Storage Optimization Reports

EGUIDE: This expert E-Guide explores key considerations for integrating solid state storage into a server, and answers frequently asked questions about solid state. Read now to learn more.

Posted: 07 Mar 2013 | Published: 07 Mar 2013

EBRIEF: In this expert briefing, veteran IT industry consultant Chris Evans drills into the specific challenges that storage managers face when implementing virtual desktop infrastructures, and provides practical tips to help guarantee a VDI project that meets expectations and delivers on its projected ROI.

Posted: 02 Jan 2013 | Published: 23 Feb 2012

EBOOK: This Handbook offers guidelines for disaster recovery testing today, with a look at the variety of technologies and practices in use. You will find an expert Q&A outlining technologies that can make DR testing more effective. Another piece takes a look at how one company's quarterly DR test helped prepare them for Hurricane Sandy.

Posted: 29 May 2013 | Published: 29 May 2013

WHITE PAPER: This paper focuses on Data Domain technology leadership and differentiation and why it matters to you. The purpose of this paper is to explore the technical and financial reasons why Data Domain systems are ideal for backup and archiving in your environment.

Posted: 29 May 2013 | Published: 31 Mar 2013

WHITE PAPER: In this presentation transcript, you will gain insight into how to install capacity and performance and increase technologies without replacing what you have through addition by way of subtraction.

Posted: 29 May 2013 | Published: 29 May 2013

WHITE PAPER: In this brief white paper, you will discover how to seamlessly and affordably implement an innovative scale-out storage solution that effectively manages insurmountable data growth and pace of business.

Posted: 29 May 2013 | Published: 29 May 2013

WHITE PAPER: This comprehensive white paper explores how Oracle's Sun ZFS Storage Appliances can perform complex processing for compression, deduplication, real-time storage analytics, and other advanced data services without slowing down I/O throughput and without costing more than competing solutions.

Posted: 17 May 2013 | Published: 24 Jun 2012

EGUIDE: This expert E-Guide describes the architectural characteristics of unified storage and explains how it provides a measure of relief in virtual and cloud environments. Read now to explore the latest advances in this emerging technology space and what you can expect in terms of cost savings and management efficiency.

Posted: 01 May 2013 | Published: 16 Jan 2013

WHITE PAPER: This paper examines the functionality and benefits a converged storage architecture provides and explains why businesses no longer have to spend more to get the enterprise-level technology best suited to their data storage needs

Posted: 25 Apr 2013 | Published: 31 Oct 2012

ASSESSMENT TOOL: This tool illustrates typical storage costs associated with your data, as well as the time it takes to backup your databases. It allows you to compare the savings that are possible using compression technologies.

Posted: 24 Apr 2013 | Published: 31 Mar 2011

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: In this expert presentation transcript, Marc Staimer differentiates between file, block, and content aware deduplication. Learn about the pros and cons of each and determine which type is best for your business.

Posted: 20 Mar 2013 | Published: 20 Mar 2013

EZINE: Scale-out NAS was developed to solve the problem of NAS sprawl. If managing your traditional NAS is becoming too burdensome and expensive, check out this expert resource.

Posted: 15 Mar 2013 | Published: 15 Mar 2013

WHITE PAPER: Storage systems today must match agility with proven, diversified I/O performance to satisfy an enterprise's changing needs. NetApp has benchmarked superior I/O performance in their FAS6240 Clustered SAN storage array, resulting in its ranking as Silverton Consulting's Enterprise OLTP Champion of Champions™ for 1Q-2013.

Posted: 14 Mar 2013 | Published: 28 Dec 2012

EGUIDE: Due to the federal Health Information Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), health care facilities are required to save enormous amounts of patient data every year. As a result, data archiving should be a key part of every facility's IT plan. Access this eguide for a guide to selecting the right archiving approach to meet your storage needs.

Posted: 26 Feb 2013 | Published: 26 Feb 2013

EGUIDE: This expert E-Guide explores modern tools and technologies designed to overcome common virtual storage stumbling blocks around efficiency, complexity, deployment time, and performance.

Posted: 25 Feb 2013 | Published: 25 Feb 2013

EGUIDE: Read this e-guide from SearchHealthIT.com for key insight into ways health care facilities can integrate their various systems so that all patient data – whether images or EHR – resides in the same location.

Posted: 25 Feb 2013 | Published: 25 Feb 2013

EGUIDE: This expert E-Guide defines exactly what convergence is, and explores its impact on emerging and evolving technologies.

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 | Published: 20 Feb 2013

EGUIDE: Check out this expert E-Guide to learn about hyperconvergence, and how it sets itself apart from traditional converged infrastructure.

Posted: 01 Feb 2013 | Published: 01 Feb 2013

EGUIDE: This E-Guide elaborates on the latest data storage trends, including unstructured data growth, demands for multi-tenancy in the cloud, software-defined networking, and more. Learn about recent announcements from HP, how their new offerings differ from those of their competitors, and whether experts think they are worth your consideration.

Posted: 28 Jan 2013 | Published: 28 Jan 2013

ESSENTIAL GUIDE: Check out this latest issue of Storage Magazine to for a comprehensive breakdown of how big data is revolutionizing storage, and the latest developments in leveraging big data for competitive advantage.

Posted: 25 Jan 2013 | Published: 25 Jan 2013

EGUIDE: This expert E-Guide reveals how to optimize multiple virtual workloads to prevent storage over-allocation. In addition, learn how to increase VMware storage efficiency with virtual machine disk format deduplication and compression.

Posted: 09 Jan 2013 | Published: 09 Jan 2013

EGUIDE: This expert E-Guide provides a thorough analysis of the latest statistics concerning storage spending and use of technologies including SSD, cloud computing, archiving, and more. Read now to find out which storage efficiency tools are gaining the most traction and discover the top products your peers are putting on their wish lists.

Posted: 20 Dec 2012 | Published: 20 Dec 2012

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: Take a minute to glance over this two-page presentation transcript to learn about scale-out storage. Let Evaluator Group Senior Strategist Randy Kerns walk you through the benefits of scale-out and the differences between scale-out block and file storage, and get a glimpse into the vendors in both spaces.

Posted: 12 Dec 2012 | Published: 12 Dec 2012

EGUIDE: This expert E-Guide uncovers why more of your peers are using cloud storage for nearline data. Read now to learn about the performance, scalability, and cost benefits that make cloud storage appealing for primary storage systems, and determine whether it makes sense for your organization's particular needs.

Posted: 29 Nov 2012 | Published: 29 Nov 2012

EGUIDE: This expert E-Guide features an interview transcript with Enterprise Strategy Group senior analyst Terri McClure. Read now to learn her predictions about scale-out NAS over the next few years.

Posted: 20 Nov 2012 | Published: 20 Nov 2012