Storage Capacity Reports

CW Nordics February 2017
sponsored by TechTarget ComputerWeekly.com
EZINE: In this first issue of CW Nordics in 2017, we take a look what CIOs in the region are expecting in the year ahead. We asked a select group of CIOs and analysts in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden what IT projects are at the top their priority lists.
Posted: 16 Feb 2017 | Published: 23 Feb 2017

TechTarget ComputerWeekly.com

Object Storage 101
sponsored by TechTarget ComputerWeekly.com
ESSENTIAL GUIDE: Standard file and block storage have their places, but there is an increasing move to object storage to meet the governance, risk and compliance needs of organisations, while also providing enhanced information management capabilities, say analysts Clive Longbottom and Marcus Austin.
Posted: 07 Feb 2017 | Published: 07 Feb 2017

TechTarget ComputerWeekly.com

Focus: PCIe SSD, NVMe and flash
sponsored by TechTarget ComputerWeekly.com
EGUIDE: PCIe SSD cards fit straight into PCIe slots in servers and array hardware and often brings much higher performance than traditional HDD-format flash drives..
Posted: 01 Feb 2017 | Published: 01 Feb 2017

TechTarget ComputerWeekly.com

Demystifying storage performance metrics
sponsored by TechTarget ComputerWeekly.com
EGUIDE: We walk you through the key storage metrics you need to know about, look at how storage array makers present them in their product literature, and how to decode IOPS, latency and read/write performance figures.
Posted: 16 Nov 2016 | Published: 16 Nov 2016

TechTarget ComputerWeekly.com

Computer Weekly – 8 November 2016: The march of the robot workers
sponsored by TechTarget ComputerWeekly.com
EZINE: In this week's Computer Weekly, we look at how artificial intelligence is being used to automate existing jobs, such as IT administrators and customer service agents. Capital One's European CIO talks about how to create an agile business. And we offer tips on how to deal with an Oracle software audit. Read the issue now.
Posted: 07 Nov 2016 | Published: 08 Nov 2016

TechTarget ComputerWeekly.com

Storage Showdown: All-flash vs. Hybrid Arrays for Virtual Desktop Environments
sponsored by Pure Storage
EGUIDE: Download this guide as Tom Fenton, Senior Validation Engineer at the Taneja Group, illustrates several critical factors to consider when deciding to use an all-flash or hybrid array in your virtual desktop environments. Here, you'll evaluate hybrid vs. all-flash on cost, ability access to cold data, compression and deduplication, and more.
Posted: 20 Apr 2017 | Published: 20 Apr 2017

Pure Storage

Flash Storage Caching Boosts Application Performance—but Requires Balance
sponsored by Pure Storage
EGUIDE: Use this guide as a comprehensive resource for evaluating flash caching benefits, trade-offs, 3 main implementation models, and determine where to cache in order to leverage faster media and improve I/O performance.
Posted: 20 Apr 2017 | Published: 17 Apr 2017

Pure Storage

SQL Server SSD Technology Becoming a Solid Storage Choice
sponsored by Pure Storage
EGUIDE: Access this e-guide to clue into exactly why SSD is emerging as a solid storage choice for SQL Server. Our experts highlight how SSD's embedded controller ensures the integrity of the data stored in the drive, and address your concerns centered on drive reliability and longevity.
Posted: 20 Apr 2017 | Published: 17 Apr 2017

Pure Storage

Which Types of Flash Make the Most Sense for Virtualization?
sponsored by Pure Storage
EGUIDE: Which types of flash make the most sense for a virtualized environment? In this expert guide, George Crump evaluates the durability of three types of flash—single-level, multi-level, and triple-level cell. Read on to also delve into three flash form factors to consider when implementing it on virtual workloads.
Posted: 20 Apr 2017 | Published: 19 Apr 2017

Pure Storage

Ten Methods of Improving Virtual Server Storage
sponsored by Pure Storage
EGUIDE: Performance monitoring for virtual storage is very difficult due to the hypervisor lacking the insight into what's happening with that storage. This expert guide illustrates how to improve the performance of your virtual server storage with 10 proven methods.
Posted: 20 Apr 2017 | Published: 17 Apr 2017

Pure Storage

DevOps Strategy for Health Site Fueled by Flash, CDM
sponsored by Pure Storage
EGUIDE: In this expert guide, discover how women's health website Lifescript implemented a revenue-boosting DevOps strategy with all-flash storage and copy data management. Read on to see how this SSD/CDM duo succeeds, with built-in data deduplication and more.
Posted: 20 Apr 2017 | Published: 18 Apr 2017

Pure Storage

If Performance Is Paramount, Flash Cloud Storage May be Key
sponsored by Tintri
EGUIDE: This e-guide serves as your essential resource for choosing a cloud provider with integrated flash storage to maximize your cloud app performance. Read on to learn why object storage just doesn't deliver the scale and performance cloud apps demand, and instead see how SSD steps in to deliver potentially unlimited scale.
Posted: 19 Apr 2017 | Published: 18 Apr 2017

Tintri

3D-Nand Boosts Capacity to Push All-flash Data Center
sponsored by Avnet
EGUIDE: Because the demand for storage capacity is so insatiable, storage media suppliers have had to look for new ways to increase the capacity of their flash products. Discover how to do so here with 3D-Nand-powered SSD, achieving higher densities at a lower cost per bit.
Posted: 10 Apr 2017 | Published: 05 Apr 2017

