SAN Reports

WHITE PAPER: Tiered storage is a smart storage solution that directs application workloads to a specific storage location (or "tier") based on performance and cost characteristics. This white paper provides an introduction to tiered storage; learn exactly how tiered storage functions, and how to determine which data should be sent to which tier.

Posted: 01 Dec 2011 | Published: 01 Dec 2011

WHITE PAPER: Learn about a technology that enables you to better manage your SAN assets by creating logical groups of separately managed devices, ports, and switches within your SAN - all without disrupting existing environments.

Posted: 21 Nov 2011 | Published: 30 Jan 2009

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: This expert presentation transcript with Deborah Sheedy, Storage Solutions Marketing Manager with Dell, explores changing your fundamental cost structure around infrastructure to pursue innovation and drive business value.

Posted: 16 Nov 2011 | Published: 16 Nov 2011

WHITE PAPER: This whitepaper provides solutions to help avoid downtime from planned outages, balance workloads on demand, and easily shift resources across the cloud.

Posted: 16 Nov 2011 | Published: 13 Nov 2011

WHITE PAPER: Data growth and regulatory requirements have made backup, recovery, and archiving critical aspects of enterprise operations. Dell Services experts can assess how effectively an information infrastructure is getting the job done and deploy integrated, best-of-breed storage solutions to help ensure the safety and recoverability of critical data.

Posted: 15 Nov 2011 | Published: 15 Nov 2011

WHITE PAPER: Storing and managing ever-increasing amount of data presents a formidable business challenge. Midsized companies are particularly challenged, because they typically lack the resources to handle the deluge. You can’t stop the massivegrowth in data, but you can doa better job of managing it.

Posted: 14 Nov 2011 | Published: 14 Nov 2011

WHITE PAPER: This white paper highlights the scope of NetWorker features that enable users to flexibly combine different backup and recovery technologies and techniques to meet both common use cases as well as unique data protection demands.

Posted: 07 Nov 2011 | Published: 07 Nov 2011

WHITE PAPER: Access this white paper to learn about an innovative platform that can help your business minimize downtime, balance workloads, and easily shift resources across the cloud.

Posted: 17 Oct 2011 | Published: 17 Oct 2011

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: This presentation transcript, brought to you by our editors, offers advice to help you successfully navigate the virtualization path. Hear how one company decided on a virtualization strategy and put the appropriate measures in place to effectively manage its virtual environment

Posted: 17 Oct 2011 | Published: 17 Oct 2011

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: This expert presentation transcript describes one organization's approach to virtualization management, its primary drivers, and key components. Discover your various options for reclaiming resources and explore the benefits of standardizing around the delivery of VMs.

Posted: 10 Oct 2011 | Published: 10 Oct 2011

EGUIDE: This expert E-Guide discusses how automated tiering is used today, the pros and cons of array-based automated tiered storage products and much more.

Posted: 30 Sep 2011 | Published: 30 Sep 2011

WHITE PAPER: It can be difficult to design, deploy, manage and support Microsoft Exchange 2010 environments with hardware components from multiple vendors. This solution reduces the complexity of Exchange environments by using servers and storage. Read on to learn more.

Posted: 30 Sep 2011 | Published: 30 Sep 2011

EGUIDE: This expert e-guide outlines the top 5 tips for managing storage in a virtual server environment and also divulges a set of best practices for using server virtualization in your storage environment. Read on to learn more.

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 | Published: 23 Sep 2011

EGUIDE: This expert e-guide was designed to help you become aware of the bumps in the road that you might come across when implementing storage virtualization. It also outlines the different approaches to storage virtualization and offers suggestions on how to choose the right approach for your environment. Continue reading to learn more.

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 | Published: 23 Sep 2011

WHITE PAPER: ZGT needed the fl exibility to meet the demands of rapid patient data growth while lowering the cost of scaling its storage infrastructure. Read this white paper to learn how ZGT successfully migrated to a Dell Compellent Storage Center SAN with Dell Fluid Data.

Posted: 09 Sep 2011 | Published: 09 Sep 2011

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: Configuration errors, over-allocation of resources and application and network performance issues can cause admins headaches. Learn how to find and eliminate the sources of these problems.

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 | Published: 06 Sep 2011

EGUIDE: This SearchCloudStorage.com E-Guide profiles startup cloud vendor, Nasuni Corp., and offers insight into what they are doing to ease customer concerns about cloud storage – and guarantee uptime in cloud environments. Read on to find out about more Nasuni’s new product offerings and service-level agreements!

Posted: 02 Sep 2011 | Published: 02 Sep 2011

WHITE PAPER: Dell tested a sample of 1,000 virtual desktops and simulated real-world workloads using a Dell Compellent Storage Center SAN in a Citrix XenDesktop VDI environment with Microsoft Hyper-V 2008 R2 as the hypervisor.

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 | Published: 30 Aug 2011

EGUIDE: Kyle Rankin, systems architect with Quinstreet Inc. and president of the North Bay Linux Users Group, discusses the pros and cons of remote data center management for disaster recovery in this FAQ.

Posted: 22 Aug 2011 | Published: 22 Aug 2011

EBOOK: With Fibre Channel, iSCSI and even prepackaged storage-plus-SAN solutions available, figuring out which makes sense for your particular environment can be tricky. Learn provisioning tactics that can help organizations make the most of their storage.

Posted: 08 Aug 2011 | Published: 08 Aug 2011

EGUIDE: Disaster recovery (DR) shouldn’t be left on the back burner until a natural disaster strikes. In fact, around 80% of network disruptions are a result of IT architecture complexity. But for many organizations, virtualization is an economical DR solution. This e-guide addresses the benefits of virtual disaster recovery.

Posted: 05 Aug 2011 | Published: 05 Aug 2011

WHITE PAPER: An efficient storage solution is integral to a successful VDI implementation. With a Fluid Data architecture and integrated software features such as Automated Tiered Storage, Thin Provisioning, Continuous Snapshots and Remote Replication, the Dell Compellent Storage Center SAN proves to be a highly effective storage option for VMware View.

Posted: 02 Aug 2011 | Published: 02 Aug 2011

WHITE PAPER: Data centers are going through massive changes at the compute layer. Server virtualization is transforming the IT landscape achieving amazing improvements in price-performance and agility. However, realizing the price-performance and agility benefits of virtualization at the storage layer can be a challenge. Read this white paper to learn more.

Posted: 02 Aug 2011 | Published: 02 Aug 2011

WHITE PAPER: Organizations investing in VMware vSphere can leverage the data protection capabilities and application awareness of FalconStor CDP to protect and maximize their VMware purchases. FalconStor CDP enables flexible, affordable, automated, and dependable backup and DR for any VMware vSphere environment.

Posted: 22 Jul 2011 | Published: 22 Jul 2011

MICROSITE: This video explains why 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) is the foundation for unified networking, and provides details on how Intel can provide support for Open FCoE, LAN, and SAN traffic on your ethernet network.  

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 | Published: 05 Jul 2011