WHITE PAPER - This paper discusses the complementary benefits of combining features of VMware and 3PAR technologies to gain increased performance and avoid the cost of over-provisioning servers and storage in an IT infrastructure.
Posted: October 2, 2009 | Published: October 1, 2006


Topics:  Server Consolidation | Server Management | Server Provisioning | Server Virtualization | Storage Architectures | Storage Capacity | Storage Consolidation | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Management | Storage Provisioning | Storage Resource Management | Storage Systems | Storage Virtualization | VMware

TECHNICAL ARTICLE - This paper focuses on various points that should be considered when deploying 3PAR InServ Storage Servers with both VMware vSphere, VMware’s latest suite that includes VMware ESX™ 4, VMware vCenter, and Virtual SMP, and with previous versions of VMware ESX.
Posted: October 2, 2009 | Published: October 2, 2009


Topics:  Server Consolidation | Server Management | Server Provisioning | Server Virtualization | Storage Consolidation | Storage Hardware | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Management | Storage Resource Management | Storage Virtualization | VMware | VMware Server

PODCAST - Virtualization has become one of the latest trends in helping to drive efficiencies in the data center -- from management to energy costs, server virtualization may be able to help you optimize your IT environment. Listen to Tom Ready, IBM vice president as he describes the latest trends and benefits of server virtualization.
Posted: October 2, 2009 | Premiered: October 2, 2009


Topics:  Energy Efficiency | IT Infrastructure | IT Management | Server Management | Server Virtualization | Server Virtualization Software | Storage Virtualization | Storage Virtualization Software

WHITE PAPER - This IBM white paper describes how Virtualization is an important element of a dynamic infrastructure and expands on the areas of server, storage, application, network, and client virtualization and the IBM technology and benefits from each.
Posted: October 2, 2009 | Published: October 1, 2009


Topics:  Application Infrastructure | Application Life-Cycle Management | Network Infrastructure | Network Management | Server Virtualization | Server Virtualization Software | Storage Virtualization | Storage Virtualization Software

EGUIDE - This E-Guide will highlight the key considerations to be aware of when evaluating online backup solutions and will also highlight critical questions to ask vendors.
Posted: September 30, 2009 | Published: September 30, 2009


Topics:  Business Continuity Planning | Business Continuity Planning Software | Continuous Data Protection | NAS | Online Backup Software | Online Backups | SAN | SMBs | Storage Architectures | Storage Industry | Storage Management | Storage Resource Management | Storage Virtualization

WHITE PAPER - This white paper informs readers about the time and cost savings, from a storage administrator's perspective, that can be realized from using StorageWorks EVA as compared to competing solutions from EMC and NetApp.
Posted: September 30, 2009 | Published: February 23, 2009


Topics:  ROI | Storage Architectures | Storage Best Practices | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Management | Storage Virtualization | Storage Virtualization Software | TCO

WHITE PAPER - This analysis looks at the positive business impact of networked storage virtualisation solutions that improve storage asset utilisation, reduce the administrative costs of provisioning new storage systems, and improve application availability.
Posted: September 29, 2009 | Published: February 19, 2009


Topics:  SAN | Storage Management | Storage Resource Management | Storage Virtualization | Storage Virtualization Software | VMware | VMware Server

WHITE PAPER - This white paper presents an overview of storage virtualisation at the controller level of a storage system. It describes how HP defines virtualisation technology and how it applies to the HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array (EVA) storage system.
Posted: September 29, 2009 | Published: February 14, 2008


Topics:  Data Centers | Network Performance | SAN | Storage Architectures | Storage Capacity | Storage Management | Storage Virtualization | Storage Virtualization Software | TCO | Tiered Storage

WHITE PAPER - HP has identified five common virtualisation rules employed by organisations that have succeeded where others have not. While technology differs in complexity and scale from one business to the next, nearly every successful organisation deployed the same five rules to realise the full potential of virtualisation.
Posted: September 29, 2009 | Published: August 20, 2009


Topics:  Server Virtualization | Server Virtualization Software | Storage Management | Storage Management Software | Storage Provisioning | Storage Resource Management | Storage Standards | Storage Systems | Storage Virtualization | Storage Virtualization Software

WEBCAST - Watch this webcast to gain insight into how data center virtualization technologies are contributing to dramatic increases in efficiency and reduced capital and operational expenses. Discover current trends driving the virtualized data center.
Posted: September 24, 2009 | Premiered: September 24, 2009


Topics:  Data Centers | Server Virtualization | Storage Consolidation | Storage Virtualization

WHITE PAPER - The most powerful application of virtualization today is at the storage system level. With the HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array and HP StorageWorks SAN Virtualization Services platform, organizations can take advantage of the many benefits of virtualization with a solution designed specifically for open systems.
Posted: September 24, 2009 | Published: September 1, 2009


Topics:  NAS | RAID | SAN | Server Virtualization | Storage Architectures | Storage Systems | Storage Virtualization | Storage Virtualization Software

WHITE PAPER - This SearchStorage.com E-Guide provides an overview of the benefits of Scale-out storage and includes guidance on how to create an RFP when you are ready to invest in a NAS system.
Posted: September 23, 2009 | Published: September 1, 2009


Topics:  Backups | NAS | NAS Software | RAID | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Management | Storage Resource Management | Storage Virtualization

WHITE PAPER - Many companies that have deployed server virtualization are still struggling with massive data growth, rising storage maintenance cost, and underutilized storage assets from a multitude of vendors. A virtual storage infrastructure from HP can double your capacity utilization and cut management costs in half.
Posted: September 23, 2009 | Published: September 21, 2009


Topics:  NAS | NAS Software | RAID | SAN | Storage Architectures | Storage Management | Storage Standards | Storage Virtualization

WHITE PAPER - This white paper describes the powerful combination of HP StorageWorks SVSP storage virtualization solution with server virtualization products to produce a more dynamic IT infrastructure that improves efficiencies and simplifies operations.
Posted: September 23, 2009 | Published: May 20, 2009


Topics:  SAN | Server Virtualization | Storage Best Practices | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Management | Storage Resource Management | Storage Systems | Storage Virtualization | VMware

WHITE PAPER - If you are looking to improve the efficiency of your storage infrastructure, consider the HP StorageWorks SAN Virtualization Services Platform (SVSP). It allows you to provision virtual volumes to meet the requirements of your standard and virtual servers. It delivers improved storage resource utilization along with comprehensive data protection.
Posted: September 23, 2009 | Published: August 20, 2009


Topics:  Data Storage | SAN | Storage Architectures | Storage Capacity | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Management | Storage Management Software | Storage Provisioning | Storage Virtualization