WHITE PAPER - This report documents the results of ESG Lab testing of the HP StorageWorks SAN Virtualization Services Platform (SVSP). The enhanced high availability and disaster recovery capabilities of asynchronous remote mirroring are also presented.
Posted: October 14, 2009 | Published: December 22, 2008


Topics:  NAS | NAS Software | SAN | Storage Best Practices | Storage Capacity | Storage Management | Storage Virtualization | Storage Virtualization Software

WHITE PAPER - HP LeftHand P4000 SAN Solutions provide optimized storage for your virtualized server environment, allowing your storage infrastructure to support virtual servers, including support for high-availability (HA) and disaster-recovery (DR) features in virtual environments.
Posted: October 8, 2009 | Published: October 8, 2009


Topics:  High Availability | SAN | Storage Architectures | Storage Management | Storage Standards | Storage Virtualization

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 - 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 - 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 - When the U.S. Air force needed a more powerful storage infrastructure, they turned to HP for a system that allowed them to meet business demands more flexibly, manage data more simply and efficiently and mitigate the risk of lost data with a storage area network (SAN) that pools, shares and centrally manages storage resources.
Posted: September 23, 2009 | Published: July 23, 2009


Topics:  Data Loss Prevention (DLP) | Data Management | SAN | Storage Architectures | Storage Best Practices | Storage Capacity | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Management

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

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’re an administrator who’s planning to build a high performance, highly available IP network using HP SAN/iQ Software, you should read this document in its entirety. You’ll find important configuration guidelines, best practices, and frequently asked questions that will help you to accelerate a successful deployment.
Posted: August 27, 2009 | Published: August 13, 2009


Topics:  Cluster Management | Clustering | iSCSI Protocol | iSCSI SAN | NAS | SAN | Storage Best Practices | Storage Management | Storage Resource Management | Storage Virtualization

WHITE PAPER - The white paper explains the benefits of matching server virtualization with advanced storage virtualization using HP LeftHand SAN and VMware Infrastructure.
Posted: August 26, 2009 | Published: August 20, 2009


Topics:  Data Management | NAS | RAID | SAN | Storage Management | Storage Resource Management | Storage Virtualization | VMware

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

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

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

WHITE PAPER - Records management forces you to think about how you create, process, capture, and manage information. This requires a review of your business activities from an information-centric point of view, which in itself can highlight process inefficiencies. This white paper explains why such a process is important.
Posted: March 6, 2009 | Published: March 6, 2009


Topics:  Backup Software | Compliance (Finance) | Compliance Software | Disaster Recovery | Disk Backups | Electronic Discovery | NAS | RAID | Records Retention | SAN | TCO