SAN Reports

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: This presentation transcript explores the key features of Windows Server 2008 R2 and Hyper-V. Find out how this technology compares to its predecessor and gain insight into the benefits you can expect to achieve from using Windows Server 2008 R2 with Windows 7.

Posted: 22 Jun 2011 | Published: 21 Jun 2011

CASE STUDY: As a TV station offering programming around the clock, the requirements of a storage solution for digital media content at RTL II are both clear and sophisticated: the technologies used must be state of the art in order to meet the demanding IT performance requirements, as large data volumes need to be transferred at top speeds.

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 | Published: 13 Jun 2011

WHITE PAPER: Rapid increases in both the operating speeds and general complexity of SAN technologies, exacerbated by the high change rates demanded of enterprise IT organizations, significantly increase demands on the fiber optic physical layer. Check out this white paper to learn more.

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 | Published: 27 May 2011

EGUIDE: Selecting the right storage options for your virtual environment can be a real challenge if you aren’t sure what you are looking for. In this eguide our experts at SearchServerVirtualization.com explore a variety of storage options that support virtualization, including shared storage.

Posted: 20 May 2011 | Published: 20 May 2011

VIDEO: The Dell EqualLogic PS Series SAN has a ton of amazing built in all inclusive features. Snapshots, virtualized storage, clones, replicas and a host of software integration. Watch this brief videocast now to learn about Thin Clones and how they can be used to create space efficient copies of environments and when they could be used.

Posted: 16 May 2011 | Premiered: 16 May 2011

MICROSITE: The IBM System Storage DS5000 series is designed to meet today’s and tomorrow’s demanding open-systems requirements while establishing a new standard for life cycle longevity. Check out the IBM DS500 series product overview sheet - complete with features & benefits, specifications, videos, and a live chat.

Posted: 11 May 2011 | Published: 11 May 2011

MICROSITE: With IBM System Storage N6000 series systems, you can meet your NAS storage needs and provide high levels of application availability for your critical business operations to technical applications. You can also address NAS and SAN, primary and secondary storage requirements plus get outstanding value.

Posted: 11 May 2011 | Published: 11 May 2011

CASE STUDY: Because Appleby operates data centers in several geographic regions, replication for disaster recovery purposes is one of the company’s top concerns. The company’s decentralized storage infrastructure seemed to make multi-site replication prohibitively costly and complex. Check out this case study to learn about the solution Appleby found.

Posted: 09 May 2011 | Published: 09 May 2011

WHITE PAPER: Fibre Channel and iSCSI storage systems are not delivering the price-performance and agility at the storage layer required to keep up with the new virtualized compute layer. This paper explores a third storage networking technology, Ethernet SAN, and why you don’t have to choose between iSCSI and Fibre Channel.

Posted: 05 May 2011 | Published: 29 Apr 2011

ANALYST NEWS: Scalability and availability are key factors of an effective DSS or DW solution. Adhering to the best practices outlined in this article for integrating Dell EqualLogic PS Series iSCSI SAN arrays into the design can help IT administrators create a scalable high-performance infrastructure.

Posted: 27 Apr 2011 | Published: 27 Apr 2011

EGUIDE: Download this e-guide to learn how unified storage works, the advantages of using a multiprotocol storage array in your environment, possible challenges the technology presents and the future surrounding unified storage systems.

Posted: 07 Apr 2011 | Published: 07 Apr 2011

EGUIDE: Unified storage and multiprotocol storage are becoming more popular in small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs). These unified storage systems offer more flexibility to a small business. This e-guide examines some considerations for implementing, deploying and managing a unified storage system.

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 | Published: 31 Mar 2011

CASE STUDY: With the pressure and exposure of major international tournaments, Tennis Australia had a compelling need for reliable, easy-to-manage storage that could scale quickly. IBM served up their XIV Storage System, which dramatically reduced downtime, cut costs, and simplified storage management. Read this case study for more.

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 | Published: 22 Mar 2011

EGUIDE: The primary use of cloud storage today is for unstructured data, which is the fastest growing and most voluminous content, causing the most administrative pains. This SearchStorage.com e-guide talks about cloud computing and the next steps toward the wide adoption of this technology.

Posted: 15 Mar 2011 | Published: 15 Mar 2011

WHITE PAPER: Learn how to Increase your opportunities and shorten your sales cycle by selling the EMC® VNXe™ series, a new unified storage offering for small and medium-size businesses. Continue reading this paper to learn the top five reasons to sell EMC’s new VNXe series unified storage.

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 | Published: 14 Mar 2011

EGUIDE: This e-guide will help you improve your storage-area networks (SANs) and fine-tune your storage networks. Find out what steps you should take to prepare your SAN for the worst, and learn what you can do to improve your storage network performance, efficiency and resiliency. Check out this e-guide today!

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 | Published: 14 Mar 2011

EGUIDE: Unified storage and multiprotocol storage are becoming more popular in small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs). These unified storage systems offer more flexibility to a small business. This e-guide examines some considerations for implementing, deploying and managing a unified storage system.

Posted: 10 Mar 2011 | Published: 10 Mar 2011

EGUIDE: While server virtualization provides your customers with increased flexibility to respond to business needs, it also introduces some problems, especially in the storage arena. This guide is a quick and informative read that will explore new options of helping customers manage their unified and virtual servers projects.

Posted: 10 Mar 2011 | Published: 10 Mar 2011

WHITE PAPER: This Technical Report describes the concepts and benefits of tiered storage, and describes how to take advantage of storage pools and other features of EqualLogic PS Series Firmware to implement tiered storage in a PS Series SAN.

Posted: 10 Mar 2011 | Published: 10 Mar 2011

WHITE PAPER: Dell™ EqualLogic™ Auto-Snapshot Manager/VMware Edition enables administrators to quickly and easily create hypervisor-aware snapshots of VMs--helping simplify data management, and increase application performance.

Posted: 10 Mar 2011 | Published: 10 Mar 2011

EGUIDE: Unified storage and multiprotocol storage are becoming more popular in small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs). These unified storage systems offer more flexibility to a small business. This e-guide examines some considerations for implementing, deploying and managing a unified storage system.

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 | Published: 02 Mar 2011

EGUIDE: Virtual machine disaster recovery is a multifaceted activity that fails over a VM from a primary site to a remote location. Check out this e-guide to learn about the various approaches to virtual machine disaster recovery.

Posted: 21 Feb 2011 | Published: 21 Feb 2011

EZINE: Volume 8 of the Exchange Insider e-zine compares available Blackberry Enterprise Server (BES) editions and then gives instructions for deploying BES Express for Exchange 2010. You’ll also get an overview of configuring Exchange Server 2010 for BES and some device management best practices to make sure all your clients remain in peak condition.

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 | Published: 08 Feb 2011

WHITE PAPER: Maintaining peak performance while simultaneously addressing the root cause of SAN errors is challenging. This paper presents a high level summary of the most common SAN problems and explores new ways to dramatically improve application performance and availability.

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 | Published: 01 Feb 2011

WEBCAST: Join Scott Lowe, VMware-Cisco Solutions Principal for EMC and Archie Hendryx, Senior Solutions Consultant for Virtual Instruments, as they provide insights as to how a comprehensive view, from the VM to the LUN, is imperative for further consolidation and safe Physical to Virtual migrations of your Tier 1 applications.

Posted: 31 Jan 2011 | Premiered: Jan 31, 2011