative paper to explore the current state of cloud storage. Discover a benchmark comparison of today's top cloud storage solutions and explore one vendor's offering that stands out from the rest. Read on to learn more.
Posted: 15 Oct 2013 | Published: 15 Oct 2013

Nasuni

The New File Sharing Imperative
sponsored by Hitachi Vantara
WHITE PAPER: The "bring your own device" trend continues to shape the IT and business landscape – but traditional file-sharing tools are no longer suitable in the age of mobility. This report explores emerging market trends in file sharing, storage, and sync-n-share.
Posted: 15 Oct 2013 | Published: 30 Apr 2013

Hitachi Vantara

The Essential Guide to Virtualizing Microsoft Applications on EMC® VSPEX™
sponsored by EMC & Arrow
WHITE PAPER: This informative paper examines how to virtualize your Microsoft applications on one leading vendor's infrastructure. Read on to learn about the benefits this industry-leading technology can provide.
Posted: 10 Oct 2013 | Published: 28 Jun 2013

EMC & Arrow

Ten Smart Things to Know About Storage
sponsored by NetApp
WHITE PAPER: This white paper details the top ten smart things to know about storage and how you can leverage this information to improve your business operations.
Posted: 30 Sep 2013 | Published: 31 Dec 2012

NetApp

The Business Benefits of the QLogic FabricCache™ Adapter
sponsored by QLogic Corporation
WHITE PAPER: This informative white paper details how flash memory as cache can improve the performance of your storage system.
Posted: 30 Sep 2013 | Published: 30 Mar 2013

QLogic Corporation

IBM SAN Volume Controller and IBM FlashSystem 820: Best Practices and Performance Capabilities
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: This paper documents best practice configurations for integrating flash with a block storage virtualization appliance. It also details the potential performance gains that such systems can provide and information about your options for cache usage and real-time compression.
Posted: 26 Sep 2013 | Published: 24 Jul 2013

IBM

Hitachi Unified Storage Family
sponsored by Hitachi Vantara
WHITE PAPER: Check out this informative paper to explore one leading vendor's unified storage solution that can infuse your overburdened data center with greater flexibility, investment protection and cost savings. Read on to learn more.
Posted: 06 Sep 2013 | Published: 31 Jul 2013

Hitachi Vantara