Storage Infrastructure Reports

EGUIDE: As flash becomes more pervasive in the marketplace, enterprises are relying less on caching and tiering and moving towards flash storage products built on two basic architectures: scale-up and scale-out. In this e-guide, explore the differences between the two architectures and determine which configuration best meets your business needs.

Posted: 29 Aug 2016 | Published: 25 Aug 2016

EGUIDE: This expert guide compares flash-based storage and hard disk drives (HDD), highlighting 7 ways in which flash storage beats out HDD solutions for all workloads. Also discover a Q&A session about the all-flash storage market with Dave Wright, founder and CEO of SolidFire.

Posted: 24 Aug 2016 | Published: 22 Aug 2016

EBOOK: This exclusive handbook is your guide to new storage options for VDI. You'll explore why storage-only storage is poised to change the market, choosing between hardware vs. software storage optimization, VDI storage optimization's secret sauce is software, and more.

Posted: 23 Aug 2016 | Published: 23 Aug 2016

EGUIDE: In the e-guide, we examine backup technologies, data protection strategies, hyper-convergence and more so you can make the most of your storage investments, especially in relation to cloud computing and server virtualization. Get helpful tips about everything from data availability and management to consolidation and deduplication.

Posted: 19 Aug 2016 | Published: 18 Aug 2016

EGUIDE: In this expert guide, discover the essentials to look for when considering a hyper-converged infrastructure so that you can easily evaluate the cost/benefit of solutions in the market. See the importance of features such as modular scalability, VM-centric ease of use, storage capacity efficiency and reliability, and more.

Posted: 16 Aug 2016 | Published: 15 Aug 2016

EGUIDE: This exclusive eGuide addresses how to meet some of the challenges brought on by VDI such as: meeting user expectations for performance, having the ability to reduce operational expenses, meeting capacity demands as well as delivering consistent and predictable performance throughout.

Posted: 12 Aug 2016 | Published: 09 Aug 2016

EGUIDE: Allowing for higher customization and able to run on multiple servers, PCle SSD is a better alternative to traditional SSD hardware. In this guide, discover the benefits, challenges and whether PCle is right for your organization.

Posted: 09 Aug 2016 | Published: 09 Aug 2016

EGUIDE: Jon Toigo, Chairman of the Data Management Institute, explains how information lifecycle management (ILM) strategies can help classify data and control capacity by allocating it to the appropriate storage. Discover how recent improvements in ILM can enable your enterprise to truly benefit from implementing this strategy.

Posted: 08 Aug 2016 | Published: 03 Aug 2016

EZINE: This issue of storage magazine explores the strengths and weaknesses of scale-out NAS and object storage, offering expert advice on how to choose the right option for your enterprise's needs. Also discover tips to improve your storage efficiency, a breakdown of enterprise file sync and share deployment models, and more.

Posted: 03 Aug 2016 | Published: 03 Aug 2016

EGUIDE: In this expert e-guide, Jon Toigo, Chairman of the Data Management Institute explores some best practices for data management to improve the value of your data, strategies for assessing data management programs, and more.

Posted: 02 Aug 2016 | Published: 01 Aug 2016

EGUIDE: In this e-guide, John Webster of the Evaluator Group describes the typical issues that come with HDFS, and how you can mitigate them. Discover ways to avoid disk failure, data loss scenarios, loss of connectivity, and more.

Posted: 28 Jul 2016 | Published: 25 Jul 2016

EBOOK: The convergence of data backup, disaster recovery and archiving can save your enterprise money and storage space. Discover how continuous data protection technology can ease the convergence of backup software and primary storage and enable a storage system in which all the data in an enterprise is backed up whenever any change is made.

Posted: 26 Jul 2016 | Published: 26 Jul 2016

EGUIDE: Today's server-side storage challenges are pushing legacy architecture to the limit—with new factors, physical densities, and operating environments. Rethink how you deploy storage: discover now the advantages of server-side flash—including its 6 form factors—and accelerate the boot of your VMs using this technology.

Posted: 20 Jul 2016 | Published: 19 Jul 2016

EGUIDE: Stop cobbling together makeshift data center systems as convergence is here– in the form of hyper-converged and converged IT infrastructures. Discover which best fits your needs and as a bonus, read about Pivot3 vStac, a hyper-converged product, that allowed one NJ sheriff to arrest data sprawl in Bergen County.

Posted: 20 Jul 2016 | Published: 30 Jun 2016

EGUIDE: Whether physical servers or VMs, there are a number of places where data is held up. Accordingly, there are different ways to address each type of bottleneck—but each fix has side effects. Learn how to mitigate the virtual server bottlenecks your enterprise faces, and tune up your data storage with an all-flash system.

Posted: 20 Jul 2016 | Published: 18 Jul 2016

EBOOK: In this buyer's checklist, learn how hyper-converged systems differ from traditional storage systems and find insights into some of their unique features, as well as guidance for evaluating, purchasing and deploying these systems.

Posted: 14 Jul 2016 | Published: 14 Jul 2016

EGUIDE: Is converging corporate infrastructure—to eliminate siloed servers, storage, data and processes—worth the risk of potential vendor lock-in? Discover how to yield maximum benefit from implementing converged infrastructure in your data center, as well as learn CI implementation best practices.

Posted: 23 Jun 2016 | Published: 21 Jun 2016

EGUIDE: Inside this exclusive resource, learn about three software-defined storage architecture options and the top use cases for each to ensure you choose the most appropriate strategy for your organization.

Posted: 20 Jun 2016 | Published: 14 Jun 2016

EGUIDE: In this expert guide, find out the many differences of object storage that make it that much more efficient and economical fit for your enterprise, such as active or cold archiving, search, analytics, and more.

Posted: 20 Jun 2016 | Published: 06 Jun 2016

EGUIDE: Discover 8 object storage use cases where traditional storage systems can't compete, and 5 reasons why it may be more suitable for your organization, such as scalability, resiliency, standards-based accessibility, and more.

Posted: 17 Jun 2016 | Published: 06 Jun 2016

EGUIDE: Inside this exclusive guide, explore a breakdown of object, block and file storage, including the pros, cons, top use cases and considerations for each. Discover which one, if any, is the right fit for your unique cloud storage needs.

Posted: 16 Jun 2016 | Published: 09 Jun 2016

EGUIDE: In this guide, hear from storage expert Jon Toigo, as he explores the key differences between SDS and object storage. Learn which platform is designed to best support data storage, governance, accessibility, and analytical needs.

Posted: 15 Jun 2016 | Published: 07 Jun 2016

EGUIDE: In this expert guide, learn about how the top benefits and drawbacks of leveraging object storage systems in cloud environments so you can determine whether or not this storage strategy is right for your unique IT environment.

Posted: 15 Jun 2016 | Published: 08 Jun 2016

EZINE: Hyper converged and converged storage in ASEAN: In this issue we look at a software-defined approach to storage management that combines storage, compute, networking and virtualization technologies.

Posted: 02 Jun 2016 | Published: 02 Jun 2016

EZINE: Monash University built and deployed a software-defined storage cluster using open source technology. Learn how a storage strategy good enough for a major Australian university can help you get the most out of your data.

Posted: 31 May 2016 | Published: 31 May 2016