PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT - In this presentation transcript, Brian Greenberg, President and CEO, General System Dynamics, explores the distinctions between scale-out and scale-up systems, major use cases for this technology and an assessment of new scale-out/clustered storage systems from major vendors.
Posted: August 18, 2009 | Published: August 1, 2009


Topics:  Cloud Computing | Cluster Management | Clustering | DAS | Disk Storage Systems | NAS | SAN | Storage Best Practices | Storage Standards

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT - In this presentation transcript, Marc Staimer, Founder and CDS, Dragon Slayer Consulting, will explain the practical benefits of storage virtualization, including how to assess your environment to determine the cost-effectiveness of virtualization.
Posted: August 18, 2009 | Published: August 1, 2009


Topics:  Cluster Management | Clustering | IP Networks | NAS | SAN | Storage Architectures | Storage Consolidation | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Management | Storage Virtualization

WHITE PAPER - The purpose of this white paper is to describe the benefits of a clustered architecture in comparison with traditional controller-based architectures, and to discuss the technology that makes HP LeftHand SANs better by design.
Posted: August 14, 2009 | Published: August 12, 2009


Topics:  Backups | Fibre Channel SAN | iSCSI SAN | SAN | Storage Management | Storage Resource Management | Storage Standards | Storage Systems

PRODUCT DEMO - Northern Storage Suite is a Storage Resource Management solution; a software solution that targets the costs and complexities of managing stored user-generated data. Download this free demo and see how it can go to work for you!
Posted: August 6, 2009 | Published: August 3, 2009


Topics:  Backups | Capacity Planning | Data Management Software | NAS | NAS Software | Network Performance | SAN | Storage Capacity | Storage Management | Storage Management Services | Storage Resource Management | Storage Virtualization

WHITE PAPER - In this presentation transcript, Curtis Preston, one of the leading backup experts in the country, describes some key best practices that will help build a better backup system.
Posted: August 4, 2009 | Published: August 3, 2009


Topics:  Backups | NAS | SAN | Storage Management | Storage Management Software | Storage Resource Management | Storage Virtualization

VIDEO - This four-part webcast demonstrates the necessity for a proper storage management solution, such as Northern Storage Suite, in an organization's storage infrastructure. They'll review how NSS can reclaim wasted capacity, control user behavior, getting your end-users on-board with saving capacity and how to properly plan for future storage needs.
Posted: August 3, 2009 | Premiered: August 3, 2009


Topics:  Capacity Planning | Data Deduplication | Data Management | NAS | Network Performance | Reporting Software | SAN | Storage Capacity | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Management | Storage Resource Management | Tiered Storage

WHITE PAPER - This solution brief discusses how the Dell EqualLogic™ PS Series can provide a fully virtualized storage infrastructure that delivers high availability, resiliency, flexibility, and scalability that is simple and cost-effective to deploy, manage and grow.
Posted: July 9, 2009 | Published: December 5, 2008


Topics:  High Availability | Infrastructure Management | SAN | Server Management | Server Provisioning | Server Virtualization | Server Virtualization Software

VIDEO - According to industry statistics, the majority of a typical company's data doesn't reside on data center storage -- it lives on the "edge." The edge may be desktop PCs, laptops or even smart phones and PDAs. In this videocast W. Curtis Preston describes the most effective techniques, tools and best practices for protecting edge or mobile data.
Posted: July 8, 2009 | Premiered: July 8, 2009


Topics:  Backup Server Hardware | Backup Software | Backups | Business Continuity Planning | Disaster Planning | Disaster Recovery | NAS | Remote Offices | SAN | Server Virtualization | Storage Best Practices | Storage Security | Storage Virtualization Software

PODCAST - In this expert podcast W. Curtis Preston describes the most effective techniques, tools and best practices for protecting edge or mobile data.
Posted: July 8, 2009 | Premiered: July 8, 2009


Topics:  Backup Server Hardware | Backups | Business Continuity Planning | Disaster Planning | Disaster Recovery | Laptop Computers | NAS | PDA | Remote Offices | SAN | Server Virtualization | Smart Phones | Storage Best Practices | Storage Management | Storage Security | Storage Service Providers | Storage Virtualization

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT - According to industry statistics, the majority of a typical company's data doesn't reside on data center storage -- it lives on the "edge." The edge may be desktop PCs, laptops or even smart phones and PDAs. In this transcript, W. Curtis Preston describes the most effective techniques, tools and best practices for protecting edge or mobile data.
Posted: June 30, 2009 | Published: June 19, 2009


Topics:  Backup Server Hardware | Backup Software | Backups | Business Continuity Planning | Disaster Planning | Disaster Recovery | NAS | Remote Offices | SAN | Server Virtualization | Storage Security | Storage Virtualization Software

WHITE PAPER - The purpose of data deduplication is to increase the amount of information that can be stored on disk arrays and to increase the effective amount of data that can be transmitted over networks. Read this white paper to learn more about data deduplication as well as Quantum Dxi-Series disk-based backup solutions.
Posted: June 10, 2009 | Published: June 10, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Management | Data Deduplication | Data Recovery | Data Replication | NAS | RAID | SAN | Storage Best Practices | Storage Consolidation | Storage Management

WHITE PAPER - In this solution brief learn how the Dell EqualLogic™ PS Series can provide a fully virtualized storage infrastructure that delivers high availability, resiliency, flexibility, and scalability that is simple and cost-effective to deploy, manage and grow.
Posted: June 9, 2009 | Published: November 3, 2008


Topics:  High Availability | Performance Testing | SAN | Server Virtualization | Storage Architectures | Storage Best Practices | Storage Virtualization

WHITE PAPER - This paper proposes several sample virtualization 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: June 9, 2009 | Published: December 5, 2008


Topics:  Enterprise Architectures | High Availability | SAN | Server Management | Server Virtualization | Storage Architectures | Storage Best Practices

CASE STUDY - Navicure, an insurance claims processing company, needed a more robust storage and disaster recovery solution. They chose a scalable, in-house storage area network using Dell EqualLogic PS Series Internet SCSI arrays, and automated the planning, testing, and deployment of a disaster recovery solution using VMware Site Recovery Manager software.
Posted: June 5, 2009 | Published: June 5, 2009


Topics:  Disaster Planning | Disaster Recovery | iSCSI Protocol | iSCSI SAN | SAN | Storage Management | Storage Provisioning | Storage Resource Management | Storage Virtualization

WHITE PAPER - This white paper describes the advantages of scale-out iSCSI storage in four areas-- cost, high availability and disaster recovery, performance, and management-- and illustrate how iSCSI SANs, particularly the HP LeftHand SANs, provide better overall support for virtualized environments.
Posted: June 5, 2009 | Published: April 2, 2009


Topics:  Disaster Recovery | High Availability | iSCSI Protocol | iSCSI SAN | Performance Testing | SAN | Server Virtualization | Storage Management | Storage Systems | Storage Virtualization