WHITE PAPER - This paper examines several factors that limit the capacity of your data storage system and how they contribute to the true cost of storage.
Posted: November 19, 2009 | Published: November 19, 2009


Topics:  Capacity Planning | RAID | Storage Best Practices | Storage Capacity | Storage Management | Storage Management Software | Storage Resource Management | VMware

WHITE PAPER - If all storage array vendors buy disk drives from the same small set of disk manufacturers then why is there such a big reliability gap between storage vendors?
Posted: November 18, 2009 | Published: November 18, 2009


Topics:  Backups | Disk Backups | Disk Drives | Disk Storage Systems | Disk-to-Disk Backup | RAID

WHITE PAPER - The challenge of saving power while maintaining server performance has become a primary concern within the IT environment. But, the latest generation of Adaptec RAID controllers provides Intelligent Power Management software and supports a variety of techniques that, together, enable significant savings without compromising performance.
Posted: October 29, 2009 | Published: October 27, 2009


Topics:  Backup Software | Backups | Data Center Management | Data Center Power Management | Data Centers | Green Data Center | Green Storage | RAID

WHITE PAPER - One of the most important decisions that you have to make when deploying a new storage solution is what RAID type(s) to use. Read this white paper for a discussion on how to select the right RAID policy for your Dell EqualLogic™ storage area network (SAN) arrays.
Posted: September 29, 2009 | Published: September 29, 2009


Topics:  RAID | SAN | Storage Architectures | Storage Capacity | Storage Consolidation | Storage Devices | Storage Management | Storage Spending

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 - 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 - As dependencies on computing increase, ensuring that applications are highly available becomes more critical. This paper gives VMware fault tolerance recommendations and considerations on VMware vSphere 4.
Posted: August 10, 2009 | Published: August 7, 2009


Topics:  Cloud Computing | Data Center Management | Data Center Power Management | Data Centers | Fault Management | Fault Tolerance | Grid Computing | RAID

WHITE PAPER - With the launch of vSphere 4, VMware introduces a new version of the hypervisor, ESX 4.0 and the management interface, vCenter. Some key benefits offered by this release are greater resource efficiency, management control and freedom of choice for virtual datacenter storage resources and connectivity options.
Posted: August 10, 2009 | Published: August 6, 2009


Topics:  RAID | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Management | Storage Resource Management | Storage Virtualization | Virtualization Security | VMware | VMware ESX

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 - Direct PCI Express (PCIe) attached flash storage offers unparalleled performance levels and vastly outperforms SAS/SATA-attached flash storage solutions. However, such PCIe attached flash storage cards have many restrictions. Read this white paper to learn about an enhanced PCIe flash storage solution from Dolphin, in partnership with Fusion-IO.
Posted: May 12, 2009 | Published: May 12, 2009


Topics:  Clustering | Data Center Management | Data Mining | Data Warehouses | Flash Memory | Hard Disk Drives | RAID | Solid State Disks | Storage Hardware | Storage Management

WHITE PAPER - In many companies, Microsoft Exchange is now commonly viewed as a mission-critical application. Protecting Exchange information is critical and backup is still the primary method used. This paper focuses on the traditional backup and recovery practices for Microsoft Exchange Server along with solutions from Data Domain.
Posted: May 8, 2009 | Published: May 8, 2009


Topics:  Backups | Clustering | Continuous Data Protection | Data Center Management | Data Recovery | Data Replication | Databases | Disaster Recovery | Disk Backups | Microsoft Exchange | NAS | RAID | Storage Best Practices | Storage Management | Virtual Tape Libraries | WAN

WHITE PAPER - Northern Storage Suite delivers financial returns in three ways: by improving utilization of existing resources, by reducing the pace of hardware investment and by reducing the need for administrative intervention in data management. This paper provides details on these three benefits and how this storage solution can benefit your organization.
Posted: April 10, 2009 | Published: December 5, 2008


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Process Management | NAS | RAID | ROI | SAN | Storage Management | Storage Resource Management | TCO

WHITE PAPER - With read/write speeds that are very close to most expensive models in the industry, the ioDrive's price/performance ratio will leave you saying, "WOW!" Read this white paper for more information on this paradigm-shifting data storage appliance.
Posted: March 20, 2009 | Published: March 20, 2009


Topics:  Disaster Planning | Disaster Recovery | NAS | RAID | SAN | Storage Appliances | Storage Management