WHITE PAPER - This resource center is a one stop shop for all of your storage research needs around Open Storage and SSD (solid state drive). Here you will find expert editorial content as well as technical resources, business resources and free trial downloads.
Posted: January 6, 2009 | Published: December 24, 2008


Topics:  Backup Software | Data Center Management | Data Recovery | Data Replication | Solid State Disks | Storage Management

WHITE PAPER - Today's IT infrastructures are complex and inflexible--and most of them just keep growing. Storage expenditures keep rising, resources are consumed by labor-intensive tasks, and management costs are spiraling higher. This checklist highlights the top five improvements to windows storage for cutting costs in 2009.
Posted: December 29, 2008 | Published: December 24, 2008


Topics:  RAID | SAN | Storage Best Practices | Storage Management | Storage Management Software | USB | Virtual Tape Libraries | Windows

WHITE PAPER - This white paper discusses how organizations can centralize and consolidate the data center environment, allowing IT administrators to oversee and manage resources in fewer locations while still providing global access and reducing operating costs.
Posted: December 19, 2008 | Published: June 1, 2008


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Firewall Management | Network Security | Server Virtualization | Storage Management

WHITE PAPER - Services-oriented storage has the potential to evolve the relationship between storage administrators and business lines from one that today focuses on storage as an impediment to one that emphasizes storage as an enabler of application optimization.
Posted: December 16, 2008 | Published: December 16, 2008


Topics:  Business Processes | CRM | Data Classification | Data Encryption | Productivity | Storage Management | Storage Systems

WHITE PAPER - Symantec Backup Exec 12 for Windows servers gives Windows based organizations a flexible, powerful solution they need to efficiently manage backups and restores across a distributed organization.
Posted: December 10, 2008 | Published: December 10, 2008


Topics:  Backups | Data Centers | Data Recovery | Enterprise | LAN | SAN | Storage Management

WHITE PAPER - Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and other SharePoint technologies are excellent tools for a modern, web-based office environment. This white paper gives pointers on managing them.
Posted: December 10, 2008 | Published: October 11, 2008


Topics:  Business Intelligence | ERP | LAN | RAID | SQL Server | Storage Management | WAN

WHITE PAPER - Read this paper to learn how Oracle Database 11g Real Application Testing (Oracle Real Application Testing) facilitates new technology adoption.
Posted: December 9, 2008 | Published: December 9, 2008


Topics:  Application Performance Management | Data Centers | Database Administrators | Databases | IT Infrastructure | Oracle (Product) | Storage Management | Testing

WHITE PAPER - This paper explains how Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) allows Oracle Database to run any packaged or custom application, unchanged across a set of clustered events.
Posted: December 9, 2008 | Published: December 9, 2008


Topics:  Cluster Management | Cluster Software | Clustering | Databases | High Availability | LAN | NAS | Oracle (Product) | SAN | Scalability Testing | Storage Management

WHITE PAPER - How do you decide which type of backup drive to purchase? There are only eight critical decision factors, and this paper covers each of these factors in detail.
Posted: December 8, 2008 | Published: December 8, 2008


Topics:  Backup Software | Data Recovery | Fibre Channel | RAID | Storage Management | Tape Drives | Tape Libraries

WHITE PAPER - Snap Server data protection solutions provide the simplest way to protect critical data stored on desktops, laptops, file and application servers, and Snap Servers at remote offices.
Posted: December 2, 2008 | Published: December 2, 2008


Topics:  Data Management | Disaster Recovery | NAS | SAN | SQL Server | Storage Management

WHITE PAPER - This paper will define the different types of data replication, and discuss the relative strengths and weaknesses of each, allowing the reader to make an informed decision on what technology is best for his/her particular needs.
Posted: December 2, 2008 | Published: December 2, 2008


Topics:  Data Replication | NAS | RAID | RPO | RTO | SAN | Storage Management

WHITE PAPER - This paper discusses the use of industry standard servers, with an abundance of CPU and memory as storage controllers by leveraging industry standard hardware and general purpose software to create a high performance storage architecture.
Posted: December 2, 2008 | Published: November 27, 2008


Topics:  Data Management | Data Storage | RAID | Storage Devices | Storage Management | Storage Systems

WHITE PAPER - This Sun BluePrint article provides an overview of Flash technology, and discusses its introduction into a new tier of storage infrastructure.
Posted: December 2, 2008 | Published: November 27, 2008


Topics:  Databases | Memory | Metadata | NAS | RAID | SAN | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Management

WHITE PAPER - This Sun BluePrint article demonstrates how to design tiered storage systems to meet specific RAS and data access requirements.
Posted: December 2, 2008 | Published: November 27, 2008


Topics:  Databases | OLTP | RAID | Storage Appliances | Storage Architectures | Storage Hardware | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Management

WHITE PAPER - This white paper describes a virtualized infrastructure that applies storage and server virtualization technologies to cost-effectively achieve a flexible, high-performance, dynamic IT infrastructure that is simple to manage and scale.
Posted: December 2, 2008 | Published: December 2, 2008


Topics:  Data Management | Databases | Disaster Recovery | NAS | RAID | SAN | Storage Management | TCP/IP | VMware