Avnet

Solid-State Storage Device Buyers Want Performance
sponsored by Avnet
EGUIDE: Read this expert guide to flesh out flash implementation, and discover why I/O performance lags, capacity concerns, and server virtualization are fueling SSD appliance adoption. Additionally, learn the top 3 apps storage admins indicate are in most need of flash.
Posted: 07 Apr 2017 | Published: 05 Apr 2017

Avnet

Honing Your Business Case for All-flash Array Implementation
sponsored by Avnet
EGUIDE: Download this expert guide to delve into the AFA essentials, and learn which apps will best benefit from implementation. Read on to take advantage of AFA deduplication and compression for virtual apps, as well as learn how HDDs compare to SSDs, how to accommodate apps that require more IOPS, and more.
Posted: 05 Apr 2017 | Published: 30 Mar 2017

Avnet

Virtual Server Bottlenecks Among Most Troubling Data Storage Problems
sponsored by Lenovo
EGUIDE: Whether physical servers or VMs, there are any number of places where data can be held up. Download this e-guide to learn how to troubleshoot server bottlenecks created by running multiple VMs, and solve NAS and software-defined storage performance problems.
Posted: 21 Mar 2017 | Published: 14 Mar 2017

Lenovo

Hyper-convergence Extends to New Horizons—and New Uses with All-flash Storage
sponsored by Lenovo
EGUIDE: Download this expert guide to gain a foothold in the hyper-converged market, and discover why all-flash storage is now an integral component in converged infrastructure. Read on to learn how to apply flash-based HCI to high-performance databases, VDI workloads, and more.
Posted: 15 Mar 2017 | Published: 10 Mar 2017

Lenovo

How to Extract the Most Value from the Software-defined Storage Market
sponsored by Veritas and HighVail
EGUIDE: Learn how to plot out effective software-defined storage implementation by delving into the SDS market. Read on to weigh the pros and cons of SDS integration, and take into consideration SDS's role in the overall context of software-defined enterprise architecture and hyper-converged infrastructure.
Posted: 07 Mar 2017 | Published: 02 Mar 2017

Veritas and HighVail

Software-defined vs. Traditional Storage and the Blurring of Private and Public Clouds
sponsored by Hedvig Inc
EGUIDE: In this expert guide, SearchCloudStorage joins Avinash Lakshman, CEO and founder of Hedvig Inc, to demonstrate the flexibility achieved by employing a self-service public cloud provider that uses replication- and erasure coding-based storage. Read on to learn if replication-based SDS is more affordable than traditional storage.
Posted: 02 Mar 2017 | Published: 27 Feb 2017

Hedvig Inc

Everything You Need to Know About Server-Side Flash Storage
sponsored by Micron Technology
EGUIDE: In this expert-guide, delve deeper into server-based solid state storage. Inside, discover 6 forms of flash, 5 typical interfaces used for connecting storage devices, the essentials of server-side caching, and more.
Posted: 08 Feb 2017 | Published: 10 Feb 2017

Micron Technology

Flash Storage is Rapidly Becoming The Best Choice for Handling Object Storage
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Enterprise
EGUIDE: In this expert-guide, discover why flash is a realistic choice for storing non-mission critical data, as well as some practices to help you prepare your flash array to handle object storage. Inside, learn how SSDs are beginning to outperform HDDs, how to begin storage caching, and 7 ways flash storage is the best option for any size workload.
Posted: 31 Jan 2017 | Published: 31 Jan 2017

Hewlett-Packard Enterprise

Learn to Increase Your Data Storage Capacity In Simple, Affordable Ways
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Enterprise
EGUIDE: In this expert guide, George Crump, President of Storage Switzerland discusses several strategies for making storage expansion easy and affordable. Inside, discover a plan for implementing flash storage in hyper-converged architecture, a guide for making a storage capacity plan in-line with your budget, and 7 tips to improve data storage efficiency
Posted: 31 Jan 2017 | Published: 31 Jan 2017

Hewlett-Packard Enterprise

LOB Managers Utilize All-Flash to Drive Decision-Making and Boost Oracle App Performance
sponsored by Pure Storage
EGUIDE: Discover how LOB managers are leveraging all-flash storage to drive better decision-making by boosting the performance, reliability, and development of Oracle apps and analytics. Access this expert guide to see the essentials, as well as 5 key reasons why all-flash on Oracle is essential for app owners.
Posted: 09 Dec 2016 | Published: 02 Dec 2016

Pure Storage

Utilizing Data-aware Storage in the Age of Convergence
sponsored by IBM
EGUIDE: Access the latest on converged, data-aware storage architectures, which seek to improve performance optimization through smart deduplication and compression schemes, app-aligned caching and tiering, policy-definable QoS, and data protection schemes. Additionally, discover why flash is crucial to convergence.
Posted: 03 Nov 2016 | Published: 27 Oct 2016

IBM

Storage Networking Technology Steps Up to Overcome Performance Challenges
sponsored by IBM
EGUIDE: Fast flash storage and the growing use of virtual apps carry larger amounts of data than ever before—placing pressure on networks that carry storage traffic. This guide illustrates how to keep storage traffic from becoming the bottleneck in your data center, revealing key improvements to 2016 storage networking technologies.
Posted: 02 Nov 2016 | Published: 26 Oct 2016

IBM