Storage Management White Papers

WHITE PAPER: If you are being strong-armed into replacing your current storage with the newest equipment, remember that the “one-option-only” perception is just an illusion. Access this white paper to learn 6 must-know facts before your next storage buy.

Posted: 08 Feb 2021 | Published: 23 Jan 2020

WHITE PAPER: This resource demonstrates how Carestream Health created a powerful, scalable data center platform able to accommodate more users without sacrificing service quality. Learn how they improved processing power, allowing them to meet the challenges of serving more users while handling more data-intensive workloads.

Posted: 29 Oct 2012 | Published: 29 Oct 2012

WHITE PAPER: This white paper reveals five opportunities for infrastructure cost savings. Learn how to simplify management of your data center through integration and automation of network, compute, and virtualization technologies.

Posted: 03 Jun 2011 | Published: 01 Apr 2011

WHITE PAPER: This document discusses that dollars and time currently consumed by existing tape libraries can be far better utilized by moving to disk back-up with deduplication.

Posted: 09 Jul 2010 | Published: 09 Jul 2010

WHITE PAPER: Organizations have to backup and store data. Compliance requirements demand that data be stored for periods of time. Reducing the cost of backup and storage starts with reducing the amount of data that is backed up and stored. Learn how deduplication, along with server-based backup processes can reduce your storage management costs.

Posted: 18 Aug 2009 | Published: 18 Aug 2009

WHITE PAPER: Fujifilm Tape Environment Analysis is the first vendor-agnostic, platform-neutral, comprehensive assessment for tape storage systems. It provides an assessment of the backup environment culminating in a report that includes recommendations to maximize existing resources, avoid unnecessary expenditures and ensure compliance requirements are met.

Posted: 27 Jul 2009 | Published: 27 Jul 2009

WHITE PAPER: Virtualization helps reduce IT costs and increases business agility. Because of this, virtualization technologies are particularly suited to these economic times. This white paper explores the evolution of virtualization, and then gives practical advice on how virtualization can benefit your organization.

Posted: 22 Jul 2009 | Published: 01 Jul 2009

WHITE PAPER: IT systems are vulnerable to a variety of disruptions. This paper will focus on common processes and procedures that should be part of any effective enterprise backup/restore system.

Posted: 08 Jul 2009 | Published: 26 Jun 2009

WHITE PAPER: Though network-attached storage (NAS) offers a number of benefits, it also presents some challenges. Ashish Nadkarni, Principal Consultant with GlassHouse Technologies Inc., discusses the pros and cons of using NAS in an SMB environment and offers some best practices.

Posted: 26 Jun 2009 | Published: 15 Jun 2009

WHITE PAPER: No matter the business, industry, or size, reliable data access is essential to operations. As that data continues to grow exponentially, it is important to have a backup and recovery strategy that meets current business needs and has the flexibility to grow and change. Read this white paper to learn about HP data protection solutions.

Posted: 23 Jun 2009 | Published: 01 Jun 2009

WHITE PAPER: This white paper shares proven strategies for storage infrastructure cost reduction. You will uncover four keys to minimizing storage costs and maximizing return on assets based on the tried and tested Storage Economics framework.

Posted: 16 Jun 2009 | Published: 01 May 2009

WHITE PAPER: Companies are now at a juncture where they have a unique opportunity to put in place an underlying backup and archive disk infrastructure that eliminates today's silos of deduped data and islands of underutilized capacity resulting from scalability and scope limitations.

Posted: 12 Jun 2009 | Published: 11 Jun 2009

WHITE PAPER: How will platform and content access interruptions affect productivity, revenue, and compliance-related exposure? This document will analyze common consequences of such interruptions and discuss why successful SharePoint deployments require effective management, vigorous protection, diligent compliance protocols, and continuous availability.

Posted: 11 Jun 2009 | Published: 01 Aug 2008

WHITE PAPER: Today's storage environments need a way to keep data intact without consuming corresponding disk storage. The FalconStor® File Interface Deduplication System provides the solution. Read on to discover the amazing benefits of this data deduplication solution.

Posted: 20 May 2009 | Published: 20 May 2009

WHITE PAPER: This white paper provides insight into the dark pools of liquidity, discusses the mechanism of dark pools trading, advantages and how technology would impact the operations or provide benefits in trading over this medium.

Posted: 13 May 2009 | Published: 12 May 2009

WHITE PAPER: In many companies, Microsoft Exchange is now commonly viewed as a mission-critical application. Protecting Exchange information is critical and backup is still the primary method used. This paper focuses on the traditional backup and recovery practices for Microsoft Exchange Server along with solutions from Data Domain.

Posted: 08 May 2009 | Published: 08 May 2009

WHITE PAPER: To supplement the growth in iSCSI SANs, Dell has introduced an iSCSI-to-SAS bridge card for the TL-series of tape libraries. This allows a customer to directly attach a tape backup target to their iSCSI 1Gb Ethernet SAN with little to no degradation in transfer speed. This white paper explores this setup and configuration.

Posted: 06 May 2009 | Published: 30 Sep 2008

WHITE PAPER: This white paper takes a high-level look at the features and functionality that make the CX4 an excellent choice for Microsoft Exchange and other electronic mail systems. It examines new features, discusses disaster recovery and VMware integration, and provides a brief example of CX4's performance in Exchange environments.

Posted: 05 May 2009 | Published: 08 Oct 2008

WHITE PAPER: Using Solid State Disks (SSDs) in enterprise storage arrays is one of today's hottest storage trends. This whitepaper discusses the best practices for deploying SSDs in an OLTP environment using Dell EqualLogic PS Series arrays.

Posted: 05 May 2009 | Published: 05 May 2009

WHITE PAPER: There are many ways that blade enclosures can be attached to a Dell EqualLogic SAN. This paper reviews three ways, but depending on the blade enclosure design features there may be other options. Each of the three architecture strategies presented here provides different trade-offs in cost, complexity and scalability.

Posted: 05 May 2009 | Published: 30 Dec 2008

WHITE PAPER: As dependence on continuous access to critical data grows, so does the importance of avoiding service interruption. This paper examines four data protection strategies and compares their merits for the most common business continuance scenarios.

Posted: 01 May 2009 | Published: 29 Feb 2008

WHITE PAPER: This document is intended as a quick reference guide for developers and system administrators that want to optimize the Solaris OS on the Intel Xeon processor 5500 series platform.

Posted: 24 Apr 2009 | Published: 24 Apr 2009

WHITE PAPER: ESG research indicates that organizations with e-mail archive implementations experience several measurable benefits, including lower storage costs as well as more efficient compliance, electronic discovery, and data protection operations. This white paper discusses the benefits of evaluating solutions to achieve the statuses mentioned above.

Posted: 23 Apr 2009 | Published: 23 Apr 2009

WHITE PAPER: Agentless backup is NOT a myth. The Asigra solution is proof because it requires no agents, which inherently makes it easier to install and support than legacy backup and recovery solutions. This paper serves as an introduction to Asigra's Hybrid Cloud Backup and Recovery Software.

Posted: 20 Apr 2009 | Published: 20 Apr 2009

WHITE PAPER: With the current downturn in today's economy, organizations are reluctant to spend any more money than absolutely necessary. Read this paper to learn how Symantec is uniquely able to deliver products and solutions with the immediate ROI that the current financial situation demands.

Posted: 17 Apr 2009 | Published: 15 Jan 2009