Storage Best Practices Reports

WHITE PAPER: Companies worldwide are affirming the value of archiving as a best practice for managing data growth, completing faster application upgrades and much more. Inside this white paper, learn how archiving can help support data retention compliance initiatives and mitigate risk for audits and electronic discovery requests.

Posted: 23 Aug 2011 | Published: 23 Aug 2011

WHITE PAPER: This paper explores the challenges encountered when an imagery technologies team decides to launch a new imagery-processing site.

Posted: 23 Aug 2011 | Published: 23 Aug 2011

EGUIDE: This expert e-guide, brought to you by SearchSystemsChannel.com, explores the storage challenges that frequently accompany server virtualization. Gain insight into best practices your customers can implement to ensure optimal storage performance and the success of their virtual environments.

Posted: 15 Aug 2011 | Published: 15 Aug 2011

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: This transcript supplements information presented during the Backup School seminar series and virtual seminar in 2011. Regardless of your involvement in the series, any IT pro evaluating deduplication technology will find this content to be useful.

Posted: 04 Aug 2011 | Published: 04 Aug 2011

EGUIDE: One of the biggest problems plaguing backup administrators is the volume of data that must be backed up each night is steadily increasing, but the amount of time allotted for the nightly backup remains constant. There are better ways- Read on to learn more.

Posted: 03 Aug 2011 | Published: 03 Aug 2011

EGUIDE: This SearchStorage.com Special Report features an editorial piece from storage guru Rich Castagna about backup technologies today that contribute to achieving tremendous storage efficiency in your IT infrastructure.

Posted: 01 Aug 2011 | Published: 01 Aug 2011

EGUIDE: This tutorial discusses the expanding tiered storage model and the additional paybacks you can see from adding SSDs and cloud into the mix.

Posted: 01 Aug 2011 | Published: 01 Aug 2011

EGUIDE: To reap the greatest benefit from deduplication, you need to be armed with the facts. This guide addresses all of the issues with deduplication and more. It’s designed to help you make more informed choices and to be aware of any potential pitfalls on the road to backup efficiency

Posted: 20 Jul 2011 | Published: 15 Jul 2011

WHITE PAPER: Deduplication technologies are providing many benefits for organizations seeking to optimize their backup environments. Access this exclusive resource to discover five key factors in selecting and deploying a deduplication selection.

Posted: 29 Jun 2011 | Published: 24 Jun 2011

WHITE PAPER: This paper proposes several sample virtualisation architectures based on Dell's server and storage products. Architectures are divided into three main categories: Small, Medium, and Large. These categories are based on the features and capacity of each product, as well as the complexity of the overall architecture.

Posted: 22 Jun 2011 | Published: 21 Jun 2011

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: Since its inception in 1993, TSM has been a leader in disk-to-disk backup, which has been taken to a whole new level with TSM 6. Join Business Continuity Specialist Chris Dedham of Mainline Information Systems as he discusses the latest release of TSM, version 6.2.2, in this webcast transcript.

Posted: 20 Jun 2011 | Published: 20 Jun 2011

WHITE PAPER: This paper discusses key criteria and decision points for determining what server and storage hardware are appropriate for a medium-sized SharePoint Server 2010 farm. It offers guidelines and rules of thumb for determining how much storage space should be allocated, and when separate storage volumes are desirable.

Posted: 15 Jun 2011 | Published: 15 Jun 2011

EGUIDE: Read this article as W. Curtis Preston explains those things you should (or shouldn't) be doing if you are performing data deduplication.

Posted: 14 Jun 2011 | Published: 14 Jun 2011

EBOOK: In Storage Tiering for Dummies, you will find out what storage tiering means, how it works, and why it makes sense.

Posted: 08 Jun 2011 | Published: 08 Jun 2011

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: Til Stimberg, HP's Storage Product Marketing Manager, will discuss the various technologies that can optimize data storage efficiency and address performance and capacity - without impacting availability in a cost-effective manner. Read this presentation transcript to see how your organization can start increasing your storage efficiency now.

Posted: 07 Jun 2011 | Published: 03 Jun 2011

EGUIDE: This SearchStorage.com E-Guide looks at different backup options for Microsoft SharePoint to help make this required process easier. Read on to learn native backup and recovery options, third-party SharePoint backup options and more.

Posted: 07 Jun 2011 | Published: 07 Jun 2011

EGUIDE: This guide reaches beyond the obvious issues of pricing, management, and support and explores important points to keep in mind during any NAS purchase. After reading this E-Guide you will have a better understanding of NAS and how to go about purchasing the right tools for your needs. Check out this expert E-Guide to learn more!

Posted: 07 Jun 2011 | Published: 07 Jun 2011

EGUIDE: In this guide, expert analyst Jeff Boles talks about how to leverage different combinations of data backup technologies to better align data protection with application requirements. Read on to learn how to better protect and restore your data in the event of a threat.

Posted: 07 Jun 2011 | Published: 07 Jun 2011

CASE STUDY: Lord Grey School wanted to extend its thin client network into more classrooms, but its existing infrastructure lacked the capacity to support this expansion. Read this case study to see how the school solved the problem by deploying 18 new IBM® System x3550 M3 servers and an IBM System Storage® DS3400 disk storage system.

Posted: 07 Jun 2011 | Published: 07 Jun 2011

EGUIDE: This SearchSMBStorage.com FAQ Guide is designed to help you get started with your storage capacity planning by outlining 5 questions to consider.

Posted: 03 Jun 2011 | Published: 03 Jun 2011

WHITE PAPER: This ESG paper describes how through consistent individual product innovation and integration EMC backup and recovery solutions tackle the issues that prevent customers from transforming data protection.

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 | Published: 01 Jun 2011

EGUIDE: Learn about the various approaches to virtual machine disaster recovery in this tutorial.

Posted: 27 May 2011 | Published: 27 May 2011

EGUIDE: This SearchStorage.com E-Guide focuses on retention issues that can’t be ignored, how to go about aligning your data protection strategy with business continuity, and leveraging overlooked backup strategies to your advantage. Download this informative e-guide to learn more!

Posted: 18 May 2011 | Published: 18 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

ANALYST REPORT: This analysis report highlights the benefits of deploying NetApp storage alongside desktop virtualization software. Explore best practices from organizations that have already implemented NetApp storage in conjunction with their desktop virtualization initiatives and gain insight on the cost savings they experienced. Learn more here.

Posted: 16 May 2011 | Published: 16 May 2011